Patristic texts

Title

Patristic texts

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 29

Date

13th c. (before 1238)

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Parchment (and paper fols. i-ii; fols. 143–145)

Physical extent

iii + 145 leaves, actually iii + 144 leaves, as fol. 139 has been omitted.

Hands

Written by Γρηγόριος Μοναχός before 1238. See RGK I, 84. Fol.141v: subscription, + ἐγράφη διὰ Γρηγορίου μοναχοῦ μηνὶ ἀπριλλίῳ, ἰνδικτιῶνος γ´/ […]. This subscription, being at the bottom, has been cut/trimmed, but another hand copied the text above.

Decoration

fols 1r, 92r: decorative headpieces. See Hutter, CBM III, p. 156.

Binding

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: S. ATHANASII/ QUÆSTIONES/ ET/ RESPONSIONES /DE/ REBUS SACRIS./ M S./ G R. in pasted black leather(?): MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 29

Provenance

Ownership Notes: 1st pasted down in its verso: Th. William Coke.– (in pencil): Scriptus ~1 1261, 663a (on the left side, in pencil); fol. ir: Holk Cat No- 62 DIAI (written in pencil). fol. iiiv: ex-libris Seidel: ἐν τῇ μονεμβασίᾳ τῇ γ´/ τοῦ Σεπτ. ᾳχϟ/Ἀνδρέας Ἔρασμος ὁ Σεϊδέ-/λιος. fol. 1r: (with help of UV) ca. 15th c.: + τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον ἐστὶ του Κωνσταντίνου του Κοτρικου (or Κοτοριλου):- Old Catalogue Nrs: A. E. Seidel from Monemvasia in 1690, sale 1718, no. 26. Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 52