Mich. Ms. 45: Panegyrikon: headpiece

Item Data

Date

Middle or third quarter of the 10th 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, 132-136. Plate 109.

Description

Mich. Ms. 45. 112r; Headpiece for the Panegyrikon; the page contains the beginning of the ninth homily by Basil of Caesarea; note the heart-shaped palmette on the top of the headpiece, and the interlace design of the initial pi.

Format

Parchment, 160 fols. (1-125 and 141-175) and paper, 15 fols. (126-140); 258-210 mm.