Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.2

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11929

Introduction: This manuscript, probably produced during the 12th century, is a Menologion for October, a liturgical book containing the hagiographical texts to be read in church during that month, including Lives of Saints, martyrdom narratives and accounts regarding relics and posthumous miracles. Almost all of the texts in this volume are the work of Symeon Metaphrastes, or Symeon the Metaphrast, a 10th-century Byzantine civil official and later a monk. He rewrote numerous existing hagiographical texts in a more accessible style and compiled these into a new menologion. The term Metaphrast refers to this practice of rewriting. Symeon's versions of these stories became the most widely used, superseding those read previously. At the end of the manuscript are two other texts, both of which would be read on 2 October. One is a homily on the birth of the Virgin Mary by the 7th-8th-century Syrian cleric and Archbishop of Crete Andreas Cretensis. The other is the non-canonical Protevangelium (Infancy Gospel) of James, a 2nd-century account of the life of Mary and the birth of Jesus. The appearance of these texts out of sequence, and the fact that the first begins at the start of a new quire, following a blank page, may suggest that they were an expansion to the manuscript as originally planned. However, they are the work of the same scribe, and their distinct content and authorship might in itself account for their distinct treatment. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Menologion for October

1.1. ff. 1r-4r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Ananias

1 October

Rubric: f. 1r Μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίω αʹ μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου καὶ μάρτυρος Ἀνανίου

Incipit: f. 1r Λουκιανοῦ τοῦ δυσσεβοῦς· κατὰ τὰ τῆς ἑώας μένη ἐν Βηθαγαβρῆ τῆς Ἐλευθεροπόλεως

Explicit: f. 4r τῆς μιᾶς καὶ ἀχωρίστου Τριάδος· ἧ πρέπει τιμὴ κράτος· μεγαλωσύνη τὲ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

TLG 3115.026

BHG 76

PG 114, coll. 1001-1009

1.2. ff. 4r-13r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Dionysios the Areopagite

3 October

Rubric: f. 4r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου ἱερομάρτυρος Διονυσίου τοῦ Ἀρεοπαγίτου

Incipit: f. 4r Πάλαι μὲν ἐν τύποις ἦν τὰ τῆς πίστεως καὶ αἰνίγμασι

Explicit: f. 13r εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ πρέπει τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

TLG 3115.061

BHG 555

PG 115, coll. 1032-1049

1.3. ff. 13r-19v

Symeon Metaphrastes

6 October

Life of St Thomas the Apostle

Rubric: f. 13r Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολον Θωμᾶν

Incipit: f. 13r Πάλαι μὲν τὰς κατὰ γῆν διατριβὰς ἀνύοντες οἱ ἀπόστολοι

Explicit: f. 19v τῆς μιᾶς καὶ ἀδιαιρέτου θεότητος· ἧ πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τὲ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

BHG 1835

PG 116, coll. 559-566

1.4. ff. 19v-32v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Sergios and Bacchos

7 October

Rubric: f. 19v Μαρτυρίων τῶν ἁγίων μεγάλων μαρτύρων· Σεργίου καὶ Βάκχου

Incipit: f. 19v Μαξιμιανοῦ βασιλεύοντος τοῦ τυράννου· καὶ τῆς οἰκουμένης σχεδὸν ἁπάσης

Explicit: f. 32v εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ καὶ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

BHG 1625

PG 115, coll. 1005-1032

1.5. ff. 32v-38r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Life of St Pelagia

8 October

Rubric: f. 32v Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τῆς ὁσίας Πελαγίας τῆς έν Ἀντιοχεία

Incipit: f. 32v Γυναικείαν ἀρετὴν τῆς τῶν ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲν ἀπολειφθεῖσαν πᾶσι διεξιέναι

Explicit: f. 38r καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖθεν ἀξιωθῆναι στεφάνων· ὅτι ἀυτῶι ἡ δόξα σὺν τῶι Πατρὶ καὶ τῶι Υἱῶι καὶ τῶι Ἁγίωι καὶ ζωοποιῶ Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.063

BHG 1479

PG 116, coll. 908-920

1.6. ff. 38r-44v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Eulampios and Eulampia

10 October

Rubric: f. 38r Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων μεγάλων μαρτύρων Εὐλαμπίου καὶ Εὐλαμπίας

Incipit: f. 38r Ἄρτι τῆς θεογνωσίας εἰς πάντα τὸν κόσμον διατρεχούσης

Explicit: f. 44v καὶ κοινωνοὺς τὴς[sic] δόξης καὶ τῆς βασιλείας εἰργάσατο· ὅτι ἀυτῶι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.064

BHG 617

PG 115, coll. 1053-1065

1.7. ff. 44v-51r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Probos, Tarachos and Andronikos

12 October

Rubric: f. 44v Ἄθηλσις τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἐνδόξων τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαρτύρων Πρόβου. Ταράχου καὶ Ἀνδρονίκου

Incipit: f. 44v Διοκλητιανὸς τὴν αὐτοκράτορα Ῥωμαίοις διέπων ἀρχὴν, ἀνὴρ. σφόδρα περὶ τὴν δεισιδαίμονα πλάνην ἐπτοημένος

Explicit: f. 51r δοξάζοντες· τὸ ὑπὲρ ἅγιον ὄνομα Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· ὅτι αὐτῶι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· σὺν τῶι ἀνάρχωι Πατρὶ καὶ τῶι Ἁγίωι Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.065

BHG 1575

PG 115, coll. 1068-1080

1.8. ff. 51r-61v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Karpos and Papylos

13 October

Rubric: f. 51r Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων Κάρπου καὶ Παπύλου

Incipit: f. 51r Μεμνῆσθαι τῶν ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ παθόντων ἥπερ ἀλλό τι λυσιτελὲς καὶ ὀφέλιμον

Explicit: f. 61v εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ πρέπη[sic] τιμὴ καὶ κράτος σὺν Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.032

BHG 295

PG 115, coll. 105-125

1.9. ff. 61v-68r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Nazarios, Protasios, Gervasios and Kelsos

14 October

Rubric: f. 61v Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων· Ναζαρίου· Γερβασίου· Προτασίου· καὶ Κελσίου

Incipit: f. 61v Νέρωνος ἄρτι τὰ Ῥωμαίων σκῆπτρα διέποντος. ὁ θαυμαστὸς Ναζάριος οἷά τις τῶν διαφανῶν ἀστέρων

Explicit: f. 68r χάριτι τοῦ παναγίου καὶ ζωοποιοῦ Πνεύματος· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀτελεύτητους αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

TLG 3115.066

BHG 1324

PG 116, coll. 896-908

1.10. ff. 68r-76v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Loukianos

15 October

Rubric: f. 68r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου ἱερομάρτυρος Λουκιανοῦ

Incipit: f. 68r Σαμόσατα πόλις τῆς Συρίας ἐστίν· Εὐφράτης τῆ πόλει παραρρεῖ

Explicit: f. 76v ὅτι αὐτῶι πρέπει κράτος καὶ αἴνεσις· μεγαλωσύνη τε καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 3115.067

BHG 997

PG 114, coll. 397-416

1.11. ff. 77r-83r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Longinos

16 October

Rubric: f. 77r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ἐνδόξου μεγαλομάρτυρος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Λογγίνου τοῦ ἑκατοντάρχου

Incipit: f. 77r Τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγου διὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς παρακοῆς ἐπενεχθεῖσαν

Explicit: f. 83r οἵ τε ἀναγινώσκοντες αὐτὸ καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες· ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ τῶ Κυρίω ἡμῶν· αὐτῶι ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος. εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.068

BHG 989

PG 115, coll. 32-44

1.12. ff. 83r-89r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Commentary on St Luke

18 October

Rubric: f. 83r Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸν ἅγιον ἀπόστολον καὶ εὐαγγελιστὴν Λουκᾶν

Incipit: f. 83r Εἰ καὶ δικαίου μνήμην μετεγκωμίων[sic] τελεῖσθαι· θεῖος τίς ἀνὴρ καὶ σόφος τὰ θεῖα νομοθετει

Explicit: ff. 88v-89r χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίαι τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧι ἡ δόξα σὺν τῶι ἀνάρχωι Πατρὶ καὶ τῶι Ἁγίωι καὶ ζωοποιῶ Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.069

BHG 991

PG 115, coll. 1129-1140

1.13. f. 89r-98r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Varus and his companions

18 October

Rubric: f. 89r Τῆ αὐτῆ ἡμέρα· μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος Οὐάρου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῶ

Incipit: f. 89r Μαξιμιανοῦ τοῦ τυράννου· τὸ δυσσεβὲς ἀνὰ πᾶσαν σχεδὸν τὴν οἰκουμένην ἐκδόντος διάταγμα

Explicit: f. 98r καὶ τὴν τῶν ζώντων χώραν ἰδεῖν. ὅτι αὐτῶι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.009

BHG 1863

PG 155, coll. 1141-1160

1.14. ff. 98r-106v, col. a

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Andrew in Crisi

19 October

Rubric: f. 98r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου ὁσιομάρτυρος Ἀνδρέου τοῦ ἐν τῆι κρίσει

Incipit: f. 98r Πολλὴ κατὰ τῶν τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαρτύρων τοῦ διαβόλου ἡ κακουργία· καὶ μάλιστα. ὅταν ἀπταίστως ὁρᾶ καὶ ἀκλινῶς

Explicit: f. 106v χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· μεθ'οὗ τῶι Πατρὶ· δόξα ἅμα τῶι Ἁγίωι Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.008

BHG 112

PG 115, coll. 1160-1212

The opening lines of the facing text on f. 107r have been copied by a later hand in the originally blank right-hand column of f. 106v.

1.15. ff. 107r-133v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Artemios

20 October

Rubric: f. 107r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου μεγαλομάρτυρος Ἀρτεμίου

Incipit: f. 107r Μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνάληψιν· τῶν αὐτοῦ μαθητῶν τὲ καὶ ἀποστόλων οἰκουμένην πᾶσαν τῶ εὐαγγελίω περιλαβόντων

Explicit: f. 133v θησαυρὸς ὥσπερ ἀδαπάνητος συντηρούμενα· εἰς δόξαν Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· ὧι πρέπει τιμή κράτος μεγαλωσύνη τὲ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.010

BHG 172

PG 115, coll. 1160-1212

1.16. ff. 133v-157r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Life of St Hilarion

21 October

Rubric: f. 133v Βίος καὶ πολιτεία· ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἱλαρίωνος

Incipit: f. 133v Ἐν Παλαιστίνη πόλις ἐστὶν οὐκ ἔλαττον. ἢπεν τε καὶ τεσσαράκοντα σταδίους ἀπέχουσα Γάζεις

Explicit: f. 157r ὧι πρέπει τιμὴ· κράτος· μεγαλοσύνη τὲ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

BHG 755

1.17. ff. 157r-175v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Life of St Averkios of Hierapolis

22 October

Defective at the end: ends ed. Nissen, section 76

Rubric: f. 157r Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀβερκίου ἐπισκόπου Ἱεραπόλεως

Incipit: f. 157r Μάρκου Ἀντωνίνου· καὶ Λευκίου Βήρου· τὴν αὐτοκράτορα Ῥωμαίοις διεπόντων ἀρχὴν

Explicit: f. 175v ὅτι μὴ ὁ χρόνος ὑφεῖλε κατ'ὀλίγον τῆς ἀκριβείας. καὶ ἡ||

TLG 3115.016

BHG 4

PG 115, coll. 1212-1248

1.18. ff. 176r-183v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Life of St James

23 October

Defective at the beginning: begins at PG 115, col. 200

Incipit: || f. 176r ⟨<κα>⟩ -->λουμένων ὑποτυπώσεων. ἔνια τῶν αὐτῶι πεπραγμένων ἀπολαβόντες· παρέδωσεν τοῖς ὕστερον

Explicit: f. 183v εἰς δόξαν Πατρὸς Υἱοῦ καὶ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, τῆς μιᾶς καὶ ἀχώριστου θεότητος· ἧι πρέπει πᾶσα τιμὴ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.070

BHG 764

PG 115, coll. 200-217

1.19. ff. 183v-205r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Arethas

24 October

Rubric: f. 183v Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου μεγαλομάρτυρος Ἀρέθα καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῶ ἀθλησάντων ἁγίων μαρτύρων· καὶ ἰστορία[sic] τῶν κατα[sic] χώραν πραχθέντων

Incipit: f. 183v Ἔτος ἤδη μὲν πέμπτον ἐνειστήκει τῶι εὐσεβεῖ Ἰουστίνωι

Explicit: f. 205r οὕτωι τελευτὰ τὸν βίον· ἐν Χριστῶι Ἰησοῦ τῶι Κυρίωι ἡμῶν· ὧι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ κράτος· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.034

BHG 167

PG 115, coll. 1249-1289

1.20. ff. 205r-207r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Marcian and Martyrios

25 October

Rubric: f. 205r Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων μεγάλων μαρτύρων Μαρκιανοῦ καὶ Μαρτυρίου

Incipit: f. 205r Ἐπεχωρίαζε μὲν καὶ πρότερον ἤδη τὸ τῶν Ἀρειανῶν δὀγμα τῆι Ῥωμαίων ἐπικρατείαι

Explicit: f. 207r τελείωσιν καὶ μακαρίαν ὑπέστησαν· εἰς δόξαν Πατρὸς Υἱοῦ· καὶ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος· τιμὴ καὶ κράτος· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.024

BHG 1029

PG 115, coll. 1289-1293

1.21. ff. 207r-215r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Demetrios

26 October

Rubric: f. 207r Ἄθηλησις τοῦ ἁγίου καὶ ἐνδόξου μεγαλομάρτυρος· τοῦ Χριστοῦ Δημητρίου

Incipit: f. 207r Εἶχε μὲν τὰ Ῥωμαίων σκῆπτρα Μαξιμιανὸς ὁ Ἐρκούλιος· πολὺς κατὰ Χριστιανῶν πνέων τὲ καὶ φερόμενος

Explicit: f. 215r χάριτι καὶ δυνάμει Χριστοῦ τοῦ ἀληθινοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· ὧ πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα· τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.071

BHG 498

PG 116, coll. 1185-1201

1.22. ff. 215r-222v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Life of St Anastasia

28 October

Rubric: f. 215r Βίος καὶ πολιτεία καὶ μαρτύριον τῆς ἁγίας ὁσιομάρτυρος Ἀναστασίας τῆς Ῥωμαίας

Incipit: f. 215r Διττὰς ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος Ἀναστασίας οἶδε γνωρίζειν· ἐπιφανεῖς μὲν ἄμφω τὸ κατὰ σάρκα γένος

Explicit: f. 222v μεθ'οὗ τιμὴ καὶ κράτος. σὺν τῶι παναγίωι καὶ ζωοποιῶι ἀυτοῦ Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.027

BHG 77

PG 115, coll. 1293-1308

1.23. ff. 223r-241r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Life of St Avramios

29 October

Rubric: f. 223r Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἁβραμίου

Incipit: f. 223r Ἀνδρῶν φιλαρέτων βίος. καὶ ἡ τῆς ἀυτῶν πολιτείας διήγησις

Explicit: f. 241r τῆς τὴν ψυχὴν ἐκείνης ἐχούσης λαμπρότητος· ἐν Κυρίωι Ἰησοῦ τῶι Θεῶι ἡμῶν· ὧι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.018

BHG 8

PG 115, coll. 44-77

1.24. ff. 241r-246r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Zenobios and Zenobia

30 October

Rubric: f. 241r Μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων μαρτύρων Ζηνοβίου καὶ Ζηνοβίας τῆς ἀδελφῆς αὐτοῦ

Incipit: f. 241r Αἰγαὶ πόλις ἐστὶν. ἐπὶ κόλπωι μὲν τῶι Ἰονίωι κειμένη· ὑπὸ Κιλίκων δὲ οἰκουμένη

Explicit: f. 246r καὶ μία σκηνὴ πάλιν αὐτοὺς ἐν οὐρανοῖς ὑποδέχεται· εἰς δόξαν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα μεγαλωσύνη τὲ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ· καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.072

BHG 1885

PG 115, coll. 1309-1318

1.25. ff. 246r-249v

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of St Epimachos

31 October

Rubric: f. 246r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου μάρτυρος Ἐπιμάχου

Incipit: f. 246r Ἄρτι μὲν ἡ τῆς ἀσεβείας ἀχλὺς. ἀνὰ πᾶσαν διεχεῖτο τὴν οἰκουμένην

Explicit: f. 249v καὶ οὗ μιμητὴς ἐδίψα γενέσθαι τῶν μαθημάτων· ὧι πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

TLG 3115.073

BHG 594

PG 115, coll. 1320-1325

1.26. ff. 250r-265r

Symeon Metaphrastes, Passion of SS Cyprian and Justina

2 October

Rubric: f. 250r Μηνὶ Ὀκτωβρίω: βʹ: Βίος καὶ πολιτεία καὶ μαρτύριον τῶν ἁγίων Κυπριανοῦ καὶ Ἰουστίνης

Incipit: f. 250r Πολλὰ καὶ μεγάλα με τὴν Ἀντιόχου θαυμάζειν παρακαλοῦσιν

Explicit: f. 265r ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς πανταχόθεν ἐκεῖσε φοιτῶσιν ὅσα ἡμέραι παρέχοντα· εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ πρέπει τιμὴ πᾶσα μεγαλωσύνη τὲ καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

TLG 3115.060

BHG 456

PG 115, coll. 848-881

f. 265v is blank apart from a later note, copying the heading from f. 266r.

1.27. ff. 266r-275v

Protevangelium Iacobi

2 October

Rubric: f. 266r Λόγος ἱστορικὸς εἰς τὸν γενέσιον τῆς ὑπὲρ ἁγίας Θεοτόκου συγγραφεὶς παρὰ Ἰακώβου ἀδελφοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου

Incipit: f. 266r Ἐν ταῖς ἱστορίαις τῶν δώδεκα φυλῶν τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ· ἦν Ἰωακεὶμ πλούσιος σφόδρα· καὶ προσέφερεν τὰ δῶρα αὐτοῦ διπλὰ

Explicit: f. 275v ἔστω δὲ ἡ χάρις μετὰ τῶν φοβουμένων τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν· ὧι ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

BHG 1046

1.28. ff. 275v-281v

Andreas Cretensis (c. 660-740), Homilia I in nativitatem beatae Mariae

2 October

Rubric: f. 275v Τῆι ἀυτῆ ἡμέρα τοῦ μακαρίου Ἀνδρέου ἀρχιἐπισκόπου[sic] Κρήτης· λόγος εἰς τὸ γενέσιον τῆς ὑπὲρ ἁγίας[sic] δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου

Incipit: f. 275v Ἀρχὴ μὲν ἡμῖν ἑορτῶν, ἡ παροῦσα πανήγυρις· πρώτη δὲ μετὰ τὸν νόμον. καὶ τὰς σκίας

Explicit: f. 281v πρὸ παντὸς αἰῶνος καὶ ἐπαιῶνος καὶ ἔτι· νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἅπαντας αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

CPG 8170

BHG 1082

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Parchment (FHHF), of variable thickness and quite poor quality, with a considerable number of holes dating to the time of production, occasionally within the written area (e.g. f. 188).

Extent: Codex: i + 281 + i leaves. 360 × 275 mm.

Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers [i] + 1-281 + [ii], in Arabic numerals, in black ink, recto, upper right.

Collation

The manuscript consists of 36 quires, of which one is a ternion and the rest are quaternia.

Quire 1^8-1 ff. 1-7 The fifth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
Quire 2⁸ ff. 8-15
Quire 3^8-1 ff. 16-22 The third folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
Quires 4-12⁸ ff. 23-94
Quire 13^8-1 ff. 95-101 The fifth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
Quire 14^6-1 ff. 102-106 The sixth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
Quires 15-22⁸ ff. 107-170
Quire 23^8-1 ff. 171-177 The sixth folio has been lost, with loss of text.
Quires 24-36⁸ ff. 178-281

There are quire signatures in Greek numerals, in brown ink, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower centre, apparently original to the production of the manuscript. They survive on all quires except the first (βʹ-λϛʹ).

Condition

The outer margin of f. 2 has been cut away, and there are minor tears and losses to the edges of some other folios (e.g. ff. 3, 13). There is pest damge to the outermost folios. There is significant cockling and creasing, mild water staining and areas of dirt. The text is substantially abraded in places.

Layout

Two columns of 31 lines. 242 × 185 mm. Pricking survives in all three margins, but some has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type 32C2. Text hangs from the lines.

Hand(s)

The manuscript was copied in an upright mixed minuscule Perlschrift, in brown ink, with little variation in letter size. There is quite frequent flourishing of tails into the margin, often decorated with X-shapes.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Breathings are both angular and round, but do not appear in the half-H form. Mute iota is adscript or absent. Use of the double dot is functional only, and nomina sacra are accentuated only when more than three letters long or with enclitics. They are occasionally uncontracted (e.g. f. 13r, col. a, lines 19-20). The double grave accent and marginal quotation marks are in use. Circumflexes appear above breathings in enlarged form.

The flat-bottomed omega and theta with a bar on the central stroke are present.

Punctuation used includes the lower, middle and upper points, lower comma, question mark and full stop.

Headings are written in Alexandrine majuscule script, in red ink.

Decoration

The beginning of each text is preceded by a thin rectangular headpiece in red ink.

Each text begins with a decorated major initial in red ink. The beginning of sections is marked by minor initials in red ink.

Additions

The scribe has written the liturgical date for each text in the margin on its first folio.

There are very occasional brief annotations in Greek by other hands (e.g. f. 1r). One has copied the opening lines of the text on f. 107r in the originally blank right-hand column of f. 106v. Similarly, the opening lines of the text on f. 266r have been copied on the otherwise blank facing page, f. 265v, and another hand has copied the opening words of this passage above this.

Binding

18th-century full leather binding over couched-laminate boards, with plain pastedowns. There is decorative blind tooling on the edges of the boards. Rebacked spine with decorative gold tooling and the title ‘Vitae Sanctorum MSS’ tooled in gold on a red label. The classmark appears on patches on the spine. Leather tabs of page markers survive in whole or in part on the edge of folios where each text begins (e.g. ff. 67, 77). A word has been written on the head-edge, probably ‘Οκτοβριο’. (The spelling is suggested by analogy to MS B.9.14, from the same provenance.)

390 × 315 × 113 mm.

The binding has been rebacked.

History

Origin: The characteristics of the script suggest that the manuscript was copied in the 12th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by the Pantokratoros Monastery on Mount Athos.

Purchased from the Abbot of the Pantokratoros by Richard Bentley (1662-1742) , Master of Trinity.

Bequeathed to Trinity College by Bentley .

Additional Information

Availability

Visitors to Trinity 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: Trinity College: Information for Readers.

Bibliography

The western manuscripts in the library of Trinity College: a descriptive catalogue, James, M.R. (Cambridge, 1, Cambridge University Press, 1900)

Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Germaniae, Belgii, Angliae, van de Vorst, CharlesDelehaye, Hippolyte (Brussels, Société des Bollandistes, 1913)

La provenance athonite des manuscrits grecs legues par R. Bentley a Trinity College, Cambridge et en particulier de l'oncial 0131 du Nouveau Testament Studies in the history and text of the New Testament in honor of Kenneth Willis Clark, Duplacy, Jean (Salt Lake City, 113-126, University of Utah Press, 1967)

Funding of Cataloguing

The Polonsky Foundation

Digital Images

Cambridge Digital Library

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.2

Contents

Physical Description

Collation

Condition

Layout

Hand(s)

Decoration

Additions

Binding

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Additional Information

Availability

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

Digital Images

Abbreviations

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