Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

A catalogue of Western manuscripts and papyri at Cambridge University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and selected Cambridge colleges

Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 33

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11841

Contents

Introduction: Emmanuel College MS 33 is a Miscellany of Greek texts comprising four parts, some of which recur in Emmanuel College MS 32. Part I came from a larger manuscript of Pindar, the first part of which has been identified as Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci MS 46. All three remaining parts consist of one quire each. Two of them come from manuscripts whose parts have been divided between Emmanuel MS 32 and 33. Part II is the sixth quire of a manuscript of Alexandra by Lycophoron, four quires are of which are now in Emmanuel MS 32 Part III (ff. 48r-78v). Part IV completes the Posthomerica by Quintus Smyrnaeus and should follow Emmanuel MS 32 Part VII, f. 166v. Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: iii + 118 + iii leaves.
Foliation: [i-iii] + [1-6], 7, [8-14], 15, [16-22], 23, [24-30], 31, [32-34], 35, [36-38], 39, [40-46], 47, [48-54], 55, [56-62], 63, [64-70], 71, [72-78], 79, [80-86], 87, [88-94] | 95-96, [97-102] | 103, [104-110] | 111, [112-118] + [iv-vi]. Modern foliation in pencil, in Arabic numerals, recto, upper right. Folio numbers appear on the first folio of each quire. ff. [i] and [vi] are stubs.

Collation

18-2, 2-128 | 138 | 148 | 158

Condition

In fair condition. There have been losses from and softening to the edges of Part I (see below).

Binding

17th-century full leather binding over pulpboard, sewn with cord on single raised supports, separate pastedowns of plain paper with stubs and separate sewn endleaves. Boards are attached with laced-in slips. There is decorative blind tooling on the boards and spine, and the former classmark MS 1.2.12 appears on patches on the spine.

230 × 165 × 25 mm.

Both outer joints are partially split at head and tail.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Provenance unknown.

The date of acquisition is unknown. It is listed in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697), Pars I tom. III, p. 92 n. 131.

Part 1 [Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 33, ff. [1]r-[94]v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. [1]r-[86]v
Pindar , Pythian odes Pythia
Incipit: || f. [1]r ἐκ θεῶν γὰρ μαχαναὶ πᾶσαι βροτέαις ἀρεταῖς
Explicit: f. [86]v εἰ δέ τις ὄλβος ἐν ἀν[θρώποισιν||

  • Pythian I, 41-end: ff. [1]r-[6]v
  • Pythian II, 1-2, 13-end: ff. [6]v-[14]v
  • Pythian III: ff. [14]v-[24]v
  • Pythian IV, 1-159, 251-end: ff. [24]v-[43]r
  • Pythian V: ff. [43]v-[51]v
  • Pythian VI: ff. [51]v-[54]v
  • Pythian VII: ff. [54]v-55v
  • Pythian VIII: ff. 55v-63r
  • Pythian IX: ff. 63r-[74]r
  • Pythian X: ff. [74]r-79v
  • Pythian XI: ff. 79v-[84]v
  • Pythian XII, 1-28: ff. [84]v-[86]v

Defective.

TLG 0033.002

2. ff. 87r-[93]v
Pindar, Nemean odes II and III Nemea
Incipit: || f. 87r ἑπτὰ δ’ ἐν Νεμέᾳ τὰ δ’ οἴκοι μάσσον’ ἀριθμοῦ
Explicit: f. [93]v Νεμέας Ἐπιδαυρόθεν τ’ ἄπο καὶ Μεγάρων δέδορκεν φάος

  • Nemean II, 23-end: f. 87r
  • Nemean III: ff. 87r-[93]v

TLG 0033.003

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. [1]-[94] Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Hat ( c. 60 × 50 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Harlfinger, Chapeau 55. This example is dated to 1516.
Extent: 227 × 155 mm.

Collation

This part consists of 12 quires, all quaternions. The sixth original quire is missing with loss of text.

  • Quire 18-2 ff. [1-6] The first and last folios have been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quires 2-128 ff. 7-[94]

Signatures in Greek numerals in brown ink on the first recto, lower margin of quires 2-11 (Pythian odes), from βʹ to ιβʹ, and last verso, lower margin of quires 3-5, 7-8, 10-11. The quire ϛʹ is missing.

Signatures in Arabic numerals in dark brown ink by a later hand on first recto, upper internal corner of quires 2-11 from f. 7r.

Condition

There have been losses from and softening to the edges of ff. [1-6], which have been repaired with Japanese paper. There is mild water staining and there are some areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. [1]r-[94]v A single column of 10 lines. 124 × 70 mm. Lines for marginal commentary have been ruled in hardpoint in all three margins, but no text has been written here.

Hand(s)

Hand A: a calligraphic minuscule very similar to the one of Andreas Donos in Emmanuel MS 32, Part I ff. 1r-[16]v. This hand has been ascribed to an helper of the Cretan scribe, probably Petros Daklozaos from Rethymnon (Πέτρος ὁ Δακλωζάος ὁ Ῥηθυμναῖος; cf. Ciccolella 2017, p. 380 n. 38).

Additions

Content references and missing lines added by a reader in black ink.

History

Origin: This Part was produced in the early 16th century, not before ca. 1516.

Part 2 [Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 33, ff. 95r-[102]v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

3. ff. 95r-[102]v
Lycophron; Isaac Tzetzes, Lycophron's Alexandra with of Isaac Tzetzes' scholia Lycophronis Alexandra cum scholiis Isaacii Tzetzae
3.1. ff. 95r-[102]v
Lycophron, Alexandra (lines 396-491)
Incipit: f. 95r ψυχρὸν δ’ ἐπ’ ἀκταῖς ἐκβεβρασμένον νέκυν
Explicit: f. [102]v ὁ δ’ αὐτὸς ἀργῶ πᾶς φαληριῶν λύθρῳ

TLG 0341.002

3.2. ff. 95r-[102]v
Isaac Tzetzes, Scholia on Lycophron's Alexandra (lines 396-489) Scholia in Lycophronis Alexandram (ll. 396-489)
Incipit: f. 95r νέκυν δελφῖνος· τὸν νεκρὸν τοῦ Αἴαντος, διὰ τὸ ἐκβρασθῆναι εἰς γῆν
Explicit: f. [102]v περὶ τοῦ Καλυδωνίου συὸς τοῦτο ἐδέξατο

TLG 5030.001

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. ff. 95r-[102]v: Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Watermark: Bull's head ( c. 105 × 37 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Briquet 14733; watermarks of this shape are in use in the late 15th and early 16th century.
Extent: 216 × 156 mm.

Collation

The part consists of one quaternion:

  • Quire 138 ff. 95r-[102]v

Quire signatures in Greek numerals (ϛʹ) in brown ink remain on lower external corners of ff. 95r and [102]v.

Condition

A small area at the tail-end of the gutter has been torn away from all folios of this part. There is extensive water staining and there are some areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. 95r-[102]v The main text forms a single column of 5-9 lines. 55-106 × 75 mm.

ff. 95r-[102]v Marginal commentary has been placed in all three margins, occupying 48 lines. 164 × 110 mm. Lines for the marginal commentary have been ruled in hardpoint.

Hand(s)

Hand B: ff. 95r-[102]v, upright mixed minuscule, with marked variation in letter size and aesthetical efforts. Ligatures, abbreviations and inclusion are widely in use.

Mute iota is in use. Breathings are curved; accents do not join to letters or breathings.

History

Origin: The characteristics of the script and the watermark suggest that this part was produced in the early 16th century.

Part 3 [Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 33, ff. 103r-[110]v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

4. ff. 103r-[110]v
Gregory of Nazianzus, Carmen de se ipso II, 1, 1 (ll. 1-240)
Incipit: f. 103r Χριστὲ ἄναξ θεέ ποτ’ ἀειρομέναις παλάμῃσι Σταυροτύποις Μωσῆος ἐπ’ οὔρεϊ σοῦ θεράποντος
Explicit: f. [110]v ὥς καὶ ἐγὼ κείνοισιν ἐμὸν πόνον ἐξαγορεύσω

PG 37, 969-989

CPG 3036

TLG 2022.061

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 103-[110] Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Bird ( c. 34 × c. 34 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to WIES 3959.03, 3965.02, 3966.04-05, 4296.09. These examples are dated to 1491-1499.
Extent: 227 × 156 mm.

Collation

This part consists of one quire, a quaternion.

  • Quire 148 ff. 103-[110]

Quire signature in Arabic numeral in pencil on lower margin of f. 103r.

Condition

There is mild water staining and there are some areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. 103r-[110]v A single column of 15 lines. 164 × 110 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand C: upright mixed minuscule, with marked variation in letter size. Ligatures are in use but abbreviations are rare.

Breathings are curved and joint to the accents.

Additions

Title in black ink on f. 103r: ‘Incipit ΓΡΗΓΟΡΙΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΥ ΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΝΑΖΙΑΝΖΟΥ περὶ τῶν καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἔπη· δι' ὧν παροξύνει ἡμᾶς λεληθότως πρὸς τὸν ἐν Χριστῶ βίον’

A note in pencil: ‘Pessimus MS. desunt hic illic versus qui in Edit. Hervagii Basil. 1550 reperiuntur’

Lines numbering in pencil.

History

Origin: The characteristics of the script and the watermarks suggest that this part was produced in the late 15th century.

Part 4 [Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 33, ff. 111r-[118]v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

5. ff. 111r-[118]v
Quintus Smyrnaeus, Posthomerica (I, 224-445)
Incipit: f. 111r ἔγχεα καὶ θώρηκας ἐυσθενέας τε βοείας
Explicit: f. [118]v ἀλλήλας ὤτρυνον· ἀπόπροθι δ’ εἴρια θέντο

TLG 2046.001

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 111-[118] Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Crossbow ( c. 47 × c. 47 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Gravell 5659; WZIS DE4860-Rep_I_43_20. These examples are dated to 1478-1500.
Extent: 227 × 156 mm.

Collation

This part consists of one quire, a quaternion.

  • Quire 158 ff. 111-[118]

Quire signature in Greek numeral on f. [118]v βον. A catchword on f. [118]v consistent with Emmanuel MS 32, Part VII, quire 24 (f. 183r).

Condition

There is mild water staining and there are some areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. 103r-[110]v A single column of 15 lines. 164 × 110 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand D: upright mixed minuscule, with marked variation in letter size, in all likelihood identical to Hand C. Ligatures are in use but abbreviations are rare.

Breathings are curved and joint to the accents.

Additions

Title in black ink on f. 111r: ‘ΚΟΙΝΤΟΥ ΣΜΥΡΝΑΙΟΥ ΠΑΡΑΛΕΙΠΟΜΕΝΩΝ ΟΜΗΡΩ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ Α’

Lines numbering in pencil.

History

Origin: The characteristics of the script and the watermarks suggest that this part was produced in the last quarter of 15th century.

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. 34-35.

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.

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