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Lectionary

Creator:
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados
Published / Created:
[ca. 1200-1249]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1180
Container / Volume:
1 Box
Image Count:
330
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single scribal hand, of a Gospel lectionary containing the daily lessons for the ecclesiastical year for both fixed and moveable feasts. Manuscript begins the readings of John from Easter to the sixth Sunday after Easter, and concludes with the readings from 21 May to 31 August
Description:
In Greek., Accompanied by detailed list of contents., Script: Greek minuscule., Decoration: ornamented headbands in red ink mark the four major sections of the text. Ornamented initials in red ink at the beginnings of some Gospel readings., Bookplate: L. A., and Binding: Fifteenth-century? Greek-style binding of full brown leather over squared and grooved boards. Blind-tooled; bordered with interlace tendrils, diapered and checker-ruled with additional circular tools containing peacock, Agnus Dei, vase, rampant lion, eagle and fleuron designs.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Manuscripts, Medieval and Lectionaries
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Lectionary

2.
Office of Holy Communion

Creator:
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados
Published / Created:
[ca. 1325]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 1155
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
21
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript scroll, on parchment, in a single hand, containing the Greek Orthodox Office of Holy Communion, a series of prayers, hymns and verses intended for private recitation before, during and after taking communion. Text includes prayers attributed to Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil the Great
Description:
In Greek., Script: archaizing scribal hand., Scroll composed of seven vellum sheets, written on both sides in single columns., Titles are written in gold. Each prayer begins with an illuminated initial, also outlined in gold. There is a gilded ornamented tailpiece., Note, in Greek, in a sixteenth-century hand, at the end of the text, attributing the manuscript to the Royal Monastery of Docheiariou., and Schøyen MS 662.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Monē Docheiariou (Athos, Greece) and Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Orthodox Eastern monasticism and religious orders, Lord's Supper (Liturgy), and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Office of Holy Communion