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Cambridge, Christ's College, MS Rouse 359

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 76563

Contents

Introduction: The manuscript is closely related to Cambridge, Christ's College, MS Rouse 358; both are anthologies of Greek literary texts copied by Carolus Stephanus. MS Rouse 359 contains works by Sophocles, Pindar, Hesiod and Aeschylus. The texts of the Greek poets are accompanied by numerous extracts from various encyclopaedias and commentaries from the 16th century; for example, the Greek hypotheses to Sophocles' tragedies are accompanied by Latin translations by the German humanist Thomas Naogeorgus (ca. 1511-1563), published in 1558. The periocha (very short summaries of the tragedies, on sect. 1, p. [viii]) and the notes copied in the margins of the tragedies are also taken from this same translation. Although it does not seem to have been intended to be divided into volumes, the manuscript is conceived in four sections, each with independent pagination. Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek, Latin, and German

1. sect. 1, p. [iv]
Ravisius Textor, Joannes, approximately 1480-1524, Officinae Epitome (extract)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. [iv] Docti viri habiti in magno pretio et honore
Incipit: sect. 1, p. [iv] quod ex sequentibus patet exemplo. Sophoclem tragicum poetam defunctum sepeliri Liber pater iussit
Explicit: sect. 1, p. [iv] Lysander ubi audivit Sophoclem mortuum pacem funeri dedit. Solinus

cf. Mannheimer Texte Online

2. sect. 1, pp. [v-viii]
Index of Sophocles' tragedies and summaries
3. sect. 1, p. [ix]
Suda lexicon entry on Sophocles (Σ 815 Adler)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. [ix] Βίος Σοφοκλέους ἐκ τοῦ Σουιδᾶ
Incipit: sect. 1, p. [ix] Σοφοκλῆς Σοφίλου[sic] Κολωνῆθεν Ἀθηναῖος τραγικός
Explicit: sect. 1, p. [ix] ὡς δέ τινες καὶ πολλῶ πλείω νίκας δὲ ἔλαβε κδʹ

Follows a brief note on Sophocles in Latin

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4. sect. 1, pp. [x-xi]
Epigrams on Sophocles (Greek Anthology vii, 20, 22, 36, 37)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. [x] Ἐπιγράμματα εἰς Σοφοκλέα
Incipit: sect. 1, p. [x] Ἐσβέσθης γηραιὲ Σοφόκλεες, ἄνθος ἀοιδῶν
Explicit: sect. 1, p. [xi] εἴτε καὶ Ἠλέκτραν, ἀμφότεραι γὰρ ἄκρον

Cf. Dindorf 1852, Scholia in Sophoclis tragoedias septem, pp. 9-10

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5. sect. 1, pp. [xii-xiv]
Hypothesis on Ajax
Rubric: sect. 1, p. [xii] Ὑπόθεσις Αἰάντος Μαστιγοφόρου
Incipit: sect. 1, p. [xii] Τὸ δρᾶμα τῆς τρωϊκῆς ἐστὶ πραγματείας, ὥσπερ οἱ Ἀντινορίδαι καὶ Αἰχμαλωτίδες
Explicit: sect. 1, p. [xiv] ἡ λεοντῆ, ἄτρωτον ἦν, τὸ δὲ μὴ καλυφθέν τρωτὸν ἔμεινε

List of characters of the play on sect. 1, p. [xi]

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6. sect. 1, pp. [xv-xvi]
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Ajax
Rubric: sect. 1, p. [xv] Argumentum in Aiacem flagelliferum
Incipit: sect. 1, p. [xv] Cum Achilles in pugna cecidisset videbantur sibi Aiax et Ulysses
Explicit: sect. 1, p. [xvi] ubi a leonis pelle tectum erat, sauciari non poterat, pars autem intecta poterat sauciari
7. sect. 1, pp. 1-51
Sophocles , Ajax Ajax
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 1 Ἀεὶ μέν ὦ παῖ Λαρτίου δέδορκασά σε Πεῖράν τιν’ ἐχθρῶν ἁρπάσα θηρώμενον
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 51 ἦ πολλὰ βροτοῖς ἔστιν ἰδοῦσι γνῶναι, πρὶν ἰδεῖν δ’, οὐδεὶς μάντις τῶν μελλόντων, ὅ τι πράξει
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 51 Τέλος Αἰάντος Μαστιγοφόρου

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8. sect. 1, p. 52
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Electra
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 52 Argumentum Electrae
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 52 Hic paedagogus alter introducitur
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 52 Agitur autem fabula Argis. Chorus constat ex virginibus indigenis
9. sect. 1, p. 53
Hypothesis on Electra
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 53 Ὑπόθεσις Ἠλέκτρας
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 53 Ὑπόκειται ὧδε τροφεὺς, δεικνὺς Ὀρέστη τὰ ἐν Ἄργει
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 53 ὁ δὲ χορὸς συνέστηκεν ἐξ ἐπιχωρίων παρθένων. προλογίζει δὲ παιδαγωγὸς Ὀρέστου

cf. TLG 5037.007

10. sect. 1, pp. 54-108
Sophocles , Electra Electra
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 54 Ὦ τοῦ στρατηγήσαντος ἐν Τροία ποτὲ Ἀγαμέμνονος παῖ, νῦν ἐκεῖν’ ἔξεστί σοι
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 108 ὦ σπέρμ’ Ἀτρέως, ὡς πολλὰ παθὸν δι’ ἐλευθερίας μόλις ἐξῆλθες, τῆ νῦν ὁρμῆ τελεωθέν
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 108 Τέλος Ἠλέκτρας

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11. sect. 1, p. 109
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Oedipus Tyrannus
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 109 Argumentum in Oedipum Tyrannum
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 109 Ephyren relinquens Oedipus Polybi nothus
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 109 Materque tristi ipsa periit suspendio. Chorus constat ex Thebanis senibus
12. sect. 1, p. 110
Aristophanes, of Byzantium, 257 B.C.-180 B.C., Hypothesis on Oedipus Tyrannus (Arg. I, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 110 Ὑπόθεσις Οἰδιπόδος τυράννου ἔμμετρος παρ' Ἀριστοφάνους
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 110 Λιπὼν Κόρινθον Οἰδίπους, πατρὸς νόθος
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 110 αὐτὴ δὲ μήτηρ ἀγχόναις διώλετο

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there follows a citation from Plautus, Poenulus 443-444 (‘Oedipo coniectore opus qui Sphyngi interpres fuit’) with comment

13. sect. 1, p. 111
On why the tragedy is titled Tyrant (Arg. II, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 111 Διὰ τὶ Τύραννος ἐπιγέγραπται
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 111 Ὁ τύραννος Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ διακρίσει θατέρου ἐπιγέγραπται
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 111 τὸ πρότερον αἰσυμνήτας προσαγορεύεσθαι. εὐφημότερον γ' ἐκείνο τοὔνομα

cf. W. Dindorf, Poetarum scenicorum Graecorum Aeschyli, Sophoclis, Euripidis et Aristophanis fabulae superstites, Leipzig 1869, vol. 2 pp. 32-33

14. sect. 1, p. 112
Apollo's oracle to Laios
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 112 Χρησμὸς δοθεὶς Λαΐω Θηβαίω
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 112 Λάιε Λαβδακίδη, παίδων γένος ὄλβιον αἰτεῖς
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 112 οὗ φίλον ἥρπασας υἱόν· ὁ δ’ ηὔξατό σοι τάδε πάντα

From Scholia to Euripides' Phoenician Women (Arg. 6 Dindorf = Arg. 4 Mastronarde-Bremer 1982 = d ed. Diggle 1994)

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15. sect. 1, p. 112
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of Apollo's oracle to Laios
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 112 Oraculum datum Laio Thebano
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 112 Laie Labdacide, sobolem me possis opimam
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 112 Ille etenim indignas, haec est cuncta precatus
16. sect. 1, p. 113
The riddle of the Sphinx
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 113 Τὸ αἴνιγμα τῆς σφίγγος
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 113 Ἔστι δὲ δίπουν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ τετράπον οὗ μία φωνὴ
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 113 ἔνθα τάχος γυίοισιν ἀφαυρότατον πέλει αὐτοῦ

From Scholia to Euripides' Phoenician Women (Arg. 6 Dindorf, Scholia ΙΙΙ 1863 = Arg. 5 Mastronarde-Bremer 1982 = e ed. Diggle 1994)

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17. sect. 1, p. 113
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the riddle of the Sphinx
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 113 Aenigma Sphingis
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 113 Terra bipes animal portat, quadrupedesque, trispedesque
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 113 Promovet et tardo valde molimine gressum
18. sect. 1, pp. 115-171
Sophocles , Oedipus Tyrannus Oedipus Tyrannus
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 115 Σοφοκλέους Οἰδίπους Τύραννος
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 115 Ὦ τέκνα Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι νέα τροφή, τίνας ποθ’ ἕδρας τάς δὲ μοι θοάζετε
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 171 ἡμέραν ἐπισκοποῦντα μηδέν’ ὀλβίζειν πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 171 Τελος Οιδιποδος Τυραννου

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19. sect. 1, pp. 172[a-b]
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Antigone
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 172[a] Argumentum Antigones
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 172[a] Ubi Polynices Oedipi alter filius
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 172[b] In scenam vero bis et tricies relata et acta est
20. sect. 1, p. 173
Hypothesis on Antigone (Arg. III, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 173 Ὑπόθεσις Ἀντιγόνης
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 173 Ἀποθανόντα Πολυνείκη ἐν τῆ πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν μονομαχία
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 173 καὶ τέλος θρηνεῖ Κρέων τὸν τοῦ παιδὸς καὶ τῆς γαμετῆς θάνατον
21. sect. 1, p. 174
Aristophanes, of Byzantium, 257 B.C.-180 B.C., Hypothesis on Antigone (Arg. I, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 174 Ἄλλως Ἀριστοφάνους τοῦ γραμματικοῦ
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 174 Ἀντιγόνη παρὰ τὴν πρόςταξιν τῆς πόλεως θάψασα
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 174 λέλεκται δὲ τὸ δρᾶμα τοῦτο λβʹ

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22. sect. 1, pp. 177-226
Sophocles , Antigone Antigone
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 177 Ὦ κοινὸν αὐτάδελφον Ἰσμήνης κάρα, ἆρ’ οἶσθ’ ὅ, τι Ζεὺς τῶν ἀπὸ Οἰδίπου κακῶν
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 226 μεγάλας πληγὰς τῶν ὑπεραύχων ἀποτείσαντες, γήρα τὸ φρονεῖν ἐδίδαξαν
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 226 Τέλος τῆς Σοφοκλέους Ἀντιγόνης

List of characters of the play on sect. 1, p. 175

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23. sect. 1, pp. 227-228
Hypothesis on Oedipus at Colonus (Arg. I, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 227 Ὑπόθεσις τοῦ ἐπὶ Κολώνω Οἰδιπόδος
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 227 Ὁ ἐπὶ Κολώνω Οἰδίπους συνημμένος πῶς ἐστὶ τῶ τυράννω
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 228 καὶ τούτων κρατήσουσιν ἐκ χρησμῶν διὰ τὸν αὐτοῦ τάφον

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24. sect. 1, p. 228
Hypothesis on Oedipus at Colonus (Arg. IV, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 228 Ἄλλως
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 228 Τὰ πραχθέντα περὶ τὸν Οἰδίπουν, ἴσμεν ἅπαντα τὰ ἐν τῶ ἑτέρω Οἰδίποδι
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 228 Ἡ σκηνὴ τοῦ δράματος ὑπόκειται ἐν τῆ Ἀττικῆ ἐν τῶ ἱππείω, πρὸς τῶ ναῶ τῶν Σεμνῶν. ὁ δὲ χορὸς συνέστηκεν ἐξ Ἀθηναίων ἀνδρῶν

List of characters of the play on sect. 1, p. 229

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25. sect. 1, pp. 230[a-b]
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Oedipus at Colonus
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 230[a] Argumentum in Oedipum Coloneum
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 230[a] In Oedipo prius tyranno audivimus
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 230[b] circa dicatum delubrum σεμναῖς θεαῖς
26. sect. 1, pp. 231-300
Sophocles , Oedipus at Colonus Oedipus Coloneus
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 231 Σοφοκλέους Οἰδίπους ἐπὶ Κολώνω
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 231 Τέκνον τυφλοῦ γέροντος Ἀντιγόνη, τίνας χώρους ἀφίγμεθ’ ἢ τίνων ἀνδρῶν πόλιν
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 300 ἀλλ’ ἀποπαύετε, μήτ’ ἐπὶ πλείω θρῆνον ἐγείρετε πάντως γὰρ ἔχει τάδε κῦρος
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 300 Τέλος τοῦ ἐπὶ Κολώνω Οἰδιπόδος

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27. sect. 1, pp. 301-304
Hypothesis on Women of Trachis
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 301 Τραχινιῶν ὑπόθεσις
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 301 Ἡρακλῆς παραγενόμενος εἰς Καλυδῶνα
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 304 γήμας Ἥβην τὴν Ἥρας θυγατέρα, ποιεῖ παῖδας Ἀλεξιάρην, καὶ Ἀνίκητον

Follows the list of characters of the play

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28. sect. 1, pp. 305-308
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Women of Trachis
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 305 Argumentum in Trachinias
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 305 Cum Hercules venisset in Calydonem
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 308 Iunonis filia, filios susceperit Alexiaren atque Anicetum
29. sect. 1, pp. 309-359
Sophocles , Women of Trachis Trachiniae
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 309 Σοφοκλέους Τραχίνιας
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 309 Λόγος μὲν ἔστ’ ἀρχαῖος ἀνθρώπων φανεὶς ὡς οὐκ ἂν αἰῶν’ ἐκμάθοις βροτῶν, πρὶν ἂν
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 359 μεγάλους μὲν ἰδοῦσα νέους θανάτους, πολλὰ δὲ πήματα καινοπαθῆ, κοὐδὲν τούτων ὅ, τι μὴ Ζεύς
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 359 Τέλος τῶν Σοφοκλέους Τραχινιῶν

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30. sect. 1, p. 360
Hypothesis on Philoctetes (Arg. II, ed. Dindorf 1852)
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 360 Ὑπόθεσις Φιλοκτήτου
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 360 Ἀπαγωγή Φιλοκτήτου ἐκ Λύμνου[sic] εἰς Τροίαν
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 360 ἐδεδάχθη ἐπὶ Γλαυκίππου, πρῶτον ἦν Σοφοκλῆς

There follows the list of characters of the play

31. sect. 1, p. 361
Naogeorg, Thomas, 1511-1563, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Philoctetes
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 361 Argumentum in Philoctetem
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 361 Helenus vaticinatus erat, Troia capi non posse
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 361 Scena est in Lemno. Chorus autem consistit ex senibusque simul cum Pyrrho advenerat
32. sect. 1, pp. 363-424
Sophocles , Philoctetes Philoctetes
Rubric: sect. 1, p. 363 Σοφοκλέους Φιλοκτήτης
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 363 Ἀκτὴ μὲν ἥδε τῆς περιῤῥύτου χθονὸς Λύμνου[sic], βροτοῖς ἄστειπτος οὐδ’ οἰκουμένη
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 424 χωρῶμεν ἰδού πάντες ἀολλεῖς νύμφαις ἁλίαισιν ἐπευξάμενοι, νόστου σωτῆρας ἱκέσθαι
Final rubric: sect. 1, p. 424 Τέλος Σοφοκλέους. Θεῶ δόξά τε, καὶ εὐχαριστία εἰς ἀϊδίους χρόνους, οὕτως ἐστὶ καὶ ἔσεσται. Soli sapienti Deo gloria. Δόξα τῷ θεῷ πατρὶ τε, καὶ υἱῷ, ἁγίω τέ πνεύματι ἐς τοὺς τῶν αἰώνων αἰώνας, ἀμήν

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33. sect. 1, pp. 425-427
Stephanus, Carolus, Statement by the copyist
Incipit: sect. 1, p. 425 Cum Sophoclis poetae tragici septem restantes tragoediae
Explicit: sect. 1, p. 427 ut perfectum corpus redderetur, ad debitum et exoptatum finem usque exantlavi
34. sect. 2, pp. [iv-v]
Life of Pindar
Rubric: sect. 2, p. [iv] De Pindaro ex Suida et Volaterrano
Incipit: sect. 2, p. [iv] Pindarus genere Thebanus temporibus fuit Aeschyli poetae
Explicit: sect. 2, p. [v] Nititur pennis, vitreo daturus nomina ponto

Copied from Philipp Melanchthon's translation of Pindar (Basel 1558), pp. 125-126 (cf. F. Tissoni, Pindarus, in Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, vol. X, pp. 1-125 , at 69-73): the text is partly made up of an extract on Pindar from the encyclopedia Commentariorum rerum urbanorum libri XXXVIII (Rome 1506) by Raffaelle Maffei (1451-1522) Maffei, Raffaele, 1451-1522 , known as the Volaterranus (cf. repint 1552, col. 545)

35. sect. 2, p. [v]
Zwingli, Ulrich, 1484-1531, Extract from prefatory epistle on Pindar
Rubric: sect. 2, p. [v] Huldricus Geminius
Incipit: sect. 2, p. [v] Nihil est in toto opere Pindarico quod non sit doctum
Explicit: sect. 2, p. [v] quam reliquorum poetarum tam Graecorum quam Latinorum omnium omnia monimenta

Copied from Andreas Cratander edition of Pindar (Basel 1526), ff. 3v and 5r (cf. F. Tissoni, Pindarus, in Catalogus Translationum et Commentariorum, vol. X, pp. 1-125 , at 101-106)

36. sect. 2, p. [vi]
Index of Pindar's odes
37. sect. 2, p. [vii]
Ravisius Textor, Joannes, approximately 1480-1524, Officinae Epitome (extract)
Rubric: sect. 2, p. [vii] Docti viri habiti in magno pretio et honore
Incipit: sect. 2, p. [vii] ex sequenti Alexandri Magni patet exemplo. cum Thebas everteret
Explicit: sect. 2, p. [vii] multa hominum milia parere iussit, ad scribendos rerum naturalium libros

cf. Mannheimer Texte Online

38. sect. 2, pp. 1-73
Pindar , Olympian Odes Olympia
Rubric: sect. 2, p. 1 Πινδάρου Ὀλυμπιονικαὶ
Incipit: sect. 2, p. 1 Ἄριστον μὲν ὕδωρ, ὁ δὲ χρυσὸς αἰθόμενον πῦρ
Explicit: sect. 2, p. 73 ἐστεφάνωσε κυδίμων ἀέθλων πτεροῖσι χαίταν
Final rubric: sect. 2, p. 73 Τέλος Πινδάρου Ὀλυμπιῶν

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39. sect. 2, pp. 75-168
Pindar , Pythian Odes Pythia
Rubric: sect. 2, p. 75 Πινδάρου Πυθιονικαὶ
Incipit: sect. 2, p. 75 Χρυσέα φόρμιγξ, Ἀπόλλωνος, καὶ ἰοπλοκάμων
Explicit: sect. 2, p. 168 ἔμπαλιν γνώμας, τὸ μὲν δώσει τὸ δ’ οὔπω
Final rubric: sect. 2, p. 168 Τέλος Πινδάρου Πυθίων

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40. sect. 2, pp. 170-231
Pindar , Nemean Odes Nemea
Rubric: sect. 2, p. 170 Πινδάρου Νεμεονικαὶ
Incipit: sect. 2, p. 170 Ἄμπνευμα σεμνὸν Ἀλφεοῦ κλεινᾶν Συρακοσσᾶν θάλος Ὀρτυγία
Explicit: sect. 2, p. 231 κερδέων δὲ χρὴ μέτρον θηρευέμεν· ἀπροσίκτων δ’ ἐρώτων ὀξύτεραι μανίαι
Final rubric: sect. 2, p. 231 Τέλος Πινδάρου Νεμέων

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41. sect. 2, pp. 233-268
Pindar , Isthmian Odes 1-8 Isthmia 1-8
Rubric: sect. 2, p. 233 Πινδάρου Ἰσθιονικαὶ
Incipit: sect. 2, p. 233 Μᾶτερ ἐμά τὸ τεόν, χρύσασπι Θήβα, πρᾶγμα, καὶ ἀσχολίας ὑπέρτερον
Explicit: sect. 2, p. 268 ἥβαν γὰρ οὐκ ἄπειρον ὑπὸ χειᾶ καλῶν δάμασεν
Final rubric: sect. 2, p. 268 τῶν τοῦ Πινδάρου Ὀλυμπίων, πυθίων, νεμέων, καὶ Ἰσθμίων τέλος

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42. sect. 2, pp. 269-271
Stephanus, Carolus, Statement by the copyist
Incipit: sect. 2, p. 269 Cum Pindarus antiquissimus, eloquentissumus et sapientissimus ille poeta lyricus
Explicit: sect. 2, p. 271 in senectutis otio laudabili honesto et concesso, a finem perduti
Final rubric: Δόξα τῶ θεῶ πατρὶ τε, καὶ υἱῶ, ἁγίω τέ πνεύματι ἐς τοὺς τῶν αἰῶνων αἰῶνας, ἀμὴν
43. sect. 3, p. [ii]
Carion, Johannes, 1499-1537 or 1538, Chronica (extracts translated into Latin)
Incipit: sect. 3, p. [ii] Hesiodus sacerdos in Helicone centum annos post Homerum vixit
Explicit: sect. 3, p. [ii] qui parum dignam gratiam ei retulerunt pro benefactis

Copied from Hermannus Bonus' translation (Antwerp 1537), ff. 26r-v (see Ghent University Library record)

44. sect. 3, p. [ii]
Ravisius Textor, Joannes, approximately 1480-1524, Officinae Epitome (extract)
Incipit: sect. 3, p. [ii] Hesiodus poeta Ascraeus noctu iugulatus est ab Antipho et Crimeno fratribus
Explicit: sect. 3, p. [ii] ut Mydas agrestem Panos cantilenam Apollinis musicae

cf. Mannheimer Texte Online

45. sect. 3, p. [vi]
Epigrams on Works and Days' title (Greek Anthology ix, 161)
Rubric: sect. 3, p. [vi] In Hesiodi librum
Incipit: sect. 3, p. [vi] Ἡσιόδου ποτὲ βίβλον ἐμαῖς ὑπὸ χερσὶν ἑλίσσων
Explicit: sect. 3, p. [vi] Ἔργα τί μοι παρέχεις ὦ γέρον Ἡσίοδε;

cf. DBBE ID Type 4513

TLG 7000.001

46. sect. 3, pp. 1-35[b]
Hesiod , Works and Days Opera et Dies
Rubric: sect. 3, p. 1 Ἡσιόδου τοῦ Ἀσκραίου Ἔργα καὶ ἡμέραι
Incipit: sect. 3, p. 1 Μοῦσαι Πιερίηθεν ἀοιδῆσι κλείουσαι, δεῦτε, Δί’ ἐννέπετε σφέτερον πατέρ’ ὑμνείουσαι
Explicit: sect. 3, p. 3:35[b] εἰδὼς, ἐργάζηται ἀναίτιος ἀθανάτοισιν, ὄρνιθας κρίνων, καὶ ὑπερβασίας ἀλεείνων
Final rubric: sect. 3, p. 3:35[b] Τέλος

With note from Philippus Melachthon' edition (Frankfurt 1549)

TLG 0020.002

47. sect. 3, p. 36
Hesiod's Epitaph
Rubric: sect. 3, p. 36 Hesiodi Epithaphium
Incipit: sect. 3, p. 36 Ascra mihi patria est gelidis Heliconis in aruis
Explicit: sect. 3, p. 36 Non contemnandae iudicio sophiae
Final rubric: sect. 3, p. 36 Πᾶσα θεῶ τιμὴ, κῦδος πᾶν, πᾶσά τε δόξα εἴη ἐν ὑψίστοις θῶκαν[sic] ἔχοντι δόμοις. Δόξα τῶ θεῶ, καὶ εὐχαριστία εἰς ἀϊδίους χρόνους, οὕτως ἐστὶ καὶ ἔσεσται
48. sect. 3, pp. 37-38
Stephanus, Carolus, Statement by the copyist
Incipit: sect. 3, p. 37 Ego Carolus Stephanus, artium liberalium magister, sacra imperiali authoritate publicus approbatus
Explicit: sect. 3, p. 38 bono consilio absque stultitiae interpretatione existimavi
Final rubric: Δόξα τῶ θεῶ πατρὶ τε καὶ υἱῶ, ἁγίω τέ πνεύματι ἐς τοὺς τῶν αἰῶνων αἰῶνας, ἀμὴν. Δόξα καὶ Χάρις τῶ πολυελέω θεῶ
49. sect. 4, p. 4:[vi]
Hypothesis on Prometheus Bound
Rubric: sect. 4, p. 4:[vi] ὑπόθεσις prima
Incipit: sect. 4, p. 4:[vi] Προμηθέως ἐκ Διὸς κεκλοφότος τὸ πῦρ καὶ δεδωκότος ἀνθρώποις
Explicit: sect. 4, p. 4:[vi] εἰ μὴ τὰ μέλλοντα συμβήσεσθαι τῶ Διὶ εἴπη καὶ μὴ βουλόμενον βροντὴ καταρραγεῖσα αὐτὸν ἀφανίζει. ἡ μὲν σκηνὴ τοῦ δράματος ὑπόκειται ἐν Σκυθία ἐπὶ τὸ Καυκάσιον ὄρος. ἡ δὲ ἐπιγραφὴ τούτου Προμηθεὺς δεσμώτης

TLG 5014.009

50. sect. 4, p. [vii]
Garbitius, Matthias, 1505-1559, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Prometheus Bound
Rubric: sect. 4, p. [vii] Argumentum
Incipit: sect. 4, p. [vii] Cum Prometheus Iovi furatus esset ignem
Explicit: sect. 4, p. [vii] Actio fabulae propronitur in Scythia ad montem Caucasum. Ipsa autem inscribitur. Prometheus captivus

see Garbitius' edition (Basel 1559), p. 16

51. sect. 4, p. 4:[viii]
Hypothesis on Prometheus Bound
Rubric: sect. 4, p. 4:[viii] ὑπόθεσις altera
Incipit: sect. 4, p. 4:[viii] Προμηθέως ἐν Σκυθία δεδεμένου διὰ τὸ κεκλοφέναι τὸ πῦρ
Explicit: sect. 4, p. 4:[viii] ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν πρὸς τὴν Ἰὼ λεγομένων ἔστι συμβαλεῖν

TLG 5014.005

52. sect. 4, p. [ix]
Garbitius, Matthias, 1505-1559, Latin translation of the Hypothesis on Prometheus Bound
Rubric: sect. 4, p. [ix] Argumentum Aeschyli tragoediae inscribitur Prometheus vinctus
Incipit: sect. 4, p. [ix] Ex Prometheo in Scythia vincto, proprter ignem furtium sublatum
Explicit: sect. 4, p. [ix] quemadmodum licet colligere ex iis quae ad Ιῶ dicuntur

see Garbitius' edition (Basel 1559), pp. 17-18

List of characters of the play on sect. 4, p. [x]

53. sect. 4, pp. 1-55
Aeschylus , Prometheus Bound Prometheus Vinctus
Incipit: sect. 4, p. 1 Χθονὸς μὲν εἰς τηλουρὸν ἥκομεν πέδον Σκύθην ἐς οἶμον, ἄβροτον εἰς ἐρημίαν
Explicit: sect. 4, p. 55 αἰθὴρ κοινὸν φάος εἱλίσσων, ἐσορᾶις μ’ ὡς ἔκδικα πάσχω
Final rubric: sect. 4, p. 55 Finis. Τῶ δὲ θεῶ χάρις, τῶ πάντοτε θριαμβεύοντι ἡμᾶς ἐν τῶ Χριστῶ, καὶ τὴν ὀσμὴν τῆς γνώσεως αὐτοῦ φανεροῦντι δι’ ἡμῶν ἐν παντὶ τόπω. Magister caelestis Iesus Christus in quo sunt thesauri omnis sapientiae et virtutis, contribuat mihi per spiritum suum ut inde totum meum φρονεῖν spectet πρὸς τὸ σωφρονεῖν (cf. 2Co 2:14)

TLG 0085.018

54. sect. 4, p. [56]
Stephanus, Carolus, Statement by the copyist
Incipit: sect. 4, p. [56] Quibus de causis ego supra dictus
Explicit: sect. 4, p. [56] ad ultimam meam memoriam, ut et ego, gaude, et vale

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, in folio. Watermark: Greek cross in a circle on three mounts with four circles ( 35 × 35 mm. ) middle of the folio, on a chainlines comparable to Piccard, 16-10-2896 . The majority of those examples are dated from 1560s.
Extent: Codex: vii + 440 leaves., 305 × 205 mm.
Foliation: sect. 1: pp. [i-xvi] + 1-171 + 172[a-c] + 173-229 + 230[a-c] + 231-427 + [428-434]; sect. 2: pp. [i-viii] + 1-271 + [272-278]; sect. 3: pp. [i-vii] + 1 + 2[a], 2[b] - 35[a], 35[b] + 36-39 + [40-42]; sect. 4: pp. [i-x] + 1-55 + [56-62]. Original pagination in ink in Arabic numerals on external upper corner. It starts from the first page of the text of each tome. In sect. 2 the pages are numbered by openings.

Collation

The manuscript consists of 41 quires (sect 1 quires 1-22; sect. 2 quires 22-34; sect. 3 quires 34-38; sect. 4 quires 38-41):

  • Quire 14+2 sect. 1, pp. [i-xii]
  • Quire 210 sect. 1, pp. [xiii]-16
  • Quire 38 sect. 1, pp. 17-32
  • Quires 4-910 sect. 1, pp. 33-152
  • Quire 1010+1 sect. 1, pp. 153-172
  • Quire 1112 sect. 1, pp. 173-196
  • Quires 12-1310 sect. 1, pp. 197-236
  • Quire 1410+1 sect. 1, pp. 237-256
  • Quires 15-2112 sect. 1, pp. 257-424
  • Quire 2210-1 sect. 1, p. 425 - sect. 2, p. [viii]
  • Quire 238 sect. 2, pp. 1-16
  • Quires 24-3412 sect. 2, p. 17 - sect. 3, p. [ii]
  • Quire 353 sect. 3, pp. [iii-viii]
  • Quire 3620-1 sect. 3, pp. 1-20[a]
  • Quire 3722-4 sect. 3, pp. 20[b]-[40]
  • Quire 386-1 sect. 3, p. [41] - sect. 4, p. [viii]
  • Quires 39-4012 sect. 4, pp. [ix]-46
  • Quire 418 sect. 4, pp. 46-[62]

Original horizontal catchwords on every page with text, on right-hand corner. Original quire signatures present in sections 1 and 2, in brown ink in Latin letters, on the first folio of each quire, recto, bottom left. It restarts at the beginning of section 2. Section 1: A (p. [v]) - I, K-T, V-X. Section 2: A (p. 1) - I, K-L.

Condition

In fair condition.

Layout

230 × 130 mm. 28 lines per page

Hand(s)

The manuscript is entirely written by Carolus Stephanus in mixed minuscule, characterized by marked contrast between thick and thin strokes, the cursive style and the large size of capital letters.

Decoration

Numerous stencilled ornaments placed to fill in empty spaces at the end of books or to separate hypotheses from books, e.g.: sect. 1, pp. 51, 112, 113, 114, 171, 172[c].

Oval printed frames have been glued on the pages that serve as frontispieces of the sections: sect. 1, p. [v], sect. 2, p. [iii], sect. 3, p. [iii],

Additions

A circular book-plate pasted on sect. 1, pp. [v] and [x] containing the three coats of arms of the city Nuremberg and that of the Behaim von Schwarzburg family of Nuremberg connected by loops; lettered above Bib: Nor: (Bibliotheca Norica) (cf. F. Warnecke, Die deutschen Bücherzeichen (ex-libris), Berlin 1890, no. 1473).

Leaf tab markers in parchment pasted on sect. 1, p. [vii], sect. 2, p. [i], sect. 4, p. [i].

Binding

Light brown parchment over paste-laminate boards. The thongs are laced through the parchment joint and pasted onto the inner side of the boards. There are four slits through each board that were for fastenings. Some slits and punched holes are present on the cover that might indicate reuse of the parchment. Lettering on the left board and the spine with titles of contents. Sprinkled red and blue on the edges.

323 × 214 × 79 mm.

History

Origin: The manuscript was copied by Carolus Stephanus , between 1552 and 1592, according to the dates on section frontispieces: sect. 1, p. [v] 1589, sect. 2, p. [iii] 1589, sect. 3, p. [iii] 1552, sect. 4, p. [v] 1592. In all likelihood it was copied in ; Augsburg (Germany).

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by the Behaim von Schwarzburg family of Nuremberg.

Presented to Christ's College in 1940 by W.H.D. Rouse (1863-1950) , 1940.

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