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New York, New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
NYPL Spencer Greek 002
 
 Description:  —  ff. 241  —  Old (original?) binding; dark brown leather over thick (10 mm.) wooden boards; front is blind-stamped with a cross in the middle surrounded by two frames with vegetal ornament. Remains of clasps.  —  Purchased by NYPL from a dealer in Florence, Italy, in 1958.  —  Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann, "Catalogue of Greek Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the United States of America. Part II: The New York Public Library," Manuscripta 50.1 (2006) 21-76, here 55-59.
 Number of Parts: 1  —  Number of Images Available: 8
 
 
 

Part  1: ff. 1r-241v

 
Description:Parchment315/16 x 240. Two cols.; written in 25 lines; interlinear space 9.5-11mm.
Country:UndeterminedCardinal point:
Region: City:
Assigned Date: s. XII/XIIISearchable Date Range: 1150-1210
Dated by scribe: NoInscribed Date:
Document: NoNumber of Scribes: 1
Scribe: Constantine
Alphabet: Greek
Script: Liturgical minuscule
Figurative Decoration: Headpiece depicting the Deesis on f. 1r.
Other Decoration: Several headpieces decorated with intertwined circles (f. 27v), palmettes (f. 59r and f. 112v), two birds in arches (f. 76r), palmettes in guilloche (f. 141v), and interlace ornament (f. 168v). Major initals show standing evangelists; some zoomorphic.
Notes: Scribe left his name on f. 113r and f. 168r (bottom margins); note in Byzantine cryptographic system on f. 234r.
Number of Texts:  7
 
 
 
Text 1 of 7: ff. 1r-27v
 
Author: John
Title: Daily Readings
Language(s): Greek
Notes: Part of Synacharion (ff. 1r-204r).
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Text 2 of 7: ff. 27v-76r
 
Author: Matthew
Title: Daily Readings
Language(s): Greek
Notes: Part of Synacharion (ff. 1r-204r). Lacuna between ff.49v and 50r: …καὶ ὁ ἐν τῷ ἀγρῷ ἐπιστρε// //ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὑπάρχουσιν…
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Text 3 of 7: ff. 76r-141v
 
Author: Luke
Title: Daily Readings
Language(s): Greek
Notes: Part of Synacharion (ff. 1r-204r).
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Text 4 of 7: ff. 141v-168r
 
Title: Vigils (Παννυχίδες-Νηστεῖαι )
Language(s): Greek
Notes: Part of Synacharion (ff. 1r-204r).
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Text 5 of 7: ff. 168v-197r
 
Title: Passions ( Πάθη)
Language(s): Greek
Notes: Part of Synacharion (ff. 1r-204r). Lacuna between ff. 196v and 197r:...ἥτις ἐστὶν μετὰ τὴν παρασκευήν// //μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη…
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  • f. 168v. Headpiece; zoomorphic initial epsilon (snake, bird) with a blessing hand
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Text 6 of 7: ff. 197r-204r
 
Title: Morning Lections (Ἑωθινά)
Language(s): Greek
Notes: Part of Synacharion (ff. 1r-204r).
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Text 7 of 7: ff. 204v-241v
 
Title: Μηνολόγιον σὺν Θ(ε)ῷ ἁγίῳ
Title: Menologion
Incipit: ἀρχ(ὴ) τ(ῆς) ἰνδικτι(ῶνος) κ(αὶ) μνήμη τοῦ ὁσίου π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἡμῶν Συμε(ὼν) τοῦ Στυλίτου
Explicit: τῆς θυγατρὸς αὐτοῦ Ἡρῳδιάδος
Language(s): Greek
Notes: End missing.
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