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
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.
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>
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>
- 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>
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>
- 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>
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>
- 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
112r-117v
Orationes aliquot ante communionem
117v-123v
Officium s. Philippi Argyrii (XII Maii)
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