Collection Level Description: Liturgy of St. James, in Greek, as
Celebrated on 23 Oct. on the Island of Zante
Reference: GB 0161 MSS. Gr. liturg. d. 5, e. 7
Title: Liturgy of St. James, in Greek, as
Celebrated on 23 Oct. on the Island of Zante
Dates of Creation: 18th-19th
cent.
Extent: 2 shelfmarks
Name of Creator: F.E. Brightman
Language of Material: Greek
Administrative/Biographical History
Frank Edward Brightman (1856-1932) was a liturgiologist, see the
Dictionary of National Biography for details.
Scope and Content
The papers comprise:
- Liturgy of St. James, in Greek, as celebrated on 23 Oct. on
the island of Zante, in two copies bought on Zante in July 1894 by F.E.
Brightman.
- MS. Gr. liturg. d. 5 (18th century) contains the full text,
complete with decorative initials and small marginal drawings of liturgical
vessels and symbols in red.
- MS. Gr. liturg e. 7 contains the Deacon's part of the liturgy,
with cues of the priest's prayers and a miniature of St. James 'the brother of
Jesus', written out by Dionysius Lagodetes, priest, by 1860.
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by F.E. Brightman in 1932.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol.
II, nos. 47377-8.
Publication Note
See F. E. Brightman
Liturgies Eastern and Western, i (Oxford, 1896),
li-lii.
Access Points
Liturgies
Brightman | Frank Edward | 1856-1932 | Liturgical
Scholar
Lagodetes | Dionysius | priest
Zakynthos (Greece)
Enquiries
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