GA L479
General
Known Identifiers
CSNTM
MNTGRCL479
INTF
L479
Pinakes
71795
Holding Institution or Individual
Österreichische Nationalbibliothek (Wien)
Shelf Number
Theol. gr. 308
Date
1100–1199
Codicology
Material
Present: parchment
Primary: parchment
Quire Comments
1.1–8; 2.9–16; 3.17–22(SQ); 4.23–30; 5.31–35(SQ); 6.36–43; 7.44–51; 8.52–57(SQ); 9.58–65; 10.66–71(SQ); 11.72–79; 12.80–87. No quire signature extant. Quires start on flesh side.
Exterior Condition
Modern binding and cover. Boards are covered with gray paper. Impossible to inspect further details of covers. Labels glued to front cover and spine. Front cover: "Osterreich Nationalbibliothek. Theol. gr. 308." Spine: Theol. gr. 308."
Interior Condition
Parchment of good quality. Both parchment and text in good condition. Red ink of numerous ektheses in the margins has faded significantly. Defects: f. 7 (cut out in side and top margin); f. 12 (multiple holes); f. 15 (cut in the middle of bottom half of folio); f. 17 (small hole in interior margin); f. 22 (small hole in bottom margin); f. 26 (large hole; text partially lost); f.34 (large cut middle of folio); f. 38–40 (multiple holes); f. 43 (strange cuts in bottom margin); f. 45 (hole); f. 48 (large hole in upper half of folio in outside margin); f. 50 (bottom outside corner cut out); f. 51 (large tear across folio partially repaired with stitches); f. 63 (cut out in outside corner); f. 78 (hole); f. 82 (large tear across bottom half); f. 83 (tear in the inside margin and cut out in bottom margin); f. 85 (large hole);
Additional Codicological Comments
Two paper flyleaves at the beginning (i–ii). Fol. ir: modern id in pencil at top margin: "Theol. gr. 308." Fol. iir: modern pencil in bottom margin: "27 CCCVIII." Outside of margin in the bottom of f. 53r: "Theol. gr. 308." Foliated in ink by modern hand at top right corner. Folio count: ii + 87 + i Two sets of Latin notes on f. 1r. Note 1 in darker ink: "Augustissima Bibliotheca Caesarea Vin | dobonensis Codex manuscriptum Theologi | [cu]s Graecus N. | 330." Note 2 in light shade of brown: "Ex libris Sebastiani Tengnagel | I.V.D et Bibliothec. Eas." PARATEXTS AND ORNAMENTATION Enlarged ektheses in red ink, marginal lection identifiers, and liturgical units written in vermillion. Main text in light brown. Ribbons separate liturgical units and certain days whose entries are merely abbreviated. Larger ribbon in red ink only indicates the beginning of the Saturday-Sunday readings (f. 18r) and the Sanctoral cycle (f. 56r). Folia have been trimmed at the top and side; marginal content occasionally lost at least in part. SCRIBES: A set of marginal notes indicating tones and other liturgical matters were added by later hand in blak ink. These are absent from Acts; Only f. 18r onwards. Text of some leaves has been reinked, possibly by the same scribe who added liturgical notes in the margin. Parchment before f. 59 and after f. 63. It is blank. Decorative cut in the shape of a cross (bottom of f. 57). Weight: 1.15lbs / 0.52kg
Columns
1
Script
Minuscule
Number of Pages
274
Measurements
Content
Overview
Acts
Pauline Epistles
Language(s)
Greek
Biblical Content Type(s)
Lectionary: Paschal, Sanctoral, ESK,
Table of Contents
Lacunose at beginning and end. Starts with final portion of Acts lection for Monday 6 after Pascha; first full lection is Tuesday 6 from Acts. Ends with Sanctoral cycle; last extant entry is January 5. f. 1r–18r: Cycle of daily readings in the Paschal cycle (lacunose; begins with Tuesday 6 after Pascha) f. 18r–55v: Cycle of Saturday-Sunday readings in Paschal cycle f.56r–87v: Sanctoral cycle (lacunose; ends with entry for January 5).
