A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Auct. E. 5. 11

Summary Catalogue no.: 5766

Contents

Gospels
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Miniatures of evangelists, decorated pages, arcades, initials and decorative rings surrounding titles. (Hutter i. 2)

History

Origin: 10th century, first half ; Byzantine, Constantinople

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 (1977–1982).

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Digital Images

New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (digitized microfilm)
Digital Bodleian (5 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2021-10-19: Added link to NTVMR.