Details

Subject(s)

• Orthodox Eastern Church—Liturgy—Texts [Browse]
• Akathists—Texts [Browse]
• Hymns, Greek—19th century [Browse]

Compiled/​Created

1804.

Summary note

Early nineteeth-century manuscript copy (in Greek) of the Akathistos hymn, the most famous Byzantine hymn to the Virgin Mary. Bound in contemporary blind-tooled leather.

Source acquisition

Purchase: Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund. AM 2006-101.

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