ID: 700008558 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008558	Record Type: Movable Work
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MS 575. Codex Armenicus Rescriptus (palimpsest (manuscript); unknown Armenian and unknown Syriac; 6th and 8th centuries CE ; Schøyen Collection (Oslo, Oslo, Norway); MS 575;)

Note: Among the earliest examples of Armenian text; MS palimpsest on vellum, Mt. Sinai, Egypt, text 1 (underlying text): in Armenian, 6th c., 18 ff., 23x17 cm, 2 columns, (19x16 cm), 25 lines in Armenian uncial (Erkathgir). Text 2 (overlying text): In Syriac, 8th c., single column, (18x13 cm), 19-23 lines in Syriac estrangela book script, with 7 interlinear decorations. Binding: Barking, Essex, 1990, green cloth gilt folding case by Aquarius. Contains: Johannes Chrysostomus: Homilies on the Psalter; Parakletikon: Melkite Liturgical Prayers, Including A Tract On The Mobilitas Demon. Other fragments exist elsewhere: 94 ff, now in Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit OR 14236; 1f: Milano, Biblioteca Ambrosiana A 296 inf. (fol.4); Fragments: Monastery of St Catherine, Mt. Sinai, Sinai Syr. Sparagma 12.

Titles:

MS 575. Codex Armenicus Rescriptus (preferred,C,U,RP,undetermined,U,U)

MS 575 (C,U,MD,undetermined,U,U)

Codex Armenicus Rescriptus (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

palimpsest (manuscript) [300028576] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>, manuscripts (documents))

manuscripts (documents) [300028569]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by conditions of production>)

prayer book [300026476]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts)

homiliary [300211641]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Information Forms (hierarchy name), information forms (objects), document genres, <documents by function>, religious texts, liturgical texts)

Classifications:

manuscripts (preferred)

Creation Date: 6th and 8th centuries CE

Creator Display:

unknown Armenian and unknown Syriac [preferred,VP]

scribe unknown Syrian (Syrian cultural designation) [500204326]

scribe unknown Armenian (Armenian cultural designation) [500202877]

Locations:

Other: Original: Miṣr [7016833] Africa (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Current: Schøyen Collection (Oslo, Oslo, Norway) [500450202] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)

Repository Numbers: MS 575

Other: Former: Term Not Found (ULAN Candidate) (Corp. Body)

Display Materials: palimpsest on vellum

	ink [300015012]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>)

	vellum (parchment) [300011852]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, processed animal material, parchment (animal material))

Dimensions: 18 folios, 23x17 cm, 2 columns, (19x16 cm), 25 lines in Armenian uncial; Text 2 (overlying text): In Syriac, 8th century, single column, (18x13 cm), 19-23 lines in Syriac estrangela book script

General Subject:

literary (preferred)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Homilies on the Psalter [901002031]
	.....((Literary works: Philosophy, Religion, Named written and performed works, Literature and Performing Arts)) (ICON)

	Armenian (language) [300387870]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, Indo-European (language family)) (AAT)

	Syriac (language) [300389337]
	.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), language-related concepts, <languages and writing systems>, <languages and writing systems by specific type>, <temporary alphabetical list: languages and writing systems>) (AAT)

Provenance: 1. Monastery of St. Catherine, Mt. Sinai (6th – 19th c.); 2. Friedrich Grote, Germany (ca. 1900); 3. Walther Adam, Magdeburg and Goslar (1918/30-1964); 4. Carl Wilhelm Adam, Goslar (1964-1987); 5. F. Dörling, Hamburg 1.6.1987:29; 6. Sam Fogg, London.

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media

Sources and Contributors:
MS 575. Codex Armenicus Rescriptus	........ [VP]
	........ Schøyen Collection [online] (2000-)
MS 575	........ [VP]
	........ Schøyen Collection [online] (2000-)
Codex Armenicus Rescriptus	........ [VP]
	........ Schøyen Collection [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

....................... Schøyen Collection [online] (2000-) http://www.schoyencollection.com/patristic-literature-collection/ms-575

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Schøyen Collection [online] (2000-) http://www.schoyencollection.com/patristic-literature-collection/ms-575