quiring by quaternions - Byzantine Renaissance and onward codicology

[Steven Avery]

Malachi Beit-Arié
HEBREW CODICOLOGY
Historical and Comparative Typology of Hebrew Medieval
Codices based on the Documentation of the Extant Dated
Manuscripts Using a Quantitative Approach
Preprint internet English version 0.4 (February 2020)
To be published by the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
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Quiring by quaternions is found in almost all extant parchment manuscripts from Byzantium, which are not numerous.39 This was also the common quire composition in Greek manuscripts since the ninth-century Byzantine Renaissance and onward, and it is present already in a few of the earliest surviving codices, the famous Codex Sinaiticus included;40 however, it is not the most common among the variety of compositions found in Hebrew paper Byzantine manuscripts.

39 The dated ones with clear quiring composition amount to no more than 25; out of them, 3 show a different composition.

40 See Irigoin, ‘Les cahiers des manuscrits grecs’ (above, n. 30), pp. 5-7.

 

[Steven Avery]

Irigoin, A. Lemonnie

Irigion, Irigoin A. Lemonnier, “La radiophotographie dans l'étude des manuscrits" Les techniques de laboratoire das l'étude des manuscrits. Colloques internationaux du ...

Mango, C. (1977). L’origine de la minuscule. In J. Glénisson, J. Bompaire, & J. Irigion Irigoin(Eds.), La paléographie grecque et byzantine. Actes du Colloque international organisé dans le cadre des Colloques internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique à Paris du 21 au 25 octobre 1974 (pp. 175–180). Ed. du centre national de la recherche scientifique.

 

[Steven Avery]

Les cahiers des manuscrits grecs (1998)
by Jean Irigoin
https://archive.org/details/irigoin-les-cahiers-des-manuscrits-grecs/page/n3/mode/2up
p. 1-20
Sinaiticus
https://archive.org/details/irigoin-les-cahiers-des-manuscrits-grecs/page/n5/mode/2up?q=Sinaiticus

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| Les cahiers avec côté chair à l'extérieur sont attestés dès les pre- miers exemplaires du codex de parchemin, aussi bien dans les grands manuscrits scripturaires, comme le Sinaiticuset le Vaticanus, tous deux du IV® siècle, que dans des manuscrits profanes comme le P. Rylands 53 [1106 Pack?] (Odyssée), du ITIS-IVE siècle, les Varicani gr. 2061 À et 2306 (palimpseste de Strabon) du V° siècle, et le Vindobonensis med. gr. 1 (Dioscoride), copié peu avant 512. Cette pratique durera jusqu’à la fin de l'empire byzantin, et se prolongera à la Renaissance.

| Quires with the flesh side out are attested from the first copies of the parchment codex, both in the great scriptural manuscripts, such as the Sinaiticuse and the Vaticanus, both of the fourth century, and in secular manuscripts such as the P. Rylands 53 [1106 Pack?] (Odyssey), of the ITIS-IV century, the Varicani gr. 2061 A and 2306 (Strabo's palimpsest) of the 5th century, and the Vindobonensis med. gr. 1 (Dioscorides), copied shortly before 512. This practice will last until the end of the Byzantine Empire, and will continue into the Renaissance.

Pendant plus d'un millénaire, le type de cahier le plus fréquent est le quaternion ; le quinion vient en seconde position, loin derrière lui, Les grands onciaux de la Bible se partagent entre les deux types. Sont faits de quaternions le Sinaiticus(IV®° siècle), l'Alexandrinus (Ve siècle) et crois manuscrits de la collection Freer (Evangiles 1331 van Haelst}, IV® ou V€ siècle ; Deutéronome-Josué {54 v. HT, V°-VIS siècle ; Épîtres de saint Paul 1507 v.H.}, VI siècle). Moins fréquents sont les ma- nuscrits faits de quinions, comme le Vaticanus (IV° siècle), le Parisinus Coislin. 1 (fin du VIe siècle) et le Marchalianus [Vaticanus gr. 2125], VU*- VIIIe siècle. Parmi les rares manuscrits profanes, les trois qui ont été cités plus haut (Odyssée, Strabon, Dioscoride) sont faits de quaternions.

For over a millennium, the most common notebook type was the quaternion; the quinium comes in second place, far behind it. The great uncials of the Bible are divided between the two types. Are made of quaternions Sinaiticus (IV®° century), Alexandrinus (Ve century) and cross manuscripts of the Freer collection (Gospels 1331 van Haelst}, IV® or V€ century; Deuteronomy-Joshua {54 v. HT, 5th-6th century; Epistles of Saint Paul 1507 v.H.}, 6th century). Less frequent are the manuscripts made of quinions, like the Vaticanus (4th century), the Parisinus Coislin. 1 (late 6th century) and the Marchalianus [Vaticanus gr. 2125], VU*- VIIIth century. Among the rare secular manuscripts, the three mentioned above (Odyssey, Strabo, Dioscorides) are made of quaternions.

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LES MANUSCRITS GRECS: II. NOUVEAUX RECUEILS DE FAC-SIMILÉS (1972)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44277321
29 pages