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Anthologia: manuscript, 1876.
Author
Orthodox Eastern Church
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Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Modern Greek (1453-)
Description
1 v. (292 leaves) : 16.5 x 11.5 cm
Details
Subject(s)
Orthodox Eastern Church
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Hymns
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19th-century
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Byzantine chants
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19th-century
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Hymns, Greek
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19th-century
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Music, Byzantine
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Manuscripts
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Neumes
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19th-century
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Sacred vocal music
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Greece
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19th-century
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Getty AAT genre
Paper
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Compiled/Created
1876.
Summary note
Anthology of chants in post-Byzantine neumes. Bound manuscript in glazed Arabic paper. It is written in Greek script, in red and black ink; 292 unnumbered folia; Inscription on fol. 4r references the name of the former owner: "Autē hē Anthologia hyparchei tou papa Iōannē apo Avdēmē. Etos 1876 Phevrouariou 26." There are a lot of blank folia. The manuscript is bound in gold-tooled binding on hard boards covered with goat skin, with a Crucifixion scene on the front panel and the Virgin Mary with the Child on the back; sewn on 6 bands.
Notes
Title supplied by the cataloger.
Layout: 11 double verses per page; frame-ruled on an Arabic ruling board (mastara).
Inscription on fol. 1r. reads: "Hyparchei tou papa Iōannē ex Audēm[.]. 1875[...]."
Inscription on fol. 292v: "Kai tōde allois pollois pephyka / Geōrgios."
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 2012-20.
Other title(s)
Io Protopsaltou.
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