Monastic order of service

11th–12th c.

Parchment

161, i' leaves

145–150 × 110–115 mm

Greek

1 (ff. 1r–8r) Officium proschematis (Catechesis)

Rubric: Δεὶ δὲ γινώσκην· ὅτι μετὰ τὸ εἰπ(ὲν) τὸν ἀπόστολ(ον), καὶ ψαλθήναι τὸ ἀλλη(λούια)· ἄρχεται ἡ ἀκολουθ(ία) ταύτ(α), καὶ τεληουμένης τῆς ἀκολουθ(ίας) τοῦ μοναχ(οῦ), ἐκ φω(νῆ) τὸ ἅγιον εὐαγγέλιον, καὶ καθεξὴς ἡ θεία λειτουργία.

Incipit: Καταλιμπάνων πᾶσαν κοσμικὴν ἐπιθυμίαν,

Explicit: ἰστῶσιν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν ἀρμόζοντα αὐτῶ τόπον.

Note: inc. mut.

Edition: Ed. Wawryk, pp. 47–50.

2 (ff. 8v–21r) Officium pallii

Rubric: τάξις κ(αὶ) ἀκολουθ(ία) τοῦ ἱεροῦ καὶ ἁγίου παλλίου· ἥγουν τοῦ μανδύου.

Incipit: Μετὰ τὸ πληρῶσαι ἐν τῶ σακκομαχίω τὸν ὡρισμένον

Explicit: ἀπέρχεται εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν στάσιν· κ(αὶ) οὕτω(ς) τελεῖται ἐπ᾽αὐτῶ ἡ ἀκολουθία.

Note: The rest of f. 21r is blank. The text ended on a line of small crosses. The blank space was written over with some later notes and probatio pennae, now erased.

Edition: Ed. Wawryk, pp. 50–52.

3 (ff. 21v–103v) Acolouthia magni schematis

Edition: Ed. Wawryk, pp. 68–102.

3.1 (ff. 21v–36r) Service for the final vows of a monk.

Rubric: τάξις κ(αὶ) ἀκολουθία γινομενη ἐπὶ τὸν μέλλοντα λαμβάνειν τὸ ἅγιον καὶ μέγα σχῆμα τῶν μοναχῶν.

Incipit: Τίθενται τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτ(ῶ) ἀφ᾽ἑσπέ(ρας) ἐν τῶ ἱερατείω,

Explicit: ἄβυσσον πηγάσαι θελήσας· πᾶσι τοῖς ὑμνοῦσι σε φιλάν(θρωπ)ε.

Note:

The rest of f. 36r is blank.

Some liturgical rubrics in red ink in upper margin of f. 24v, partly cut off; non-scribal notes written in lower marg. of f. 27r, perhaps repeating part of the text of the canon, later erased.

3.2 (ff. 36v–103v) Continuation of the service of final monastic vows: canons, verses and prayers

Incipit: καὶ ταῦτα μὲν οὔτως τέλευτ(αι)· Ἐν δὲ τῆ θεία λειτουργ(ία) μετὰ τὸ κρουσθῆναι τὸ σημαντῆρα·

Explicit: καὶ ἀσπασάμενος αὐτὸν, ἀπολύει αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱερατείου· καὶ ἔρχεται καὶ ἵσταται μετὰ τῶν ἀδελφῶν εἰς τὸν βαθμὸν αὐτοῦ.

Note:

A blank space was left at the top of f. 36v, as if for a headpiece and new title.

Liturg. Rubric, acrostich: f. 36v ‘Εὐδόκιμον τέλος’ f. 37r ‘ὁ κανὼν ἤχος β´· ὠδ(ὴ) α´. Ἐπὶ τὴν σὴν· φιλανθρωπίαν δραμόντα’ f. 55r: inc. ‘Βλέπε τέκνον οἴας συνθήκας’ f. 56v inc. ‘Ἀθλητὴς Ἰὼβ’ f. 57r: inc. ‘Καὶ ἐν ετέρω λέγει· εἰ παιδείαν’ f. 58v inc. ‘Βλέπε οὖν τέκνον εἰ εδοκίμασας’ f. 59v inc. ‘Μὲν οἱ κατὰ σάρκα γονεῖς’ f. 61v inc. ‘Εἶδες μέγεθος δωρεᾶς, ’ f. 62r: inc. ‘Ἀγὼν γάρ ἐστιν καὶ πάλη·’ f. 62v inc. ‘Καὶ ὀφθαλμός σου ὅρους’ f. 63r: inc. ‘Γίνωσκε τοίνυν ὅτι ἀπὸ τῆς σήμερον ἡμέρας ’ f. 64v inc. ‘Κατὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀπόφασιν’ f. 65v rubric: ‘εὐχῆ’ inc. ‘Κύριε κύριε· οὐ τίθημι ἐμὴν χεῖρα ἁμαρτωλὸν’, f. 66v inc. ‘Τῶν ὀρφανῶν καὶ δωτὴρ τῶν ἀγαθῶν·’ f. 67r: inc.‘ Ὁ ὢν δέσποτα παντοκράτορ’ f. 68r: inc.‘ Ἐν δυνάμωσον αὐτὸν ’ f. 68v inc. ‘Συναρίθμησαν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἐκλεκτοῖς’ f. 69r: inc. ‘ἐν τῆ ὑπομονῆ τὴν εὐσέβειαν·’ f. 69v inc. ‘Ἅγιε κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῶν δυνάμεων· ὁ πατὴρ... εὐλόγησον τὸν δοῦλον σου τόνδε·’ f. 70r: inc.‘ Ἐκ τῶν παθῶν τῆς σαρκὸς... Χάριτι καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς’ f. 70v rubric: inc. ‘Εἶτα ἐπεγείρει αὐτὸν’ rubric in marg.: ‘εὐχῆ’ inc.:‘ Ὁ πάντα νοῦν καὶ λόγον ὑπερβαίνων·’ f. 71v rubric: ‘Καὶ ἐγείρας αὐτὸν λέγει οὕτως’ inc.:‘ Ἰδοὺ ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ θεὸς ἡμῶν ἀοράτως ἐνταῦθα πάρεστιν’ f. 72r: liturgical dialogue f. 72v: tonsure ritual f. 73r: intercessions ff. 74r–75r: Reading from Ephesians inc.: ‘Ἀδελφοὶ· ἐν δυναμοῦσθε ἐν κυρίω, καὶ ἐν τῶ κράτει’ des.: ‘μάχαιραν τοῦ πνεῦματος, ὅ ἐστιν ῥῆμα θεοῦ.’ ff. 75r–76r: Reading from Gospel of Matthew inc.: ‘Εἶπεν ὁ κύριος· ὁ φίλων πατέρα ἢ’ des.: ‘κηρύσσειν, ἐν ταῖς πόλεσιν αὐτῶν.’ f. 76r: Rite of vestition: invocations and troparia. f. 83v: Prayer of the koukoullion inc.:‘ Κύριε ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ διατηρήσας ἀκαιρέους’ f. 87r ‘Εὐχὴ τοῦ παλλίου· Ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ ἀναβαλλόμενο(ς) φῶς’ f. 86v ‘Εὐχὴ τῶν σανδαλίων Κύριε ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ τῆ ὡραιότητι’ other troparia and prayers follow. f. 90v: Liturgical dialogue of vestition and Gloria. ff. 92r–98r: rubric: ‘Εὐχὴ ἐπὶ τῆ τελειώσει τοῦ μοναχοῦ, ἤτοι θεραπευτοῦ.’ inc.:‘ Ὁ ὢν δέσποτα κύριε θεὲ·’ des.: ‘ὑποτύπωσις πάσης ὁρώμενος ἁγιωσύνης· ὅπως ἴδωσιν αὐτοῦ τὰ καλὰ ἔργα οἱ ἄνθρωποι· καὶ δοξάσωσιν ἐν αὐτῶ, σὲ τὸν πατέρα κτλ.’ f. 94v is blank, probably because too thin; the ink is too visible on the verso; there is no break in the text] ff. 98r–98v: description of conclusive liturg. actions ff. 99r–99v conclusive troparia.

ff. 103r–103v (l. 10): final blessing and dismissal.

3.2.1 (ff. 100r–103r) Ordo apocuculismi

Incipit: Δέσποτα κύριε ἕως τέλος εἰς τὸν ζυγόν σου τοῦτον

Note: NB Wawryk says it begins at fol. 99v

Edition: Ed. Wawryk, pp. 104–106.

3.3 (f. 104v) Prayer for a novice

Rubric: Εὐχὴ εἰς αποταξάμενον

Incipit: Ὁ θεὸς ὁ μεγαλόδωρος· ὁ ἑλκύσας

Explicit: πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ· χάριτι καὶ οἰκτιρμοῖς καὶ φιλανθρωπί(ᾳ) τοῦ μονογενοῦς σου υἱοῦ, μεθ᾽οὗ εὐλογητὸς εἶ· σὺν τῶ παναγίω καὶ ἀγαθῶ καὶ ζωοποιῶ σου πνεύματι· νῦν κτλ.

Note: Cf. Messan. gr. 172, ff. 91v-92r; Wawryk, p. 94. ff. 104v–105v are blank.

Edition: Ed. Wawryk, pp. 52–53.

4 (ff. 106r–158v) Order of service for the death of a monk

Rubric: τάξις καὶ ἀκολουθ(ία) γινομένη ἐπὶ τετελευτηκότ(ῳ) μοναχῷ

Incipit: Ἐπειδ᾽ἀν τις τῶν μοναχῶν ἀναπαύσηται,

Explicit: ὁ μικρόσχημος, παρὰ τῶν ὁμοίων· Τελεσθήσης οὖν τ(ῆς) ἀκολουθ(ίας)· δίδιτε ἡ ἀπολ(ιτίκιον)· παρὰ τοῦ ἰερέως ἐπάνω τοῦ τάφου, μηδὲν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι.

Note: The new parchment sheet (f. 110) inserted between f. 109 and f. 111 does not appear to interrupt the text; the new parchment sheet (f. 117) inserted between f. 116 and f. 118 interrupts the text; the upper part of f. 141r is blank: the text only covers the 6 lower lines of the written surface, inc.:‘ ἵνα δὲ συνελὼν εἴπω’; the first 6 lines of f. 144v are blank: the text resumes with inc.: ‘πεισθεὶς εἴασεν’.

Editions: Cp. MS Messan. gr. 172 (d. 1178-9); M. T. Rodriquez, Catalogo dei manoscritti datati del fondo del SS. Salvatore (Messina, 1999), pp. 44–45, Tavv. 10, 63a-b, 64a-b, 65a-b.; Warwyk, Initiatio, pp. 55–, 81–, 94–, 131–265, 270–271; MS Crypt. gr. Γ.β. Χ, f. 108.

5 (ff. 159r–162v) Canon for burial of a monk.

Rubric: Κά(νων) ἐπιτάφιος ψαλλόμενο(ς) τῆ ἐπαύριον ἡνίκ(α) ἂν τελευτήσ(αντος) μοναχ(οῦ). ἤχος πλ. β´.

Incipit: Ἵνα τί μοι άδελφοί· ἐπιταφίους κενοῦτε θρήνους.

Explicit: ὠδὴ ε´. ἐκ νυκτὸς ὀρθριζόντ(ος). Ἀπὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος τὰ ἐλέησου· .... καὶ τὸν πιστόν σου δοῦλον.

Note: The upper lines at f. 160r are blank; the last line at f. 159v appears to end imperfect, or abbreviated: ‘ὁ μάν-’. f. 163 is blank.

Physical Description

Support

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Locus: ff. 1r–161v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 145/150 × 110/115 mm

Foliation

In brown ink, in Arabic numerals, in the top right corner of the written surface. The original foliation presents a number of mistakes: no. 127 was originally written twice on consecutive folia, but the second has later been struck out and replaced in pencil with the correct 128; the next page was missed out in the original foliation, and no. 128 written on the folio after that, later corrected to 130; the corrections continue until f. 138 (mistakenly foliated as 136), while from the next folio the original foliation in ink surprisingly continues correctly with no. 139.

Collation

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Note: I 8-4 (ff. 1–4 are the second half of the quaternion; 4 stubs visible before f. 1); II 8, ff. 5–12; III 8, ff. 13–20; IV 8, ff. 21–28; V 8, ff. 29–36; VI 8, ff. 37–44; VII 8, ff. 45–52; VIII 8, ff. 53–61; IX 8, ff. 62–69; X 8, ff. 70–77; XI 8, ff. 78–85; XII 8, ff. 86–93 signature missing; XIII 8, ff. 94–101; XIV 8, ff. 102–109; XV 8-2, ff. 111–116 (f. 110 and f. 117 are a modern replacement, blank; the original outer bifolium is missing) no signatures; XVI 8, ff. 118–125; XVII 8, ff. 126–133 front signature almost entirely erased together with a text written in the lower margin; XVIII 8, ff. 134–141 front sign. only; ιη´; the letters are surmounted by an undulating line as well as two smaller arches; back sign. missing; XIX 8, ff. 142–149 the front sign. has been partly cut off due to trimming; the back sign. ιθ´ is also surmounted by an undulating line as well as two smaller arches; XX 8, ff. 150–157 front sign. κ´ partly cut off due to trimming; XXI 8-3, ff. 158–162 sign. κα´ is surmounted by an undulating line as well as two smaller arches; it also ends in an upper dot; back sign. missing; there is a lacuna in the text after f. 159v and a small stub of parchment is visible between f. 160 and f. 161, where the gutter margins appear glued tightly; however it is possible that the three last sheets after f. 162 are the ones missing, as a sewing station is visible before f. 162. <163> is conjoined to paste-down.

Signatures: Quire signatures written in the lower right corner of the recto of the first folio of each quire, beginning with β´ at f. 5r, and ending with (missing at f. 86r), as well as, from f. 101v (ιγ´), also in the lower left corner of the verso of the last folio of each quire; each number is surmounted by a small horizontal stroke, at first straight, then from no. η´, undulating; scribal.

Condition

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Good, with the exception of a few leaves that are no longer very securely attached to the main binding.

Layout

Locus: ff. 1r–162v

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 17–20

Written area: 120 × 95 mm

Note: Simple full-page ruling with double vertical justifications and additional horizontal ruling of one line in the upper and one in the lower margins; the extension of the horizontals suggests the index “I” in the Leroy-Sautel formula, 22I1, where the horizontals in the upper and lower margins extend from one margin of the page to the other, while the ruling lines (varying between 17 and 20) begin from the inner vertical and end approximately and not neatly somewhere in the external margin after the outer vertical. The ruling appears traced singly on the bifolia and applied to the hair side, thus creating the following pattern, corresponding to Leroy system 1: <><><><>. Interlineum: 5/6 mm.

Script

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Hand 1

(f. 20v)Upright fluid minuscule of regular module, with occasional use of ‘boules’ or hooks at apices such as lambdas, taus or iotas, and a mannered curved hook in the ‘nose’ of zetas (written as enlarged 3). Torallas Tovar compared the hand to the Reggio style of Nikolaos (RGK I, no. 524: sample from Vat. gr. 1646), but the ms lacks the pointed quality of this scribe; rather, the general features (upright deltas, general neatness) fit better the example of Reggio script by Georgios (RGK I, no. 129: Vat. gr. 974), though again not exactly in the details, and again is being overall rounder in appearance. Nevertheless, these similarities confirm a dating to the first quarter of the twelfth century and suggest a Southern Italian provenance for this ms. Cf. also Loukas (RGK II, no. 334: Paris. gr. 790). A few lines are written in a more cursive style (scholarly hand?) at (f. 20v), ll. 6-17, with increased abbreviation and a majuscule form of beta as well as open omegas: these lines could still be by the same hand, though. Occasionally the lower stroke of phi is prolonged through several lines into the lower margin, e.g. (f. 19v), (f. 77v), (f. 79r), (f. 125v). Rubrication in carmine; simple enlarged initials throughout; the beta at (f. 55r) is unusually enlarged and embellished with dots and crosses.

Additions

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(f. 27r) Non-scribal notes written in lower marg. of f. 27r, perhaps repeating part of the text of the canon, later erased.

Decorations

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Description:

(f. 8v): headband “ad intaglio in negativo” in carmine ink with a scrolling tri-lobed motif and knots along the frame. (f. 21v): headband “ad intaglio in negativo” in carmine ink with geometrical and phytomorphic patterns and two symmetrical stylized palmettes at the top outer corners. Simple undulating text-dividers at (f. 106r), (f. 159r). Other headbands may have been planned but were never executed, leaving a number of blanks as detailed above.

Binding

Description:

Soft white calf.

Binding dimensions: 155 × 120 mm

History

Origin

11th–12th c. The script would suggest a Southern Italian provenance, from Reggio Calabria or Messina. A liturgical analysis of the monastic rite, and in particular the comparison with Vat. gr. 1969 according to Wawryk, confirms this hypothesis. f. 21r: there is a scratched inscription (as well as probatio pennae) in the blank portion of the page (after l. 7) that may be worth examining with UV-light.

Provenance

Previous shelfmarks: Aurivillius. Ups. gr. 7, olim ms. Esc. Δ. V. 11. Post. H. VI. 28. Sparv. gr. 48. On the front paste-down, there are several notes recording the content, and one the sale of the ms. At the centre, there is a note in Greek, perhaps quite recent: σχηματολόγιον·. At the top left corner, there is another note in Greek, an abbreviation in majuscule letters, ‘ΤΑΞ. ΕΚΛ.’. Under the large writing in Spanish, traces of a Greek note can also be made out. The Spanish note says: ‘J. G. Sparvenfeldt / en Toledo en el / mes d abril / 1690’.