Shota
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In this message I wrote something about the hymnography of the Great Monday in the Georgian New Iadgari mss (10th c.). I thought I give more details.
For the Matins on the Great Monday one New Iadgari ms, Sin. Geo. O. 1, has
- Triodion of Kosmas
- Four Stichera and one Theotokion for the Ainoi. The mode is not indicated, but this can mean only one thing: it is the same as of the kanon, i.e. Mode 2. One sticheron, "Through your goodness, o merciful one, be merciful upon me today" must be the same as "Τῇ εὐσπλαγχνίᾳ σου, οἰκτίρμων..." in the Greek Tropologion MG 5. About others I cannot say anything concrete without seeing the full Greek texts from the Greek Tropologion, which are unpublished.
For the Vespers on the Great Monday Sin. Geo. O. 1 has:
- Three Stichera and one Theotokion. The Stichera are the well-known "Κύριε, ἐρχόμενος πρὸς τὸ πάθος", "Κύριε, πρὸς τὸ μυστήριον" και "Κύριε, τὰ τελεώτατα φρονεῖν". The Theotokion is "Rejoice you, o greater one", which is given with an incipit and which I cannot recognise.
Sin. Geo. O. 14 adds four Stichera Aposticha in Mode 4 for the Orthros. I don't know their Greek equivalents.
For the Matins on the Great Monday one New Iadgari ms, Sin. Geo. O. 1, has
- Triodion of Kosmas
- Four Stichera and one Theotokion for the Ainoi. The mode is not indicated, but this can mean only one thing: it is the same as of the kanon, i.e. Mode 2. One sticheron, "Through your goodness, o merciful one, be merciful upon me today" must be the same as "Τῇ εὐσπλαγχνίᾳ σου, οἰκτίρμων..." in the Greek Tropologion MG 5. About others I cannot say anything concrete without seeing the full Greek texts from the Greek Tropologion, which are unpublished.
For the Vespers on the Great Monday Sin. Geo. O. 1 has:
- Three Stichera and one Theotokion. The Stichera are the well-known "Κύριε, ἐρχόμενος πρὸς τὸ πάθος", "Κύριε, πρὸς τὸ μυστήριον" και "Κύριε, τὰ τελεώτατα φρονεῖν". The Theotokion is "Rejoice you, o greater one", which is given with an incipit and which I cannot recognise.
Sin. Geo. O. 14 adds four Stichera Aposticha in Mode 4 for the Orthros. I don't know their Greek equivalents.