6. Liturgy

6.3 Orthodox Liturgy

MS 192
MENOLOGION, FOR SEPTEMBER, WITH THE LIVES OF 38 SAINTS, FROM SYMEON STYLITES (1 SEPT.) TO GREGORIOS OF GREAT ARMENIA (30 SEPT.)
MS in Greek on vellum, probably Constantinople, 11th c., 266 ff., (complete), 32x24 cm, 2 columns, (23x18 cm), 28 lines in an expert Greek minuscule of highest quality, table of contents and incipits throughout in Alexandrian half-uncial in burnished gold, ca. 750 initials set out in margins in gold, 26 large illuminated headpieces in various elaborate styles of foliage, ropework, geometric designs and flowers in gold and colours with elaborate interlaced ornamental gold initials below. *Binding:* Greece(?), modern blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, chain stitches on 5 sewing stations, spine raised "alla Grecca".
*Provenance:* 1. Monastery of Dionysious Mt. Athos, MS 49 (-1960); 2. Sotheby's 6.12.1988:25. Deaccession December 2010. *Commentary:* Extremely high quality in script and lay-out, possibly written in the Imperial scriptorium. Opening volume for September, with lives of the saints in the version compiled ca. 960 by Simeon Metaphrastes.

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MS 1754
THE FEKULA PROLOGUE PROLOGUE, SYNAXARION: SHORT ACCOUNTS OF THE FEASTS OF THE CHURCH YEAR, LIVES OF THE SAINTS, AND EXTRACTS FROM THE WRITINGS OF THE HOLY FATHERS, FOR THE PERIOD 20 APRIL TO 15 AUGUST
MS in Russian Church Slavonic on paper, Russia, 4th quarter of 16th c., 349 ff. (-ca. 5), 28x19 cm, single column, (20x12 cm), 26 lines in Cyrillic half-uncial, headings and initials in red, 3 illuminated headpieces of geometric and stylised floral patterns in blue and red on highly burnished gold grounds, a full-page illuminated miniature comprising 4 rows of 44 selected saints, including Christ, Mother of God and the 12 apostles, in full colours highlighted with gold, enclosed by a border in floral design of red and burnished gold, in the style of icons standardised by Metropolitan Macarius in the Kremlin in the mid-16th c., and an early example of the Stroganov school. *Binding:* Russia, 18th c., blindstamped calf gilt over wooden boards of Western European design, sewn on 4 cords, with viaz' script on upper cover and spine. *Context:* The second saint in the first row of the miniature, is Dionysius Glushitskii, the Wonderworker, who was the owner of the Triodion, MS 1751. *Provenance:* 1. Russian collection, N.44 (18th c.); 2. The Paul M. Fekula Collection, New York, MS 783 and F-XVIII (until 1990); 3. Sotheby's 29.11.1990:66; 4. Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd, London.
*Commentary:* Because of the outstanding miniature, the present MS was considered the most important MS in The Fekula Collection, together with the Triodion, MS 1751. *Published:* Mateja Matejic: Slavic Manuscripts from the Fekula Collection: A Description. Columbus, Ohio 1983. *Mentioned:* Keenan et al., eds.: The Paul M. Fekula Collection. A Catalogue. New York 1988. *Exhibited:* "Preservation for access: Originals and copies". On the occasion of the 1st International Memory of the World Conference, organized by the Norwegian Commission for UNESCO and the National Library of Norway, at the Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, 3 June - 14 July 1996.

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MS 585
HAGIASMATARION: LYCHNIKON, ORTHROS, MIKROS HAGIASMOS, AND INVOCATON TO ST. ANARGYRES
MS in Greek on paper, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, 16th c., 27 ff. (complete), 13x10 cm, single column, (10x6 cm), 15-17 lines in Greek minuscule, decorated red initials throughout, 3 knotwork headpieces in colours. *Binding:* Mt. Sinai, Egypt, 16th c., brown, blindtooled leather with foliage sprays around a gold-stamped fillet with corner fleurons, sewn on 2 cords. *Provenance:* 1. Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai (16th c. - 19th c.); 2. Friedrich Grote, Germany (ca. 1900); 3. Walther Adam, Magdeburg and Goslar, S 10 (1918/30-1964); 4. Carl Wilhelm Adam, Goslar (1964-1987); 5. F. Dörling, Hamburg 1.6.1987:38; 6. Wolfgang Görigk, Germany (1989); 7 Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd., London.
*Commentary:* There are 20 MSS from Mt. Sinai in The Schøyen Collection. Besides the monastery's own famous library (4300 MSS), only British Library (8 MSS) and The National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (60 MSS, mostly fragments), have comparable holdings.

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MS 1755

MENAION: FEASTS FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1 JULY THROUGH 26 AUGUST

MS in Russian Church Slavonic on paper, Moscow(?), Russia, ca. 1550, 472 ff. (-39), 29x19 cm, single column, (20x12 cm), 25 lines in Cyrillic half-uncial by 5 scribes, headings and initials in red, illuminated headpiece with circular foliate designs in bright blues, pinks, green black and white on a gold ground, a full quadripartite page with 4 miniatures in gold and colours, probably painted in Moscow.

Binding: Russia, ca. 1550, brown calf over thick wooden boards, sewn on 4 bands.

Provenance: 1. Church of St. John Chrysostom, Astrakhan (18th c.); 2. The Paul M. Fekula Collection, New York, MS 491 and F-V (until 1990); 3. Sotheby's 29.11.1990:69; 4. Sam Fogg cat. 14(1991):41.

Commentary: The miniatures have a sombre smoky quality that stem ultimately from the work of the icon painter Andrei Rublev in the previous century.

Published: Mateja Matejic: Slavic Manuscripts from the Fekula Collection: A Description. Columbus, Ohio 1983.

Mentioned: Keenan et al., eds.: The Paul M. Fekula Collection. A Catalogue. New York 1988.

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MS 571
PARAKLETIKON: CANONS FOR WORKDAYS, MAGNIFICAT, EXAPOSTEILARION, MELCHITE USE
MS in Syriac on paper, Antioch, Syria, 20th June 1190, 5 ff., 25x16 cm, single column, (20x12 cm), 20 lines in Syriac estrangela book script, signed and dated by Michael, son of Abu L-Farag, the priest and abbot, decorated headpiece, later drawing of Christ in Majesty. *Binding:* Barking, Essex, 1990, green cloth gilt folding case by Aquarius. *Provenance:* 1. Convent of Elias the prophet on the Black Mountain (Convent of Mâr Panteleêmôn), Antioch (1190-); 2. Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai (until 19th c.); 3. Friedrich Grote (19th c.); 4. Walther Adam, Magdeburg and Goslar (1918/30-1964); 5. Carl Wilhelm Adam, Goslar (1964-1987); 6. F. Dörling, Hamburg 11.6.1987:25; 7. Wolfgang Görigk, Germany (-1989); 8. Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd., London.
*Commentary:* Colophon of the scribe Michael, abbot of the Convent of Elias the prophet on the Black Mountain, dated 20 June in the year 6698 after Adam, i.e. 1190 AD. Melchite is an Eastern sect of Christians who, while adhering to the ceremonies and liturgy of the Greek orthodox church, acknowledge the papal authority. There are 20 MSS from Mt. Sinai in The Schøyen Collection. Besides the monastery's own famous library (4300 MSS), only British Library (8 MSS) and The National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (60 MSS, mostly fragments), have comparable holdings. *Published:* J. Assfalg: Syrische Handscriften (Band V); in: Verzeichnis der Orientalischen Handscriften in Deutschland. Wiesbaden 1963, Band V, pp. 208-9, No. 105. Anton Baumstark: Geschichte der syrischen Literatur mit Ausschluss der christlich-palästinischen Texte. Bonn 1922, 338.

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MS 261

OCTOECHOS

MSin Church Slavonic with occasional Bulgarian elements on vellum, Serbia, 14th c., 61 ff. (- ca. 60), 28x19 cm, single column, (22x14 cm), 34-38 lines in a handsome Serbian square Cyrillic book script (Rashka school), 2 principal headings in red capitals, painted initials in red throughout.

Binding: ILondon, England, 1993, black leather on oak boards, sewn on 3 cords, by Ruth Kirkby.

Provenance: 1. Sotheby's 20.6.1989:34.

Commentary: One of the earliest Serbian MSS known, cf. MS 702.

See also MS 577, Hermologion, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, ca. 11th c.

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MS 580
HESPERINOS: EVENING OFFICE AND LITURGY
MS in Greek on paper, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, 16th c., 34 ff. (complete), 14x9 cm, single column, (10x6 cm), 15 lines in Greek minuscule, signed by the scribe Ioannikos Diaconos, 2-line decorated initials in red, head- and end-pieces in multicolour knotwork. *Binding:Binding: Mt. Sinai, Egypt, 16th c., blindtooled leather, sewn on 3 thongs. Provenance:* 1. Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai (16th - 19th c.); 2. Friedrich Grote, Germany (ca. 1900); 3. Walther Adam, Magdeburg and Goslar, S 3 (1918/30-1964); 4. Carl Wilhelm Adam, Goslar (1964-1987); 5. F. Dörling, Hamburg 1.6.1987:34; 6. Wolfgang Görigk, Germany (1989); 7. Sam Fogg Rare Books Ltd., London.
*Commentary:* There are 20 MSS from Mt. Sinai in The Schøyen Collection. Besides the monastery's own famous library (4300 MSS), only British Library (8 MSS) and The National Library of Russia, St. Petersburg (60 MSS, mostly fragments), have comparable holdings.

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MS 662

PRAYERS BEFORE AND AFTER THE HOLY COMMUNION

MS in Greek on vellum, Greece, ca. 1330, 1 roll of 7 membranes, 426x16 cm, single column on both sides, 535+495 lines in Greek minuscule of highest quality, 14 headings in gold, 5 small capitals in gold, 14 large illuminated capitals.

Provenance: 1. Monastery of Docheiarou, Mount Athos, Greece (14th-17th c.); 2. Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, (-1827); 3. R.H. Evans, London 8.12.1830:292; 4. Thomas Payne, London (1830); 5. Sir Thomas Phillipps, Cheltenham, Ph 3889 (ca. 1830-1872); 6. Katharine, John, Thomas & Alan Fenwick, Cheltenham, (1872-1946); 7. Robinson Bros., London (1946-1978); 8. Kraus cat.153(1979):37. Deaccession May 2010.

Commentary: Illuminated Greek prayer rolls from Mount Athos rarely occur outside Greek public collections.

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6.4 Protestant Liturgy

MS 5406
ORDENUNG DES HOHEN AMPTS AM PFINGSTEN MIT CHORALMELODIEN IN MENSURIS SINGEN; PROTESTANT LITURGY FOR PENTECOST WITH MUSIC IN MENSURAL NOTATION
MS in German on paper, Germany, 16th c., 36 pp. (complete), 20x15 cm, single column, (15x10 cm), 24 lines in cursive script, headings in Gothic bookscript of high quality in red, music on 5 4-line staves in mensural notation. *Binding:* Germany, 1st half of 20th c., vellum, sewn on 3 cords. *Provenance:* 1. Musikantiquariat Dr. Ulrich Drüner, Stuttgart, Katalog 61(2007):1; 2. Bernard Quaritch, London. *Commentary:* Mensural notation, mainly used ca. 1250-1700, was the first system in European music that systematically used individual note shapes to denote duration. The note-heads were diamond– or rhombic-shaped rather than oval. They had their stems perched directly on top or from bottom, rather than to one side. Black mensural notation with note-heads filled in solid black was used up to about mid-15th c.; white mensural notation with void note-heads was used after that time. The present MS is in white (void) mensural notation.

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MS 1920/1

STATUTA SYNODALIA, QUODQUOD A REFORMATA PER DANICAM RELIGIONE EXTANT IN DIOCEESI LUNDENSI

MS in Latin and Danish on paper, Lund, Sweden, 1594, continuations to 1740, 119 ff. (complete), 21x17 cm, single column, (17x13 cm), ca. 22 lines in Danish cursive script by several scribes.

Binding: ILund, Sweden, ca. 1594, sewn on 4 cords, covers missing. Vellum leaf from ca. 1400 as spine, MS 1920/2.

Provenance: 1. Johannes Olai Stisonius Londinensis (17th c.?-); 2. Ahrensand (17th c.?); 3. Billinge and Höstånga churches, present Sweden (1784); 4. Björck & Börjesson, Stockholm. Commentary: Lund was in 16th c. a part of Denmark.

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MS 2320

DANMARKS OG NORGIS KIRKE RITUAL

MS in Danish and Latin, Norway or Denmark, after 1685, 188 ff. (complete), 19x16 cm, single column, (15x10 cm), 15-20 lines in Gothic book script, and italics, penflourished initials.

Binding: Italy, 20th c., vellum, sewn on 4 cords.

Provenance: 1. Benedictine Abbey of Montecassino (12th c.-); 2. Christie's 26.6.1996:12.

Commentary: This is the only Beneventan Bari-type Sacramentary known.

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