Text 2955

Provenance
Sur island
Region
Makuria
Findspot
church SR022.A, room G
Excavation no.
SR022.A/177 text 1 + 6 +7 + 22 + 44 + 53 + 108 + 109 + 110
Present location
Berlin
Museum no.
 
Medium
manuscript: leaf
Technique
painted
Type of text
literary: homiletic
Language
Greek
Content
fragments of two homilies of John Chrysostom: first homily on the title of Psalm 50 and second homily on penitence, coming most probably from one codex
Date
900–1099
Notes
4th Cataract
Material
parchment
Object dimensions
text 6) H: 4.2; W: 3.6
text 110) H: 23.5; W: 21
Text dimensions
 
Object colour
 
Text colour
black; red in initials and filling of the letter phi
Lines
text 6) i: 5; ii: ?
text 110) i: 29; ii: 26 or 27 (?)
Height of letters
 
Description
texts 1, 6, 7, 22, 44, and 53 belong to one leaf with fragment of homily on Psalm 50; texts 108, 109, and 110 contain fragments of second homily on penitence; all pieces most probably belong to the same codex, although their position within it is impossible to ascertain, as no pagination has been preserved
Decorative elements
decorative initials; red-filled letters phi
State of preservation
fragments of several leaves of one codex; text 110 is the most extensively preserved, with complete upper margin and large portions of both side margins preserved
Date
900–1099
Chronological systems
 
Dating formulae
 
Transcription
 
Months
 
Weakdays
 
Feasts
 
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Offices & titles
 
Toponyms & ethnonyms
 
Source
Näser – Tsakos 2014, pl. 8
Image
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Source
Näser – Tsakos 2014, pl. 9
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Latest edition
unpublished; mentioned in Näser – Tsakos 2014, pp. 978, 980–982, pls. 8, 9, fig. 2
Other editions
 
Other publications
Billig 2007, p. 94, fig. 22; Näser 2007, pp. 44–45, fig. 5; Näser 2008, pp. 77–79, fig. 5; Näser 2013, p. 465, fig. 11; Tsakos 2016, pp. 640, 649
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