GA L1675
General
Known Identifiers
CSNTM
MNTGRCL1675
INTF
L1675
Pinakes
47959
Description
One parchment leaf from a Gospel lectionary, dated to the thirteenth century. Parchment leaf is accompanied by a printed sheet of another leaf under the possession of H.R. Willoughby with shelfmark MS. 3 (Chicago, IL). The two leaves contain portions of Matthew 6:24–33; 9:1–6, 24–26.
Catalogs: B. Crostini Lappin, A Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts acquired by the Bodleian Library since 1916 (Bodleian Library: Oxford, 2003).
Holding Institution or Individual
Bodleian Library (Oxford)
Shelf Number
Ms. Gr. bib. d. 9
Date
1200–1299
Codicology
Material
Present: parchment
Primary: parchment
Quire Comments
none
Exterior Condition
Condition and type of cover and binding. Modern board covered in cream-coloured leather. Spine is intact with no writing.
Additional Codicological Comments
NUMBER OF FOLIOS
ii + 1 + 1 printed sheet + xiii (modern paper)
CODICOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
Inside front cover has several pasted and written notes. Top centre, typed, "PRESENTED TO / THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY / BY / F. E. NORRIS, ESQ." | centre, typed, "Greek / 11. GOSPEL LECTIONARY. Leaf (10 by 7 1/2 in.) from S. Matthew's Gospel, containing the Saturday and Sunday Gospel. Probably written about late XII Cent., imitating an older (XII Cent.) hand. Marginal notes in Arabic. Text touched with red, blue or green. £3. 0. 0 XIII Cent." | centre, in pencil, "Recto. Matt. VI 24b to 31a / Verso Matt. VI 31b to 33" | lower centre, shelfmark in pencil, "MS. Gr. bibl. d. 9."
Folio 1: single parchment leaf. Folio 2: a black and white, printed sheet of a leaf from the same Gospel lectionary in the possession of H.R. Willoughby (Chicago, IL, shelfmark “MS. 3”). Note in lower margin reads: "Verso of MS. 3 belonging to Prof. H.R. Willoughby, | University of Chicago, Illinois." || Further note in pencil on the inside of bottom margin: "By exchange, Sept. 1954." Text of f. 2 is work of a different scribe, not the same that composed material in f. 1: shape and angle of letters on f. 2 differ from those of f. 1; ekthesis and lection identifier follow distinct patterns as well.
DECORATION
Red teleia; letters filled in green. Ekthesis to mark beginning of lections.
PARATEXTUAL FEATURES
Ekphonetic notation in vermillion.
ANNOTATIONS
Pencil annotations from sale "Greek XIII / 3. 10. 0."
Measurements(mm): Widht: 192. Height: 252.
Columns
1
Script
Minuscule
Number of Pages
40
Measurements
Content
Overview
Gospels
Language(s)
Greek
Biblical Content Type(s)
Lectionary:
Table of Contents
f. 1r: Matthew 6:24–31 (starts with σει in ἀγαπήσει)
f. 1v: Matthew 6:31–33; Matthew 8:14–17
f. 2r: Matthew 9:24–26; 9:1–6 (breaks off with εἰδῆτε ὅτι)
Additional Comments on Content
Lection on f. 1v is for Saturday 4 of the Gospel of Matthew (after Pentecost), kephalaion 67, read for those who are sick: σ’ δ’ ευα(γγελιον) κ(α)τ(α) μ(ατ)θ(αιον) κε(φάλαιον) ξζ’: λέγ(εται) εις ει[α]σθ(ε)νουντ(ας) : ~ Lection on f. 2r (printed sheet) is for Sunday 6 of Matthew, kephalaion 70.
