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[Fragment of a Euchologion, containing five prayers for various occasions]

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Eastern Church, Orthodox. [fragment of a Euchologion, Containing Five Prayers for Various Occasions]. . 11. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4dp3t.

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Eastern Church, O. (11). [Fragment of a Euchologion, containing five prayers for various occasions]. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4dp3t.

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Eastern Church, Orthodox. [fragment of a Euchologion, Containing Five Prayers for Various Occasions]. 11. Retrieved from the Atla Digital Library, https://idn.duke.edu/ark:/87924/r4dp3t.

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  • Forms part of the Kenneth Willis Clark Collection of Greek Manuscripts (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University);Format: Manuscript leaves.;Title supplied by cataloger.;Layout: Written in 1 column of 18-23 lines.;Script: An irregularly roundish hand, characteristic of southern Italy, written with some ambiguity as to whether to verticality or forward or slightly to the left. A rapidly written composition with frequent use of uncials. Another characteristic of this manuscript is the use of red blobs in the round and oval letters of the titles.;Decoration: The initial letters, particularly on the flesh side of the bifolio, are formed of zoomorphic figures, mostly serpents, which intertwine the vertical shafts of the letters; the base of the letters is floriated and lightly toned with a yellow (now cream in tone) wash.;Origin: South Italy.;Title cataloged from existing description.;A bifolium from the center of a signature found inserted before the final leaf of Duke Greek MS 19, containing five prayers for various occasions: on behalf of the mother of the child after forty days; when priest takes child in his hand and enters sanctuary doors; said before going to sleep; for rain; when a child is tonsured.
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