Homilies of St John Chrysostom on the Gospel of John

Description:: Parchment manuscript containing a twelfth-century copy in Greek of a series of forty-six homilies (missing number 3) by John Chrysostom on the Gospel of John. An illuminated blue headpiece introduces the first homily, with each successive homily introduced with its number in the upper margin (*ΟΜΙΛΙΑ Δ* = Homily 4) and the passage from John under discussion followed by an enlarged initial letter, all in red. Red leather binding cover decorated with tooled gold cross. The manuscript was purchased in October 1924 by John Hope Johnstone, on behalf of A. Chester Beatty, from the Russian Monastery of St Panteleimon (Rossikon) on Mt Athos.

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