[Selections from the Philokalia :works by Maximus the Confessor and Thalassius, Bishop of Caesarea].

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.

Collation: Paper, fol. iv + 42 + iv ; 1⁸ 2-3¹⁰ 4⁸ 5⁶ ; quire numbers in Greek minuscules in the tail margin at the fore edge ; catchwords are under the last line of text at the gutter margin.

Layout: Written in 1 column of 31 lines.

Script: A small Italo-Greek minuscule hand, written rapidly, slanting to the right, using a dark brown ink and a fine pointed nib. Chapter headings are in well-defined uncials much as that found in stone. The words are separated. The hand is very fluid and a mixture of minuscule and uncial characters. The text on the page has a lacy effect due to the spacing between the lines and the fine small hand.

Decoration: Occasional penwork minims fill out the line at the end of the sections.

Title cataloged from existing description.

Theological summary (Patrologiae Graeca 90, 1084-1123) and allegorical "Century" of Maxims on the virtues by Maximus the Confessor (PG 1124-1173); also includes Four "Centuries" of Maxims on Charity, Temperance, and the Holy Spirit, by Thalassius, Bishop of Caesarea (PG 91, 1428-1469)

Binding: Vellum over boards.