Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 249
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11848
Contents
Language(s): Greek
There are two lacunae in the text which are filled in the following leaves of the manuscript:
- f. 8r l. 25: ἐξ οὗ ταπάντα[sic] … θεός, ἀγέννητος ( R.P. Vaggione, Eunomius. The extant works, Oxford 1987, pp 34-74: p. 38, ch. 5 l. 2-46, ch. 11 l. 15; the lacuna is filled on ff. 16r-21v, and signaled with a note by another hand in the margin, indicating the pages where the missing text can be found (pp. 8-11, referring to the second foliation of the manuscript, see Foliation)
- f. 11r l. 6: ἰδίας ἐπινοίας φυλάξαι τὴν ἀκολουθίαν … πάντα γὰρ ὅσα ἠθέλησεν ἐποίησεν ( Vaggione 1987, pp 34-74: pp. 56, ch. 18 l. 17-64, ch. 23 l. 18; the lacuna is filled on ff. 22r-24v, and signaled with a note by another hand in the margin, indicating the pages where the missing text can be found (p. 11, referring to the second foliation of the manuscript, see Foliation)
TLG 2899.001; CPG 3455
Leaves with text alternate with blank unnumbered leaves
p. [32] and ff. [ii] recto-[ii] verso are blank
Physical Description
Pagination in ink, contemporary to the production of the manuscript, in the centre of the upper margin, from 4 to 11 (the first three pages have not been numbered), modern continuation in pencil from 12 to 31; two modern endleaves added with the binding are unnumbered (ff. [i]-[ii]): f. [i] + pp. [1]-[3], 4-31, [32] + f. [ii].
Collation
Two leaves are missing at the end, without loss of text.
- One endleaf, added with the binding ( f. [i])
- Quire 118-2 pp. [1]-[32]
- One endleaf, added with the binding ( f. [ii])
Condition
Layout
A single column of 25-27 lines, mostly 26. 165 × 105 mm.
Hand(s)
pp. [1]-31 Hand A: the text was written entirely in a minuscule script, probably by a western European hand, slightly slanting to the right, regular in size; the same hand also copied Eunomius' text in MS London, Lambeth Palace, 802(a) (for the identification see C. Wright, M. Argyrou, C. Dendrinos, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Manuscript Collection of Lambeth Palace Library, Royal Holloway, University of London and Lambeth Palace Library, 2016 , p. 64). The hand is similar to those of the scribes who copied MS Trinity O.2.3, in particular to hands A and E.
The text is written in a light brown ink.
ff. 7r-9v Hand a: in the margins there are annotations by William Sancroft 1617-1693 (identification Vaggione 1985, p. 339).
The text is written in a brown ink.
Decoration
On p. 31, after the end of the text, the scribe traced a litte ornamental motif in ink.
Additions
On f. [i] recto there are notes in pencil by a librarian, ‘Emm. Coll. MS 249’, ‘ The marginalia are in the hand of William Sancroft’.
On f. [i] verso are written in pencil the previous shelfmark, ‘ mss. 3.3.17’ and the current number ‘249’.
In the upper margin of p. [1] has been written in brown ink the previous shelfmark, ‘ 3.3.17’.
Binding
Modern binding, paper cover over couched-laminate boards; leather on spine, where there is golden tooling with title in Greek, ‘ ΕΥΝΟΜΙΟΥ ΑΠΟΛΟΓΗΤΙΚΟΣ M.S.’. 255 × 180 × ca. 6 mm.
The upper part of the spine is damaged.
History
The manuscript was copied by a scribe of western European origin in England from MS London, Lambeth Palace, 802 (a) ( Vaggione 1985, p. 339), probably under the initiative of Thomas Tenison ( Vaggione 1985, pp 340-341). Codex Lambeth 802 (a) was copied before the 8th January 1687/8 (see Wright, Argyrou and Dendrinos 2016, p. 66); since MS Emmanuel 249 was copied by the same scribe who copied MS Lambeth Palace 802 (a) (see Hands), its production is probably to be placed around the same time, between 1670 and 1687, namely after Vossius arrived in England bringing with him the manuscript used as the original for MS Lambeth 802 (a), Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. gr. Qo 13, and before the date of production of one of its copies, MS Lambeth 902 (b).
Provenance and Acquisition
The manuscript was owned by William Sancroft (1617-1693) , archbishop of Canterbury, who also annotated the text (see Vaggione 1985, pp. 339-341; see also Hands).
The manuscript came to Emmanuel College in 1694 from William Sancroft's estate (see Vaggione 1985, p. 339). On the left pastedown is glued the Emmanuel College bookplate.
Additional Information
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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. (Montague Rhodes) (Cambridge, University Press, 1904)
An appeal to antiquity: the seventeenth and
eighteenth century manuscripts of the Heretic
Eunomius Arianism: historical and theological
reassessments (papers from The Ninth International
Conference on Patristic Studies, Sept. 5 - 10, 1983, Oxford,
England) Patristic monograph series, Vaggione, Richard Paul (United States?], 335-360, The Philadedelphia Patristic
Foundation, 1985)
Eunomius. The extant works Oxford early Christian texts, Vaggione, Richard Paul (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987)
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Greek Manuscript
Collection of Lambeth Palace Library, Wright, C.Argyrou, M.Dendrinos, C. (Royal Holloway, University of London and Lambeth
Palace Library, 2016, https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/5131/catalogue.pdf)
Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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