Shelfmark
MS 40
Main entry--uniform title
Bible. Gospels. Serbian.
Title
Evangelia Slavonica. manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
Serbia, between circa 1475 and circa 1525.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 290, ii leaves) : paper, ill. ; 29 x 20.5 cm.
Note
The Gospels in Serbian Church Slavonic; the beginning and end are lost, and the MS begins with Matthew 6:5; the first leaf of Luke is missing.
Note
The Synaxarion and following materials (13 leaves) are in Bulgarian Church Slavonic; paper, signature and hand are continuous.
Note
The Gospels are each preceded by a preface and list of contents showing parallel passages.
Note
Beginnings of pericopes may be indicated in the text or in the margin.
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Unfoliated except for ff. 9 and 17. Leaf 126v is blank.
Note
Watermarks: [1] scales, type Piccard Waage V, 47-58 (1490-1508); [2] scales, type Piccard Waage VII, 301-8 (1510-1514); [3] scales, cf. Br. 2484 (1508-1510); [4] a hat, similar to Tromonin 249 (1468-1481), compare Lichačev 627 (1497).
Note
Written space: 200 x 135 mm.
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19 ruled lines on each page.
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Collation: 1-15⁸ 16⁸ (-7) 17¹⁰ 18-36⁸ 37 one (?).
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Gatherings signed in mid-lower margin, first recto and last verso.
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Running titles may be present on both rectos and versos, but not on every page.
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Written in black ink in a firm clear uncial hand with frequent diacritics used without any immediately apparent system; titles in semi-vjaz' on ff. 70, 72v, 74, 123, 125v, 214, 215, 278, 285, 289, 290.
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Titles, running titles, numbers and initials in red ink.
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Coloured head-pieces and initials on ff. 74, 215.
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Rebound at Eton around 1715.
Note
According to M. R. James, Lambeth Palace MS 108 containing the Acts and Epistles is very similar in appearance. See ECL interleaved, annotated copy of his Descriptive catalogue (MS 932).
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Traces of an inscription, probably in Italian, on f. 190v, too much mutilated to be read.
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Presumably given to Eton by Sir Henry Wotton (see provenance note below).
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.4.4.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of M.R. James, as cited in the reference below, and on a typescript description inserted into the ECL interleaved, annotated copy of his Descriptive catalogue cited above, presumably the one made by Dr Yvonne Burns in October 1977.
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 40
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 40
Provenance
Presumably given by Sir Henry Wotton (1568-1639), provost of Eton 1624-1639, whose collection of manuscripts, many acquired in Venice, was left to the college.
Binding
18th century English calf binding by Slatter.
Subject
Subject
Bible. Gospels Serbian Church Slavonic Manuscripts.
Subject
Manuscripts, Church Slavic.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir former owner.
Added entry--name
Slatter, John, active 1693 - 1721 bookbinder.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
chu
Identifier
B49989