[New Testament, Gospel Lectionary].

Forms part of the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

Format: Manuscript codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Layout: Written in 2 columns of 20 lines; parchment ruled for 20 lines, with a dry point on the hair side.

Script: There are two scribes represented: Scribe I: the entire textblock (on parchment) except for Scribe II: fol. 231-237 (on paper); the inserted paper leaves at the end of the textblock date from the fifteenth century. Scribe I is an open, very legible, deliberately flowing squarish cursive, pendant, vertical, with a wide reed nib. Scribe I appears to have been at work in the early part of the eleventh century, ca. 1051. His work is highly practiced and exquisitely formed. The hand of Scribe II contrasts strongly with that of Scribe I. The hand is typical of the fifteenth century--very cursive, rapidly written with a rightward slant, pendant, irregular in presentation, heavy with uncial letters, and with long accents.

Decoration: Contains bar headpieces, finely detailed in reds, blues, greens and gilt (e.g. fol. 52r, 78v.) and penwork ornamentation separating sections of the text. The work appears to be by more than one rubricator because of the differences in styles and colors used. The initial letters are knotted, outlined, and occasionally filled with color. There are some gilded initials.

Title cataloged from existing description.

Binding: Covers replaced, made of plywood covered in leather with a portion of an earlier cover inlaid. The Byzantine chain-link sewing has been preserved and left exposed.