Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.7

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11934

Contents

Introduction: This manuscript contains a collection of works by Athanasius, archbishop of Alexandria (295-373 CE). It consists of two parts. The first and larger part (Part I, f. I, pp. 1-874, and f. [874a]) was copied and signed by the Greek scribe Emmanuel Bembaines, who was active in Venice in the middle of the 16th century. This part of the manuscript was copied from MS Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. 50 (see Savvidis (2010), p. 392), which once belonged to Cardinal Bessarion's collection. Part II (ff. 875-893, f. [II]) contains three texts by (or attributed to) Athanasius. Two of them are excerpts from texts already present in Part I of the manuscript, the letter to the bishops of Egypt and Libya, and the second letter to Serapion. This part of the manuscript was copied probably in Basel, since its exemplar is MS Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A.III.4, which by 1515 was in that city ( Opitz (1935), pp. 18, 28). The manuscript was owned by John Christopherson, master of Trinity College and bishop of Chichester, who acquired it in Italy at great expense: in the preface to the Athanasius' edition printed in 1601 in Heidelberg by Commelinus, it is said, about the manuscript, that Christopherson ‘ in Italia magno precio olim coemerat’ (p. A2v). The codex enjoyed a certain popularity among the first editors of the text: it was used by Petrus Nannius (Pieter Nanninck, 1500-1557) for his Latin translation of Athanasius' works published in Basel by Froben and Episcopius in 1556 (see Provenance), and for the already mentioned edition of the Greek text printed in 1601 in Heidelberg by Commelinus. Since part II of the manuscript was copied from MS Basil. A.III.4, which was used, along with part I of MS B.9.7, for the Latin translation by Nannius published in 1556 in Basel, one has to wonder, whether this part of the manuscript could have been added to it when it was lent by Christopherson for the 1556 edition. When the manuscript was used for Commelinus' edition, in 1601, part II had already been added to the Trinity manuscript, since the critical notes of this edition cite also the variants from the manuscript (which is indicated as Anglicanus, with the letter "A") for the texts contained in part II: for example, on p. 47 of the notes, the incomplete ending of the last text of part II is mentioned. Dr Erika Elia

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: i + 439 | 20 + i leaves. 345 × 240 mm.
Foliation: The first leaf of the manuscript is blank and unnumbered (f. [a]). Part I has been paginated in brown ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right (on the recto of the leaves) and left (on the verso), from 1 to 874; after p. 874 there is a blank unnumbered leaf (f. [874a]). The first leaf of Part I, containing an index, has been foliated I in modern pencil (f. I). Part II exhibits a foliation in brown ink in the upper margin, right, from 875 to 893; the last leaf of the manuscript, blank, is unnumbered (f. [893a]). The leaves are thus numbered as follows: f. [a] + f. I + pp. 1-874, [874a-874b] | ff. 875-893 + f. [II]

Collation

1-44 10 | 45-46 8, 47 4

Condition

The manuscript is in good condition. There are (ink?) stains on the leaves throughout, see e.g. p. 320.

Binding

Western full leather binding over pasteboards. Blind tooled double frame motif on both boards. On the upper, central and lower part of the spine are pasted three paper labels with the shelfmark. 360 × 250 × 105 mm.

Rebacked. There are scraps on the left cover.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

The manuscript was owned by John Christopherson (d. 1558) , Master of Trinity College (1553–1558). On f. [a] recto there is an ownership note, stating also that Christopherson had lent the manuscript to the Basel printers Froben and Episcopius: ‘ Est D. Ioannis Christofersoni Angli, Frobenio et Episcopio ab ipso crediti’. The edition of Froben and Episcopius, printed in 1556 in Basel, is a Latin translation of Athanasius' works by Petrus Nannius (Pieter Nanninck, 1500-1557); the loan of a manuscript from Christopherson is acknowledged in the prefatory dedication ( Athanasii Magni Alexandrini episcopi, graviss. scriptoris, et sanctiss. martyris, Opera, in quatuor Tomos distributa: quorum tres sunt a Petro Nannio Alcmariano, ad Graecorum exemplarium fidem iam primum conversi, exceptis paucis antehac imperfectis ab eo denuo plenius et Latinius redditis: Quartus, Latina multorum interpretatione fere totus seorsum emissus, nunc in unum digestus et concinnatus [...], Basel 1556.).

It is not known when precisely the manuscript entered the collection of Trinity College Library. In his will of 1556 John Christopherson bequeathed his books to the library; he died in 1558, but his will was not proved until 1563 (see Gaskell (1980), p. 47). The manuscript arrived in the Library after that date and before 1601, when the edition of Athanasius' works by Commelinus was printed (Heidelberg, 1601), in which the manuscript was used and cited as a codex ‘ collegii S. Trinitatis Cantabrigiensi, olim D. Joannis Christophorsoni’ (the introduction to Commelin's edition can be read also in PG 25, XLIII D l. 7-11). On f. I recto, p. 874, f. 892v and f. 893r there are stamps of Trinity College Library.

Part 1 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.7, ff. [a]-I, pp. 1-[874b]]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. I recto-I verso
Index Pinax
Rubric: f. I recto Πίναξ ἀκριβὴς τοῦ παρόντος βιβλίου
Incipit: f. I recto Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν, Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας, κατὰ Ἑλλήνων
Explicit: f. I verso Απόδηξις ἀπὸ τοῦ Λευιτικοῦ περὶ τῆς ἐφ' ἑνὶ πράγματι διαφόρου ὀνομασίας.

The last 4 items have been added by another hand

2. pp. 1-66
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Contra gentes
Rubric: p. 1 Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας, κατὰ Ἑλλήνων λόγος αος
Incipit: p. 1 Ἡ μὲν περὶ τῆς θεοσεβείας καὶ τῆς τῶν ὅλων ἀληθείας γνῶσις
Explicit: p. 66 ἐναντία ὧν ἔγνωσαν ἔπραξαν.

TLG 2035.001; CPG 2090; PG 25, 4-96

3. pp. 67-136
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, De incarnatione Verbi
Rubric: p. 67 Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας, περὶ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ λόγου καὶ τῆς διὰ σώματος πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ
Incipit: p. 67 Αὐτάρκως ἐν τοῖς πρὸ τούτων ἐκ πολλῶν ὀλίγα διαλαβόν\τες/
Explicit: p. 136 καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

TLG 2035.002; CPG 2091; PG 25, 96-197

4. pp. 137-144
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad Dracontium
Rubric: p. 137 Ἀθανασίου Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Δρακόντιον ἡγούμενον καταστάντα ἐπίσκοπον· καὶ ἀποφυγόντα τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς λάθρα
Incipit: p. 137 Ἀπορρῶ[sic] τί γράψω· ἆρα γὰρ ὡς παραιτούμενον μέμψομαί σε
Explicit: p. 144 l. 19 τῇ ἐκκλησιαστικῇ διατάξει, κίνδυνον.

TLG 2035.137; CPG 2132; PG 25, 524-533

5. pp. 144-156
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad Afros
Rubric: p. 144 l. 20 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς ἐν Ἀφρικῆ[sic] τιμιωτάτους ἐπισκόπους
Incipit: p. 144 Ἱκανὰ μὲν τὰ γραφέντα παρά τε τοῦ ἀγαπητοῦ
Explicit: p. 156 δόξα κράτος καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν. Ἔρρωσθαι ὑμᾶς καὶ μνημονεύειν ἡμῶν ἐν κυρίῳ εὔχομαι, ἀγαπητοὶ καὶ ποθεινότατοι

TLG 2035.049; CPG 2133; PG 26, 1029-1048

6. pp. 157-178
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Apologia de fuga sua
Rubric: p. 157 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπολογία περὶ τῆς φυγῆς αὐτοῦ ἡνίκα ἐδιέκετο ὑπὸ Συριανοῦ δουκός
Incipit: p. 157 Ἀκούω Λεόντιον τὸν νῦν ἐν Ἀντιοχεία[sic]
Explicit: p. 178 ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

TLG 2035.012; CPG 2122; PG 25, 644-680

7. pp. 179-182
Apollinaris of Laodicea, De incarnatione Dei verbi
Rubric: p. 179 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ σαρκώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγου. Λόγος ϛ΄
Incipit: p. 179 Ἐλύπει μὲν τὴν ἁγίαν σύνοδον
Explicit: p. 182 καὶ συσχηματίζων ἡμᾶς ἑαυτῷ

The text is attributed in the manuscript, as in the tradition, to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , but it is believed to be spurious, and has been attributed to Apollinaris of Laodicea (see H. Lietzmann, Apollinaris von Laodicea und seine Schule: Texte und Untersuchungen (Tübingen, 1904), I, p. 160, with cited bibliography)

CPG 3738; PG 28, 89-96

8. p. 183
Epistula Liberii ad Athanasium
Rubric: p. 183 Τοῦ μακαριωτάτου Λιβερίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ῥώμης ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς τὸν θεοφιλέστατον Ἀθανάσιον ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Ἀλεξανδρείας, ὅτι τέλειον ἄνθρωπον ἀνέλαβεν ὁ Θεὸς λόγος. Λόγος ζ΄
Incipit: p. 183 Ἔστιν οὖν ἡ ὁμολογία
Explicit: p. 183 καὶ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου, κατὰ τὰ εὐαγγέλια ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἀμήν

CPG 2291; PG 28, 1441-1444

9. pp. 184-185
Marcellus of Ankara, Contra theopaschitas ( = Ps.-Athanasius, Epistula ad Liberium)
Rubric: p. 184 Ἀντίγραφον καὶ ἔγγραφον Ἀθανασίου Ἀλεξανδρείας, Λιβερίῳ ἀρχιεπισκόπῳ Ῥώμης ὅτι τέλειον ἄνθρωπον ἀνέλαβεν ὁ Θεὸς λόγος ὑπὲρ τῆς ἡμετέρας σωτηρίας
Incipit: p. 184 Εἷς θεὸς ἀθάνατος· ἀόρατος· ἀψηλάφητος
Explicit: p. 185 l. 16 μεταβαλλομένου εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ ἀθανασίαν ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀμήν.

The text is attributed in the manuscript to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , and indicated as Epistula ad Liberium, but it is believed to be spurious and has been attributed to Marcellus of Ankara (see CPG 2805)

TLG 2035.033; CPG 2805; PG 28, 1444-1445

10. pp. 185-193
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad Adelphium
Rubric: p. 185 l. 17 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὴ γραφεῖσα πρὸς Ἀδέλφιον ἐπίσκοπον καὶ ὁμολητὴν κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν. Λόγος θ΄
Incipit: p. 185 Ἐντυχόντες τῆς[sic] παρὰ τῆς σῆς θεοσεβείας γραφεῖσι
Explicit: p. 193 ἀγαπητὲ καὶ ὡς ἀληθῶς ποθεινότατε||

The text ends at PG 26, 1084 B 10 (see note 20)

ΤLG 2035.050; CPG 2098; PG 26, 1072-1084

11. pp. 194-203
Homilia in illud: Profecti in pagum invenietis pullum alligatum
Rubric: p. 194 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πορευθέντες εἰς τὴν ἀπέναντι κώμην καὶ εὑρήσεται πῶλον δεδεμένον. Λόγος ι΄
Incipit: p. 194 Οἱ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς φρονήσαντες καὶ τῆς ἐντολῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ καταφρονήσαντες
Explicit: p. 203 ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

CPG 2246; PG 28, 169-185

12. pp. 204-223
Homilia de semente
Rubric: p. 204 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας ὁμιλία εἰς τὸν σπόρον. Λόγος ια΄
Incipit: p. 204 Ἐν ἡμέρα[sic] Σαββάτου, συνήχθημεν
Explicit: p. 223 ἡ δόξα ἅμα τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

ΤLG 2035.069; CPG 2245; PG 28, 144-168

13. pp. 224-248
Marcellus of Ankara, De incarnatione et contra Arianos
Rubric: p. 224 Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας· περὶ τῆς μονογενοῦς τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγου ἐνανθρωπήσεως κατὰ Ἀρείου καὶ Ἀπολιναρίου
Incipit: p. 224 Οἱ κατέχνως[sic] τὰς θείας γραφὰς βουλόμενοι νοεῖν
Explicit: p. 248 διότι ἐκ τῆς πατρικῆς οὐσίας γεγέννηται.

The text ends differently from the printed edition (PG 26, 984-1028): see PG 26, 1027, note 5

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious, and has been attributed to Marcellus of Ankara

TLG 2041.005; CPG 2806; PG 26, 984-1028

14. pp. 249-259
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula encyclica
Rubric: p. 249 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς τοὺς ἁπανταχοῦ ὀρθοδόξους· ὅτε ὀ παρὰ τῶν Ἀρειανῶν διωγμὸς ἐγένετο
Incipit: p. 249 Ἃ μὲν πεπόνθαμεν δεινά
Explicit: p. 259 κύριοι ἀληθῶς ποθεινότατοι

Ed. H.G. Opitz, Athanasius Werke, 2.1, Berlin 1940, pp. 169-177

TLG 2035.006; CPG 2124; PG 25, 221-240

15. pp. 260-303
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula Ι ad Serapionem
Rubric: p. 260 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Σεραπίωνα ἐπίσκοπον περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Incipit: p. 260 Τὰ γράμματα τῆς σῆς ἱερᾶς διαθέσεως
Explicit: p. 303 τὴν τιμωρίαν μετ’ ἐκείνων ὑπομείνωσιν

Ed. K. Savvidis, Athanasius Werke, I, Lieferung 4, Berlin-New York 2010, pp. 449-534

TLG 2035.133; CPG 2094; PG 26, 529-608

16. pp. 304-312
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ΙI ad Serapionem
Rubric: p. 304 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν ἐπίσκοπον Σεραπίωνα· κατὰ τῶν λεγόντων κτίσμα τὸν υἱὸν ἐπιστολὴ β΄
Incipit: p. 304 Ἐγὼ μὲν ἐνόμιζον καὶ οὕτως ὀλίγα γεγραφηκέναι
Explicit: p. 312 κἂν διαρραγῶσι μυριάκις ἐν τῇ ἑαυτῶν ἀγνοίᾳ οἱ Ἀρειανοί

The latest edition of the epistles to Serapion ( K. Savvidis, D. Wyrwa, Athanasius Werke. Erster Band. Erster Teil. Die dogmatischen Schriften. 4. Lieferung: Epistulae I-IV ad Serapionem, Berlin-New York 2010 , pp. 449-600) brings together the texts of ep. II and III (see in particular pp. 385-386), therefore the text ends at ep. II, 9, p. 551 l. 7

TLG 2035.133; CPG 2094; PG 26, 608-624

17. pp. 313-315
Epistula catholica
Rubric: p. 313 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ καθολικὴ ἐπιστολὴ
Incipit: p. 313 Τοῖς κατὰ τόπον ἀδελφοῖς
Explicit: p. 315 l. 3 ὦ[sic] ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.065; CPG 2241; PG 28, 81-84

18. pp. 315-317
Refutatio hypocriseos Meletii et Eusebii
Rubric: p. 315 l. 4 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔλεγχος ὑποκρίσεως τῶν περὶ Μελέτιον καὶ Παῦλον[sic] τὸν Σαμοσατέα κατὰ τοῦ Ὁμοουσίου
Incipit: p. 315 Ἄνθρωπος καθ’ ὁμοίωσιν Θεοῦ γέγονε
Explicit: p. 317 l. 18 ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος οὗ ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.066; CPG 2242; PG 28, 85-88

19. pp. 317-329
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad Epictetum
Rubric: p. 317 l. 19 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἐπίκτητον ἐπίσκοπον Κορίνθου· κατὰ αἱρετικῶν
Incipit: p. 317 Ἐγὼ μὲν ἐνόμιζον πᾶσαν ματαιολογίαν πάντων
Explicit: p. 329 ἀγαπητὲ καὶ ἀληθῶς ποθεινότατε.

TLG 2035.110; CPG 2095; PG 26, 1049-1069

20. pp. 330-350
De incarnatione contra Apollinarium, liber II
Rubric: p. 330 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς σωτηριώδους ἐπιφανείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· καὶ κατὰ Ἀπολιναρίου
Incipit: p. 330 Οἱ τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν, μὴ ἐκ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπου ἕνα ὁμολογοῦντες
Explicit: p. 350 l. 19 καὶ μὴ περαιτέρω ἐκτεινομένους ἀθετεῖν ἀλήθειαν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.124; CPG 2231; PG 26, 1132-1165

21. pp. 350-373
De incarnatione contra Apollinarium, liber I
Rubric: p. 350 l. 20 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς σαρκώσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ· καὶ κατὰ Ἀπολιναρίου
Incipit: p. 350 Ὁ μὲν τρόπος τοῦ εὐσεβοῦς ὁ ἄκοπος
Explicit: p. 373 καὶ ἐλπίδα τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.124; CPG 2231; PG 26, 1093-1132

22. pp. 374-418
Disputatio contra Arium
Rubric: p. 374 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ διάλεκτος ἐν τῇ κατανίκαιαν[sic] συνόδῳ πρὸς Ἄρειον
Incipit: p. 374 Τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ προνοίᾳ
Explicit: p. 418 καθὼς ἔφη ἡ Ἀλήθεια.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.072; CPG 2250; PG 28, 440-501

23. pp. 419-447
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad episcopos Aegypti et Libyae
Rubric: p. 419 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς ἐπισκόπους Αἰγύπτου καὶ Λιβύης· ἐπιστολὴ ἐγκύκλιος κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν· λόγος α΄
Incipit: p. 419 Πάντα μὲν ὅσα ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν καὶ σωτήρ
Explicit: p. 447 δι’ οὗ τῷ πατρὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ· εἰς τοὺς σύμπαντας αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

TLG 2035.129; CPG 2092; PG 25, 537-593

24. pp. 448-524
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Oratio I contra Arianos
Rubric: p. 448 Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας· κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος β΄
Incipit: p. 448 Αἱ μὲν αἱρέσεις, ὅσαι τῆς ἀληθείας ἀπέστησαν
Explicit: p. 524 κἂν ἀχάριστοι τυγχάνωσιν οἱ αἱρετικοὶ καὶ φιλόνεικοι πρὸς τὴν εὐσέβειαν.

TLG 2035.130; CPG 2093; PG 26, 12-145

25. pp. 525-624
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Oratio IΙ contra Arianos
Rubric: p. 525 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος γ΄
Incipit: p. 525 Ἐγὼ μὲν ᾤμην τοὺς τῆς Ἀρείου μανίας ὑποκριτάς
Explicit: p. 624 l. 12 καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν.

TLG 2035.131; CPG 2093; PG 26, 145-321

26. pp. 624-703
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Oratio III contra Arianos
Rubric: p. 624 l. 13 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος δ΄
Incipit: p. 624 Οἱ Ἀρειομανῖται, ὡς ἔοικε, κρίναντες
Explicit: p. 703 καὶ πανταχόθεν ἐξ αὐτῶν ἠλέγχθησαν ἄφρονες καὶ χριστομάχοι.

TLG 2035.132; CPG 2093; PG 26, 321-468

27. pp. 704-720
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, In illud: Qui dixerit verbum in filium
Rubric: p. 704 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ῥητὸν τοῦ εὐαγγελίου· ὃς ἂν εἴπη[sic] λόγον κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ· ὃς δ' ἂν εἴπη[sic] κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου, οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ· οὔτε αἰ τῷ \ ἐν τῶ[sic] / αἰῶνι τοῦτω[sic], οὔτε ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι
Incipit: p. 704 Περὶ δὲ οὗ γράφων ἐδήλωσας εὐαγγελικοῦ ῥητοῦ
Explicit: p. 720 ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

The same text is known also as Athanasius, Epistula ΙV ad Serapionem (TLG 2035.133, CPG 2094)

TLG 2035.044; CPG 2096; PG 26, 648-676

28. pp. 721-723
Homilia de passione et cruce domini, excerptum
Rubric: p. 721 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ πάθος τοῦ σωτῆρος
Incipit: || p. 721 Τῶν μὲν ἀνθρώπων ἡ ἁμαρτία
Explicit: p. 723 οὕτως ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ πάντες ζωοποιηθήσονται.||

The text, presented in the manuscript as an independent one, is in reality an excerpt from the homily De passione et cruce domini (see PG 28, 203 note 59); the homily, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

The text begins at PG 28, 204 Β13 and ends at PG 28, 208 B14

TLG 2035.070; CPG 2247; PG 28, 185-249

29. pp. 724-755
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad Marcellinum de interpretatione Psalmorum
Rubric: p. 724 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Μαρκελλίνον εἰς τὴν ἑρμηνείαν τῶν ψαλμῶν
Incipit: p. 724 Ἄγαμαί σε τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ προαιρέσεως
Explicit: p. 755 l. 9 οἷον ἔσχον οἱ ταῦτα θεοφορούμενοι λαλήσαντες ἄνδρες ἅγιοι.

TLG 2035.059; CPG 2097; PG 27, 12-45

30. pp. 755-777
De virginitate
Rubric: p. 755 l. 10 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ παρθενίας, ἤτοι περὶ ἀσκήσεως
Incipit: p. 755 Ἀρχὴ λόγου σωτηρίας πρὸς τὴν παρθένον
Explicit: p. 777 ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.029; CPG 2248; PG 28, 252-281

31. pp. 778-811
Testimonia e scriptura (De communi essentia patris et filii et spiritus sancti)
Rubric: p. 778 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ μαρτυρίαι ἐκ τῆς γραφῆς τῆς κατὰ φύσιν κοινωνίας, ἐκ τοῦ ὁμοίως εἶναι τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν· καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα πρὸς θεωρίαν δυσέφικτον, καὶ μίαν ἔχειν ἐνέργειαν
Incipit: p. 778 Περὶ ἐλευθερίας. Περὶ πατρὸς ἀναμφίβολον
Explicit: p. 811 l. 20 ὁ κολλώμενος τῷ κυρίῳ ἓν πνεῦμά ἐστιν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.064; CPG 2240; PG 28, 29-80

32. pp. 811-829
Sermo in annuntiationem deiparae
Rubric: p. 811 l. 21 Τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου πατριάρχου Ἀλεξανδρείας· εἰς τὸν εὐαγγελισμὸν τῆς ὑπεραγίας δεσποίνης ἡμῶν θεοτόκου
Incipit: p. 811 Τοὺς θείους ἱεροκήρυκας, οὐ πρὸς τὴν ἀσθένειαν
Explicit: p. 829 νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.087; CPG 2268; PG 28, 917-940

33. pp. 830-874
Homilia de passione et cruce domini
Rubric: p. 830 Τοῦ μακαρίου Ἀθανασίου εἰς τὸ πάθος τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ εἰς τὸν σταυρόν
Incipit: p. 830 Καὶ ἐλθόντες εἰς τόπον λεγόμενον Γολγοθά[sic]
Explicit: p. 874 δι’ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.
Final rubric: p. 874 Τέλος ἀμήν

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) Athanasius, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria, -373 , is believed to be spurious

TLG 2035.070; CPG 2247; PG 28, 185-249

34. p. 874
Colophon
Colophon: Τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον, ἐγράφη ὑπὸ χειρὸς Ἐμμανούλου[sic] τοῦ Μβαιβενὶ, τοῦ ἐκ Μονεμβασίας

ff. [874a] recto-[874a] verso are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: f. I, pp. 1-874, f. [874a] Western paper, folded in folio. Watermarks: ff. [a], I, pp. 1-49, 217-236, 257-296, 299-314, 345-348, 365-368, 425-428, 437-796. 797-798/815-816, 823-830, 837-874, f. [874a] Assembled letters ‘ P 3’ surmounted by a clover ( 32 × 25 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, comparable to Sosower Lettres assemblées 34 , which is dated to ca. 1545. pp. 57-216, 237-256, 297-298/315-316, 317-344, 349-364, 369-424, 429-436, 799-814, 817-822, 831-836 Lion with countermark ‘ 3 d/o’ ( ca. 63 × 50 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, comparable to Sosower Lion 4 , which is dated to ca. 1555-1556.

Collation

  • Quires 1-4410 ff. [a], I, pp. 1-874, f. [874a]

Vertical catchwords by the scribe, written from top down, in the lower margin of the last verso of the quires, written in the gutter, not always visible due to a very tight sewing of the quires and to trimming (see e.g. p. 16). One signature is visible on p. 417, [κ]β΄ ([2]2); the others have been lost to trimming.

Layout

pp. 1-874: One single column of 30 lines. 250 × 135 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. I recto-I verso, pp. 1-874 Hand A: the texts in this part of the manuscript have been written by Emmanuel Bembaines (active mid-16th century) who signed his work on p. 874 ( Ἐμμανουὴλ Βεμβαινῆς, RGK I, 113; on him see also RGK II 145; RGK III, 188).

The text is written in brown ink; titles and initials, as well as some marginal notes, in red.

The scribe wrote annotations in the margins and revised the text.

Hand a: a later hand added 7 lines at the end of the Index by Bembaines, on f. I verso, adding to it the texts contained in part II of the manuscript, and the number of page near each item.

Hand b: Passim there are marginal annotations in Greek and in Latin by a contemporary or slightly later hand, see e.g. pp. 67, 194, 418

Decoration

Several friezes in red ink are present throughout the manuscript at the beginning of the texts:

  • f. I recto, pp. 137, 419, 448, 624: rope motif
  • p. 1: chain motif with palmettes
  • pp. 67, 144, 179, 183, 185, 194, 204, 249, 304, 313, 317, 350, 374, 525, 724, 778: simple undulated linear frieze with clovers at both ends
  • p. 157: simple undulating frieze with small leaves
  • pp. 184, 260, 704, 755, 811: repeating pattern of two horizontal strokes, two commas
  • p. 224: frieze with vegetal motifs in volutes
  • p. 721: small frieze formed by a series of commas
  • in some cases, as e.g.on p. 315, titles are preceded by ornamental elements like knots, traced in red ink

Initials with decoration in a branch motif (see e.g. p. 1), or a more simple vegetal decoration (see e.g. p. 67).

Thick minor initials in red ink, see e.g. f. I recto.

The text often ends in a cul-de-lampe disposition. The lines are preceded and followed by three points in red ink (see e.g. p. 312) or contoured by a line in red ink (see e.g. p. 248), which can be decorated with vegeral motifs (see p. 524).

Additions

On pp. 194 and 721 there are two annotations by later hands citing a Basel manuscript. They probably are to be linked to the preparatory work of the Basel 1556 edition, for which the manuscript was lent (see Provenance). The MS ‘ Basiliensis’ is probably to be identified with Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, A.III.4, which was used as well for that edition ( Opitz 1935, pp. 17-18).

Some marginal annotations in Latin are present also on p. 387.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript was copied by Emmanuel Bembaines around the mid-16th century, in all probability in ; Venice, where the scribe was active and which was the location of the exemplar used by the scribe, MS Marc. gr. 50 ( Savvidis (2010), p. 392), which was part of Cardinal Bessarion's collection (see Opitz (1935), pp. 17-18).

Part 2 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.7, pp. 875-893, f. [II]]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

35. ff. 875r-877r
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ad episcopos Aegypti et Libyae, excerptum
Rubric: f. 875r Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν, λόγος σύντομος
Incipit: || f. 875r Ὁ μὲν Ἰωάννης φησι, ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος
Explicit: f. 877r l. 31 εἶπεν Ἄφρων ἐν καρδίᾳ αὐτοῦ, οὔκ ἐστι θεος[sic]. ||

The text, presented in the manuscript as an independent one, is in reality an excerpt from the Epistula ad episcopos Aegypti et Libyae (see PG 25, 567 note 59)

The text begins at PG 25, 568 A15 and ends at PG 25, 580 A8

TLG 2035.129; CPG 2092; PG 25, 537-593

36. ff. 877r-880r
Athanasius, patriarch of Alexandria, Epistula ΙIΙ ad Serapionem
Rubric: f. 877r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Σαραπίωνα ἐπίσκοπον, περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Incipit: || f. 877r Ἴσως θαυμάσεις, πῶς ἐντειλάμενος τὴν περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
Explicit: f. 880r l. 27 οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ, οὔτε ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, οὔτε ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι

The latest edition of the epistles to Serapion ( K. Savvidis, D. Wyrwa, Athanasius Werke. Erster Band. Erster Teil. Die dogmatischen Schriften. 4. Lieferung: Epistulae I-IV ad Serapionem, Berlin-New York 2010 , pp. 449-600) brings together the texts of ep. II and III (see in particular pp. 385-386), therefore the text starts at ep. II,10,1, p. 551 l. 8

TLG 2035.133; CPG 2094; PG 26, 624-638

37. ff. 880r-893r
Oratio quarta contra Arianos
Rubric: f. 880r l. 28 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας κατα[sic] Ἀρειανῶν, λόγος
Incipit: f. 880r Ἐκ θεοῦ θεός ἐστιν ὁ λόγος
Explicit: p. 893r ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος πρὸς Ἀθηναίους ἐν ἀνδρὶ||

The text, attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) , is believed to be spurious

The text ends incomplete at PG 26, 521 B1, and A. Stegmann, Die pseudoathanasianische 'IVte Rede gegen die Arianer' als ‘κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος’ ein Apollinarisgut, Rottenburg 1917, pp. 43-87: section 35 line 6

TLG 2035.117; CPG 2230; PG 26, 468-525

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 882-893, [II] Western paper, folded in folio. Watermarks: Shield with letters/monogram (?) on it, difficult to discern ( 20 × 15 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, no precise parallels were found in the main repertoires, comparable small shields with letters/monograms, such as for example Briquet Lettres 9908-9910, are dated in the 16th c. (1530-1570).

Collation

Part II consists of two quaternions and a binion (the collation has been reconstructed on the basis of the position of the watermark).

  • Quires 45-468 ff. 875-890
  • Quire 474 ff. 893- [II]

Layout

ff. 875r-893r: A single column of 35 to 44 lines. ca. 300-315 × ca. 260 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 875r-892r l. 8 Hand B: the majority of the texts in part II of the manuscript have been written in a minuscule script datable to the 2nd half of the 16th c. Some forms, as majuscule mu, tau, epsilon, round sigma, suggest that the script could be attributable to a non-native Greek writer.

The text is written in a light brown ink.

ff. 892r l. 9-893r Hand C: another, contemporary, hand continued the last text of part II. Also in this case the script seems to be attributable to a non-native Greek writer.

The text is written in brown ink.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript was copied probably in the second half of the 16th century, as the watermark suggests, possibly in Basel, since this part of the manuscript was copied from Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, MS A.III.4, which by 1515 was in that city ( Opitz 1935, pp. 18, 28). The dating to the second half of the 16th century is, moreover, suggested also by the fact that, when the manuscript was used for Commelinus' edition, in 1601, part II was already present in the Trinity manuscript, since the critical notes of this edition cite also the variants from the manuscript (which is indicated as Anglicanus, with the letter "A") for the texts contained in part II: for example, on p. 47 of the notes the incomplete ending of the last text of part II is mentioned.

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Description (2020) partly draws on M. R. James, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1900), vol. 1, pp. 268-270.

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