MS. Barocci 135
Summary Catalogue no.: 135
Gregorius Nazianzenus AD 1305
Physical Description
Composite: two parts
Form: codex
Support: Western paper, watermarked (the only identifiable design being similar to Mošin–Trajlić no. 3400, but this is dated c.1390).
Extent: iii + 251 leaves.
Dimensions (leaf): 222 × 145 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 150 × 95 mm.
Foliation: Foliated (i–iii), (1–16), (17–21), 22–147, 148ab, 149–248, (249–51); fols. 1–16, 17–21 are substituted leaves, the former having a watermark similar to Mošin–Trajlić no. 4693, AD 1375.
Collation
(fol. 22) i–xxviii 8, (fol. 245) xxix 4 leaves.
Layout
Ruling: 22 lines.
Hand(s)
Written by Manuel Pancratius ; subscription fol. 248v: ἐτελειώθη ἡ παροῦϲα βίβλοϲ διὰ χειρὸϲ ἁμαρτωλοῦ Μανουὴλ τοῦ Παγκ̣ρ̣ατίου μηνὶ ἰαννουρίῳ κε ἡμέρᾳ κβε ἰνδικτιῶνοϲ γ̣. For interpretation see Vogel–Gardthausen p. 280.
Decoration
Rubrication: headings, titles and initials in vermilion.
Binding
Binding modern. On top fore-edge † ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟϹ.
MS. Barocci 135 – Part 1
Contents
1. (fols. 1r–14r)
†Epiphanius of Cyprus, Homilia II in Sabbato magno, pr. PG 43. 440–64.
Language(s): Greek
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
History
Origin: 15th century, second quarter
MS. Barocci 135 – Part 2
Contents
Gregory Nazianzen, Orationes
1b. (fols. 17r–35v)
or. 45, pr. PG 36. 624–64. The original hand begins (fol. 22r) at 632B14 ὑψηλότερον.
Language(s): Greek
Language(s): Greek
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Decoration
Ornamental strips and decorated initials at the beginnings of homilies 3–16. Replacement leaves with ornamental headpieces and decorated initials. (Hutter iii. 137, Abb. 505–6)
History
Origin: 1305, and (substitute leaves, fols. 17–21) 15th century, end
Additional Information
Record Sources
Description by Nigel Wilson, c. 1970. Previously described in 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).
Digital Images
Bibliography
Irmgard Hutter, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften, I-III, Oxford, Bodleian Library, 3 vols. in 4 (Stuttgart, 1977–82), iii, 137, Abb. 505–6
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.