Beta

Ra 194

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Grec 22 (olim Reg. 2853). No diktyon: 49583.
s. XII | Parchment; Palimpsest (The manuscript contains many palimpsested folios)  e.g., ff. 14v, 29v, 44v, 45r-48v, 51r-51v, 58r-58v, 62v, 63r, 68v, 69r-69v, 72r-74v, 76r-76v, 79v, 80v, 103v, 119r, 120r, 123v, 125v, 128r, 141v. The inferior script is unknown. For the content of the superior script see below, 280 ff., 190 × 130 mm (text area: 115 x 80 mm  108-115 × 76-80), 1 col., 19 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Reggio style)  see Leroy 1982: 207, n. 27. | Provenance: Southern Italy.
Psalms and Odes. | Enlarged decorated initials mark the beginning of each Psalm.Text-type: L.
Content
1r–8vPaschal table beginning with the year 1125/1126
9r–204rPs 1-151
204v–206rOde 1
206r–210vOde 2
211r–212rOde 3
212r–214rOde 4
214r–215rOde 5
215r–216rOde 6
216r–218vOde 7
218v–220rOde 8
220r–221vOde 9
221vOde 13
221v–222rThe hymn Φῶς ἱλαρὸν
222r–223rOde 14, des. "κύριε τὸ ἔλεός σου εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κύριε τὰ ἔργα τῶν χειρῶν σου μὴ παρίδῃς‧ σοὶ πρέπει αἶνος, σοὶ πρέπει ὕμνος‧ σοὶ πρέπει δόξα τῶ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ υἱῷ
223v–224rMakarismoi
224r–225rThe Nicene Creed
225r–226vErotapokriseis: questions and answers about the Holy Trinity.
226v–227rThe Lord’s Prayer
227rThe Cherubic Hymn
227vThanksgiving hymn for the Holy Communion
228r–230rTroparia , inc. "τῶν ἁγίων ὁ χορὸς εὗρεν πηγὴν τῆς ζωῆς".
230r–230vPrayer of repentance, inc. "Ἄχραντε, ἀμόλυντε, πολυεύσπλαχνε, κύριε".
231r–238vAcolouthia of the Compline
239r–242rPrayers by Ephrem the Syrian
242r–243rOde 11
243r–244vOde 12
244v–246vTroparia , inc. "ἰδοὺ ὁ νυμφίος ἔρχεται ἐν τῷ μεσῷ τῆς νυκτός".
247r–249vTroparia sung during Matins.
249v–255rCatanyctic hymns and prayers
255v–260vParacletic canon to the Theotokos, inc. “πῶς μου θρηνήσω τὸν βίον τὸν ῥυπαρόν".
260v–265rParacletic canon to the Theotokos, inc. “τῆς μετανοίας, Ἰησοῦ φιλάνθρωπε, πύλας μοι ἄνοιξον".
265r–266vPrayers
267r–270vHymns on the Holy Trinity, "ὕμνοι τριαδικοί“.
271r–275vPrayers
276r–276vText on the number of days per month.
277r–278vPrayers
279rBlank
279v–280vPrayers to Saint Nicholas and to the Theotokos by a later hand.
Bibliography
Leroy, J.: “L’oméga paraphé, particularité d’un scriptorium calabrais”, Bisanzio e l’Italia. Raccolta di studi in onore di Agostino Pertusi, Milano 1982, 199–217, 207 (n.27); 208 (n.30).
Parpulov, G.: Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, 58 (n.36); 59 (n.42); 105 (n.18); 108–109; 289 (n.22). 
Catalogues
Omont, H.: Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale et des autres bibliothèques de Paris et des Départements, Paris 1886, 5. 
Rahlfs, A.: Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 196. 
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