Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.9.8
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11935
Contents
Language(s): Greek
It is an addition by a later hand
TLG 2035.001; CPG 2090; PG 25, 4-96
TLG 2035.002; CPG 2091; PG 25, 96-197
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.072; CPG 2250; PG 28, 440-501
TLG 2035.129; CPG 2092; PG 25, 537-593
TLG 2035.130; CPG 2093; PG 26, 12-145 C 5
There is no rubric; a title was added by a later hand on the upper margin of p. 277: Κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν λόγος γ΄
TLG 2035.131; CPG 2093; PG 26, 145 D-321 A
TLG 2035.132; CPG 2093; PG 26, 321 B-468 A 9
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
There is no rubric; in the upper margin of p. 462b the scribe wrote an indication, partially lost to trimming: …ος τοῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ Ἀρειανῶν, καὶ ὅσοι ἔπονται τὰ Ἀρείου
TLG 2041.005; CPG 2806; PG 26, 984-1028
The title and the initial were added by another hand
Ed. H.G. Opitz, Athanasius Werke, 2.1, Berlin 1940, pp. 169-177
TLG 2035.006; CPG 2124; PG 25, 221-240
The title and the initial were added by another hand
Ed. K. Savvidis, Athanasius Werke, I, Lieferung 4, Berlin-New York 2010, pp. 449-534
TLG 2035.133; CPG 2094; PG 26, 529-608 B
The text ends at Savvidis 2010, pp. 537-551: 551 l. 7 (the edition brings together the texts of ep. II and III)
TLG 2035.133; CPG 2094; PG 26, 608 C 4-624 C 4
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.065; CPG 2241; PG 28, 81-84
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is spurious
TLG 2035.066; CPG 2242; PG 28, 85-88
TLG 2035.110; CPG 2095; PG 26, 1049-1069
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.124; CPG 2231; PG 26, 1132-1165
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.124; CPG 2231; PG 26, 1093-1132
TLG 2035.044 (2035.133); CPG 2096 (2094); PG 26, 648C-676
There is no rubric; the text follows the preceding one without interruption; it is an excerpt from the homily De passione et cruce domini (see PG 28, 203 note 59); the attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
The text begins at PG 28, 204 Β 13 and ends at PG 28, 208 B 14
TLG 2035.070; CPG 2247; PG 28, 185-249
TLG 2035.059; CPG 2097; PG 27, 12-45
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.029; CPG 2248; PG 28, 252-281
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.064; CPG 2240; PG 28, 29-80
The attribution to Athanasius of Alexandria (296-373 CE) is considered spurious
TLG 2035.081; CPG 2261; PG 28, 773-796
Physical Description
Collation
The manuscript consists of quaternions alternating with ternions (generally three quaternions followed by a ternion etc.). At the beginning there are two later endleaves (ff. [i]-[ii]), one is at the end of the manuscript (f. [iii]).
- 2 endleaves ff. [i]-[ii]
- Quires 1-38 pp. 1-48(α΄-β΄)
- Quire 46 pp. 49-60(δ΄)
- Quires 5-78 pp. 61-109
- Quire 86 pp. 110-121
- Quires 9-118 pp. 122-169
- Quire 126 pp. 170-181
- Quires 13-158 pp. 182-228(ι…΄-ιε΄)
- Quire 166 pp. 229-240(ι…΄)
- Quires 17-198 pp. 241-288
- Quire 206 pp. 289-301
- Quires 21-238 pp. 302-349
- Quire 246 pp. 350-361
- Quires 25-278 pp. 362-419
- Quire 286 pp. 420-431
- Quires 29-318 pp. 432-474
- Quire 326 pp. 475-486
- Quires 33-358 pp. 487-534
- Quire 366 pp. 535-546
- Quires 37-398 pp. 547-592
- Quire 406 pp. 593-604
- Quires 41-438 pp. 605-650
- Quire 446 pp. 651-662
- Quires 45-488 pp. 663-722
- Quire 496-1 pp. 723-730, f. [iii] ( the 6th leaf is missing, without loss of text)
- 1 endleaf f. [iv] (19th c.)
- α΄ (1)-β΄ (2) on pp. 1 and 17
- δ΄ (4) on p. 49
- ιε΄ (15) on p. 214.
Condition
Layout
A single column of 30 lines. 220 × 120 mm.
Hand(s)
pp. 1-486, 505-524, 529-532, 711-730 Hand A: the majority of the text has been written by Michael (16th century) (Μιχαήλ, RGK III, 475), a scribe active in Venice (the hand, in my opinion, cannot be identified with the one of Emmanuel Bembaines, as it was assumed in consequence of a communication by F.C. Burkitt in Canart (1963), p. 60).
The text is written in a very light brown ink; titles and initials, as well as some marginal notes, in red, now very faded.
The scribe wrote a few annotations in the margins.
pp. 487-504, 525-528, 533-710 Hand B: the remaining texts have been written by a contemporary hand, in a minuscule script which has some forms and characteristics in common with Michael's.
The text is written in brown ink; titles and initials in red.
Hand a: passim there are a few additions by another hand, rather hesitant, see e.g. p. 175, where this scribe made an addition to the title, and p. 277, in the upper margin.
Hand b: another hand added two titles, on p. 483 and p. 494.
Decoration
Friezes in red ink are present at the beginning of some of the texts:
- p. 1: rope motif
- pp. 63, 131, 175, 203: simple undulating linear frieze with clover leaves at both ends
- pp. 277, 377: small undulated linear friezes.
Initials with decoration in a branch motif (see e.g. p. 1).
The texts often end in a cul-de-lampe disposition. The lines are in certain cases followed by three points in red ink (see e.g. p. 62) .
Additions
A later hand added a table of contents to the manuscript in Latin on f. [ii] recto.
On pp. 277-537 there are not rubrics. A later hand added titles on p. 483 and p. 494.
On p. 1, in the upper and external margin, there are some annotations: ‘B.9.8’ (present shelfmark) and, erased with a line, ‘ C 4 27(?) ’.
On the left pastedown the present shelfmark has been written in red pencil.
Binding
16th/17th century western full leather binding, pasteboards. Golden tooling on both covers: arms of Silvius Elwes (see History) in an oval, on its two sides initials ‘S. E.’. The arms exhibit traces of color, red and blue. Gold tooling on the boards' edges. Edges are coloured in blue/green. On the spine, gold tooling with title ‘ Athanasii opera’; in the upper, central and lower part are pasted three paper labels with the shelfmark. 345 × 250 × 80 mm.
History
The manuscript was copied by the scribe Michael, who was active in Italy, and another contemporary hand, around the middle of the 16th century.
Provenance and Acquisition
The codex was owned by Silvius Elwes (c. 1576-1638) , Chaplain of Trinity College.
It was donated by Elwes to Trinity College Library between 1626 and 1630 (see P. Gaskell, Trinity College Library: the first 150 years (Cambridge, 1980), p. 234). On the lower part of p. 1 is pasted the Trinity College bookplate. On pp. 1 and 730 there are stamps of Trinity College Library.
Additional Information
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Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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