Vatican Palimpsests Digital Recovery of Erased Identities [by A. Németh]

Vat.gr.1853

Manuscript information

Resource type:
Manuscript
Collection:
Vat.gr.
Shelfmark:
Vat.gr.1853
Library:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Date:
sec. XII
Dated Mss:
1173
Beginning date:
1100
Ending date:
1200
Country:
Italia
Region:
Italia meridionale
Support:
membr.
Height:
355
Width:
245
Extent:
ff. 124
Content:
Paracletica
Exhibit Tags:
HagiographyEarly minusculeDouble palimpsest

Description

Writing - Note:
Subscriptio scribae f. 123v (cf. P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, pp. 344-345).
Palimpsest:
Ff. 1-101, 103-124; ff. 99 + 96, 97 + 98 bis rescripta.
Other name:
Theodōros, sec. XII [scribe]
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.

Administrative information

Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, pp. 341-345. RGK III/A, nr. 222; III/C, taf. 121

Curatorial narrative

This manuscript, completed in 1173 by the priest Theodoros, is a liturgical book containing the paracletic canons, a collection of hymns to Jesus Christ, to the Mother of God and various Saints. It contains recycled texts, including a section from the Gospel of Matthew, perhaps a Lectionary itself. This erased text was partially copied on the folios that had been taken from the September volume of a pre-Metaphrastic menologion from the early 10th century. Interestingly enough, the middle text is not legible due to the use of chemical reagents which managed to remove the middle text. The manuscript had been unbound and its bifolios are now rebound in a way that facilitates the reading of the undertexts.

Bibliography; Pinakes.

Parts of this manuscript

2r + 3v, 2v + 3r, 1r + 4v, 1v + 4r <inf. 1.2>

S. Paphnutii passionis fragmentum (XXIV Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
2r + 3v, 2v + 3r, 1r + 4v, 1v + 4r <inf. 1.2>
Supplied title:
S. Paphnutii passionis fragmentum (XXIV Sept.)
General note:
Cf. BHG 1419.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

7r + 12v, 7v + 12r, 6r + 13v, 6v + 13r <inf. 1.2>

S. Trophimi passionis fragmentum (XIX Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
7r + 12v, 7v + 12r, 6r + 13v, 6v + 13r <inf. 1.2>
Supplied title:
S. Trophimi passionis fragmentum (XIX Sept.)
General note:
Cf. BHG 1855.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

48r + 51v, 48v + 51r, 9r + 10v, 9v + 10r, 64r + 67v, 64v + 67r, 119r + 122v, 119v + 122r, 110r + 115v, 110v + 115r, 113r + 112v, 113v + 112r <inf. 1.2>

Passio s. Areadnes (XXV Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
48r + 51v, 48v + 51r, 9r + 10v, 9v + 10r, 64r + 67v, 64v + 67r, 119r + 122v, 119v + 122r, 110r + 115v, 110v + 115r, 113r + 112v, 113v + 112r <inf. 1.2>
Supplied title:
Passio s. Areadnes (XXV Sept.)
General note:
Cf. BHG 165.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

65r + 66v, 65v + 66r, 8r + 11v, 8v + 11r, 49r + 50v, 49v + 50r <inf. 1.2>

Passio s. Iae (XXV Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
65r + 66v, 65v + 66r, 8r + 11v, 8v + 11r, 49r + 50v, 49v + 50r <inf. 1.2>
Supplied title:
Passio s. Iae (XXV Sept.)
Incipit:
δοροῦσιν τὸ ὑμέτερον
General note:
Cf. BHG 761.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

99r + 96v <inf. 1.2>

Actorum Pauli et Theclae fragmentum (XXIV Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
99r + 96v <inf. 1.2>
Supplied title:
Actorum Pauli et Theclae fragmentum (XXIV Sept.)
General note:
Cf. BHG 1710.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

99r + 96v, 99v + 96r, 97r + 98v, 97v + 98r <inf. 1.1>

Fragmenta Evangelii secundum Matthaeum (I, 1-24; VII, 14-VIII, 11)

Date:
sec. XI-XII
Locus:
99r + 96v, 99v + 96r, 97r + 98v, 97v + 98r <inf. 1.1>
Supplied title:
Fragmenta Evangelii secundum Matthaeum (I, 1-24; VII, 14-VIII, 11)
Uniform title:
Biblia. N.T. Evang. sec. Matthaeum. Greco
Incipit:
(f. 97r): δὸς ἡ ἀπάγουσα
Explicit:
(f. 96r): παρέλαβεν and (f. 98r) οὐρανῶν
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 347

99v + 96r, (97 + 98 ?), 39r + 44v, 39v + 44r, 38r + 45v, 38v + 45r, 5v-r <inf. 1.2>

Basilius, De vita et miraculis s. Theclae librorum II fragmenta (XXIV Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
99v + 96r, (97 + 98 ?), 39r + 44v, 39v + 44r, 38r + 45v, 38v + 45r, 5v-r <inf. 1.2>
Author:
Basilius, vesc. di Seleucia, m. c. 459. Opere spurie e dubbie [internal]
Supplied title:
De vita et miraculis s. Theclae librorum II fragmenta (XXIV Sept.)
General note:
Cf. CPG 6675; BHG 1717, 1718.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

101r + 94v, 101v + 94r, 100r + 95v, 100v + 95r, 40r + 43v, 40v + 43r, 81r + 82v, 81v + 82r, 41r + 42v, 41v + 42r, 88r + 91v, 88v + 91r, 15r + 20v, 15v + 20r, 14r + 21v, 14v + 21r, 89r + 90v, 89v + 90r, 57r + 58v, 57v + 58r, 56r + 59v, 56v + 59r, 54r + 61v, 54v + 61r, 25r + 26v, 25v + 26r, 80r + 83v, 80v + 83r, 31r + 36v, 31v + 36r, 30r + 37v, 30v + 37r, 79r + 84v, 79v + 84r, 24r + 27v, 24v + 27r, 55r + 60v, 55v + 60r, 62r + 69v, 62v + 69r, 73r + 74v, 73v + 74r, 72r + 75v, 72v + 75r, 63r + 68v, 63v + 68r, 22r + 29v, 22v + 29r, 47r + 52v, 47v + 52r, 46r + 53v, 46v + 53r, 23r + 28v, 23v + 28r, 16r + 19v, 16v + 19r, 87r + 92v, 87v + 92r, 32r + 35v, 32v + 35r, 33r + 34v, 33v + 34r, 86r + 93v, 86v + 93r, 17r + 18v, 17v + 18r, 70r + 77v, 70v + 77r, 71r + 76v, 71v + 76r, 78r + 85v, 78v + 85r <inf. 1.2>

Agathangelus Armeniacus, Vitae s. Gregorii Illuminatoris fragmenta (XXX Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
101r + 94v, 101v + 94r, 100r + 95v, 100v + 95r, 40r + 43v, 40v + 43r, 81r + 82v, 81v + 82r, 41r + 42v, 41v + 42r, 88r + 91v, 88v + 91r, 15r + 20v, 15v + 20r, 14r + 21v, 14v + 21r, 89r + 90v, 89v + 90r, 57r + 58v, 57v + 58r, 56r + 59v, 56v + 59r, 54r + 61v, 54v + 61r, 25r + 26v, 25v + 26r, 80r + 83v, 80v + 83r, 31r + 36v, 31v + 36r, 30r + 37v, 30v + 37r, 79r + 84v, 79v + 84r, 24r + 27v, 24v + 27r, 55r + 60v, 55v + 60r, 62r + 69v, 62v + 69r, 73r + 74v, 73v + 74r, 72r + 75v, 72v + 75r, 63r + 68v, 63v + 68r, 22r + 29v, 22v + 29r, 47r + 52v, 47v + 52r, 46r + 53v, 46v + 53r, 23r + 28v, 23v + 28r, 16r + 19v, 16v + 19r, 87r + 92v, 87v + 92r, 32r + 35v, 32v + 35r, 33r + 34v, 33v + 34r, 86r + 93v, 86v + 93r, 17r + 18v, 17v + 18r, 70r + 77v, 70v + 77r, 71r + 76v, 71v + 76r, 78r + 85v, 78v + 85r <inf. 1.2>
Author:
Agathangelus Armeniacus, sec. V-VI [internal]
Supplied title:
Vitae s. Gregorii Illuminatoris fragmenta (XXX Sept.)
General note:
Cf. BHG 712.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, pp. 346-347. G. Garitte, Documents pour l'étude du livre d'Agathange, Città del Vaticano 1946 (Studi e testi, 127), pp. 370-388

113r + 112v, 113v + 112r, 123r + 118v, 123v + 118r, 117r + 124v, 117v + 124r, 114r + 111v <inf. 1.2>

S. Iohannis theologi dormitio (XXVI Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
113r + 112v, 113v + 112r, 123r + 118v, 123v + 118r, 117r + 124v, 117v + 124r, 114r + 111v <inf. 1.2>
Supplied title:
S. Iohannis theologi dormitio (XXVI Sept.)
General note:
Cf. BHG 912-913, 913d.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346

114v + 111r, 109r + 116v, 109v + 116r, 120r + 121v, 120v + 121r <inf. 1.2>

Iohannes Chrysostomus, Encomium in s. Iohannem evangelistam (XXVI Sept.)

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
114v + 111r, 109r + 116v, 109v + 116r, 120r + 121v, 120v + 121r <inf. 1.2>
Author:
Iohannes Chrysostomus, s., patriarca di Costantinopoli, 347-407. Opere spurie e dubbie [internal]
Supplied title:
Encomium in s. Iohannem evangelistam (XXVI Sept.)
General note:
Cf. CPG 4750.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 346. S. Voicu, Codices, pp. 210-211 (nr. 240)

1r-112r

Canones paracletici ad Christum, Deiparam et nonnullos sanctos

Locus:
1r-112r
Supplied title:
Canones paracletici ad Christum, Deiparam et nonnullos sanctos
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, pp. 342-343

112r-117v

Orationes aliquot ante communionem

Locus:
112r-117v
Supplied title:
Orationes aliquot ante communionem
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, pp. 343-344

117v-123v

Officium s. Philippi Argyrii (XII Maii)

Locus:
117v-123v
Supplied title:
Officium s. Philippi Argyrii (XII Maii)
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, p. 344

1r-101v, 103r-124v <inf. 1.1>

Menologii praemetaphrastici Septembris fragmenta

Date:
sec. X in.
Beginning date:
901
Ending date:
925
Locus:
1r-101v, 103r-124v <inf. 1.1>
Supplied title:
Menologii praemetaphrastici Septembris fragmenta
Uniform title:
Menologium
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Cat. Vat. gr. 1745-1962, pp. 345-347