Among the manuscripts kept by the Jerusalem Patriarchate is
the Hagios Stavros collection, which formerly (as far as I can tell) was housed
on Cyprus. Images of those manuscripts, except for some relatively young copies, have been released by the Library of Congress. (The images,
taken in 1949-1950 by an expedition led by Kenneth W. Clark, are mostly from
microfilm.) Of the 90 photographed manuscripts, 16
contain substantial portions of the New Testament. Here is a list of the New
Testament manuscripts in the Hagios Stavros (“Holy
Cross”) collection, with embedded links to their online page-views:
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| This page of GA 1895 has patristic commentary along with the text. Acts 28:29 is included. |
GA
1349: Hagios Stavros 45 – Four Gospels
(1000’s/1100’s)
GA
1350: Hagios Stavros 46 – Four Gospels
(1100’s, 1300’s) This was catalogued as an Evangelion, but it is a
continuous-text manuscript of the four Gospels.
Beginning
of Matthew. Beginning
of Mark. Beginning
of Luke. Beginning
of John.
GA
1351: Hagios Stavros 74 – Gospels
(900’s) (Damaged; begins with Mark)
Beginning
of Luke. Beginning
of John. (Arabic note precedes the
chapter-list for John.)
(Damaged at
the end; last page with text ends near the end of John 5:4.)
GA
1352: Hagios Stavros 94 – New Testament
(1100’s/1300’s)
GA
1895: Hagios Stavros 25 – Acts and
General Epistles, with Commentary (800’s/900’s) The commentary includes
excerpts from the writings of Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria,
Basil of Caesarea, and others.
Scripture-texts, interspersed with the commentary, are indented and
accompanied by diple-marks (>) in the margin. Beginning
of James.
Lectionaries:
Hagios
Stavros 9 – Evangelion (A.D. 1534)
Hagios
Stavros 26 – Evangelion (1000’s) Greek-Arabic in parallel columns
Hagios
Stavros 44 – Evangelion (1000’s)
Hagios
Stavros 51 – Evangelion (1000’s)
Hagios
Stavros 67 – Apostolos (1000’s) An interesting copy with sporadic notes in
the margin.
Hagios
Stavros 110 – Evangelion (1200’s)
Also of note:
Hagios
Stavros 96 – Psalter (800’s) This manuscript, written in a sloping uncial
script, has an abundance of marginalia.
Some of these manuscripts have not received much attention from researchers. A few research-papers might be just waiting to happen as a result of the availability of these images.
