Description

Volume I described 102 Greek manuscripts originating from the monastery of Backovo, now kept at the Ecclesiastical Historical and Archival Institute of the Patriarchate of Bulgaria in Sofia. The present volume II of this catalogue provides comprehensive scholarly descriptions of the remaining 105 Greek manuscripts and fragments dating from the 10th to the 19th century: 46 manuscripts from the monasteries of Panagia Archangeliotissa and Panagia Kalamou near Xanthi; 11 manuscripts from the Archbishopric of Turnovo; 11 manuscripts that once belonged to Georgios Petrinos (1800-1893) from Sozopol; 5 manuscripts from the monasteries of the Theotokos (Kosinitsa) near Drama and St. John Prodromos near Serres; 32 further manuscripts of unattested provenance and mode of acquisition, or acquired through occasional purchases and donations.