Uppsala University Library, Gr. 1
Catena to the New Testament (Acts, Epistles of Paul, Catholic Epistles)
13th century, second half
parchment
ii, 220, i' leaves
225 × 170 mm
2 units
Greek
Unit 1
Unit 2
Foliation
Collation
Unit 1
Unit 2
Layout
Script
Binding/Endleaves
Hand 1
(ff. SL2r–220r) ⟨Pehr Fabian Aurivillius⟩ Pagination and brief marginal notes in a modern hand, for example in the upper margin on (f. 28v).Unit 1
Hand 3
(ff. 1r–91v) Written with black and blackish-brown ink in a neat and regular upright minuscule interspersed with majuscule forms and some enlarged letters (tau, kappa, gamma). Writing pending from ruled lines. Ample use of abbreviations. Initials and subtitles in a bright cadmium red ink.Unit 2
Hand 4
(ff. 92r–220v) Written with brown ink in a somewhat square upright minuscule. Writing pending from ruled lines. The use of abbreviations is less conspicuous. Initials and titles in cadmium red ink. The page is dominated by the lambda and chi diagonals and a distinctive broad zeta. Some of the rubrics are written in a narrow epigraphic Auszeichungsmajuskel.Additions
Decorations
Unit 1
Very sparingly decorated. Rubricized plain initials, 1–2 lines high, passim; larger and elaborate ones, 3 lines high, only at the beginning of new text items, and these are still rather crude and simple in style. On (f. 28v) a headpiece with interlace pattern in red, black, and white (unfilled outline). On (f. 57v) a line filler in black and red and a simple interlace knot in the margin. Subtitles are sometimes written in red ink but without any further embellishment.
Unit 2
Rubricized plain initials, 1–2 lines high, passim; larger ones at the beginning of new text items, 4–5 lines high, thin and elongated with few embellishments. Headpieces and line fillers in red, black, and white, in a variety of geometrical designs, from a couple of simple red strokes with curlicues to more elaborate interlace patterns (e.g. on (f. 148r) and (f. 156v)). With a few exceptions the titles are rubricized and often accompanied by red or red and black star patterns.
Binding
Lace-attached case binding sewn on three supports. Half covered with parchment and marbled paper over paper boards. Endbands in blue and white. Paper strips from a Greek liturgical print have been used for restauration work at the spine; traces of text are visible on ff. 5r, 18r, 19r, 21r–21v, 30v.
Two types of paper are present as endleaves. One leaf , ff. SL2r–SL2v, is probably from the late seventeenth century and might be Italian to judge from the purchase note mentioning Venice. On the other endleaves there are watermarks from a Swedish paper mill, Tumba Bruk.
The binding was accomplished in the mid-eighteenth century, presumably on the commission of Uppsala University Library.
Origin
Unit 1
Probably written in the 13th century, second half. Place unknown.
Unit 2
Probably written in the 13th century, second half. Place unknown.
Provenance
At some point the volume came to Venice, where it came on the market in the late seventeenth century. It was acquired there by Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeldt , who was staying in Venice from November 1692 to February 1693 and again in October–December 1693; cf. note on f. SL2r: ‘Joh. Chrysostomi homiliae in Acta apost. (absque principio) et in 14 Epist. Pauli. Codex de caetero magnae antiquitatis et aestimationis, Emptus Venetiis a J. G. Sparwenfeldt’.
Acquisition
Donated to Uppsala University Library in 1705.
Former shelfmarks
- Benzelius (1706), p. 49.
- Aurivillius (1783–1786).
- Graux (1889), p. 26.
- Gregory (1909), vol. 1, p. 270, vol. 3, p. 1106.
- Wasserman (2010), pp. 79–85.
