Chronicle of Biblical history from the Creation to the Ascension of Christ, in the form of a long genealogical chart.
Notes
Ms. roll consisting of 19 sheets of glazed Western paper which have been glued together to form a continuous surface.
Decoration: contains over 500 individual portraits. The pictures and text are both contained within an ink border. The colors used for the washes are green, pale brown and yellow brown, red, blue, and black.
Origin: Written in Wallachia in the late 18th-century.
Language note
Greek.
Source acquisition
Purchase; Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund; 2002.
Cite as
Princeton Greek MS. 16, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Place name(s)
Romania Wallachia.
Other standard number
C0879 (Princeton Greek MS. 16)
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