1a. (fols. 1r–213v)
commentarius in psalmos,
pr. PG 128. 41–1325. A leaf missing between 72 and 73 contained 433B5 καὶ ὁ ϲτεναγμόϲ μου – 440B12 μικροψυχίαϲ προέμενον.
Language(s): Greek
1b. (fols. 214r–223v)
commentarius in cantica,
partly pr. T.I Uspensky, Vizantiskij Vremennik xxiii (1917–22), pp. 128–33.
Language(s): Greek
Form: codex
Extent: iii + 224 leaves.
Dimensions (leaf): 235 × 160 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 180 × 110 mm.
Foliation: Foliated (i–iii), 1–223, (224).
Collation
(fol. 1) i 5 leaves, (fol. 6) ii 8, (fol. 14) iii 10 (2, 8 canc.), (fol. 22) iv 10 (2, 8 canc.), (fol. 30) v 8, (fol. 38) vi 10 (3, 7 canc.), (fol. 46) vii 8, (fol. 54) viii 11 (2, 7 canc.), (fol. 63) ix 8, (fol. 71) x 10 (2, 7 canc., 4 missing), (fol. 78) xi–xix 8, (fol. 150) xx 10 (3, 7 canc.), (fol. 158) xxi–xxvii 8, (fol. 214) xxviii 10. Quires numbered in top centre margin of first recto and bottom right of last verso.
Layout
Ruling: 36–46 lines. Ruling type Leroy 20C1.
Hand(s)
Text written probably by three scribes. A: fols. 1r–5v, 59rv, 94r–223v. B: fols. 6r–54v, 55v–58r, 61v. C: fols. 54v–55r, 58v, 60r–61r, 62rv.
Decoration
Rubrication: lemmata and initials in faded red; simple penwork ornament.
Additions: 1 fol. 5v, obituary of 1362: μηνὶ ἰουνίῳ κδʹ ἡμέρᾳ παραϲκευῇ τὸ γενέϲιον τοῦ ἁγίου ἐνδόξου προδρόμου καὶ βαπτιϲτοῦ Ἰωάννου ὥρᾳ θʹ τῆϲ ἡμέραϲ ἐκοιμή⟨θη⟩ ἡ δούλη τοῦ θεοῦ Μαρία ἡ Μακρυδούκενα ἡ διὰ τοῦ θείου καὶ ἀγγελικοῦ ϲχήματοϲ μετοναμϲθεῖϲα Μάρθα μοναχή ἔτουϲ ͵ϛου ωου οʹ ἰνδικτιῶνοϲ ιεηϲ. 2 fol. 7r μαρ.κ. δοῦκαϲ ο̣μαρου. 3 fol. 22v some cryptography. 4 fol. 46r astrological note εἰ θέλοιϲ εὑρεῖν τὸν θεμέλιον τῆϲ ϲελήνηϲ. 5 fol. iiv possibly the draft of a letter, ὦ ἐπὶ διανοίαϲ ϲε περίφρων. Numerous pentrials on fols. ii–iii. Fol. 1r has the no. ‘30’. A loose sheet of paper written by an uncount 15th or 16th cent. hand contains unidentified theological matter.A few marginalia by the scribes, more added by a 14th cent. hand.
Binding
Binding of blind-stamped brown leather over wood, East European with Greek spine, 15th–16th cent.; hunting-scene stamps; clasps now missing.
Origin: 1280
Provenance and Acquisition
Subscription on fol. 223v τὸ τέρμα γέγονεν ἐν ἔτει ͵ϛψπηʹ οὔϲηϲ ἰνδικτιῶνοϲ τῆϲ (?) ηʹ· τοῦ Ϲυρροπούλου ο̣υ̣το πόνημα ...... εξον ὑπὲρ τῶν αὐτοῦ πολλῶν ἀμπλακημάτων ἀμήν.
