Cambridge, Christ's College, MS Rouse 265
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11814
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Chapters are numbered α΄ (1) to σοζ΄ (277)
Nomocanons beginning with the same words are found in MS Providence, Brown University, John Hay Library, Koopman Greek 3, f. 1r (see: N. Kavrus-Hoffmann, Catalogue of Greek Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the United States of America, Part VI: Boston, Massachusetts, Miscellaneous Collections, and Providence, Rhode Island, Brown University, Manuscripta 56.1 (2012), 47-130 (p.111), and in MS Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Suppl. gr. 113, f. 48r, (see H. Hunger, C. Hannick, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 4, Wien 1994, pp. 194-195)
See A.S. Pavlov, Nomokanon pri Bolshom Trebnikie (Moscow 1897),, pp. 83-108
See A.S. Pavlov, Nomokanon pri Bolshom Trebnikie (Moscow 1897),, pp. 116-434
Physical Description
Collation
The manuscript has been bound very tightly and there is no numbering of the quires, therefore it is not possible to establish its quire structure.
Catchwords by the scribe in the lower margin verso of each leaf, near the gutter, written horizontally.Condition
Layout
Irregular layout, one single column, 17 to 20 lines 120 × 80 mm.
Hand(s)
ff. 1r-119v Hand A: the texts have been written by a single hand in an informal minuscule script, slightly slanting to the right, irregular in structure and ductus (speed of writing).
The text is written in light brown ink; titles and initials in red.
ff. 120r-121v Hand B: a later hand wrote annotations in the last leaves of the manuscript and passim in the margins, in a cursive minuscule. The ink is black.
Decoration
On f. 1r there is a rectangular headpiece traced in brown ink, with interlace patterns, and particulars coloured in red; the ink has partially faded. On ff. 14r and 21v there are two similar rectangular headpieces in brown ink, smaller than the one on f. 1r, filled with an interlace decoration, with particulars coloured in red.
Thick initials in red ink, sometimes simply decorated with scrollworks (see, for example, f. 21v).
Additions
Passim there are in the margins annotations by another hand (see ff. 29r, 31v).
On ff. 120r-121v there are scribbled notes in black ink by another later hand, including the name ‘ αιρηνη(?) του Καλογερακη Ιωάνι Κωνσταντήετη(?) ’, written also by another hand.
On the left pastedown and on ff. [i] recto-[ii] recto there are annotations in pencil by later librarians concerning the acquisition of the manuscript and indicating a previous shelfmark.
Binding
Modern full leather binding over millboards. The title ‘Greek MS.’ is tooled in gold on the spine.
165 × 115 × 37 mm.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The manuscript came into possession of W.H.D. Rouse (1863–1950) certainly before 1899, when he published an article in which he cites it ( Rouse 1899; he acquired it in Cos.
Presented to Christ's College by W.H.D. Rouse , 10 July 1940.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
Visitors to Christ's who wish to consult Special Collections material are required to apply to the Library in advance of their visit. For information on eligibility and admission procedures see: Christ's College Old Library.
Bibliography
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Superstition in the Canons Folklore, Paton, W.R. (5, 3, 275-278, 1894)
Folklore from the Southern Sporades Folklore, Rouse, W.H.D. (10, 2, 150-186, 1899)
Greek manuscripts in Cambridge: recent
acquisitions by college libraries, the Fitzwilliam Museum
and private collectors. Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical
Society, Easterling, Patricia
E. (4, 179-191, 1966)
Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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