Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 15

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11838

Introduction: Emmanuel College, MS 15 was probably copied in the 11th or 12th century, and is the second volume of a set of two (the first being Emmanuel MS 14). It contains 22 homilies by the Patriarch of Constantinople, John Chrysostom, In Matthaeum homiliae (68-90) (Emmanuel MS 14 contains homilies 48-68). Emmanuel MSS 12-15, which all contain copies of Chrysostom's homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, share a common provenance and history, and were used by Frederick Field for his edition of the homilies (Cambridge 1839; see vol. 1, p. XVIII and XXI). Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek

John Chrysostom, Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew 68-90 In Matthaeum homiliae 68-90

Incipit: || f. 145r καὶ οὕτως ἐμπρησθεὶς ὑπὸ τῆς ἀθυμίας ἄπεισιν

Explicit: f. 275v εἰς συντέλειαν ἥξει· τὰ δὲ||

Defective at the beginning and the end.

Hom. 68: ff. 145r-147r (from PG 58, col. 645 line 33; continues from Emmanuel MS 14)
Hom. 69: ff. 147r-[154]r
Hom. 70: ff. [154]v-[160]v
Hom. 71: ff. 161r-[166]r
Hom. 72: ff. [166]r-[171]r
Hom. 73: ff. [171]v-177r
Hom. 74: ff. 177v-[184]r
Hom. 75: ff. [184]r-[191]v
Hom. 76: ff. [191]v-[197]r with lacuna: f. [195]v ends at 698 line 28 τὰ χρηστὰ· ἵνα καὶ ταύ[τῃ, f. [196]r starts from 700 line 28 πόλιν· ἧς τεχνίτης
Hom. 77: ff. [197]r-[205]r with lacuna: f. [197]v ends at 702 line 24 χαρακτηρίζειν μόνον, f. [198]r starts from 703 line 26 πολλῶ μείζων ἡ οὐσία
Hom. 78: ff. [205]r-[211]r
Hom. 79: ff. [211]r-[217]v
Hom. 80: ff. [217]v-[224]r
Hom. 81: ff. [224]r-[231]v
Hom. 82: ff. [231]v-[239]r
Hom. 83: ff. [239]r-[244]v
Hom. 84: ff. [244]v-[248]v with lacuna: f. 246v end at 754 line 23 ἐρωτῶσί τινα. βουλόμε[νοι, f. [247]r starts from 755 line 31 ἐκ]πληττόμενοι· διὰ τοῦτο ἐσπούδασαν
Hom. 85: ff. [248]v-[254]v
Hom. 86: ff. [254]v-[258]r with lacuna: f. [255]v ends at 765 line 8 καὶ τὸ μαστίξαντα ἐκδοῦ[ναι, f. [256]r starts from 767 line 16 καὶ ἀρνήσασθαι τὴν μιαιφονίαν
Hom. 87: ff. [258]r-[263]r
Hom. 88: ff. [263]r-[268]v
Hom. 89: ff. [268]v-[274]v with lacuna: f. [271]v ends at 784 line 5 ab imo εἶναι φιλάνθρωποι· καὶ ἀ[κούσεσθε, f. [272] is torn away, f. [273]r starts at 785 last line μιμουμένην αὐτάς. καὶ ὁ Παῦλος
Hom. 90: ff. [268]v-[274]v with lacuna and defective at the end: f. [274v] ends at 787 line 38 σκότος· ἰδία δὲ τὸ τοῦ ἀγγέλου, f. 275r starts from 789 line 9 πυκτεύοντες καὶ δι’ ὧν αὐτὴν; the homily ends at 790 line 12.

PG 58, 489-645

CPG 4424

TLG 2062.152

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Parchment (FHHF),of medium thickness and quality.

Extent: Codex: iii + 131 + iii leaves. 351 × 252 mm.

Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers [i-iii] + 145, [146], 147, [148-152], 153, [154-160], 161, [162-168], 169, [170-173], 174, [175-176], 177, [178-184], 185, [186-192], 193, [194-197], 198, [199-205], 206, [207-209, 209bis], 210, [211-212], 214, [215-217], 218, [219-221], 222, [223-229], 230, [231-237], 238, [239-245], 246, [247-252], 253, [254-258], 259, [260-266], 267, [268-274], 275 + [iv-vi], in Arabic numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right. The number of f. 214 is too large by one, and all numbers thereafter are too large by one. The folio after f. 209 is not counted by mistake.

Collation

The manuscript consists of 18 quires, all quaternia.

Quires 1-6⁸ ff. 145-[192]
Quire 7^8-3 ff. 193-[197] The fourth, fifth and eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
Quires 8-13⁸ ff. 198-[245]
Quire 14^8-1 ff. 246-[252] The second folio has been lost, with loss of text.
Quire 15^8-2 ff. 253-[258]
Quires 16-17⁸ ff. 259-[274] The fourth and fifth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
Quire 18^8-7 f. 275 A single folio of this quire survives, not continuous with the preceding one.

Signatures in Greek numerals, continuing from Emmanuel MS 14, in brown ink on first recto, lower internal corner, on quires 1-12 (from f. 145r to f. 230r) κβʹ to λγʹ, and on quire 17 (f. 267r), ληʹ.

Later signatures in Arabic numerals, continuing from Emmanuel MS 14, in light-brown ink on external margins of first recto and last verso from quire 1, numbered 7-23 from f. 145r.

Modern signatures in Greek numerals in pencil on first recto of quires 13-17 from λδʹ to ληʹ from f. 238r to f. 267r, suppling missing signatures.

Condition

Most of f. [272] has been torn away, as has much of the lower part of f. 275, with some loss of text. The outer margin of f. [195] has been cut away, with slight loss of text. There are tears along the ruling in ff. [160], [173] and [202], which have been repaired with Japanese paper. Small holes appear in some folios (e.g. ff. [274]-275), some of which have been repaired with Japanese paper. There is some cockling and creasing, including pleating to f. 145. There is some water staining, drops of wax and areas of dirt. Red paint has marked ff. 267v-[268]r.

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, by the same hand as Emmanuel MS 14.

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 Savili Etonae impressam Anno MDCXII. Vol. 2. p. 434. l. 20. καὶ οὕτως ἐμπρησθεὶς κ.τ.λ.’

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 ‘Chrysosto Homiliae Vol. IV. MS’ is tooled in gold on black labels on the spine, and the classmark appears on patches.

363 × 280 × 60 mm.

The left outer joint is mostly split at the tail and both endcaps are damaged. The leather covering has become flaky.

History

Origin: The manuscript was copied in the 11th or 12th century.

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

Description (2021) draws on M.R. James, The Western manuscripts in the library of Emmanuel College: a descriptive catalogue, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1904, p. 12-13.

Availability

Visitors to Emmanuel College who wish to consult Special Collections material are required to apply to the Library in advance of their visit. For information on eligibility and admission procedures see: Emmanuel College: Special Collections.

Bibliography

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

Digital Images

Cambridge Digital Library

Abbreviations

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Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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