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Catenae c.1340–50.

MS. Barocci 195

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Title

Catenae c.1340–50.

Shelfmark

MS. Barocci 195

Date

c. 1340–1350

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

1. (fol. 3r) Draft of opening sentences of item 3.
2. (fol. 3v) Calendrical tables for the years 1341–54.
3. (fols. 4r–8r) Funeral oration on Andronicus Contostephanus
4. (fol. 8r) verse epitaph in 12-syllable lines for Ioannes Bryennios Katakalon
5. (fols. 9r–188b verso) Nicetas ep. Heracleensis catena on Job
6. (fols. 189r–291v) Catena on Proverbs

Form

codex

Support

Paper, watermarked with a design not identifiable.

Physical extent

293 leaves.

Decoration

Rubrication: titles, initials and simple penwork ornament in vermilion, often faded.

Binding

Binding of blind-stamped dark-brown leather, 17th–18th cent.

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  • Nicetas of Heraclea, 1030?-1117?

  • Andronicus Contostephanus, c. 1132/3 - after 1183

  • Antiochos, Grēgorios, approximately 1130-approximately 1200

  • Johannes Bryennios Katakalon, c. 1127-1147

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