[Music anthology].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Modern Greek (1453-)
Published/​Created
[between 1813 and 1899]
Description
122 leaves : paper ; 219 x 154 (152 x 92) mm.

Details

Subject(s)
Former owner
Getty AAT genre
Summary note
Collection of several hymns in octoechnical order.
Notes
  • Ms. codex.
  • Collation: 3⁸⁻¹, 4-17⁸, 18⁸⁻¹; the first two quires are missing, as well as the first leaf of the third quire (fols. 1r-7v) with loss of text. The eighth leaf of the eighteenth quire is also missing (fols. 116r-122v) without loss of text.
  • Layout: 14 long lines per page; frame-ruled on an Arabic ruling board (mastara).
  • Music: Chrysanthine notation.
  • Origin: Written after 1813.
Binding note
Unsupported link stitch on four sewing stations; no boards.
Language note
Greek.
Script
Written by a single scribe.
Provenance
Early provenance is unknown; acquired with the papers of William Scott Watson (C0461) in 1927. Watson's name is written in the lower margin of fol. 1r., accession no. AM 15727.
Source acquisition
Gift; William Scott Watson; 1927.
Cite as
Princeton Greek MS. 6, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
OCLC
54745348
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