[Psalter and Odes of Moses].
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- Title:
- [Psalter and Odes of Moses].
- Alternative Title:
- Psalter. Byzantine Greek. 1434
- Date:
- 1434
- Creator:
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- 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.
Colophon (fol. 143): Tō syntel[estē] t[ōn] kal[ōn] th[e]ō charis + eteleiōth en mē[ni] Iouniō s eis aulth [6 June, 1423].
Layout: Written in 1 column of 21-23 lines.
Script: Narrow, uneven hand in brown ink typically slanting to the left. Frequent penlifts, including backhook on the finial stroke of rho. Uncial gamma and eta are frequently used but not delta.
Decoration: Ornamental initials in faded red; occasional bar or twist ornamentation in brown and red in the fore edge margin next to headings; ornamental running penwork in red and brown of uneven chevrons with accents and finials.
Wanting 12 leaves at the beginning, text begins at Psalm 17 (18): 13, 13; also 1 leaf missing between fol. 130 and 131 with loss of the end of Ode 1 and the beginning of Ode 2.
Former shelfmark: Phillipps MS. 6227.
Watermark: Letter M, similar to Harlfinger, D. Wasserzeichen aus griechischen Handschriften, Lettre 21.
Title cataloged from existing description.
Colophon (fol. 143): Τω̜̃ συντελ[εστη̜̃] τ[ω̃ν] καλ[ω̃ν] θ[ε]ω̜̃ χάρις + ἐτελειωθ ἐν μη[νὶ] ̕Ιούν[ιω̜] ς ́ εἰς αυλθ ́ [6 June, 1423].
Binding: Nineteenth-century binding of brown calf over boards; gilt bands on spine with red morocco gilt title label: Psalterium in usum Graece ecclesiae.
- Subject:
- Format:
- Language:
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Extent:
- 143 leaves :paper, illuminations ; 204 x 138 (144 x 88) mm
- Digital Collection:
- Early Manuscripts collection
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006050052
- Provenance:
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- Source of acquisition: Purchase; Purchased at Sotheby's Sale, lot 1719; 1972, July 4.
- Ownership history: Provenance: Phillipps MS. 6227.
- Ownership history: Provenance: Cochran, John. Catalogue of manuscripts in different languages on theology, 1829, no. 15.
- Ownership history: Provenance: From the collection of the Earl of Guilford. Cf. Cochran.
- Ownership history: Provenance: Benedictine Abbey of San Nicolo on the Lido, according to a note on the flyleaf at the end: " ... sancti nicolai de littore venetiarum."
- 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 055
- 006050052
- duke:282438
- emsgk01055
- ark:/87924/r41c1tg0r
- ad41b2d2-0c8d-4453-96ec-76ecdfd9b2db
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- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r41c1tg0r
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