© Robert W. Allison
Bates College
Lewiston, Maine, U.S.A.
| Codicological Features |
Phil. cod. 91 (Lambr. 35) Menaion June. |
Phil. cod. 95 (Lambr. 28) Menaion Nov. |
Phil. cod. 96 (Lambr. 31) Menaion Dec. |
Phil. cod. 99 (Lambr. 40) Menaion May. |
Phil. cod. 100 (Lambr. 37) Menaion March. |
| cod. dimensions | 225 x 150-55 mm. | 245 x 160-65 mm. | 245 x 160 mm. | 230 x 150 mm. | 214 x 150 mm. |
| col. dimensions | 172 x 98 mm. | 175 x 100 mm. | 173-75 x 103 mm. | 175 x 98 mm. | 170 x 90-92 mm. |
| no. of cols. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| no. of lines | 30-31 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 31 |
| ruling type (Leroy) |
20D1 | 20D1 | 20D1 | 20D1 | 20D1 |
| ruling method | inconsistent; mostly from versos, individually or several at a time | from the flesh side | too faint, undeterminable | from hair sides | from hair sides |
| ink color | med. brown | med. brown | med. brown | med. brown | med. brown |
| rubrication color |
faded carmine | faded carmine | faded carmine | faded carmine | faded carmine |
| bindings (unmatching) | bare boards with square-cut edges, 16th c. (dated from paper pastedown) | dark goatskin over boards with edges grooved ("arrow" pattern); blindstamped: diagonal triple lines forming lozenges, hole for lost central boss. (back cover gone) | dark goatskin over boards with edges grooved; blindstamped: concentric rectangular borders each with different repeating stamps (fillet style). Back cover &spine gone. | dark goatskin over boards with edges grooved; blindstamped: rectangular frame of repeating stamp (fillet-style); iron bosses (round flower shape); endpapers of a reused parchment bifolio (fragment of a 13th c. Paraklitiki) inside a blank paper bifolio | tattered plain dark leather on front board, with almond-shaped corner bosses (= replacement cover); back cover gone) |
Responses may be addressed electronically by e-mail to
rallison@bates.edu
Last Updated: September 30, 1995