Collection ID: 0002 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Manual of Greek Orthodox Canon Law

Authors

• Orthodox Eastern Church

Call number

Ms. Codex 139
(Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Rare Book & Manuscript Library)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 1551764
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1551764

Publisher

The University of Pennsylvania Libraries

Language

Greek

Origin

Date

circa 1800

Place

Venice

Summary

Manual of Greek Orthodox canon law. Includes a fragmentary index or table of contents on the first 13 f. (numbered p. 4-5, 8-29, [30-31]); two leaves are missing).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
   

Extent

204 leaves : 207 x 153 (141 x 105) mm. bound to 215 x 164 mm

Foliation

Paper, i + 202 + i; [i], 5, 8-29, [ii], 1-373, [vii]; contemporary or near-contemporary pagination in ink; [1-404], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary parchment. Cover shows traces of a text; the cover may be a palimpsest, or else the text may have been transferred from another manuscript which was pressed up against the cover and got wet. Much staining, probably from water. Some oxidation of ink. Several worm holes. Some leaves torn. First extant folio badly stained and damaged; some text partly obliterated. Cover slightly warped.

Provenance

• Acquired, 1953.
   

Subjects topical

• Orthodox Eastern Church
• Canon law--Orthodox Eastern Church

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Greek--18th century
• Manuscripts, European

Licenses

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