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Lincoln College MS. Gr. 2

Diktyon no.: 48656

Menaeum; late 13th c.

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. (fols. 1r–2v)

Ἀκολουθία τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ Νηστευτοῦ (end lost).

2. (fols. 3r–106v)

Menaeum for the month of September (beginning lost).

3. (fols.106v–232r )

Menaeum for the month of October.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: i+232+i leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 262 × 183 mm.

Collation

ii (ff. 1–2), text loss, vi (f. 3–8), i (f. 9), viii (ff. 10–17, ff. 4 and 16 single), 3 × viii (ff. 18–41), vi (ff. 42–47), 3 × viii (ff. 48–71), viii (ff. 72–79, ff. 73 and 78 single), viii (ff. 80–87), viii (ff. 88–95, ff. 89 and 94 single), viii (ff. 96–103), viii (ff. 104–111, ff. 105 and 110 single), 5 × viii (ff. 112–151), viii (ff. 152–159, ff. 153 and 158 single), 8 × viii (ff. 160–223), 2 × i (ff. 224–225), vi (ff. 226–231), i (f. 232). There are scribal signatures in the middle of the lower margin at the beginning and end of quires, starting with α´ on f. 9v and finishing with κθ´ on f. 224r.

Layout

33 lines [ 196 × 130 mm. ] on ff. 3–71

29 lines [ 197 × 122 mm. ] on ff. 72–232

31 lines [ 195 × 115 mm. ] on ff. 1–2

Ruling Leroy 40C1

Hand(s)

Produced by a single anonymous scribe, who wrote on f. 232r: Πληρῶν δοξάζω Θ(ε)ῶ τῶ δόντι τέλος (DBBE 2913).

Decoration

There is an ornamented headband drawn in red ink on f. 106v.

Additions:

A late-Byzantine hand has copied on f. 232r-v a short text about St Demetrius: Τοῖς ἀθληταῖς ὥσπερ νόμος ὁ μέγας Δημήτριος ἀνὰ χεῖρα λαβὼν τὸν σταυρὸν εἰσέδυ τὸ στάδιον ἀτρέστως ἐρίζων τὰ ὑπὲρ φύσιν etc.

Binding

Binding (probably eighteenth-century) of marbled paper over pasteboard. The endpapers and pastedowns contain no watermarks.

History

Origin: late 13th c.

Provenance and Acquisition

Bequeathed by Sir George Wheler (1651–1724), who acquired it during his journey to Greece (1675–1676).

Record Sources

Description by Georgi Parpulov (2023).

Bibliography

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2023-07: New description by Georgi Parpulov.