[Theotokarion].

Item Info

Title:
[Theotokarion].
Date:
circa 1575
Creator:
Orthodox Eastern Church.
Description:

  • 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.

  • Watermarks: fols. 1-85 resembling Briquet nos. 549, 554, 559, and 562; fols. 86-148 resembling Briquet 657.

  • Layout: Written in 2 columns of 30 lines.

  • Script: A neat, careful combination of uncial and minuscule letters, slanting slightly to the right, in a black ink. Black and red initials in the outer margin. Occasional punctuation and titles in red.

  • Decoration: Faded red ornamental penwork. Faded red, and occasionally black, ornamental initials. Ornamental bar headpiece (fols. 18v, f. 74r, f. 109v).

  • Title cataloged from existing description.

  • Binding: Contemporary Byzantine binding, lower cover damaged.

Subject:
Format:
Language:
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Extent:
148 leaves :paper, illuminations ; 302 x 202 (231 x 163)
Digital Collection:
Early Manuscripts collection
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006063912
Provenance:
  • Source of acquisition: Purchase; Purchased from A. Rosenthal, Oxford (gift of Adelaide D. Clark); 1979 December.
  • 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-Use
Public Domain
Identifier:
  • Call number: Greek MS 074
  • 006063912
  • duke:282457
  • emsgk01074
  • ark:/87924/r4p843x6s
  • 298b3b8a-b37d-4e3a-ae7b-024f8852381b
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