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Beinecke MS 236 | Description: ff. ii + 186 - 16th-17th centuries. Three original chain-stitched supports, the thread laced into square-edged, flush, wooden boards grooved on the edges. The beaded, colored endbands are sewn on cords which are attached in holes in the edges of the boards. The edges are painted with a red and black interlace design, the spine smooth and round. Covered in brown goatskin, blind-tooled with concentric borders, different on each board, the central panels filled with flowers and small diamonds. One pin hole in the edge of the upper board, three holes for a strap in the lower. Rebacked. According to A. R. A. Hobson, the binding originated in Crete. - Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 9551). Purchased from Laurence Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957. - Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 236. | Notes:-Manuscript on paper of 1) Pseudo-Augustine, Soliloquia, translated into Greek by Demetrius Cydonius; first leaf missing. 2) Creed of St. Athanasius. 3) Various prayers and hymns, some by John of Damascus and Macarius, but most anonymous. | Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0 | Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS236_47 | Language: Greek Century: 16th | View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms236.htm |
| Part 1: | Description: - paper - Harlfinger Chapeau 74. - 153 x 105 (102 x 62) mm. | Country: | Cardinal point: | Region: Crete (?) | City: | Assigned Date: [between 1500 and 1550] | Searchable Date Range: 1500 - 1550 | Dated by scribe: No | Inscribed Date: | Document: No | Number of Scribes: | Script: Written by a single scribe in tall, upright minuscule. | Notes: Decorative initials, 6- to 5-line, in red with simple floral designs; rubrics throughout. Binding: 16th-17th centuries. Three original chain-stitched supports, the thread laced into square-edged, flush, wooden boards grooved on the edges. The beaded, colored endbands are sewn on cords which are attached in holes in the edges of the boards. The edges are painted with a red and black interlace design, the spine smooth and round. Covered in brown goatskin, blind-tooled with concentric borders, different on each board, the central panels filled with flowers and small diamonds. One pin hole in the edge of the upper board, three holes for a strap in the lower. Rebacked. According to A. R. A. Hobson, the binding originated in Crete. | Number of Texts: 1 |
| Text 1: | Other Associate: John of Damascus, Saint. | Author: Pseudo-Augustinus. | Other Associate: Athanasius Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria d. 373. | Other Associate: Demetrius Cydones ca. 1324-ca. 1398. | Title: Soliloquia, etc. | Subjects: Pseudo-Augustinus.; Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.; Creeds.; Hymns.; Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.; Mysticism--Early works to 1800.; Prayers--Early works to 1800.; | Language(s): Greek | |
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