Photographs from a Greek (11th cent.?) MS. of the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs preserved in the Kouthoumousi monastery on Mount Athos
Photographs from a Greek (11th cent.?) MS. of the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs preserved in the Kouthoumousi monastery on Mount Athos. Taken by prof. K. Lake, who presented them and a transcript of the text in one or two places not here photographed, on Sept. 17, 1908: but three more photographs near the beginning are wanting.
Dates
- Creation: Photographed about A.D. 1907 or earlier by K. Lake
Extent
40 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Gr. th. f. 11, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Gr. th. f. 11
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 19631
Abstract
Photographs from a Greek (11th cent.?) MS. of the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs preserved in the Kouthoumousi monastery on Mount Athos
Biographical / Historical
Kirsopp Lake (1872-1946) was a scholar and historian.
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. VI, no. 34080
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by rev. prof. Kirsopp Lake, apparently in 1908.
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
5 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.
Subject
- Title
- Photographs from a Greek (11th cent.?) MS. of the Testament of the Twelve Patriarchs preserved in the Kouthoumousi monastery on Mount Athos
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk