[Liturgies of Saints Basil and Chrysostom and Liturgy of the Presanctified].
- 172 images
-
Download
- Rights
-
Free Re-UsePublic Domain
- All Images (172)
- Currently Displayed Image
- Small JPG 400px
- Medium JPG 800px
- Large JPG 1,200px
- Full-Res JPG Original Resolution
- Please be patient with high-res and bulk downloads.
- Share
- Skip to Item Info
Item Info
- Title:
- [Liturgies of Saints Basil and Chrysostom and Liturgy of the Presanctified].
- Alternative Title:
-
- Euchologion. Selections. Greek. 1580
- Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom.
- Orthodox Eastern Church. Liturgy of St. Basil.
- Orthodox Eastern Church. Leitourgia proēgiasmenōn.
- Date:
- 1580 to 1660
- Creator:
- Contributor:
- 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.
Colophon (fol. 68v, in red): telos kai tō th[e]ō doxa cheir Louka Archiereus: euthchesth[ai] dia t[ēn] k[yrio]n:
Colophon (fol. 68v, in red): τέλος καὶ τω̜̃ θ[ε]ω̜̃ δόξα· χείρ Λουκα̃ ἀρχιερεύς:· εὔθχεσθ[αι] δὶα τ[ὴν] κ[ύριο]ν:·
Layout: Written in 1 column of 15 lines; burnished, using ruling board.
Script: Two hands are represented: one for the liturgies of Saints Chrysostom and Basil, identified as Lucas (Buzau), and one for the liturgy of the Presanctified. Scribe I: Open minuscule hand in black ink, leaning to the right; occasional flourishes into margin; ornamental initials and liturgical instructions in very reddish orange; colophon identifies scribes as Lucas Archierus, or Lucas Buzau. Scribe II: Squarish hand in dark brown ink, leaning slightly to the left; pendant, but bottom line of characters very flat, including alpha, nun, rho, upsilon, and phi; frequent ligatures and occasional flourishes into margin. Ornamental initials and liturgical instructions in deep red.
Decoration: Initials on first leaf of each liturgy appear in color, others in red. fol. 2r: fectangular ornamental headpiece (48 x 80 mm) of strapwork in gilt with strong blue background and very reddish orange accents, with floriate designs extending diagonally from each corner. fol. 29r: rectangular ornamental headpiece (28 x 78 mm) of rinceaux forming two horizontal heart shapes in gilt, background in blue, with five floriate designs in blue, red, and strong pink, outlined in gilt, extending outward: one from each corner and one from the center of the head. fol. 71r: rectangular ornamental headpiece (42 x 80 mm) of interlacing rinceau in gilt with two counterbalanced fleurs de lis at the center, deep red and darkish greenish-blue accents, border in gilt surrounded by red minims along head and sides, with a fleur-de-lis in red and greenish-blue extending diagonally from each corner.
Title cataloged from existing description.
Binding: Contemporary calf over stiffened card, sewn on raised cords, stamped in gilt with Crucifixion on front, Virgin and Child on back, both within sunburst surrounded by floriate spirals and double-border. Originally four clasps: two on fore edge, one at head, one at foot. Remnants of at least two leaves of Hebrew script behind pastedown inside lower cover.
- Subject:
- Format:
- Language:
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Extent:
- 84 leaves :paper, illuminations ; 201 x 145 (118 x 109) mm
- Digital Collection:
- Early Manuscripts collection
- Catalog Record:
- https://find.library.duke.edu/catalog/DUKE006060680
- Provenance:
-
- Source of acquisition: Purchase; Purchased from Sam Fogg, Rare Books and Manuscripts, London, England; 1994, December 6.
- Ownership history: Provenance: Sotheby's, lot 78, 1993.
- 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:
-
- Call number: Greek MS 097
- 006060680
- duke:282480
- emsgk01097
- ark:/87924/r4qz22n5r
- 5b546209-a74a-4b8b-b5cd-89b5c3b1b0f3
- Permalink:
- https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4qz22n5r
- Sponsor:
- Sponsor this Digital Collection
The preservation of the Duke University Libraries Digital Collections and the Duke Digital Repository programs are supported in part by the Lowell and Eileen Aptman Digital Preservation Fund