Mich. Ms. 8: Menaion for September, October, November, and December

Item Data

Date

<Palestine or Sinai>, first half of the 13th century CE.
Palimpsest folios (96r-v and 106r-112v): Menaion (14th century CE) and New Testament, fragments (6th or 7th century CE).

Item Source

Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann. Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor (with the collaboration of Pablo Alvarez). Vol. 1. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press, 2021, 8-11. Plate 11.

Description

Mich. Ms. 8. Fol. 158r; headpiece for the month of December; it depicts five small animals: a rabbit chased by four dogs, and a small bird.

Format

Parchment, 265–275 × 195–200 mm.