Τυπικὴ διάταξις … — Venice 1756

Τυπικὴ διάταξις … — Ἐνετίῃσιν, ᾳψνϛʹ. Παρὰ Ἀντονίῳ τῷ Βόρτολι. 1756. [Venice, Bortoli].

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Τυπικὴ διάταξις ὡς εὕρηται τῆς κατὰ τὴν νῆσον Κύπρον,σεβασμίας καὶ βασιλικῆς μονῆς τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου, Μαχαιράδος ἐπιλεγομένης, νῦν πρῶτον τύποις ἐκδοθεῖσα πρὸς ὠφέλειαν τῶν ἐν τυγχανόντων. 

Δαπάνῃ μὲν καὶ ἐξόδῳ τοῦ τῆς ἱερᾶς αὐτῆς μονῆς οἰκονόμου κὺρ παρθενίου. 

Ἑπιμελείᾳ δὲ τοῦ ἐν ἱεροδιδασκάλοις Κυρίου Ἐφραίμ. 

Ἐπιστασίᾳ δὲ κυρίου Σεραφεὶμ Πισσιδείου τοῦ πρωτοσυγκέλλου τῆς ἱερᾶς, καὶ βασιλικῆς μονῆς τοῦ Κύκκου. 

 

4to (220 x 168 mm). A-H⁴ I⁶: 75 pp. Full-page engraving of S. Mary on verso of A2. Recent boards.

‘Typiki diataxis’, or administrative order, of the Monastery of Machairas in Cyprus, by the first abbot, the Hieromonachos Neilos, edited by Ephraim (c. 1713-1771), who became Patriarch of Jerusalem in 1766. The monastery is dedicated to Virgin Mary, hence the engraving.

Known copies: Cambridge/UL, Paris/Sorbonne, Venice/Marciana. A fourth copy is in the Cyprus-Collection of the Sylvia Ioannou Foundation.

Papadopoulos, Ελλενικη Βιβλιογραφια, 5858; Legrand I 466, no. 494 („rarissime“).