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Ra 267

Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ott. gr. 294. No diktyon: 65537.
s. XIII, XIV–XVI  s. XIII: ff. 8r–277r; s. XIV–XVI: ff. 1r-7v, 277r-297r (written by several different hands) | Parchment, 298 ff., 170 × 110 mm, 1 col., 17–19 lines per page. |  Minuscule (Fettaugenmode)  ff. 8r-277r.
Psalms and Odes with commentary. | The titles and the initials of the Psalms are highlighted in red ink. | Text-type: L.
Content
1r Scribblings and notes by later owners
1v The Nicene Creed
2r Prayer (tit: εὐχὴ εἰς πονηρὸν λογισμόν)
2v–3v Prayers
4r–7v Hymns of the Matins
8r–16v Commentary on the Psalms by Euthymios Zigabenos. ed. PG 128: 53-81
16v–19v Commentary on Psalms in decapentasyllables by Michael Psellos, under the name of Cosmas Indicopleustes. Poem 54, ed. Westerink (1992: 327-333)
20v–257r Ps 1–151. Each Psalm is usually preceded by two short commentaries. The first one is ascribed to Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (ca. 1256–1335) and contains several passages by Zygabenos’ commentary. The second one consists of verses by Psellos’ commentary on the Psalms (poem 54).
257v–259v Ode 1
259v–264v Ode 2
264v–266r Ode 3
266r–268r Ode 4
268v–269v Ode 5
269v–270v Ode 6
270v–273r Ode 7
273r–275r Daniel 3:46-51 and Ode 8
275v–277r Ode 9
277r–277v Later note on the liturgical use of the Psalms.
278r–280v Fragments from Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos’ metrical synaxarium.
281r–285r Liturgical canon (tit. Κανὼν εἰς τὸν φύλακα ἄγγελον τῆς ζωῆς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου).
285v–287r Liturgical canon dedicated to Christ.
287v–288r Fragments from Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos’ metrical synaxarium.
288v–289r Continuation of the canon.
289v–290r Fragments from Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos’ metrical synaxarium.
290v–293v Continuation of the canon.
294r–295v Liturgical hymns of the Matins.
296r–297r Fragments of theological and liturgical texts.
297v–298v Scribblings and notes by later owners.
Bibliography
Parpulov, G., Toward a History of Byzantine Psalters, ca. 850–1350 AD, Plovdiv 2014, Appendix B1. 
Westerink, L. G., Michaelis Pselli Poemata, Stutgardiae et Lipsiae 1992, 327–390.
Catalogues
Féron, E., F. Battaglini, Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae... Codices manuscripti graeci Ottoboniani, Romae 1893, 158–159. 
Rahlfs, A., Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Mitteilungen des Septuaginta–Unternehmens der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 2), Berlin 1914, 241. 
Author Maria Tomadaki
Copyright 
Die Editio critica maior des griechischen Psalters,
Niedersächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
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Publication Date Jun 16, 2022
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