Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11868

Contents

Introduction: The manuscript is a volume formed by ten independent parts, collected and united by John Caius (1510-1573), forming a Collection of Greek medical texts. Caius wrote notes in the margins of some of the medical texts, a list of contents of the volume (where, interestingly, he defines the parts of the manuscript as "books"), and titles at the beginning of most of the parts. Part I (ff. i, 1-95) contains two texts by Galen, De symptomatum differentiis and De symptomatum causis libri III. As written in a note on f. 90v, the text was copied by a certain Iohannes Babamos (possibly Vaban? Vauban?), in Paris, possibly in the first half of the 16th century (see also RGK I, 159). John Caius made corrections to the text (hand a, see also Gundert 2009, p. 67, and Nutton 1987, p. 65). Part II (ff. 96-119) includes two texts by Hippocrates, Aphorismi and Prognosticon, probably written in the first half of the 16th century. Part III (ff. 120-134) was probably also produced in the same period. It also contains a portion of the Aphorismi, copied by another hand, with marginal notes by John Caius. Both parts IV (ff. 135-142) and V (ff. 143-150) contain Galen's work De usu pulsuum, copied by two different scribes, both probably in the first half of the 16th century. The text in part V is incomplete. In part VI (ff. 151-158) there are a few texts about the nature of the human being. Part VII (ff. 159-186) contains the 12th book of Flavius Josephus' Jewish Antiquities, copied by Ioannes Serbopoulos, a Greek scribe active in England around 1484-1500 (see RGK I, 180). There are various lacunae in the text, because of the loss of quires and leaves: four quires are missing between ff. 166-167, one between ff. 178-179; two leaves are missing between ff. 169-170, one between ff. 173-174 and another between ff. 177-178. The eighth and ninth part do not include medical texts and were both copied by scribes active in Italy in the first half of the 16th century. Part VIII (ff. 187-194), which was copied by Konstantinos Mesobotes, contains the Liturgy of John Chrysostom, the most used of the eucharistic services of the Byzantine Church. Part IX (ff. 195-226) contains a collection of theological excerpts copied by Bernardinos Sandros, from Cremona. The last part of the manuscript (part X, ff. 227-232) again contains medical texts, all about diet, copied by an anonymous scribe. The manuscript was donated to Gonville and Caius College Library by John Caius (1510-1573), the English physician and second founder of the College. He travelled in Italy from 1539-1544, where he consulted various manuscripts (see S. Berlier, John Caius et le De usu partium. Contribution à l'histoire du texte de Galien, in: Revue d'Histoire des Textes n.s. 6 (2011), pp. 1-14: pp. 5-6) and probably acquired at least some of the Greek manuscripts he later bequeathed to the College. Dr Erika Elia

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: iii + 1 + 233 + 2 + ii leaves. 155-225 × 110-175 mm.
Foliation:

Modern foliation in pencil, in Arabic numerals, in the top right hand corner recto: [a]-[c] + i + 1-23, 24a, 24-27, 28a, 28-111, 113-232 + [ii]-[iii] + [d]-[e]

Collation

ff. [a] -[c] | f. i, 1-118, 126-1, 13-142 | 156, 1610-1, 178 | 18-196, 204-1 | 218 | 228 | 238 | 248, 25-268-2, 278 | 278 | 28-318 | 326 | ff. [d]-[e]

Condition

The codex is in fair condition. Some of the leaves are heavily stained by water, humidity and dirt. Worm holes are present, in particular in the first and last leaves. The leaves of part III ff. 120-134 are heavily stained, in particular f. 129r (charcoal?), where a part of the text is not readable anymore. The leaves of part VII are heavily affected by water stains.

Binding

Modern binding made in January 1986 by Douglas Cockerell and Son (i.e. Sydney Morris ('Sandy') Cockerell (1906-1987)) (see note by the binder pasted on the right pastedown, where is also pasted a sample of the previous cover in leather, with blind tooling). Marbled paper cover over millboard; leather on spine. Gold tooling on spine with title ‘ Galeni et aliorum opera quaedam. Liber Johannis Caii’; two paper labels with the two shelfmarks, ‘ 582’ and ‘ 455’, are pasted on it.

232 × 180 × 33 mm.

Accompanying Material

The three later endleaves at the beginning of the manuscript, ff. [a]-[c] , and two at the end , ff. [d]-[e] were probably added with the modern binding.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

The manuscript was donated to the Library by John Caius (1510-1573) (see the note on f. i recto). On the left pastedown is pasted the Gonville and Caius College bookplate with the shelfmarks.

Part 1 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. i, 1-95 ]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 1r-16v
Galen, De symptomatum differentiis
Rubric: f. 1r Γαληνοῦ περὶ συνπτωμάτων διαφορᾶς
Incipit: f. 1r Τίνα μέν ἐστι καὶ πόσα τὰ σύμπαντα νοσήματα
Explicit: f. 16v τῇ τῶν ἀμφισβητουμένων κρίσει.

TLG 0057.043 (see also B. Gundert [ed.], Galen. Über die Verschiedenheit der Symptome, Berlin 2009, where the manuscript is indicated as C)

Filiation: The text was copied from MS Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin (Preussischer Kulturbesitz), Phillipps 1991 ( Gumbert 2009, pp. 67-69)
2. ff. 17r-90v
Galen, De symptomatum causis libri III

Α title was added by another hand (Caius?) in the upper margin of f. 17r, ‘ Γαληνοῦ περὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς συνπτώμασιν αἰτίων’

Incipit: f. 17r Ἀρχὴ τοῦ τετάρτου λόγου. Περὶ τῶν κατὰ τοὺς ὀφθαλμοῦς συμπτωμάτων... Τὰς αἰτίας τῶν συμπτωμάτων
Explicit: f. 90v ἐνταῦθα καταπαύσω τὸν λόγον.
Final rubric: f. 90v Τέλος Γαληνοῦ περὶ τῶν ἐν τοῖς συμπτώμασιν αἰτίων

There is a lacuna: ff. 42r-43r were left blank, lacuna μυῶν, ἔστι δέ τι καὶ … ἐνεργειῶν τε καὶ κινήσεών ἐστι (C.G. Kühn, Claudii Galeni opera omnia, 7, Leipzig 1824 [repr. Hildesheim 1965], pp. 151 l. 4-154 l. 5)

After f. 66r, ὅταν δὲ χωρὶς ( Kühn 1824 , p. 209 l. 8), f. 66v was left blank, and in the right margin of 66r the scribe wrote ‘ desunt 2 folia’ twice; in reality, there is not a lacuna, and the text continues on f. 67r

TLG 0057.044

3. f. 90v
Colophon
Colophon: Ἐγράφη διὰ χειρὸς Ἰοάννου[sic] Βαβάμου· ἐν Λουτεκίᾳ· θεὸς τῆς ψυχῆς ἐλεείτω

ff. 91r-91v, 92v-93v, 94v-95v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: ff. 1-91 Coat of arms with three lilies in a shield surmounted by a crown; under the shield a letter ( 70 × 42 mm. ) in the gutter, no exact parallels found in the main repertoires, due to the fact that only a small part of the watermark is visible, but see Briquet Armoiries 1718-1766 , which are dated between the second half of the 15th c. and the first half of the 16th (France). ff. 92-93 Countermark ‘A’ in the external corner of the leaf.
Extent: Codex: 1 + 97 leaves. ff. i-91 225 × 175 mm. ff. 92-93 210 × 150 mm. ff. 94-95 208 × 140 mm.

Collation

Part I is formed mainly by quaternions; quire 12 lost a leaf without loss of text. Quires 13 and 14 are two bifolia.

  • One endleaf (15th/16th c.), f. i
  • Quires 1-118 ff. 1-23, 24a, 24-27, 28a, 28-86( 1-11)
  • Quire 126-1 ff. 87-91
  • Quires 13-142 ff. 92-95

On ff. 1r-91v, signatures in black/grey ink, in Arabic numerals in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf of the quires, from 1 ( f. 1r) to 12 ( f. 87r). They are passim to be found also in the lower margin, right, of the last leaf of the quires. On ff. 1r-91v, horizontal and vertical (from the top down) catchwords are visible passim, in the lower margin, verso, of the last leaf of the quires, near the gutter.

Condition

Ff. 71-91 lost the lower right corner; the damage was repaired with paper strips. The damage did not affect the text.

Layout

ff. 1r-90v A single column of 25 lines. 160 × 95 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 1r-90v Hand A: the texts were copied in a minuscule script, by the hand of Iohannes Babamos (16th c., first half) (Ἰωάννης Βαβάμος, RGK I, 159), as it is specified in a note written on f. 90v by John Caius (for the identification of the hand of Caius see Gundert 2009, p. 67).

The text is written in a black ink.

Hand a: passim in the margins, and on ff. i verso, 92r, there are notes in black ink by John Caius (1510-1573) , who made correctiones to the text (see Gundert 2009, p. 67)

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

Additions

On f. i recto there is a note concerning the donation of the manuscript to the College by John Caius: ‘ Collegio suo de Goneville | et Caius in Cantabrigia, | Joannes Caius dono dedit’.

On f. i verso, by John Caius' hand, there is a small table of contents of this part of the manuscript and a note signalling that a list of the contents of the following parts of the manuscript is to be found on f. 92r.

On f. 94r, perpendicularly to the direction of script in the other leaves of the manuscript, are written some notes in Greek, they are corrections to the text, probably by John Caius. Ff. 92-93 and 94-95 are two bifolia added to this part of the manuscript by John Caius. Ff. 93-94, in particular, formed a single leaf which has been folded, as is shown by the notes written on it transversa charta.

History

Origin:

Part I of the manuscript was copied by Iohannes Babamos (possibly Vaban? Vavan?) in Paris; the watermarks suggest a period between the second half of the 15th century and the first half of the 16th century. Since the identity of the scribe was specified by John Caius ( Gundert 2009, p. 67) in a note on f. 90v, the copy of the text should probably be dated to the first half of the 16th c. (see also RGK I, 159).

Part 2 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 96-119 ]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

4. ff. 96r-116v
Hippocrates, Aphorismi
Incipit: f. 96r Τῶν ἀφορισμῶν τμῆμα πρῶτον. Ὁ βίος βραχὺς
Explicit: f. 116v θανάσιμον τὸ τοιοῦτον||
Final rubric: f. 116v Τέλος τῶν ἀφορισμῶν

The text ends at É. Littré, Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, 4, Paris 1844 (repr. Amsterdam 1962), pp. 458-608: ch. 7, sect. 81

TLG 0627.012

5. ff. 117r-119v
Hippocrates, Prognosticon
Incipit: f. 117r Τῶν προγνωστικῶν τμῆμα πρῶτον. Τὸν ἰητρὸν δοκέει μοι ἄριστον εἶναι
Explicit: f. 119v τὰ ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ οἰδήματα ποιέεται||

The text ends at É. Littré, Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, 2, Paris 1840 (repr. Amsterdam 1961), pp. 110-190: sect. 7 l. 27

TLG 0627.003

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: ff. 96-119 Hand surmounted by a five petal flower, on the hand letter ‘ B’ ( ca. 90 × ca. 20 mm. ) in the gutter, not entirely visible, comparable to the type Sosower Main 1-5 , which are dated to the beginning of the 16th c.
Extent: Codex: 23 leaves. 210 × 150 mm.
Foliation:

The leaves of this part have been also foliated in black ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 23.

Collation

Part II is formed by 3 quires. Quire 16 is a quinion which lost the last leaf, without loss of text.

  • Quire 156 ff. 96-101(α)
  • Quire 1610-1 ff. 102-110(β)
  • Quire 178 ff. 111, 113-119(γ)

Greek signatures in black ink by the scribe in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf of the quires, from α ( f. 96r) to γ (f. f. 111r). Vertical catchwords, written from the top down, by the scribe, in the lower margin, verso, of the last leaf of the quires, near the gutter.

Layout

A single column of 25 lines. 175 × 95 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand B: the texts have been written in a minuscule script datable to the first part of the 16th c.

The text is written in a black ink.

History

Origin:

Part II of the manuscript was copied probably in the first half of the 16th century, as the script and the watermark suggest.

Part 3 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 120-134]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

6. ff. 120r-134r
Hippocrates, Aphorismi
Incipit: || f. 120r Ἐν δὲ τοῖσι παροξυσμοῖσιν ὑποστέλλεσθαι χρή
Explicit: f. 134r ἂν πλείω διδῷς μᾶλλον βλάψεις.||

The text starts and ends imperfectly: É. Littré, Oeuvres complètes d'Hippocrate, 4, Paris 1844 (repr. Amsterdam 1962), pp. 458-608: ch. 1, sect. 11-ch. 7, sect. 68

In the upper margin of f. 120r another hand (John Caius?) added a title, ‘ Ἀφορισμοὶ Ἱπποκράτους’

There is a lacuna between ff. 131v-132r : ἁλίσκονται μακρῆς … ὁκόσοισιν ὑπὸ ἰσχιάδος ( Littré 1844, ch. 6, sect. 32-59); in the lower margin of f. 131v another hand (John Caius?) wrote a note indicating that one leaf is missing, ‘ deest folium’

TLG 0627.012

f. 134v is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Only a double line ending in a Latin cross is visible
Extent: Codex: 15 leaves. 210 × 150 mm.
Foliation:

The leaves of this part have been also foliated in black ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 14 with 11a.

Collation

Part III is formed by 3 quires. Quire 20 is a binion which lost the first leaf (there is a lacuna in the text).

  • Quire 186 ff. 120-125( α)
  • Quire 196 ff. 126-131( β)
  • Quire 204-1 ff. 132-134( γ)

Greek signatures in black ink in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf of the quires, from α ( f. 120r) to γ ( f. 132r).

Layout

A single column of 29 lines. 160 × 80 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand C: the texts have been written in a minuscule script datable to the first half of the 16th c.

The text is written in a grey ink, which appears faded.

Hand a: there are notes in the margins throughout in black ink by John Caius (1510-1573) .

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

History

Origin:

Part III of the manuscript was copied probably in the first half of the 16th century, as the script and the fact that it was owned by John Caius suggest.

Part 4 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 135-142 ]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

7. ff. 135r-142r
Galen, De usu pulsuum
Incipit: f. 135r Τίς ἡ χρεία τῶν σφυγμῶν;
Explicit: f. 142r ζητεῖται τῶν ἐνεργειῶν ἐξευρίσκειν

In the upper margin of f. 135r another hand (John Caius?) added a title, ‘ Γαληνοῦ περὶ χρείας τῶν σφυγμῶν’

TLG 0057.031

f. 142v is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: ff. 135-142 Sun surmounted by a line ending in a cross ( ca. 70 × ca. 35 mm. ) in the gutter, not entirely visible, comparable to Briquet Soleil 13908 , which is dated to 1522 and 1531.
Extent: Codex: 8 leaves. 210 × 145 mm.
Foliation:

The leaves of this part have been also foliated in black ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 8.

Collation

Part IV is formed by a single quaternion.

  • Quire 218 ff. 135-142

Layout

A single column of 26 lines. 150 × 100 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand D: the text has been written in a minuscule script of small size, vertical, datable in the first half of the 16th c.

The text is written in a black ink.

Hand b: another hand corrected the text and wrote some notes in the margins (see e.g. f. 137v ).

The text is written in a brown ink.

Additions

Three lines of notes on f. 142v have been erased.

History

Origin:

Part IV of the manuscript was copied probably in the first half of the 16th century, as the script and the watermark suggest.

Part 5 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 143-150]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

8. ff. 143r-146v
Galen, De usu pulsuum
Rubric: f. 143r Γαληνοῦ περὶ χρείας τῶν σφυγμῶν
Incipit: f. 143r Τίς ἡ χρεία τῶν σφυγμῶν;
Explicit: f. 146vτὰ πλησιάζοντα τοῖς στόμασιν αὐτῆς, συστελλομένη δέ||

The text ends incomplete at C.G. Kühn, Claudii Galeni opera omnia, 5, Leipzig 1823 (repr. Hildesheim: Olms, 1965), pp. 149-180: p. 164 l. 11

TLG 0057.031

ff. 147r-150v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto. No watermark is visible.
Extent: Codex: 8 leaves. 220 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

The leaves of this part have been foliated in black ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 8.

Collation

Part V is formed by a single quaternion.

  • Quire 228 ff. 143-150

Layout

A single column of 26 lines. 150 × 95 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand E: the text has been written in a minuscule script of small size, vertical, datable in the first half of the 16th c. The scribe also wrote notes in the margins.

The text is written in a brown ink.

History

Origin:

Part V of the manuscript was copied probably in the first half of the 16th century, as the script suggests.

Part 6 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 151-158]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

9. ff. 151r-156r
Medical text (definitions)
Incipit: f. 151r ορασοφην(?) σύνταξιν ἐτέρων[sic] ὅλων εἰσὶ δὲ ἐννέα τάξεις ἐντέρων
Explicit: f. 156r l. 14 τῶν λαμβανομένων τροφῶν

Diels (1904) identified this text with the pseudo-Galenic Definitiones medicae, however the text is different (see also Kollesch 1973, p. 47 note 2); the first definition is found also in Leon, De natura hominum synopsis (TLG 0723.001) and Meletius, De natura hominis (TLG 0730.001)

In the upper margin of f. 151r another hand (John Caius?) wrote a title: ‘ Fragmentum περὶ ὅρων ἰατρικῶν’

10. ff. 156r-157r
⟨ Meletius Monachus⟩ , De natura hominis, fragmentum
Rubric: f. 156r l. 14 Περὶ ψυχῆς πρόλογος
Incipit: f. 156r Ὁ περὶ ψυχῆς ὧδε λόγος, οὐ τὸ τί ἐστιν ἡ ψυχὴ κατ’ οὐσίαν
Explicit: f. 157r l. 13 ἐν συνέσει κατωρθωκότες[sic]

This is an excerpt about the soul from Meletius' De anima, J.A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, 3, Oxford 1836 (repr. Amsterdam: 1963), pp. 5-157: pp. 143-144 l. 11

In the upper margin of f. 156r another hand (John Caius?) wrote a title: ‘ περὶ ψυχῆς οὐσίας’

On f. 157r ll. 14-24 is written a list of contents of a text about the soul, Περιέχεται ἐν τῷδε τῷ λόγῳ ταῦτα

TLG 0730.001

11. ff. 157v-158v
⟨ Nemesius, Bishop of Emesa⟩ , De natura hominis, fragmentum
Rubric: f. 157v Περὶ τοῦ τίνων ἐστὶ πρόνοια
Incipit: f. 157v Ὅτι μὲν ἔστι πρόνοια
Explicit: f. 158v τὴν φύσιν τὸ ποτὲ μὲν τιμωρεῖσθαι τὸν φο… ||

The text is a fragment from chapter 43 of Nemesius, De natura hominis, M. Morani, Nemesii Emeseni de natura hominis, Leipzig 1987, ch. 43, pp. 125-128 l. 5

TLG 0743.002

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in octavo Watermarks: ff. 151-158 Hand with three letters (not visible), surmounted by a six point star ( ca. 90 × ca. 30 mm. ) in the upper part, left, of the leaves (only partially visible), no exact parallels found in the main repertoires, due to the fact that only a part of the watermark is visible, but it is comparable to a type dated in the first half of the 16th c., see Sosower Main 3-111 , and Briquet Main 10727-10772 .
Extent: Codex: 8 leaves. ca. 155 × 110 mm.
Foliation:

The leaves of this part have been also foliated in black ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 8.

Collation

Part VI is formed by a single quaternion.

  • Quire 228 ff. 151-158

Layout

A single column of 26 lines. 150 × 95 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand F: the text has been written in a minuscule, informal script, fairly directionless, datable to the first half of the 16th c.

The text is written in grey ink.

History

Origin:

Part VI of the manuscript was copied probably in the first half of the 16th century, as the script and the watermark suggest.

Part 7 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 159-186]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

12. ff. 159r-186v
Josephus, Flavius, Jewish Antiquities (book 12) Antiquitates Iudaicae (lib. 12)
Rubric: f. 159r Ἰωσήπου Ἰουδαϊκῆς ἀρχαιολογίας. Βιβλίον ια΄
Incipit: f. 159r ⟨Ὡ⟩ς Κῦρος ὁ Περσῶν βασιλεύς
Explicit: f. 186v καὶ κινδύνους κατέστη||

There are various lacunae caused by the loss of leaves and quires:

  • between ff. 166v-167r (4 quires are missing) καὶ τῆς ἐπὶ τούτῳ λύπης … φανερὰ γένηται· ἄφθονον ( B. Niese, Flavii Iosephi opera, 1-4, Berlin 1:1887, 2:1885, 3:1892, 4:1890 (repr. 1955), book 11 ch. 81 l. 7- 12 ch. 58 l. 4)
  • between ff. 169v-170r (2 leaves are missing) πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔθος … τιμὴν τὴν παρ’ αὐτοῦ ( Niese 1885-1892, book 12 ch. 95 l. 3- ch. 115 l. 1)
  • between ff. 173v-174r (1 leaf is missing) ἀδελφὸς Ἐλεαζάρου … ⟨Αἴ⟩γυπτον ἀπήγγειλεν τῷ βασιλεῖ ( Niese 1885-1892, book 12 ch. 158 l. 1- ch. 167 l. 1)
  • between ff. 177v-178r (1 leaf is missing) τιμῆς ἑκάστην. κληθεὶς δέ … ἐξῆλθον ὑπαντησόμενοι ( Niese 1885-1892, book 12 ch. 210 l. 2- ch. 221 l. 5)
  • between ff. 178v-179r (1 quire is missing) ἀσφαλείας ἕνεκα τοῦ μή … ἑορτάζειν τὴν ἀνάκτησιν ( Niese 1885-1892, book 12 ch. 232 l. 3- ch. 325 l. 1)
; the text ends incomplete at Niese 1885-1892, book 12 ch. 412

TLG 0526.001

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto, with parchment bifolia for the outer and inner leaves of the quires (from the second quire). Watermark: ff. 159-166, 168-171, 174, 177, 180-181, 184-185 Hand with letter ‘ B(?) ’, surmounted by a six point star ( ca. 80 × ca. 25 mm. ) in the gutter, only partially visible, no exact parallels found in the main repertoires. ff. 167/172, 173/178, 175/176, 179,186, 182/183 Parchment
Extent: Codex: 28 leaves. 225 × 155 mm.
Foliation:

The scribe wrote in the upper margin of the leaves, centre, running titles indicating the book number, only visible on some leaves, see e.g. ff. 177v-178r .

Collation

Part VII is formed by 4 quires; quires 24-25 were originally quaternions (as the lacunae in the text and the signatures indicate), which both lost a bifolium.

  • Quire 238 ff. 159-166(αον )
  • Quire 248-2 ff. 167-172(ϛον. 4th and 5th leaf missing, with loss of text)
  • Quire 258-2 ff. 173-178(ζον. 2nd and 7th leaf missing, with loss of text)
  • Quire 268 ff. 179-186(θον )

Greek signatures by the scribe in the lower margin, of the first leaf recto and last verso of the quires, from αον (ff. f. 159r and 166v) to θον (ff. f. 179r and 186v). Signatures βον-εον and ηον are missing because of loss of quires. Catchwords by the scribe on the last leaf verso of the quires.

Layout

A single column of 24-29 lines. 155-160 × 100 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 159r-186v Hand G: Ioannes Serbopoulos (15th c., half-16th c., beginning) (Ἰωάννης Σερβόπουλος, RGK I, 180; on him also RGK II 240), in a minuscule script of small size, with modest variation.

The text is written in black ink.

History

Origin:

Part VII of the manuscript was copied by Ioannes Serbopoulos, a Greek scribe active in England around 1484-1500 (see RGK I, 180), therefore the copying of this text can be placed around this period.

Part 8 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 187-194]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

13. ff. 187r-194v
Liturgy of John Chrysostom Liturgia Ioannis Chrysostomi
Rubric: f. 187r Ἡ θεῖα λειτουργεία τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου
Incipit: f. 187r Ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ τὸν οὐράνιον ἄρτον τὴν τροφὴν τοῦ παντὸς κόσμου
Explicit: f. 194v ὅσοι πιστοί, ἔτι καὶ ἔτι ἐν εἰρήνῃ τοῦ κυρίου δεηθῶμεν.

In the upper margin of f. 187r another hand (John Caius?) added a title, ‘ θεῖα λειτουργεία τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου’

J. Goar, Euchologion, 2nd edition, Venice 1730, pp. 51 sect. 52- 57, sect.105

TLG 5332.002

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto Watermark: f f. 187-194 Anchor in a circle surmounted by a six-point star in the gutter, too small a portion is visible to try to identify it with a specific example in the main repertoires.
Extent: Codex: 8 leaves. 225 × 165 mm.

Collation

Part VIII is formed by a single quaternion.

  • Quire 278 ff. 187-194(α)

One signature in black ink in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf of the quire, f. 187r, α΄ (1), probably a later addition, possibly by John Caius.

Layout

A single column of 23 lines. 150 × 90 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 187r-194vr Hand H: Konstantinos Mesobotes (16th c., first half) (Κωνσταντῖνος Μεσοβώτης, RGK I, 224. On this scribe see also RGK II, 315; RGK III, 363), minuscule script, vertical, with the oblique strokes of letters such as ‘ ξ, ρ, φ, χ’ slanting to the left.

The text is written in brown ink, titles, initials in red.

Decoration

Interlace frieze in red ink on f. 187r.

Initials in ekthesis, in red ink, with a decoration of rinceaux, see e.g. f. 187r.

Thick red ink minor initials in red ink.

History

Origin:

Part VIII of the manuscript was copied by Konstantinos Mesobotes, who was active in the first half of the 16th century

Part 9 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 195-226]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

14. ff. 195r-226v
Theological Excerpts
Incipit: || f. 195r καὶ μίαν ἀποτελοῦν ὑπόστασιν σύνθετον
Explicit: f. 226vΕἷς θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, παλαιᾶς

A series of theological excerpts, as

  • ff. 195r-196v John of Damascus , Extracts from Dialectica sive Capita philosophica (recensio fusior) ( P.B. Kotter, Die Schriften des Johannes von Damaskos, 1, Berlin 1969, pp. 47-95, 101-142, sect. 45 l. 12-46, 49; TLG 2934.002; CPG 8041)
  • ff. 196v-197r Maximus Confessor , Epistulae (Letter 15, extract), ( PG 91, 544-545 A12)
  • f. 197v Basil of Caesarea , Epistulae (Letter 236, extract), ( TLG 2040.004)
  • ff. 197v-213r l. 4 Liber de definitionibus (traditionally attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (d. 373) , but spurious, in the manuscript the text is said to be a series of teachings by St Petrus to Clemens of Rome; the text ends at PG 28, 553 A2 (see Uthemann 1981, pp. LIX and CCXLII) ( CPG 2254; PG 28, 533-553)
  • ff. 217r l. 8-226v Theodorus II Ducas Lascaris , De processione spiritus sancti , (ms. used for the edition as G in Swete 1875; the text ends incomplete at Swete 1875, p 13 l. 358; see now C.Th. Krikones, Θεοδώρου Βʹ Λασκάρεως Περὶ Χριστιανικῆς Θεολογίας Λόγοι, Παράρτημα, Thessalonica 1988, pp. 161-182 , TLG 3205.011)
    • In the upper margin of f. 195r another hand (John Caius?) added a title, ‘ περὶ τριάδος’ ('About the Trinity')

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto Watermarks: ff. 195-226 Crossbow in a circle surmounted by a six point star in the gutter, too small a portion is visible to try to identify it with a specific example in the main repertoires.
Extent: Codex: 32 leaves. 225 × 165 mm.

Collation

Part IX is formed by four quaternions.

  • Quires 28-318 ff. 195-226 β-ε

Signatures in black ink in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf of the quires, from β΄ (2, f. 195r) to ε΄ (5, f. 219r), probably a later addition, possibly by John Caius (the numbering continues the series started with signature α΄ on f. 187r in part VIII).

Layout

A single column of 18 lines. 150 × 90 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 195r-226v Hand I: Bernardinos Sandros (Βερναρδῖνος Σανδρός RGK I, 39. See also RGK II, 59; RGK III,75) in a minuscule script.

The text is written in black/grey ink, titles, initials in red.

Decoration

Thick red ink initials.

History

Origin:

Part IX of the manuscript was copied by Bernardinos Sandros, a scribe from Cremona who was active in Italy in the first half of the 16th century.

Part 10 [Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, MS 355/582, ff. 227-232]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

15. ff. 227r-228v
⟨ Simeo Sethus⟩ , Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus, Excerpts
Incipit: f. 227r Ψέλου[sic] περὶ ἀγκυρίων[sic] κε. δ΄. Τὰ ἀγγουρία[sic] ψυχρά εἰσι καὶ ὑγρὰ κατὰ τὴν β΄ ἀπόστασιν
Explicit: f. 228v καὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ φάρυγγι[sic]||

The text is attributed in the manuscript to Michael Psellus ; it is a series of excerpts from Symeon Seth's Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus: the first is Περὶ ἀγγουρίων, the last Περὶ ᾠῶν. The text ends at B. Langkavel, Simeonis Sethi Syntagma de alimentorum facultatibus, Leipzig 1868, letter omega l. 11

TLG 3113.002

16. ff. 229r-229v
De alimentis, Extract (chapters 11-23)
Incipit: || f. 229r μὴ καλῶς ἑψηθέντες
Explicit: f. 229v εἰς λεπτύνουσαν δίαιταν τὸ ὀξύμελι μάλιστα

The text is a part of a medical treaty on diet by an anonymous author; it starts imperfectly at J.L. Ideler, Physici et medici Graeci minores, 2, Berlin 1842 (repr. Amsterdam 1963), ch. 10 l. 34, it ends at Ideler 1842, ch. 23

TLG 0721.010

17. ff. 230r-232v
Text on diet
Rubric: f. 230r Βιβλίον δεύτερον
Incipit: f. 230r Ὁ μὲν οὖν τῶν δαιστημάτων γαληνότατε αὐτοκράτωρ Κωνσταντῖνε
Explicit: f. 232v καὶ τὸν γαστέρα ὑπάγει

The text is indicated in the title as "Second book"; the author speaks to an emperor Constantine; the subject is again diet

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in quarto Watermark: there are traces of a watermark in the gutter, but they are scarcely visible.
Extent: Codex: 6 leaves. 220 × ca. 155 mm.

Collation

Part X is formed by a single ternion.

  • Quire 326 ff. 227-232

Layout

A single column of 45-49 lines. ca. 205 × ca. 140 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 227r-232v Hand J: a minuscule script, probably by a western European hand, cursive, slanting to the right.

The text is written in a light brown ink.

History

Origin:

Part X was probably written in the 16th century, certainly before 1573, when John Caius, who owned the manuscript, died.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2021) draws partly on M. R. James, A descriptive catalogue of the Manuscripts in the Library of Gonville and Caius College, vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1908, pp. 401-404.

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Bibliography

    Theodorus Lascaris Junior. De processione Spiritus Sancti: oratio apologetica, (Londini, Apud Williams et Norgate, 1875) A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Gonville and Caius College, James, M. R. (Cambridge, University Press, 1908) Untersuchungen zu den pseudogalenischen Definitiones medicae Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur der Antike, Kollesch, Jutta (Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1973) Specimen eines Repertoriums der griechischen Kopisten Jahrbuch der österreichischen Byzantinistik, Gamillscheg, ErnstHarlfinger, Dieter (27, 293-322, 1978) John Caius' Library Biographical history of Gonville and Caius College, 1349-1897: containing a list of all known members of the college from the foundation to the present time, with biographical notes, Grierson, P. (Cambridge, 7, University Press, 1978) Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten, 800-1600 Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik, Gamillscheg, ErnstHarlfinger, Dieter (Wien, I. Grossbritannien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981) Anastasii Sinaitae Viae dux, , (Turnhout; Leuven, Brepols, 1981) Eine Ergänzung zur Edition von Anastasii Sinaitae "Viae Dux": das Verzeichnis benutzer und zitierter Handschrifte Scriptorium. Revue internationale des études relatives aux manuscrits, Uthemann, Karl-Heinz (36, 130-133, 1982) John Caius and the manuscripts of Galen Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society, Nutton, Vivian (Cambridge, Philological Society, 1987) Galen. Über die Verschiedenheit der Symptome Corpus medicorum Graecorum, (Berlin, Akademie Verlag, 2009) Byzantine medical manuscripts: towards a new catalogue, with a specimen for an annotated checklist of manuscripts based on an index of Diels' catalogue Byzantion: Revue internationale des Études Byzantines, Touwaide, Alain (79, 453-595, 2009) A census of Greek medical manuscripts: from Byzantium to the Renaissance Medicine in the medieval Mediterranean, Touwaide, A. (London, Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2016)

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