Euchologium

Description

Title: Euchologium
Published / Created: [between 1500 and 1600]
Publication Place: Byzantium
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (thick, with a slight shine; no watermarks visible) of liturgies of the Greek Orthodox Church, prayers, and sermons
Description: In Greek.
Script: Written in a large, bold minuscule by a single scribe.
Three miniatures of good quality in Western style added later (19th century?) on blank folios: f. 1v, Sts. Basil, John Chrysostom and Gregory of Nazianzus, all in priestly vestments, in an elaborate red border; f. 23v, Mother of God between two angels swinging censers; f. 53v, Christ on a bier, in front of a patriarchal cross, flanked by angels swinging a censer and burning incense. Original decoration: elaborate headpieces, 4- to 2-line initials with stylized florals, plain 1-line initials and headings, all in red.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Diced brown calf, gold-tooled, with a black label. On the spine, "LITURG. GRAEC. M. S.".
Provenance: Collection of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827) and of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 6234). Purchased from L. C. Witten as a gift of the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust (MS 47) in 1957.
Extent: ff. iii + 119 + iii : 240 x 163 (162 x 110) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Byzantine Empire 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Liturgics
Manuscripts, Medieval
Prayers
Sermons, Greek
Subjects: Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Liturgics
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Prayers
Sermons, Greek
Byzantine Empire > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Euchologium. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.