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MS. Canon. Gr. 85

Summary Catalogue no.: 18538

Contents

Gospel Lectionary.
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Hutter i. 24:

Fols. 39, 72 written in gold on purple parchment with ornamental borders around titles.

Ornamental headpieces, ornamental strips and floral initials.

History

Origin: 10th century, end ; Byzantine, Constantinople

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens, Quarto Catalogues I, 1883, repr. with corrections 1969). Decoration, localization and date follow Hutter.
Quarto Catalogue, col. 82
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 316

Digital Images

New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (digitized microfilm)
Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2018-10-14: Mitch Fraas Provenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/littlegustv/oxfordupdates/blob/master/test_case_for_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.