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Detailed record for Egerton 2785
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| Title |
Four Gospels, with prologues, tables, lectional directions and apparatus, a commentary by Eulogius of Alexandria; the diagnosis of Hesychius (ff. 175-176v) |
| Origin |
Eastern Mediterranean |
| Date |
13th century |
| Language |
Greek |
| Script |
Greek minuscule |
| Decoration |
4 large headpieces and initials in red with foliate decoration at the beginning of the Gospels (ff. 9, 55, 89, 141). Small initials and apparatus in red. Simple headpiece in red (f. 175v). |
| Dimensions in mm |
270 x 195 (205 x 155) in two columns |
| Official foliation |
ff. iv + 176 (+2 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
BM/BL in-house. |
| Provenance |
A slightly later cypher alphabet and a note in cypher (f. 8).
Note in Greek dated 25 August 1720 (f. ii).
James Woodhouse (d. 1866), Treasurer-General of the Ionian Islands: no. 37 in his collection.
John William Burgon (b. 1813, d. 1888), dean of Chichester and biblical scholar: inscription 'Liber Johannis Guilielmi Burgon S. T. B. Decani Cicestr. AD. 1875' (f. i verso).
Rev. W. F. Rose, vicar of Worle: described by Burgon in the Guardian, 19 July, 1882, and collated by Rose, bought in 1893 by the British Museum, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829). |
| Notes |
ff. iii and iv are after f. 176. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1888-1893 (London: British Museum, 1894), no. Eg. 2785.
Caspar René Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs: 1900), pp. 215, 1110 (as e 715).
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 47.
Marcel Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum, Publications de l'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes, 3 (Paris: CNRS, 1952), p. 87.
Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments, ed. by Kurt Aland, Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung, 1 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1994), 715. |
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f. 9
Headpiece |
f. 55
Headpiece |
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