Gospels – Aprakos (fragment), Add. MS 19393, The British Library, 14th c. Ralph Cleminson Anisava Miltenova Elisaveta Mousakova Andrej Bojadžiev Dilyana Radoslavova Institute of Literature Sofia February 2005 RC-AMAdd19393BL

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This description is based on de visu observations, on MS microform and on the published catalogue descriptions. Cleminson 1988: 74.

 21.02.2005 London English Bulgarian Old Slavic Gospels Aprakos Euangelion Liturgical books Bible books

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 Update license to CC BY 4.0. Small corrections and additions. Edit elements according to new schema. Addition of notBefore and notAfter attributes in element <origDate> Removed constructions <author>anonymous</author> Added copyright statement Corrections Added Repertorium Identifier Conversion to Repertorium 3.0 Conversion to Repertorium 4 Checked against the MS; editorial work; identification of readings; taken notes on ruling and pricking; and on orthography editorial work lectionary gospel United Kingdom London British Library Add. MS 19393 Cleminson 1988: 74. 57 Fine parchment vi+8+vi 350 260 230 173 (i–vi), 1–8, (9–14); pen-written, in the upper right margins 1 quire 8 The gathering number К҃Д is written in the upper and in the lower ends of the outer margins of the first and the last folio respectively; the number 24 is ink-written in microscopic digits in the inner corner of f. 8v. HF FH HF FH HF FH HF FH System Leroy 11, type P4 20D1 For each horizontal line close to the outer leaf edge and for the vertical lines on both leaf edges.

Fragment. Good condition.

On the upper margin of f. 8v there is a mirror imprint of a Greek manuscript text as well as part of a headpiece. The text is illegible. According to the letters shapes it could be dated to the 12th c.

The leaves are restored.

 Black, red for titles and initials. Elaborated, of red outlined initials, decorated with S-shaped patterns “in negative” – the white of the parchment on red background. Large initials: with a regular height of about 58 . f. 2:Jointed initial, letter Р, with S-shaped motif in the bow, 60 (4 lines) high, within the text column. f. 3v:Jointed initial, letter Р, very similar to the previous one, 60 (4 lines) high, within the text column. f. 4:Jointed initial, letter В, with S-shaped motif in the upper bow and S-shaped stem with half palmettes, 60 (4 lines) high, within the text column. f. 6:Geometric initial, letter В, with a pair or leaf-buds on the stem and a foliate finial, with a dot in the upper bow and five-lobe palmette in the lower one, 53 high (within the text column, half of it in the lower margin). f. 7v:Jointed initial, letter В, very similar to f. 4r, but with a more elaborate combination of a half and a whole palmette in the lower bow, 60 (4 lines) high, within the text column.

Marginal linear ornaments of the same vegetal-like form, at the titles on ff. 2, 3v, 4, 6, 7v. Ornamented descenders (з-tails) in the lower margins of ff. 3, 4v, 8, 8v.

Recent, marbled paper on card, leather spine and corners, 360 290

f. ii: Purchased of M. Simonides. (through Mr W.B. Barker) 12 March 1853 ff. 1–8v. anonymous. Formal uncial: high, large, and clear; letters 9 mm high, 15 mm between lines. Old Church Slavonic. One-jer (ь), non-jus orthography. There is very clear tendency to separate words. Fragment of a full aprakos: lessons for the 14th week after Pentecost. ff. 1r1–2r7 Евангелие от Марко. Мк. 4:12–23 Gospel of Mark. Mk. 4:12–23 Евангелие от Марка. Mk. 4:12–23 Without beginning. да когд҇а ѡбратетꙿ се и ѿпѹстетꙿ се имь грѣси. ff. 2r8–3v1 Евангелие от Марко. Мк. 4:24–34 Gospel of Mark. Mk. 4:24–34 Евангелие от Марка. Mk. 4:24–34 В втор҇. д҃і. нед҇. ѥуг҇е. ѿ мр҇⁘ ff. 3v1–4r9 Евангелие от Марко. Мк. 4:35–41 Gospel of Mark. Mk. 4:35–41 Евангелие от Марка. Mk. 4:35–41 В срд҇. д҃і. нед҇. мр҇⁘ ff. 4r9–6r12 Евангелие от Марко. Мк. 5:1–20 Gospel of Mark. Mk. 5:1–20 Евангелие от Марка. Mk. 5:1–20 В чек҇. д҃і. нед҇. ѥуг҇. ѿ мр҇⁘ ff. 6r12–7v9 Евангелие от Марко. Мк. 5:22–6:1 Gospel of Mark. Mk. 5:22–6:1 Евангелие от Марка. Mk. 5:22–6:1 Пек҇. д҃і. ѿ мр҇⁘ ff. 7v10–8v14 Евангелие от Матей. Мт. 23:1–12 Gospel of Matthew. Mt. 23:1–12 Евангелие от Матфея. Mт. 23:1–12 The end is missing. В сѹб҇ д҃і. нед҇. ѥуг҇е. ѿ мѳ҇⁘ а иже вьзнесетꙿ се смритꙿ се 14th c. Unknown; Serbian origin. Purchased from M. [Constantine] Simonides through Mr W. B. Barker. 12 March 1853.

Directly catalogued from the original manuscript using the printed catalogue Cleminson 1988: 74.

Microform: Central Library of BAS, MF–14,

Digital image of f. 6 (file: C7926–05).

 Джурова и Дуйчев 1977: no. 7, f. 7v is reproduced as pl. 25. Стефановић 1984–85: 62–63.