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MS. Canon. Gr. 92

Summary Catalogue no.: 18545

Contents

Gospel Lectionary.
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Borders. Ornamental headpieces. Ornamental strips and decorated floral and zoomorphic initials at the beginnings of lections. (Hutter iii. 68)

History

Origin: 11th century, end - 12th century, beginning ; 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. 86
Quarto Catalogue, col. 87
Summary Catalogue, vol. 4, p. 316

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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.