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Detailed record for Arundel 542
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| Author |
John Chrysostom , Severianus Gabalensis |
| Title |
Various theological works |
| Origin |
Eastern Mediterranean |
| Date |
10th century |
| Language |
Greek |
| Script |
Greek minuscule |
| Decoration |
Large foliate, geometric, or decorated headpieces in colours and gold with enclosed titles in red majuscules, and large coloured initials below at the beginning of texts (ff. 1, 16, 29, 37v, 55v, 72v, 81, 94, 103, 111v, 117, 124, 135v, 143v, 148, 153v, 169, 181v, 191v, 200v, 212, 223, 237v). Simple headpiece with titles in red uncials, and large decorated initials in colour. Simple endpieces. Small initials in brown. Marginal drawing of a cross (f. 223). |
| Dimensions in mm |
405 x 265 (305 x 165) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 237 (+ unfoliated modern paper flyleaves) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1981. |
| Provenance |
? Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician.
Henry Howard (b. 1628, d. 1684), 6th duke of Norfolk, presented to the Royal Society in 1667.
The Royal Society, London (its ink stamp: 'Soc. Reg. Lond / ex dono HENR. HOWARD / Norfolciensis.', f. 1).
Purchased by the British Museum from the Royal Society together with 549 other Arundel manuscripts in 1831. |
| Notes |
Misbinding of ff. 1-20 noted in a 13th century (?) Greek hand in the lower margin.
ff. 38-39 bound upside down. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: The British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part I: The Arundel Manuscripts, p. 165.
Marcel Aubineau, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci (Paris: CNRS, 1968- ), I: Codices Britianniae et Hiberniae, no. 45.
Maria Luisa Agati, La Minuscola 'Bouletée', preface by Paul Canart, Littera Antiqua, 9.1 (Vatican City: Scuola Vaticana di Paleografia, Diplomatica e Archivistica, 1992), p. 293.
Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts (London: British Library, 1999- ), I, 21-22 [with additional bibliography]. |
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f. 94
Illuminated headpiece |
f. 103
Illuminated headpiece and initial |
f. 191v
Illuminated headpiece and initial |
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