[Commentary on the Song of Solomon, 1:1-6:8 by Michael Psellus].
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- Title:
- [Commentary on the Song of Solomon, 1:1-6:8 by Michael Psellus].
- Date:
- 1400 to 1588
- Creator:
- Psellus, Michael.
- Description:
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Forms part of the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)
Format: Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Layout: Written in 1 column of 16-18 lines; unruled.
Script: fol. 1r-4v are from a later hand and represent a different text than either that in Van Meurs or Migne; body of manuscript begins on fol. 5r in a neat, clear minuscule in a black ink with enlarged uncials theta, phi, psi and kappa.
Decoration: Initials in red; some rubrication on early pages; ornamental penwork of alternating, long flat double-lined "c" scroll with small foliate finials in strong reddish orange.
Title cataloged from existing description.
Binding: Bound in maroon morocco; covers have ruled border and centered supralibris of Baron Hoffman of Prague; date gold-stamped on front cover: 1588.
- Subject:
- Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)
- Format:
- Language:
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Extent:
- 80 leaves :paper, illuminations ; 146 x 109 (129 x 93) mm
- Digital Collection:
- Early Manuscripts collection
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006040487
- Provenance:
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- Source of acquisition: Purchase; Purchased from Lathrop C. Harper, Inc., New York; 1953, July 24.
- Ownership history: Provenance: Former owner: Acton Griscom, High Point, New Jersey.
- Ownership history: Forms part of the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University).
- Rights:
- Free Re-UsePublic Domain
- Identifier:
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- Call number: Greek MS 021
- 006040487
- duke:178829
- emsgk01014
- ark:/87924/r3vt1gt4p
- e8099d55-87f2-4cf0-ac76-f8bbeb3c9cd9
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r3vt1gt4p
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