Accession number
MS M.575
Object title
Antiphonary and Hermeneiai (MS M.575).
Created
Egypt, before Aug. 29, 893.
Binding
Ancient binding: According to Petersen: Fragments from the upper and lower covers of leather over papyrus boards. Decorations on the cover resemble those of Cairo, Ms 3820 (=Cairo Ham. H, formerly JdE 47556). (Binding cataloged separately as MS M.575A.)
Credit line
Purchased for J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1911.
Description
78 leaves (1 column, 30-34 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 354 x 270 mm
Provenance
Monastery of Saint Michael (Dayr al-Malāk Mīkhāʼil); found in 1910 near the village of Hamuli, Fayyūm Province, Egypt, at the site of the Monastery of Saint Michael; purchased in Paris in 1911 for J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Arthur Sambon, a dealer acting in behalf of a consortium of owners including a certain J. Kalebdian; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Manuscript Antiphonary and Hermeneiai written in Egypt, before August 29, 893.
Sewing repairs at fols. 56 and 74.
Colophons: 1) fol. 76v: Donation in Coptic: By [Iōannēs], son of Phibamou; to the Monastery of St. Michael near present-day Hamuli; 2) fol. 76v: Date (of donation?) in Greek: AM 609 (August 29 , 892-August 28, 893); 3) fol. 76v: Memorial in Coptic.
Written area ca. 259 x 189 mm. Divisions: Leather tabs fastened to fore-edge of fols. 7, 23, 26, 42, 49, 60, at major divisions in the codex; reddened dividers, ekthesis, reddened greatly enlarged initial, and paragraphus sign (reddened diple with green bud (green pigment omitted at fols. 54v-55r), or coronis sign (on fols. 12r, 17r)) setting off major textual units and their titles, if any; ancient chapter numbers decorated like page numbers written in margin by initial (fols. 1-68); reddened obluque double stroke setting off minor textual sub-units (fols. 69-76). Exceeding letters of last line of the page written below end of the line on ca. 10 folios.
Script: Right-sloping. 10 lines = ca. 79 mm
Superlineation: Non-standard. Punctuation: Raised reddened dot in conjunction with a space; colon at ends of textual units, mostly followed by a cluster of dots and a stroke as space fillers. Tremas.
Collation: Signed on first and last page of the quire, top inner margin. No quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Marginal annotations: on fol. 76v, note by a later hand in darker ink.
Decoration: Headpieces, tailpiece ornament, marginal ornaments, extended letters. Colors: Dark reddish orange (Centroid 38), strong yellow (84), green chemically altered.
Related fragments: 5 leaves wanting and now in Berlin.
Sewing repairs at fols. 56 and 74.
Colophons: 1) fol. 76v: Donation in Coptic: By [Iōannēs], son of Phibamou; to the Monastery of St. Michael near present-day Hamuli; 2) fol. 76v: Date (of donation?) in Greek: AM 609 (August 29 , 892-August 28, 893); 3) fol. 76v: Memorial in Coptic.
Written area ca. 259 x 189 mm. Divisions: Leather tabs fastened to fore-edge of fols. 7, 23, 26, 42, 49, 60, at major divisions in the codex; reddened dividers, ekthesis, reddened greatly enlarged initial, and paragraphus sign (reddened diple with green bud (green pigment omitted at fols. 54v-55r), or coronis sign (on fols. 12r, 17r)) setting off major textual units and their titles, if any; ancient chapter numbers decorated like page numbers written in margin by initial (fols. 1-68); reddened obluque double stroke setting off minor textual sub-units (fols. 69-76). Exceeding letters of last line of the page written below end of the line on ca. 10 folios.
Script: Right-sloping. 10 lines = ca. 79 mm
Superlineation: Non-standard. Punctuation: Raised reddened dot in conjunction with a space; colon at ends of textual units, mostly followed by a cluster of dots and a stroke as space fillers. Tremas.
Collation: Signed on first and last page of the quire, top inner margin. No quire ornaments, monograms, headlines or catchwords.
Marginal annotations: on fol. 76v, note by a later hand in darker ink.
Decoration: Headpieces, tailpiece ornament, marginal ornaments, extended letters. Colors: Dark reddish orange (Centroid 38), strong yellow (84), green chemically altered.
Related fragments: 5 leaves wanting and now in Berlin.
Contents
fols. 1r-68v: Antiphonary -- fols. 69r-76v: Hermeneiai.
fols. 1r-4r: John Baptist, Tūt 2 -- fols. 4r-5v: Dioscorus of Alexandria and Macarius of Tkoou, Tūt 7 (September 4 or 5 Julian) -- fols. 5v-6v: Stoning of Stephen Protomartyr, Tūt 15 -- fols. 6v-7v: John Chrysostom, Hātōr 17 -- fols. 7v-9v: Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Tūt 27 -- fols. 9v-11v: Michael and Gabriel Archangels, Hātōr 12 and (Gabriel) Kiyahk 22 -- fols. 12r: Consecration of the Church of Misayil of Qalamūn, Kiyahk 13 -- fol. 12r: Council of Nicaea, Hātōr 9 -- fols. 12v-15v: Apa Menas and All Martyrs, Hātōr 15 -- fols. 15v-17r: Apa Kosmas and Fellow Martyrs -- fols. 17r-20r: Twenty-four Elders (Revelation 4:10-11), Hātōr 24 -- fol. 20r: Mercurius and the Holy Martyrs, Hātōr 25 -- fols. 20r-20v: James the Persian, Hātōr 27 -- fols. 20v-23r: Peter of Alexandria, Hātōr 29 -- fols. 23r-24r: Peter the Iberian, Kiyakh 1 -- fols. 24r-25v: Samuel of Qalamūn, Kiyahk 8 -- fols. 25v-26r: Apa Eustratios and Fellow Martyrs -- fols. 26r-29r: Christmas, Kiyahk 29 -- fols. 29r-33r: Christmas -- fols. 33r-38r: Christmas -- fols. 38r-42v: Christmas -- fol. 42v: Apa Psote and Kalinikos, Kiyahk 27 -- fols. 42v-43v: John Evangelist, Ṭūba 4 -- fols. 43v-45r: Circumcision of the Lord and Feast of Basil the Great, Ṭūba 6 -- fols. 45r-45v: Marriage at Cana in Galilee, Ṭūba 13 -- fols. 45v-46r: Anthony the Anchorite, Ṭūba 22 -- fols. 46r-48v: Severus of Antioch, Ams̆īr 14 -- fol. 48v: Polycarp and Arianus, Ams̆īr 29 -- fols. 48v-49r: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, Baramhāt 14 -- fols. 49r-52v: Lent -- fols. 52v-53v: Palm Sunday -- fols. 53v-54r: Macarius the Breat, Baramhāt 27 -- fols. 54r-61v: Easter -- fols. 61v-63r: Mark Evangelist, Barmūda 30 -- fols. 63r-64r: Athanasius of Alexandria, Bas̆ans 7 -- fol. 64r: Pachomius the Breat, Bas̆ans 14 -- fol. 64v: Flight into Egypt, Bas̆ans 24 -- fols. 64v-65v: Ascension -- fols. 65v-66r: Theodosius and Cyril of Alexandria, Baʼūna 28 -- fols. 66r-67v: Peter and Paul, Abīb 5 -- fols. 68r-68v: apa Shenute and Ignatius of Antioch, Abīb 7 -- fol. 68v: For a Visiting Bishop -- fols. 69r-76v: Hermeneiai.
fols. 1r-4r: John Baptist, Tūt 2 -- fols. 4r-5v: Dioscorus of Alexandria and Macarius of Tkoou, Tūt 7 (September 4 or 5 Julian) -- fols. 5v-6v: Stoning of Stephen Protomartyr, Tūt 15 -- fols. 6v-7v: John Chrysostom, Hātōr 17 -- fols. 7v-9v: Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Tūt 27 -- fols. 9v-11v: Michael and Gabriel Archangels, Hātōr 12 and (Gabriel) Kiyahk 22 -- fols. 12r: Consecration of the Church of Misayil of Qalamūn, Kiyahk 13 -- fol. 12r: Council of Nicaea, Hātōr 9 -- fols. 12v-15v: Apa Menas and All Martyrs, Hātōr 15 -- fols. 15v-17r: Apa Kosmas and Fellow Martyrs -- fols. 17r-20r: Twenty-four Elders (Revelation 4:10-11), Hātōr 24 -- fol. 20r: Mercurius and the Holy Martyrs, Hātōr 25 -- fols. 20r-20v: James the Persian, Hātōr 27 -- fols. 20v-23r: Peter of Alexandria, Hātōr 29 -- fols. 23r-24r: Peter the Iberian, Kiyakh 1 -- fols. 24r-25v: Samuel of Qalamūn, Kiyahk 8 -- fols. 25v-26r: Apa Eustratios and Fellow Martyrs -- fols. 26r-29r: Christmas, Kiyahk 29 -- fols. 29r-33r: Christmas -- fols. 33r-38r: Christmas -- fols. 38r-42v: Christmas -- fol. 42v: Apa Psote and Kalinikos, Kiyahk 27 -- fols. 42v-43v: John Evangelist, Ṭūba 4 -- fols. 43v-45r: Circumcision of the Lord and Feast of Basil the Great, Ṭūba 6 -- fols. 45r-45v: Marriage at Cana in Galilee, Ṭūba 13 -- fols. 45v-46r: Anthony the Anchorite, Ṭūba 22 -- fols. 46r-48v: Severus of Antioch, Ams̆īr 14 -- fol. 48v: Polycarp and Arianus, Ams̆īr 29 -- fols. 48v-49r: Forty Martyrs of Sebaste, Baramhāt 14 -- fols. 49r-52v: Lent -- fols. 52v-53v: Palm Sunday -- fols. 53v-54r: Macarius the Breat, Baramhāt 27 -- fols. 54r-61v: Easter -- fols. 61v-63r: Mark Evangelist, Barmūda 30 -- fols. 63r-64r: Athanasius of Alexandria, Bas̆ans 7 -- fol. 64r: Pachomius the Breat, Bas̆ans 14 -- fol. 64v: Flight into Egypt, Bas̆ans 24 -- fols. 64v-65v: Ascension -- fols. 65v-66r: Theodosius and Cyril of Alexandria, Baʼūna 28 -- fols. 66r-67v: Peter and Paul, Abīb 5 -- fols. 68r-68v: apa Shenute and Ignatius of Antioch, Abīb 7 -- fol. 68v: For a Visiting Bishop -- fols. 69r-76v: Hermeneiai.
Language
Coptic, the Sahidic dialect
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