Theodoret of Cyrus on the Minor Prophets

Title

Theodoret of Cyrus on the Minor Prophets

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 51

Date

16th c.

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Paper

Physical extent

ii + 144 + ii at the end (numbered as 145–146). (Parts of) certain folios retain space for later additions, which were never filled: fols 14v, 22v, 74r, 91v, 110v, 138v.

Hands

The same as in MSS. Holkham Gr. 49–50; fol. 144r (in red ink, in cruciform): + τέλος καὶ +/ τῷ θεῶ δό/ξα ἀ/μὴν.

Decoration

Decorative headpiece in red ink in the beginning (fol. 1r); initials also in red ink.

Binding

MSS Holkham Gr. 49–51 were once bound in one volume. See also Barbour, 601: ’50–51 originally one volume’. Barbour missed 49, but implies it as she gives collectively three manuscripts’ numbers and codicological details (ie MS Holkham Gr. 49–51, in the description of MS Holkham Gr. 51). Typical Holkham binding of brown leather, with Coke family ostrich crest in gilt in the centre of the upper cover; Date: early nineteenth century. Rebound by John Jones of Liverpool (worked for Holkham 1816–1823). The spine lettered in gilt: COMMENTARIA IN PROPHETAS GR. MS. SÆC. XV.; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 51.

Provenance

Ownership Notes: fol. 1r (at the top): ἐκ τῶν μάρκου Ἱερέως τοῦ μορεζήνου; handwritten note in black ink by B. de Montfaucon: 1698· Codex 61. an-/norum plus-/quam 150./ Anonymi com-/mentaria in parvos prophetas

Old Catalogue Nrs: fol. ir: (in pencil); Holk Cat. No. 129 78 CI.B15. fol. 1r (at the bottom), in brown ink): ΞΘον =Morezenos 69, Giustiniani 61; Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 78.