Manual of Greek Orthodox Canon Law

Name:

Orthodox Eastern Church

Date:

1800

Description:

Manual of Greek Orthodox canon law. Includes a fragmentary index or table of contents on the first 13 f. (numbered p. 4-5, 8-29, [30-31]); two leaves are missing).

Language:

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Provenance:

Acquired, 1953.

Subject:

Orthodox Eastern Church; Canon law -- Orthodox Eastern Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Greek; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

204 leaves : paper; 207 x 153 (141 x 105) mm bound to 215 x 164 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Pagination: Paper, i + 202 + i; [i], 5, 8-29, [ii], 1-373, [vii]; contemporary or near-contemporary pagination in ink; [1-404], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Decoration: Extensive use of red for headings, etc.; Binding: Contemporary parchment. Cover shows traces of a text; the cover may be a palimpsest, or else the text may have been transferred from another manuscript which was pressed up against the cover and got wet. Much staining, probably from water. Some oxidation of ink. Several worm holes. Some leaves torn. First extant folio badly stained and damaged; some text partly obliterated. Cover slightly warped.; Origin: Written in Venice, circa 1800.; Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 139