Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.1.36
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11961
Contents
Language(s): Greek
The text is an excerpt concerning the seven Ecumenical Councils, from Photius' Epistle 1 ( B. Laourdas, L.G. Westerink [eds.], Photii patriarchae Constantinopolitani Epistulae et Amphilochia (Leipzig, 1983), I, pp. 4, 63-6, 468; PG 102, 632 A11-656 A12, TLG 4040.009)
PG 120, 820-833
PG 135, 509-517
f. 18v is blank
The text, published by F. Combefis, Originum rerumque Constantinopolitanarum manipulus variis auctoribus (Parisiis, 1664), pp. 159-182, is a passage from the Life of St Nikephoros by Ignatios the Deacon , concerning his dialogue with emperor Leo 5th the Armenian (ed. C. de Boor, Nicephori archiepiscopi Constantinopolitani opuscula historica (Leipzig, 1880), pp. 139-217: pp. 170, l. 29-185, l. 18, ending in the MS on f. 27v l. 25), followed by another excerpt
f. 30v is blank
The text is a chapter of John of Damascus' Expositio Fidei: P.B. Kotter, Die Schriften des Johannes von Damaskos (Berlin, 1973), 2, pp. 3-239 (pp. 186-190)
TLG 2934.004; CPG 8043
The text ends incomplete at PG 52, 843 l. 1
The attribution to John Chrysostom is considered spurious
TLG 2062.111; CPG 4540; PG 52, 841-844 (= PG 63, 849-854)
- f. 35r ll. 5-17 Epistle of Olympiodoros to Nilus, inc. Μέλοντί[sic] μοι κατασκευάζεσθαι σηκόν (PG 79, 577 B 13-C11)
- f. 35r ll. 18-30 Epistle of Nilus to Olympiodorus, inc. Νηπιῶδες ἂν εἴη (PG 79, 577 D 1-580 A 1)
PG 79, 577-580
An edition of this collection of three fragments from Leontios' work: V. Déroche, 'L'Apologie contre les Juifs de Léontios de Néapolis', in: Travaux et mémoires 12 (1994), pp. 45-104 : 79-85 (reprint: G. Dagron, V.Déroche, Juifs et Chrétiens en Orient byzantin (Paris, 2010), pp. 381-451), collection Δ, the manuscript is used for the edition, and is indicated as I
TLG 2913.003; CPG 7885
f. 36v is blank
The attribution of the text to John of Damascus is considered spurious (see CPG 8114)
TLG 3173.002; PG 95, 309-344; CPG 8114; BHG 1387e-1387g
Some parts of the text are identifiable:
- ff. 50r-59v contain excerpts from Nicephorus I , Antirrhetici tres adversus Constantinum Copronymum (TLG 3086.005), PG 100, 232 A 8-252 C 4 and 309 A 4-312 D 10
- ff. 61v-62r contain excerpts from Nicephorus I , Pseudo-Epiphanii sive Epiphanidis confutatio (TLG 3086.009), J.B. Pitra, Sancti Nicephori Antirrheticus liber quartus (Paris, 1858), pp. 292-380 (p. 319 ll. 15-36)
CPG 6969; PG 89, 1400-1404
Only 6 lines are written, I. Vassis, Chiliostichos Theologia (Berlin-New York, 2002), pp. 74-75, ll. 22-27; on the transmission of this lines as an independent poem see Vassis (2002), pp. 57-62
TLG 3068.004
ff. 68v-69v are blank
The text starts from J. Bidez, L'empereur Julien. Oeuvres complètes (Paris, 1932), 1.1, pp. 116-180: p. 157, 25 l. 49; as mentioned in the title, it is the part of the text missing in the edition of the text by Charles de Chantecler (Carolus Cantoclarus) of 1583
TLG 2003.003
f. 78v is blank
TLG 3195.082
The text ends incomplete at l. 4 (ed. J. Bidez, L'empereur Julien. Oeuvres complètes, 1.2, Paris 1960, p. 177 l. 2)
In the margin the scribe indicated the nature of the text and the reference to the 1583 edition of Julian by Charles de Chantecler (‘ Libanii responsio ad Iuliani epistulam quae exstat pag. 154 editionis Cantoclari’)
TLG 2003.013
The letter, attributed to Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363 , is considered spurious, see J. Bidez, L'empereur Julien. Oeuvres complètes, 1.2, Paris 1960, p. 237, no. 183
The attribution of the letter to Julian, Emperor of Rome (331-363) is considered spurious: see J. Bidez, L'empereur Julien. Oeuvres complètes (Paris, 1960), 1.22 , p. 236, no. 181
In the manuscript the epistle is indicated as adressed to Libanius
J. Bidez, L'empereur Julien. Oeuvres complètes, 1.2, Paris 19602 , p. 63, no. 36
TLG 2003.013
As stated by the scribe in a marginal note on f. 85r, these two epistles have been copied from MS Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 219 , f. 246r
R. Hercher, Epistolographi Graeci (Paris, 1873) (repr. Amsterdam, 1965), p. 100, no.1
TLG 0043.001
The second letter is not present in the printed edition
R. Foerster, Libanii opera (Leipzig, 1921-1922), 10-11, (repr. Hildesheim, 1997), no. 1202
TLG 2200.001
It is progymnasma 11, section 18, R. Foerster, Libanii opera (Leipzig, 1915), 8 (repr. Hildesheim, 1997)
TLG 2200.006
ff. 86r-86v are blank
The text is the beginning of the prooemium of the 2nd book, J.L. Ideler, Physici et medici Graeci minores (Berlin, 1841), 1 (repr. Amsterdam, 1963), pp. 3-80 (pp. 52-53 l. 16)
TLG 0732.002
The authorship and the provenance of this text are debated (see H. Flashar, 'Beiträge zur spätantiken Hippokratesdeutung', in Hermes 90 (1962), pp. 402-418; TLG 0721.022). It was believed to be an anonymous prooemium to a commentary on Hippocrates' Aphorisms ( F.R. Dietz, Scholia in Hippocratem et Galenum (Königsberg, 1834) 2, (repr. Amsterdam, 1966), pp. 244-245; TLG 0728.001). It was also hypothesized that it is the prooemium to the spurious book 3 of Alexander of Aphrodisias' Problemata ( H. Usener, Alexandri Aphrodisiensis quae feruntur Problematorum liber III et IV (Berolini, 1859)). The text is also comprised in a philosophical compilation by Michael Psellos (J.M. Duffy, Michaelis Pselli philosophica minora (Leipzig, 1992), no. 55, ll. 1249-1288; see also pp. XXVII-XXXVIII; TLG 2702.010)
TLG 0721.022
ff. 88v-90r are blank
It is an excerpt from the Commentaries on Psalms, PG 23, 1041 ll. 13-53; TLG 2018.034
f. 91r is blank
An annotation in the left margin of f. 91v has been written perpendicular to the page
f. 92v is blank
Physical Description
Modern pencil foliation, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 92; 5 endleaves at the beginning (ff. [i]-[v]) and one at the end (f. [vi]) are unnumbered; ff. [ii]-[iii] are still attached along the upper edge, they have not been cut, therefore there are no digital images of ff. [ii] verso and [iii] recto. [i]-[v] + 1-92 + [vi]
Collation
The quires have been sewn very tightly, and there is no numbering, therefore the reconstruction of the collation is difficult, particularly for ff. [iv]-[v], 1-92, where the collation has been determined chiefly with the help of watermarks. Quire 2 is a quaternion missing the first leaf, without loss of text. F. 67 is formed by two leaves glued together.
- 3 later endleaves, ff. [i]-[iii]
- Quire 18-1 ff. [iv]-[v], 1-5 (the first leaf is missing, without loss of text)
- Quires 2-128 ff. 6-92
- 1 later endleaf, f. [v]
Condition
Layout
A single column of 28-30 lines (mostly 28). On all the leaves a blank margin has been left on the left-hand side; the remaining space on the leaf is filled with writing. In order to define this margin, the leaves have been folded twice vertically. ca. 180 × ca. 105 mm.
Hand(s)
ff. [v] verso-18r, 19r-30r, 31r-36r, 37r-68r, 70r-78r, 79r-85v, 87r-88r, 90v, 91v-92r Hand A: all the texts have been written by Patrick Young (1584-1652) (for the identification see M.R. James, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge (Cambridge, 1902), vol. 3, p. 41. The script is the same as in other manuscripts written by Young (for example, London, British Library, Harley MS 7522 B ), a minuscule script, slightly slanting to the right, flowing, regular in size, characterised by contrast between thin and thick strokes and small flourishing tails at the end of some vertical and oblique strokes (see e.g. rho, csi, beta, zeta, eta). Accents are not always present, as well as breathings.
The scribe wrote also variants in the margins, see e.g. f. 45v.
The text is written in a brown ink.
f. [v] verso Hand a: another hand, probaly slightly later, added entries to the index of the manuscript written by hand A, and some marginal notes passim in the margins (see ff. 39r, 40r, 41v), in a light brown ink and in pencil.
Additions
On the left pastedown are written, in brown ink, the old marks ‘ C.77’ and ‘ no 209’, the present shelfmark, ‘ O.1.36’, and an older shelfmark, which has been erased, ‘ O.3.42’.
On f. [iv] recto is written in brown ink the old mark ‘ C.77’.
A later hand (hand a) added two entries in the index of the manuscript on f. [v] verso.
Binding
Western modern binding. Paper cover over couched-laminate boards; parchment on spine, on which are pasted three paper labels with the shelfmark. 197 × 145 × 20 mm.
The cover is a little discolored and worn near the edges.
History
The manuscript was copied by Patrick Young (1584-1652), in England, in the first half of the 17th century, probably around 1622, as this date appears on a colophon written by Young on f. 82v, after the text De Christianorum recta et vera fide by Patriarch Gennadius II, and the codex is made all of the same type of paper.
Provenance and Acquisition
It was part of the collection of the antiquary Thomas Gale (ca. 1635-1702) (no. 155). It appears among Thomas Gale's Greek manuscripts in E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ, Oxoniæ 1697, p. 188, no. 5956 (122)-5961 (127).
It was donated to Trinity College by Roger Gale (1672-1744) in 1738. On f. [v] recto is pasted the Trinity College bookplate. On ff. [v] recto and 92r there are stamps of Trinity College.
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Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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