[Life of Abraham the Hermit].

Item Info

Title:
[Life of Abraham the Hermit].
Date:
1500s
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.

  • Incomplete at the beginning and end of text.

  • Layout: Written in 1 column of 24 lines; unruled.

  • Script: Larger, neat minuscule, slanting to the right. Red initials in margins; mix of uncial and minuscule letters. Pen flourishes on the epsilon and alpha in the outer right margins; likewise flourishes on the chi, phi, psi, rho in the bottom margin.

  • Decoration: Ornamental penwork in a red and black ink; red ornamental initials in the margins.

  • Title cataloged from existing description.

  • Binding: Modern binding with sepia marbled paper over paper boards.

Subject:
Format:
Language:
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Extent:
32 leaves :paper, illuminations ; 284 x 196 (240 x 159) mm
Digital Collection:
Early Manuscripts collection
Catalog Record:
https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006071314
Provenance:
  • Source of acquisition: Purchase; Purchased from A. Rosenthal, Oxford.
  • 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 091
  • 006071314
  • duke:282474
  • emsgk01091
  • ark:/87924/r4w950r9b
  • eaf9d710-51dd-443d-981a-bdb182cbe803
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