Details

Subject(s)

• Hymns, Greek—19th-century [Browse]
• Music, Byzantine—Manuscripts [Browse]
• Neumes—19th-century [Browse]

Former owner

• Watson, William Scott, 1862-1944 [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Princeton Greek 6. [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Paper [Browse]

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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