Georgios the monk, Chronicle, Books II-V.
MS. Holkham Gr. 61
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Georgios the monk, Chronicle, Books II-V.
Shelfmark
MS. Holkham Gr. 61
Date
16th century
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
xvi + 425 leaves (fols 139, 200, 300 have been in 2 parts each; fol. 22 has been omitted).
Decoration
Decorative head-pieces in red ink indicating beginning of certain chapters and book divisions: fols. vi(r), 139b(r), 224r, 241r
Binding
Typical Holkham binding of light 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: GEORGII MONACHI CHRONICA GR.–SÆC. XV; in pasted black leather: MS. HOLKHAM Gr. 61
Provenance
fol. iiir: + ἐκ τῶν μάρκου μορζήνου τοῦ κρητὸς καὶ θύτου.
Old Catalogue Nrs: 1st paste down in its verso (in the centre, in pencil): MS. Holkham Gr. 61; fol. i(r), in pencil: Holk. Cat. No 104 2965 D2B11 D3b10; fol. iii(r) (right margin): handwritten note in brown ink by B. de Montfaucon: 1698· Codex 62. num. Georgii Monachi ab Adamo ad Romanum Diogenem Imperatorem annorum circ. 140; (top margin right): ΜΓον= Morezenos 43, Giustiniani 62. Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 295
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