MALAXOS, Nikolaos (protopapas of Nauplion, mid 16th-century). Hymni in Honorem B.V.M. , in Greek, calligraphic manuscript on paper, [Greece, 1636
MALAXOS, Nikolaos (protopapas of Nauplion, mid 16th-century). Hymni in Honorem B.V.M. , in Greek, calligraphic manuscript on paper, [Greece, 1636] 210 x 145mm. 24 leaves. Red initials and border decorations with extensive flourishing in red, headings and responses in red, 23 lines in a 17th-century Greek cursive bookhand (verso of final leaf in a different hand), colophon on final leaf dated June 1636 by the hieromonk, archbishop and archimandrite Auxentios [of Karpathos], deckle edges (light soiling, occasional wormholes, a few edges slightly frayed, quires strengthened at hinge). Modern boards (light stains on upper cover). Provenance : J.P.R. Lyell (1871-1948, bookplate). Nikolaos Malaxos was a 16th-century hymnographer and editor of hymnographical texts. The present manuscript contains a series of hymns addressed to the Virgin Mary and formed part of the library of the renowned book collector and bibliographer James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell.
MALAXOS, Nikolaos (protopapas of Nauplion, mid 16th-century). Hymni in Honorem B.V.M. , in Greek, calligraphic manuscript on paper, [Greece, 1636
MALAXOS, Nikolaos (protopapas of Nauplion, mid 16th-century). Hymni in Honorem B.V.M. , in Greek, calligraphic manuscript on paper, [Greece, 1636] 210 x 145mm. 24 leaves. Red initials and border decorations with extensive flourishing in red, headings and responses in red, 23 lines in a 17th-century Greek cursive bookhand (verso of final leaf in a different hand), colophon on final leaf dated June 1636 by the hieromonk, archbishop and archimandrite Auxentios [of Karpathos], deckle edges (light soiling, occasional wormholes, a few edges slightly frayed, quires strengthened at hinge). Modern boards (light stains on upper cover). Provenance : J.P.R. Lyell (1871-1948, bookplate). Nikolaos Malaxos was a 16th-century hymnographer and editor of hymnographical texts. The present manuscript contains a series of hymns addressed to the Virgin Mary and formed part of the library of the renowned book collector and bibliographer James Patrick Ronaldson Lyell.
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