OCTOECHOS

MS 261
MS Short Title OCTOECHOS
Text OCTOECHOS
Description MS in 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 London, England, 1993, black leather on oak boards, sewn on 3 cords, by Ruth Kirkby.
Context
Provenance 1. Sotheby's 20.6.1989:34.
Commentary One of the earliest Serbian MSS known, cf. MS 702.
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Colophon
See also MS 577, Hermologion, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, ca. 11th c.
Place of origin Serbia
Dates 14c AD