Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 14
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11838
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Defective at the beginning and the end.
- Hom. 48: ff. 1r-5v (from PG 58, col. 489 line 43 to 494 line 50 κατ’ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ γενόμενον τύπτης)
- Hom. 49: ff. [8]r-15v (from 497 line 4 τὸ δρᾶμα αὐτοὺς)
- Hom. 50: ff. 15v-19r with lacuna: f. [17]v ends at 506 line 60 τὸν ἄνεμον ἐᾶ, f. [18]r starts from 508 line 51 πρᾶγμα βεβαιώσας
- Hom. 51: ff. [19]r-27r
- Hom. 52: ff. 27v-[34]v
- Hom. 53: ff. [34]v-[41]v
- Hom. 54: ff. [41]v-[49]r
- Hom. 55: ff. [49]v-[57]r
- Hom. 56: ff. [57]r-[65]v
- Hom. 57: ff. [66]r-[73]r
- Hom. 58: ff. [73]r-[80]v
- Hom. 59: ff. [80]v-[90]v
- Hom. 60: ff. [90]v-[94]v
- Hom. 61: ff. [94]v-101v
- Hom. 62: ff. 101v-[104]v with lacuna: f. [102]v ends at 597 line 21 οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας, f. [103]r starts at 601 line 37 τούτων ἁπάντων ἠλευθερωμένα
- Hom. 63: ff. [104]v-[110]r
- Hom. 64: ff. [110]r-[117]v
- Hom. 65: ff. [118]r-[126]r
- Hom. 66: ff. [126]r-[132]v
- Hom. 67: ff. [132]v-139r
- Hom. 68: ff. 139r-[144]v (ends at PG 58, col. 645 line 33; continues on Emmanuel MS 15)
PG 58, 489-645
CPG 4424
TLG 2062.152
Physical Description
Collation
The manuscript consists of 19 quires, all quaternia. The signatures indicate that a further two quires have been lost at the beginning of the manuscript.
- Quire 18-4 ff. 1-[4] The first four folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 28 ff. 5-[12]
- Quire 38-2 ff. 15-[20] The fourth and fifth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 4-138 ff. 21-[100]
- Quire 148-4 ff. 101-[104] The third-sixth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 15-198 ff. 105-[144]
Signatures in Greek numerals in brown ink on first recto, lower internal corner, from quire 3 (f. 15r) from εʹ to καʹ, continuing on Emmanuel MS 15.
Later signatures in Greek numerals in light-brown ink on the outer margins of the first recto and last verso of quires 14-19, numbered α-ε and 6 from f. 101r, continuing in Emmanuel MS 15.
Modern signatures in Greek numerals in pencil on first recto of quires 3-9 from εʹ to ιαʹ from f. 15r.
Condition
Layout
Two columns of 33 lines. 257 × 175 mm. Pricking survives in the upper and lowre margins, but much has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 44C2 . Text hangs from the lines.
Hand(s)
The manuscript is written in a mixed minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown and dark brown ink, pending from the ruling line. There is only moderate variation in letter size. Tails are occasionally flourished into the lower margins.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscription appear only at the ends of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is not in use.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper point and full stop.
Decoration
Headpiece outlined in red ink on f. 15v.
Initials in red ink for each homily.
Additions
A notes on f. [iii] verso: A reference to the edition by Henry Savile, Sancti Ioannis Chrysostomi opera Graece, Eton College, 1612-13: ‘Vide Editionem Sancti Chrysostomi Etonae impressam curante Henrico Savilio Anno MDCXII. Vol. 2. p. 113. l. 35 ἀλλὰ καὶ λίθων καὶ πάσης εὐκόλως κ.τ.λ.’
A note of provenance on lower margin of f. 1r: ‘απο το μοναστηρι του κασταμονητη’.
Binding
18th-century full leather binding over millboards, sewn with cord on single raised supports, boards attached with laced-in slips Separate-sewn endbands, the outermost and the pastedowns of marbled paper. Hatched leather on the boards, with decorative gold tooling on boards and spine. The title ‘Chrysostomi Homiliae Vol. III. MS’ is tooled in gold on black labels on the spine, and the classmark appears on patches.
363 × 283 × 60 mm.
The left outer joint is split at the tail, both endcaps are damaged and the tailband is starting to unravel. The leather covering has become flaky.
There are traces of a red wax seal on f. 1r.
Accompanying Material
Description slip from F. Field's edition (1839) pasted on f. [i] verso.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
As with Emmanuel MS 12, the manuscript comes from the Monastery of Kastamoniti of Mount Athos. The manuscript was bought by Anthony Askew (1722-1774) , physician and book collector, in his travel to the Mt Athos.
After Askew's death, the manuscripts were sold by G. Leigh and J. Sotheby in the auction of his library in 1785 (Lot. n. 612), but his son, Adam Askew (1752-1844) , was able to get possession of them again and gave them to Samuel Parr (1747-1825) .
Presented to Emmanuel College by Samuel Parr (1747-1825) , 1814 (see Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 12, f. [iii] verso).
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
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Bibliography
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The Western manuscripts in the library of Emmanuel College: a descriptive
catalogue, James, M. R. (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1904)
Codices Chrysostomici Graeci I Codices Britanniae et Hiberniae, Aubineau, Michel (Paris, CNRS éditions, 1968)
A brief history of Emmanuel College Library, Stubbings, Frank H (Cambridge, Emmanuel College Library, 1981)
Les homélies grecques sur la Transfiguration: tradition manuscrite, Sachot, Maurice (Paris, Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique,
1987)
From Britain to Byzantium: the study of Greek manuscripts Through the looking glass:
Byzantium through British eyes. Papers from the
twenty-ninth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, London, March 1995 Society for
the Promotion of Byzantine Studies publications, Easterling, Patricia E. (Aldershot, 107-120, Ashgate, 2000)
Codices Chrysostomici Graeci VIII: I: Codices Ancyrae et Constantinopolis II:
Addenda et Corrigenda ad volumina I-IV, Barone, Francesca P.Voicu, Sever J. (Paris, CNRS éditions, 2018)
Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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