Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.8.7
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11921
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Physical Description
Collation
Binding
18th-century full leather binding over couched-laminate boards, with plain pastedowns. There is decorative gold tooling on the spine, and the title ‘Auctores varii in Scripturas MSS’ tooled in gold on a red label.
307 × 230 × 138 mm.
Accompanying Material
A sheet bearing a list of contents is pasted inside the left cover, and is displayed as [a] recto-[b] recto.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned in the 13th-15th century by the sebastos Nikolaos Synadenos and donated by him to a monastery known as the Nea Mone.
Owned by Richard Bentley (1662-1742) , Master of Trinity: possibly among the manuscripts acquired by him from the Pantokratoros Monastery on Mount Athos.
Bequeathed by Bentley to the College Library after his death .
Part 1 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.8.7, ff. 1-219, 240-475]
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Defective at the beginning: begins at PG 97, col. 852
CPG 8172
BHG 1127
PG 97, coll. 844-861
TLG 3055.022
CPG 8179
BHG 443-443b
PG 97, coll. 1017-1036
CPG 7915
BHG 430-430c
PG 98, coll. 1265-1269
TLG 5277.001
BHG 1339
TLG 5172.002
BHG 166-166b
Oration 2 (In presentationem Deiparae II)
TLG 2933.005
CPG 8008
BHG 1104
PG 98, coll. 309-320
TLG 5067.001
BHG 1350f
Defective at the end: ends PG 97, col. 1201
CPG 8187
BHG 1362-1362c
PG 97, coll. 1192-1205
Defective at the beginning: begins PG 116, col. 469
TLG 3115.089
BHG 646
PG 116, coll. 468-505
Traditionally attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom
TLG 4139.067
CPG 4236.a3, 4568
BHG 488f
PG 56, coll. 593-600
Oration 38 (In theophania)
TLG 2022.046
CPG 3010
BHG 1921-1921b
PG 35-36, coll. 12-664
TLG 2040.059
CPG 2913
BHG 1922
PG 31, coll. 1457-1476
CPG 5816
BHG 1657
PG 65, coll. 809-817
Homily 37: De infantibus in Bethleem
TLG 2800.002
CPG 6656
BHG 824
PG 85, coll. 27-474
TLG 2062.137
CPG 4523
BHG 1925
PG 50, coll. 807-812
CPG 3253
BHG 246y-260ab
TLG 2040.029
CPG 2857
BHG 1935
PG 31, coll. 424-444
Oration 39 (In sancta lumina)
TLG 2022.047
CPG 3010
BHG 1938-1938b
PG 35-36, coll. 12-664
TLG 2062.361
CPG 4703
BHG 1949
PG 64, coll. 43-46
TLG 2112.003
CPG 3232
BHG 1964-1964b
PG 39, coll. 44-60
TLG 4090.030
CPG 5207.1
BHG 1963
PG 77, coll. 1040-1049
TLG 2062.012
CPG 4318
PG 48, coll. 701-748
TLG 2062.158
CPG 4430
PG 61, coll. 611-682
TLG 4138.050
CPG 3945
BHG 2102y
TLG 2062.113
CPG 4562
PG 56, coll. 525-538
Defective at the beginning
TLG 2062.354
CPG 4696
PG 64, coll. 17-18
TLG 2062.199
CPG 4544
PG 55, coll. 565-575
TLG 2062.027
CPG 4333
PG 49, coll. 277-350
Incomplete, with lacunas
TLG 2062.231
CPG 4577
PG 59, coll. 515-522
f. [219a] survives only as a vestigial stub with a minimal amount of visible text
Traditionally attributed to John Chrysostom
Defective at the beginning: begins PG 59, col. 537
CPG 4581
PG 59, coll. 535-542
TLG 2035.091
CPG 2272
PG 28, coll. 1001-1024
Traditionally attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom
CPG 7750
PG 89, coll. 825-849
TLG 2062.244
CPG 4590
PG 59, coll. 591-596
TLG 2040.035
CPG 2863
BHG 1205
PG 31, coll. 508-525
TLG 2062.133
CPG 4519
BHG 1128f
PG 50, coll. 791-796
TLG 2062.282
CPG 4628
BHG 1085
PG 60, coll. 755-760
TLG 2062.335
CPG 4681
BHG 2231
PG 62, coll. 775-778
CPG 8178
PG 97, coll. 985-1017
TLG 2062.242
CPG 4588
PG 59, coll. 585-590
TLG 4042.009
CPG 7675
BHG 1042-1042d
PG 87, coll. 3697-3726
f. 320v is blank apart from later notes and drawings
TLG 2062.145
CPG 4415
PG 55, coll. 519-528
TLG 2062.234
CPG 4580
PG 59, coll. 527-532
TLG 2112.005
CPG 3234
BHG 1162h
PG 39, coll. 65-89
Homily 2
TLG 2062.030
CPG 4336
BHG 415t, 418u, 426d-e
PG 49, coll. 373-392
Traditionally attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom
TLG 4139.004
CPG 4195
BHG 420q
CPG 4719
Oration 1 (In sanctum Pascha et in tarditatem)
TLG 2022.015
CPG 3010
PG 35-36, coll. 12-664
TLG 2021.014
CPG 3769
PG 43, coll. 465-477
Oration 44 (In novam dominicam)
TLG 2022.051
CPG 3010
PG 35-36, coll. 12-664
Homilia XXXIII: In sanctum apostolum Thomam
Traditionally attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom
TLG 2755.029
CPG 5832
PG 59, coll. 681-688
TLG 2062.127
CPG 4513
BHG 1488
PG 50, coll. 725-736
Homily 77 (In Christi resurrectionem)
Attributed here to Hesychios of Jerusalem
CPG 7035
TLG 2914.001
CPG 7888
BHG 1488g
PG 86, coll. 1976-1993
Often erroneously attributed to Eusebios of Alexandria, but also, as here, to John Chrysostom
CPG 5528
BHG 635t
TLG 2062.036
CPG 4342
BHG 1191n
PG 50, coll. 441-452
TLG 2062.362
CPG 4704
BHG 1488a
PG 64, coll. 47-52
TLG 1772.001
BHG 777-777c
Oration 41 (In Pentecosten)
TLG 2022.049
CPG 3010
PG 35-36, coll. 12-664
TLG 4138.145
CPG 3953
BHG 1183
TLG 2801.001
CPG 6680
BHG 847
PG 85, coll. 1764-1776
TLG 2062.226
CPG 4572
BHG 1497-1497b
PG 59, coll. 491-496
Traditionally attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom
CPG 5807
BHG 1980
PG 65, coll. 764-772, PG 61, coll. 713-716
Traditionally attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom
TLG 2914.015
CPG 7899
BHG 1975
CPG 8183
BHG 1109-1109c, 1121
Begins ed. Kotter, section 3
TLG 2934.024
CPG 8062
BHG 1097
PG 96, coll. 721-753
Physical Description
Collation
The original body of the manuscript consists of 63 quires, of which one is a single bifolio, two are binia, eight are ternia, three are quinia and the rest are quaternia.
- Quire 14 ff. 1-4
- Quire 28 ff. 5-12
- Quire 310 ff. 13-22
- Quires 4-58 ff. 23-38
- Quire 68-2 ff. 39-44 The fourth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text; the eighth folio has been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 78-2 ff. 45-50 The first and eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 88-1 ff. 51-57 The first folio has been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 910-3 ff. 58-64 The third and ninth folios have been cancelled, without loss of text; the first folio has been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 10-118 ff. 65-80
- Quire 128-1 ff. 81-87 The seventh folio has been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 13-218 ff. 88-159
- Quire 228-1 ff. 160-164, 164[a], 165 The eighth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quires 23-258 ff. 166-189
- Quire 268-4 ff. 190-193 The fifth-eighth folios have been lost or cancelled, with loss of text.
- Quire 276 ff. 194-199
- Quire 288 ff. 200-207
- Quire 298-2 ff. 208-213 The first and eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 306 ff. 214-219
- Quire 328-2 ff. 240-245 The first (f. [219a]) and eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 338-2 ff. 246-251 The first and fourth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 344 ff. 252-255
- Quires 35-408 ff. 256-303
- Quires 41-426 ff. 304-315
- Quire 436-1 ff. 316-320 The sixth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 446 ff. 321-326
- Quires 45-558 ff. 327-414
- Quire 566 ff. 415-420
- Quire 5710-1 ff. 421-429 The ninth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 588 ff. 430-437
- Quire 596 ff. 438-443
- Quire 602 ff. 444-445
- Quire 618-1 ff. 446-452 The second folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quires 62-638 ff. 453-468
- Quire 648-1 ff. 469-475 The eighth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
Condition
Numerous leaves have been lost, including almost all of f. [219a]. This is the remnant of the first leaf of Quire 32, and precedes Quire 31 (see Part 2).
There are small losses and tears to the edges of many folios, notably ff. 1-13, 20-30, 165-198, and 467-475. There are larger losses to 132 and longer tears across ff. 23, 36, 61, 70, 77, 91, 161, 171-172, 176, 189-190 and 278, with tears along ruling lines to ff. 103-104 and 387. The tear to f. 36 was formerly repaired with stitching, but this has been removed. Stitched repairs to tears to ff. 39, 163, 209, 397 and 471 remain.
All or part of the outer margins of ff. 37, 76, 105-111, 117, 127, 144, 158v, 256, 264, 275, 277, 283-284, 288, 291-294, 299-300, 302, 321, 327, 330, 338, 355, 357, 391 and 411 and the lower margins of ff. 165, 185, 205-206, 313, 320, 341-342, 388, 445 and 472 have been cut away.
There is pest damage to ff. 1-9 and 467-468. Text has occasionally become, e.g. ff. 29-30. There are occasional small holes (e.g. 122), cockling, creasing, water staining and areas of dirt.
Layout
ff. 1-219, 240-475 Two columns of 31 lines. 205 × 150 mm. Pricking does not survive. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 34C2. Text hangs from the lines.
Hand(s)
ff. 1-219, 240-475 were copied by Hand A in upright mixed minuscule script, in brown ink, with little variation in letter size.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings usually appear only at the end of lines or in the top line, but occasionally in mid-line. Breathings are both angular and round and mute iota is absent. Use of the double dot is functional only. Nomina sacra are accentuated only when more than three letters long or with enclitics. Nomina sacra strokes are often decorated with an x-shaped mark. The double grave accent and marginal quotation marks are in use. Circumflexes appear enlarged above breathings.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower comma, question mark and full stop.
Headings are written in Alexandrine majuscule script in red ink. Occasionally the beginning of a heading is written in epigraphic display majuscule (e.g. f. 266v).
Decoration
Most texts are preceded by rectangular headpieces in red ink (e.g. ff. 4v, 9r), in red and brown ink (f. 195v), outlined in brown ink with red and green infill (e.g. ff. 70v, 78r), outlined in red ink with green and blue infill (e.g. f. 321r) or outlined in red ink with green, blue and yellow infill (e.g. f. 351r), or by pylai in red ink (e.g. ff. 166r, f. 176r, 458r), or outlined in red ink with green and blue infill (e.g. f. 304r). The text beginning on f. 129v is preceded by a box headpiece surrounding the heading, in red ink, that on f. 364r by a similar headpiece outlined in red ink with blue and green infill. Painted infill is often in translucent wash.
Texts begin with ornamented initials in materials according with those used for the headpiece each accompanies. These sometimes incorporate blessing hands (e.g. f. 341v) or serpent forms (e.g. ff. 86v, 351r, 458r), or take the form of a fish (e.g. ff. 195v, 298v). The initial on f. 364r incorporates a human form, as does that on f. 41v, where the human figure is in red and brown ink with green infill while the headpiece and the rest of the initial are in red ink only.
Sections begin with simple minor initials in red ink.
On f. 320v are two drawings in brown ink, probably of later origin than the production of the manuscript, one of a saint on horseback and the other of an armoured man holding a sword.
The end of the text on f. 193v is followed by a simple vignette in brown ink.
Additions
Numbers in Greek numerals, in red ink have been added beside the beginning of each text, numbering them in the sequence in which they appear in the manuscript.
There are occasional brief Greek marginal notes, pen-trials, monocondylia and crude drawings, in various hands (e.g. ff. 105v, 107r, 158r, 245v, 248r, 320v). A pattern has also been made with pin-pricks on f. 71r, alongside some rough drawings of plaited ornament.
A note on ff. 304v-305r records the manuscript's donation to the Nea Mone by the sebastos, imperial oikeios Nikolaos Synadenos, son (?) of the megas logariastes Azanos or Azeinos, cousin or nephew of the reverend father Basil and founder of the Nea Mone, together with a list of other books donated.
The two drawings of armed men on f. 320v are probably the work of a later hand on what was originally a blank page.
History
Part 2 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.8.7, ff. 220-239]
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Defective at the beginning: begins ed. Markopoulos, section 5
TLG 5107.001
BHG 1732-1734c
Defective at the end, with lacunas: ends PG 39, col. 1837
CPG 4300
BHG 1768
PG 39, coll. 1821-1840
Physical Description
Collation
The quire structure of this part could not be determined. It contains 20 complete or largely complete folios, parts of 7 largely lost folios, and stubs of two lost or cancelled folios between ff. 223 and 224.
Condition
Layout
ff. [219a] recto-239v A single column of 26 lines. 165 × 105 mm.
Hand(s)
ff. [219a]r-239v were copied in mixed minuscule script with variable slant, in black ink, with modest variation in letter size.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript or absent. There is decorative use of the double dot and accentuation of all lengths of nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to breathings. The double grave accent is in use.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower comma and full stop.
Headings are written in the same style in red ink.
Decoration
Texts begin with simple minor initials in red ink.
Transitions between texts are marked by simple vignettes in red ink.
Additions
There are marginal Greek annotations, pen-trials and monocondylia by various later hands (e.g. ff. 220r, 221r-224r, 226r).
History
Additional Information
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