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

MS. Hatton 66

Summary Catalogue no.: 4033

Contents

1.
Gospels

Each Gospel is preceded by the usual preface and a list of contents. Pericopes are indicated in the margins

(fol. 1)
Matthew
(fol. 77v)
Mark
(fol. 125v)
Luke
(fol. 209)
John

With the prologues of Theophylact

Language(s): Russian Church Slavonic
2. (fols 270–276)
Menologion
Language(s): Russian Church Slavonic
3. (fols 276v–279)
Synaxarion
Language(s): Russian Church Slavonic
4. (fols 279–284v)
Typicon

Extract concerning the Gospel readings for the whole year

Language(s): Russian Church Slavonic
5. (fol. 286v)
Notes on a miraculous fire and a tempest

An entry from 1557 which records a miraculous fire in the church of 'Peroslave' (Pereiaslav) and a tempest at 'Colmogro' (Kholmogory) in that summer

Language(s): English

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 291 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 8.75 Ɨ 6.25 in.

Condition

Fol. 129v is blank

History

Origin: 16th century (before 1557) ; Russian (see Cleminson)

Provenance and Acquisition

Pre-Bodleian press-mark 'D'

Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)

Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937) with additional reference to published literature as cited.

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    Ralph Cleminson, A Union Catalogue of Cyrillic Manuscripts in British and Irish Collections (1988), no. 169

Last Substantive Revision

2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)