Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
[Gospel book].
Call Number
83.1
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc00000b014
Publisher
[10--]
Language
Ancient Greek
Date Created
1000
Extent
268 leaves : parchment ; 122 x 100 (120 x 45) mm.
Provenance
Early provenance unknown. Probably in the library of St. John of Prodromos (see library shelfmark no. [gamma] 14 on the inside front board), as the property of the monk Makarios. It was probably rebound in the monastery, like many other manuscripts, and remained there until 1917, when it was removed together with most of the manuscripts in the library.
Source Acquisition
Purchase by John H. Scheide from antiquarian Joseph Baer in 1922.
References
De Ricci, p. 2120
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Cataloged from existing description.
Layout: 22 lines per page; framed ruled in dry point.
Collation: 1⁶, 2-10⁸, 11⁴, 12-34⁸, 35².
Decoration: full-page miniatures; canon tables with decorative frames, marginal figures, and ornament; 2 Eusebian letter pages with historiated frames with marginal figures; initials and headpieces for each Gospel.
Probably 16th c. Dark-red goatskin over poplar boards with unsupported link stitch.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Greek—New Jersey—Princeton
Canon tables
Illuminated manuscripts—11th century
Headpieces (layout features)—11th century
Parchment
Minuscule
Goatskin bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
544

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/953038c1-9505-4257-b27e-680e0e1db6bd/manifest