Beta
Ra 7022
Meteora, Ἱερὰ Μονὴ Βαρλαάμ, 41. No diktyon: 40936.
a. 1599
| Paper, 517 ff., 140 × 212 mm,
1 col., 18 lines per page.
Minuscule.
Scribe:
Μοναχὸς Ἰάκωβος (s. XVI) Μοναχὸς Ἰάκωβος (s. XVI) was active in the Varlaam monastery during the years 1531–1551. On the identification of the scribe see Vees (1984: 51).
Psalms and Odes.
| The titles and the initials are rubricated. We are grateful to the monastic community of the Varlaam Monastery for providing us access to the manuscript images.
Text-type: L.
| Content | |
| 1r–8v | Blank |
| 9r–100r | Ps 1–76 |
| 100v | John Geometres, Epigram on the Psalter (tit. “Στίχοι εἰς τὸν θεῖον Δαυίδ”) and the monostich “ἀρμονίης ἱερῆς μελιηδέα ἄσματα Δα(υί)δ” |
| 100v–189v | Ps 77–151 |
| 190r–192r | Ode 1 |
| 192r–196r | Ode 2 |
| 196v–197v | Ode 3 |
| 197v–199v | Ode 4 |
| 199v–200v | Ode 5 |
| 200v–201v | Ode 6 |
| 201v–203v | Ode 7 |
| 203v–206r | Daniel 3:46-51 |
| 206r–207v | Ode 9 |
| 208r–228v | Akolouthia of the Akathistos Hymn |
| 229r–231v | Blank |
| 232r–370v | Troparia of the Holy Week |
| 370v– | Akolouthia, tit. “Ἀκολουθία τοῦ μικροῦ ἁγιασμοῦ” |
| 384r–416v | Akolouthia for a prophet, tit. “Ἀρχή, ἀκολουθία εἰς ἕνα προφήτην· στιχηρὰ ἦχος δ´· ὁ ἐξ ὑψίστου κληθείς” |
| 416v–421r | Akolouthia for hierarchs, tit. “Ἑτέρα ἀκολουθία εἰς δύο ἱεράρχας καὶ πολλούς” |
| 421r–429v | Akolouthia for a hieromartyr, tit. “Ἀκολουθία εἰς ἕνα ἱερομάρτυρα” |
| 429v–442r | Akolouthia for a saint, tit. “Ἑτέρα ἀκολουθία εἰς ὅσιον ἕνα” |
| 442r–447r | Akolouthia for a female martyr, tit. “Ἀκολουθία εἰς μάρτυραν γυναῖκα” |
| 447r–451r | Akolouthia for two or many female martyrs, tit. “Ἑτέρα ἀκολουθία εἰς δύο καὶ εἰς πολλὰς γυναῖκας μάρτυρας” |
| 451r–457r | Akolouthia for a female saint, tit. “Ἀκολουθία εἰς ὁσίαν γυναῖκα” |
| 457v–497r | Menologion, tit. “Mηνολόγιον σὺν θεῷ ἁγίῳ τοῦ ὅλου ἐνιαυτοῦ” |
| 497r–513r | Apolytikia and kontakia of the Triodion, tit. “Τὰ ἀπολιτίκια (sic) καὶ κοντάκια τοῦ Τριωδίου” |
| 513v–515v | Trisagion service for the departed, tit. “Τρισάγιον ψαλλόμενον ἐν τοῖς νεκροῖς καὶ εἰς τὰ κόλυβα (sic) εὐλογήσαντος τοῦ ἱερέως” |
| 516r–517r | Blank |
| 517v | Note by later hand “…ποτη μου πατήρ, ἄρτιμος (sic) υἱὸς ὑπάρχει καὶ ἐὰν καλ…” |
Catalogue
Vees, A.: Τα χειρόγραφα των Μετεώρων: κατάλογος περιγραφικὸς των χειρογράφων κωδίκων τῶν ἀποκειμένων εἰς τὰς μονὰς τῶν Μετεώρων: τόμος Β´ τα χειρόγραφα τῆς μονῆς Βαρλαάμ, Athens 1984, 50–51.
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