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Title

Anthologion

Authors

• Orthodox Eastern Church

Call number

Ms. Codex 140
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1551765
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1551765

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Greek

Origin

Date

circa 1700

Summary

Collection of various texts: treatises on music, hymns and psalms for the office, all with musical notation. The first five and last four leaves are blank, as well as f. 10 and 133-40.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title and list of contents taken from Zacour-Hirsch and from description by Dr. Kenneth Levy of Princeton University, dated February 1968. A copy of Prof. Levy's description is on file in the Library.
   
• Incipit: Archē, mesē, telos (f. 2r).
   
• The bulk of the manuscript is taken up by the fourth text. Some parts of this are missing.
   

Extent

185 leaves : 142 x 97 (88 x 51) mm. bound to 152 x 105 mm

Foliation

Paper, 185; [v], [1-176], [iv]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. There are also traces of an older, possibly contemporary pagination in arabic numerals, upper corner of each page, sometimes inner corner and sometimes outer corner.

Support

Paper

Binding

Stamped calf, with traces of metal clasps, circa 1800. Binding weak in places. Cover splitting along the spine. Pastedowns damaged. Slight evidence of worm damage. Stains. Some oxidation of ink. The blank pages appear to be later additions, since the paper seems slightly different.

Decoration

Decorated initials and borders; drawing (f. 9r); extensive use of red for headings, etc.

Script

Written in several hands.

Provenance

• Acquired, 1968.
   

Subjects topical

• Orthodox Eastern Church--Liturgy and ritual
• Byzantine chants
• Divine office
• Church music--Instruction and study
• Church music--Orthodox Eastern Church
• Hymns
• Psalms (Music)
• Service books (Music)--Orthodox Eastern Church

Genres

• Codices
• Hymns
• Scores
• Service books
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Greek--17th century
• Manuscripts, Greek--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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Decorations

• fol. 2r — Decoration, f. 2r
• fol. 9r — Drawing, Sun, f. 9r
• fol. 9v — Decoration, f. 9v
• fol. 14r — Stamp, f. 14r
• fol. 25r — Decoration, f. 25r
• fol. 40v — Decoration, f. 40v
• fol. 56r — Decoration, f. 56r
• fol. 71r — Decoration, f. 71r
• fol. 88v — Decoration, f. 88v
• fol. 123r — Decoration, f. 123r
• fol. 124v — Decoration, f. 124v
• fol. 151v — Decoration, f. 151v
• fol. 168v — Decoration, f. 168v
• fol. 171v — Decoration, f. 171v