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Detailed record for Egerton 2610
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| Title |
Four Gospels, with the Canons of Eusebius and the epistle to Carpianus |
| Origin |
Eastern Mediterranean (Constantinople) |
| Date |
11th century |
| Language |
Greek |
| Script |
Greek minuscule |
| Decoration |
Canon tables in architectural frames in gold and colours (ff. 3v-4, 5v-6, 7v-8, 9v-10). 4 miniatures of Evangelist portraits in colours on gold grounds (ff. 12v, 91v, 144v, 230v). Large headpieces in colours and gold, with foliate patterns and birds (f. 13), and 4 large initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of the Gospels (ff. 13, 92, 145, 231). Initials in gold. Simple head- and tailpieces in gold. Chrysography. |
| Dimensions in mm |
150 x 115 (95 x 65) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 296 ( + 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves and 1 parchment flyleaf at the beginning and 3 paper flyleaves after f. 295) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Pre-1600. Brown sheepskin over wooden boards, with blind-stamping of fleur-de-lys and rosettes, probably Cretan. Fore-edge painting, 14th century, probably also Cretan. |
| Provenance |
Note in Greek of the birth of a daughter, 1229, partly defaced (f. 295v).
15th-century marginal notes in Latin
16th-century notations in Latin and Greek on a paper flyleaf (f. 296v).
'No.147' overwritten ('No.15'?) on the upper pastedown, not later than 1550.
17th-century Latin title inscribed on the spine.
A member of the Albani family: bookstamp in ink with the arms of the Albani family surmounted by an ecclesiastical hat and accompanied by the initials 'RA', between 1650 and 1750 (f. 1).
A German bookseller: bought at the sale at Puttick's, 28 April 1882, lot 30, 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 |
Remnants of characteristic three braided tabs inside the lower cover, once part of the book's fastening mechanism. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1882-1887 (London: British Museum, 1889), no. Eg. 2610.
Herman C. Hoskier, A Full Account and Collation of the Greek Cursive Codex Evangelium 604 [Egerton 2610 in the British Museum] (London: David Nutt, 1890).
Caspar René Gregory, Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs: 1900), p. 213-4, 1110 (as e 700).
W. H. James Weale and Lawrence Taylor,Early Stamped Bookbindings in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1922), no. 365.
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 44.
Marcel Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum, Publications de l'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes, 3 (Paris: C. N. R. S., 1952), p. 86.
T. S. Pattie, Manuscripts of the Bible: Greek Bibles in the British Library (London: British Library, 1979), pp. 7, 31, pl. 2.
Bruce M. Metzger, Manuscripts of the Greek Bible: An Introduction to Greek Palaeography (New York: Oxford University Press, 1981), no. 37 [with additional bibliography].
Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments, ed. by Kurt Aland, Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung, 1 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1994), 700.
T. S. Pattie, Manuscripts of the Bible: Greek Bibles in the British Library , revd. edn (London: British Library, 1995), pp. 9, 38, pl. 2. |
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upper cover
Cover |
spine
Spine |
top headband
Headband |
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top headband
Headband |
binding
Headband |
f. 7v
Canon tables |
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f. 8
Canon tables |
f. 91
blank page |
f. 91v
Miniature of Mark and illuminated headpiece and initial at ... |
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