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MS. Selden Supra 6

Summary Catalogue no.: 3394

Contents

Gospels
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Miniatures of evangelists.

Ornamental headpieces with symbols of Evangelists. (Hutter, I. 67)

Binding

Black velvet on boards.

History

Origin: c. 1330 ; Byzantine, Constantinople

Provenance and Acquisition

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Greek Manuscripts, Quarto Catalogues I, repr. 1969, with corrections, from the ed. of 1853). Decoration, localization and date follow Hutter (1977–1982).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 621
Quarto Catalogue, Cols. 585–586

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Digital Images

New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (digitized black-and-white microfilm)
Digital Bodleian (16 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.