He sylloge cheirografon tes Mones Leimonos

Abstract

The manuscript Collection of the Leimonos monastery consists of more than five hundred manuscripts, dated or datable to the tenth through the twentieth century. The article presents the collection, the categories of the manuscripts and their dating. It focuses on: (a) the Byzantine manuscripts of the collection; (b) the so-called monastic codices, i.e. manuscripts used by the monastery to record or copy its most important documents and texts; (c) the calligraphic activity of the monks of the monastery; and (d) manuscripts that have been lost or stolen from the monastery.