Beinecke MS 303               Greek East, 1655-1753
Legal Documents (in Greek)

A collection of documents, most on financial subjects; 37 are promissory
notes, and the remaining 43 include partnership agreements, sales contracts,
and various types of settlements.  Many involve ecclesiastics of the
Patriarchate of Constantinople.  These documents have been studied in detail
by N. M. Vaporis, in "A study of Ziskind Manuscript no. 22 of the Yale
University Library," Greek Orthodox Theological Review 12 (1966) pp. 2-40,
l3 (1968) pp. 41-84, and 14 (1969) pp. 87-124.  Since he does not cite the
folio numbers for each item, we are listing here his document numbers (in
Roman numerals) and the appropriate folio references in MS 303.

I, f. 1r; II, f. 2r; III, f. 3r-v; IV, f. 4r-v; V, f. 5r-v; VI, f. 8r;
VII, f. 6r-v; VIII, f. 7r; IX, f. 9r; X, f. 10r; XI, f. 19r; XII, f. 20r;
XIII, f. 22r-v; XIV, f. 21r; XV, f. 23r; XVI, f. 24r; XVII, f. 25r; XVIII,
f. 26r; XIX, f. 34r-v; XX, f. 35r; XXI, f. 36r-v; XXII, f. 37r; XXIII,
f. 38r; XXIV, f. 39r; XXV, f. 40r-v; XXVI, f. 41r; XXVII, f. 42r; XXVIII,
f. 50r-v; XXIX, f. 51r; XXX, f. 52r; XXXI, f. 53r; XXXII, f. 54r; XXXIII,
f. 55r; XXXIV, f. 62r; XXXV, f. 63r-v; XXXVI, f. 64r; XXXVII, f. 65r; XXXVIII,
f. 66r; XXXIX, f. 67r; XL, f. 68r; XLI, f. 69r; XLII, f. 78r; XLIII, f. 79r-v;
XLIV, f. 80r; XLV, f. 81r; XLVI, f. 82r-v; XLVII, f. 83r; XLVIII, f. 84r-v;
XLIX, f. 85r; L, f. 92r; LI, f. 93r; LII, f. 94r; LIII, f. 95r; LIV,
f. 96r; LV, f. 98r; LVI, f. 99r; LVII, f. 107r-v; LVIII (misprinted in
Vaporis as LXIII), f. 108r-v; LIX, f. 109r; LX, f. 110r; LXI, f. 111r-v;
LXII, f. 112r; LXIII, f. 113r; LXIV, f. 114r; LXV, f. 123r; LXVI, f. 124r;
LXVII, f. 125r; LXVIII, f. 126r; LXIX, f. 127; LXX, f. 128r; LXXI, f. 129r;
LXXII, f. 130r; LXXIII, f. 131r; LXXIV, f. 132r; LXXV, f. 133r; LXXVI,
f. 134r; LXXVII, f. 142r; LXXVIII, f. 143r; LXXIX, f. 144r; LXXX, f. 145r;
LXXXI, f. 146r; LXXXII, f. 147r; LXXXIII, f. 148r; LXXXIV, f. 149r; LXXXV,
f. 97r-v.

     Paper (various weights and watermarks), ff. i (paper) + 154 + i (paper),
ca. 310 x 225 mm.; when larger, folded to fit that size.  A group of documents
with varying formats bound into one book.
     Written by many different hands, including (ff. 131r, 133r, 134r, 144r,
145r and probably others) that of Constantine Raphael Byzantinus; this
supports Vaporis' conjecture that he is to be identified with Constantine,
who signed some of these documents as Referendarius.
     Binding:  s. xix.  Narrow brown calf spine and small corners, blind-
and gold-tooled.  Marbled paper sides.  Upper board detached.  Possibly
by the same binder as MS 304.
On spine, "[Greek]."

Written in the Greek East between 1655 and 1753.  Bound together in
chronological order during the 19th century, probably by Frederick North,
5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827; bookplate with no. 32 inside front cover).
Acquired through Thorpe by Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 7349, tag on spine
and note in pencil inside front cover; Phillipps Studies, v. 3, p. 162).
Bought from L. C. Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind
Charitable Trust (MS 22) in 1957.

Bibliography:  Ziskind Catalogue, p. 48.

Barbara A. Shailor