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Title devised by cataloger.
Date of production inferred from style of headings and decoration. See Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, volume 86, pages 157-158.
Origin: Produced in Greece or Asia Minor. The undated colophon on leaf 110r identifies the scribe as the Reader Konstantinos Theologites: "eteleiōth[ē] to par[on] eua[ngelion] dia cheiros Kōnstant[i]n[ou] anag[nōstou] tou theologētē". The codex originally contained 134 leaves. Quires 1-3 (24 leaves of Synaxarion including Johannine section for Weekdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, Easter through Pentecost) are missing. Three detached leaves from quire 3 have been identified: University of Chicago Library Ms879 pt.2 (formerly in the library of Edgar Krentz), McGill University Ms. Greek 11, and Uppsala University Fragm. Ms. Graec. 1.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (modern paper) + 110 + i (modern paper); 4⁸ 5⁸(8+1) 6⁶ 7¹²(-3,9,10) 8¹⁰(-3,9) 9-15⁸ 16¹⁰(-3,9) 17⁶; quires signed in Greek numbers on upper right recto of first leaf of each quire (some quires also signed on final leaf verso); modern foliation in Arabic numerals in pencil, leaves 1 to 5, and every 5th leaf thereafter.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 28 to 31 lines; ruled in drypoint (ruling type II,1b in Lake, K. Dated Greek miniscule manuscripts to the year 1200).
Script: Written in a miniscule hand in dark brown ink. Punctuation includes high point, low point, and double point, comma, marks of interrogation and elision. Cross for full stop.
Decoration: Headpieces of scrollwork in brown and red (fol. 33r, 40v, 81r). Horizontal bars placed at divisions of the Menologion text. 167 initials in red (40-115 mm) set off from text and embellished with foliate, bead, and knot motifs. Lesson headings and initials highlighted in yellow.
Shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Ms879.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Goodspeed Ms. Grk. 34.
Former shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, BS3352 1300e.
Related shelfmark: Montréal, Canada, McGill University, Ms. Greek 11.
Related shelfmark: Uppsala, Sweden, Uppsala University, Fragm. Ms. Graec. 1.
Related shelfmark: Chicago, Illinois, University of Chicago, Ms879 pt.2.
Byname: Lectionary of Constantine the Reader.
Forms part of the Edgar J. Goodspeed Collection of New Testament Manuscripts.
Gregory-Aland-Number, L1663
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, volume 1, page 600
Clark, K.W. A descriptive catalogue of Greek New Testament manuscripts in America, pages 267-268
Parvis, M.M. The story of the Goodspeed Collection, page 22
Svensk Exegetisk Årsbok, volume 86, pages 147-165
Text in Greek.
Item cataloged from existing descriptions.
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