Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.1.66

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11967

Introduction: This small manuscript was copied by Theodoros 'the Wise' from Constantinople in Koroneia (perhaps the city in Boeotia) in 1460. Theodoros collected in it a Lexicon, Bible Glossaries and Astrological texts. The lexicon occupies 167 out of a total of 204 folios, but the first quire has suffered serious damage and survives in a fragmentary state and is difficult to read. The lexicon seems to derive from those of Hesychius, Pseudo-Zonaras and Suda; it is alphabetically ordered but has lost several sheets. The collection of short glossaries of words occurring in various books of the Old Testament and a list of transliterated Hebrew words found in the Actes of Apostles with their Greek explanation, is preceded by a lexicon to Dionysius the Areopagite. The astrological texts are instead placed after the colophon of the f. 196v. Theodoros may have added these texts later, but not much time afterwards, because the script does not vary and the paper used is the same as the first part of the manuscript. In this section, however, Theodoros seems not to have completed his work because empty spaces remain which had to be filled with the figures of the plants of the various planets. Only one, related to the planet Venus, was added later by a reader. It was donated to the Trinity College by Roger Gale in 1738, the eldest son of the Fellow of Trinity and Dean of York Thomas Gale, who was also an antiquarian. Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 1r-167r

Lexicon

Incipit: f. 1v Ἀνύπηνος· ἀγένειος.(?) Ἄνυμφος· ὁ μὴ ἔχων γυναῖκα

Explicit: f. 167r ὠψίσθην· ὤψισα ἔχρόνησα. ὧ· τοῦ ἱδίου. ὧ· ὥτινι

Final rubric: f. 167r τέλος τέλος τοῦ ὦ μεγάλου

α ff. 1v-35v, β ff. 37v-41v, γ ff. 42r-44v, δ ff. 45r-53v, ε ff. 54r-60v, ζ ff. 60v-62r, η f. 62v, θ ff. 63r-68r, ι ff. 68r-73r, κ ff. 73r-85r, λ ff. 85r-90r, μ ff. 90v-97r, ν ff. 97r-101r, ξ ff. 101r-101v, ο ff. 102r-108v, π ff. 108v-121r, ρ ff. 121v-125v, σ ff. 125v-138r, τ ff. 138r-147r, υ ff. 147r-153r, φ ff. 153v-159v, χ ff. 160r-161v, ψ ff. 162r-163r, ω ff. 163v-167r

ff. 1r-9v, 77 and [127a] are fragments, ff. 10r-23r are widely damged, ff. 36r-37r are blank

cf. Hesychius, Lexicon (TLG 4085.001-005), Suda, Lexicon (TLG 9010.001), Pseudo-Zonaras, Lexicon (TLG 3136.001)

2. ff. 167v-173v

Interpretatio dictionum Dionysii Areopagitae

Rubric: f. 167v Ἑρμηνεία λέξεων κατὰ στοιχείων[sic] τῆ βίβλω τοῦ ἁγίου Διονυσίου ἐπισκόπου Ἀθηνῶν

Incipit: f. 167v Ἀγάμενος· θαυμάσας ἐκπλαγεῖς. ἄγαν· πάνυ

Explicit: f. 173v συμφυῶς· ὁμοφρόνως· συγκενῶς[sic]. συνερθῶν· συλλαβῶν, συναγαγῶν[sic]. συλλήβδην||

PG 4, 23-28

3. ff. 174r-194r

Biblical glossaries

cf. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 345 , ff. 214r-223r (see Devreesse 1945, Catalogue des manuscrits grecs. 2, Le fonds Coislin, p. 329); Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 347 , ff. 4r-37v (see Devreesse 1945, p. 332); Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 394 , ff. 5v-50v (see Devreesse 1945, p. 372); Vatican City, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus gr. 344 , ff. 118r-236v

3.1. ff. 174r-177v

Glossary of the Octateuch Glossarium in Octateuchum

Incipit: || f. 174r ⟨ἀνα⟩ξυρίδες· βρακία· ἥ βαρβαρικὰ ἐνδύματα. ἄτρυγον· καθαρὸν

Explicit: f. 177v ὤμεν· ἐνόμιζον. ⟨ὦ⟩πται· ἐθεάθη

3.2. ff. 177v-178v

Glossary of the Kings i-iv Glossarium in libros Regum

Rubric: f. 177v Λέξεις τοῦ τετραβασιλείου· βασιλειῶν αʹ

Incipit: f. 177v Ἀμαφέ· βαθμῶν. καὶ ἐξέτασεν αὐτοὺς εἰς τὰς ναῦς

Explicit: f. 178v ἐν Σοχὼθ· ἐν συγκλισμοῖς

3.3. ff. 179r-185r

Glossary of Psalms Glossarium in Psalmos

Rubric: f. 179r Λέξεις τῶν ρνʹ ψαλμῶν

Incipit: f. 179r Ἁλληλουϊά· τὸ μὲν ἄλλ ἐβραίδη διαλέκτω λέγει, ἐρχεται· ἐφάνη

Explicit: f. 185r ὠσθείς· ὠθιζόμενος

Final rubric: f. 185r τέλος

3.4. ff. 185r-187r

Glossary of Canticles Glossarium in Cantica

Rubric: f. 185r Λέξεις τῶν ὠδῶν· ὠδη πρώτη

Incipit: f. 185r Τριστάτας· τρίτης μοίρας ἄρχοντας· καὶ κατέχοντας ἐν χειρὶ τρεῖς λόγχας

Explicit: f. 187r ἀπ' αὐτομολήσει· ἀπελεύσεται ἀπὸ σοῦ

Final rubric: f. 185r τέλος

3.5. ff. 187r-188r

Glossary of Ezechiel Glossarium in Ezechielem

Rubric: f. 185r Ἑρμηνεία λέξεων Ἰεζεκιῆλ τοῦ προφήτου

Incipit: f. 187r Ὡς εἶδος τoῦ Βεζὲκ, τουτέστιν ἀστραπῆς

Explicit: f. 188r τὸν πάτραρχον· τὸν θ(εὸ)ν

3.6. f. 188r

Glossary of Jeremiah Glossarium in Ieremiam

Rubric: f. 188r Λέξεων τοῦ προφήτου Ἱερεμίου

Incipit: f. 188r Ἐναλίμοις· ἐνξηρότητι

Explicit: f. 188r ἐφφαθᾶ· διανοίχθητι

3.7. ff. 188r-188v

Glossary of Zacharias Glossarium in Zachariam

Rubric: f. 188r τοῦ προφήτου ζαχαρίου λέξεων

Incipit: ff. 188r-188v ἔως δι' ἐκβολῶν γῆς· ἔως περάτων γῆς

Explicit: f. 188r εἰς τὴν θάλατταν τῆ πρώτην· τουτέστιν· εἰς ἀνατολᾶς

3.8. f. 188v

Glossary of Daniel Glossarium in Danielem

Rubric: f. 188v Ἑρμηνεία λέξεων τοῦ προφήτου Δανιὴλ

Incipit: f. 188v Τῶ φελμῶ· τῶ ἐτέρω, εἶδος δυνάμεως

Explicit: f. 188v βράχιον ἐξ αὐτοῦ στήσεται· σπέρμα ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἀναστήσεται

3.9. ff. 188v-189r

Glossary of biblical names Glossarium nominum Sacrae Scripturae

Rubric: f. 188v λέξεις ὀνομάτων

Incipit: f. 188v ζαχαρίας· μνήμη κ(υρίο)υ

Explicit: f. 189r ραὰβ· ἐπλατύνθης

Final rubric: f. 189r τέλος

3.10. ff. 189v-194r

Glossary of Actes of Apostles Glossarium in Acta Apostolorum

Rubric: f. 189v Λέξεις τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων

Incipit: f. 189v Ἀφορισμένος[sic]· ἐκλελεγμένος· διακεκρυμένος[sic]

Explicit: f. 194r φατέ· λέγεται

Final rubric: f. 194r τέλος

3.11. ff. 194r-194v

Explication of the names of the Apostles Explication nominum apostolorum

Rubric: f. 194r Τῶν δώδεκα ἁγίων ἀποστόλων τὰ ὄνοματα ἠσὶν ταύτα

Incipit: f. 194r Πέτρος· ἐπιλύων ἢ ἐπιγνούς

Explicit: f. 194v Ἰάκωβος Ἀλφαίου· πτερνις[sic] μαθήσεως ζωῆς

Final rubric: f. 194r τέλος

3.11. ff. 194v-195r

Glossary of Hebrew words not found in the Actes of the Apostols

Rubric: f. 194v καὶ ἕτερα ἐκτὸς τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων

Incipit: f. 194v Ἐνῶ ἠσὶν ταῦτα. Φαραῶ· εὐλόγησον

Explicit: f. 194v-195r Εὐλογειστὸς εῖ[sic] κ(ύρι)ε ὁ θ(εὸ)ς τῶν π(ατέ)ρων ἡμῶν· ὁ ἐξἀγαγῶν ἄρτω^ο^ν στηρίξαι καρδίαν ἀν(θρώπ)ου, ὁ θ(εὸ)ς· εὐλογειστὸς εῖ[sic] εἰς τοῦς αἱῶνας ἀμὴν

4. f. 195r

Macarius, Magnes, active 403, Extract from Apocriticus (dubia, frag. 1)

Incipit: f. 194r ‘Οὐχ ἑψήσεις ἄρνα ἐν γάλακτι μητρὸς αὐτοῦ’· τοῦτο δὲ λέγει, ὅτι οὐ φονευθήσεται ὁ χ(ριστὸ)ς ὑπὸ ἡρώδου, ἐν τοῖς πεσὶν[sic] νηπίοις· ὅτι ἕνεκεν αὐτοῦ ἐμβηθλεὲμ[sic] ἡρώδης ἀνεῖλεν τὰ παιδιά· οὐ γὰρ ἔδει αὐτὸν παθεῖν, πρὶν τέλειον ὄντα ἵνα τοὺς πάντας σώσει

TLG 2776.001

5. ff. 195r-195v

Diagram of virtues

Incipit: f. 195r Faint text

Explicit: f. 195r Faint text

6. f. 196r

Epigram

Incipit: f. 196r Λέξεις βίβλου κρατιστῆς εἰσορᾶς πανολβίου, ἄνακτος ἡμῶν ἱ(ησο)ῦ μακαρτάτου

Explicit: f. 196r ἀφθάρτων πάντων καὶ παραδεῖσου[sic] τρυφῆς ἀξιωθῶμεν· ἀμὴν

cf. DBBE Type 2218

7. f. 196v

Colophon

Colophon: f. 196v Ἐτελειώθη τὸ παρὸν βιβλήδιον ὦ καλῆται λεξικῶν διὰ χειρὸς ἐμοῦ τοῦ εὐτελοῦς καὶ ἁμαρτωλοῦ τάχα καὶ θύτου Θεοδώρου τοῦ σοφοῦ τοῦ καὶ αἰχμαλώτου πόλεως Κωνσταντίνου τοῦ μεγάλου· καὶ γραφὲν ἐν τῆ Κωρώνεια· ἐν μηνὶ μαρτίω ιϛʹ ἐν ἔτει ͵ϛϠξηʹ ἰνδ(ικτιῶνος) ηʹ· ἡμέρα πρώτη, τῆς σ(ταυρ)ωπροσκυνήσεως καὶ οἱ ἔχοντες καὶ ἀναγιγνῶσκοντες[sic], εὔχεσθαι ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ αὐτὸν κ(ύριο)ν, καὶ μὴ καταράσθαι

8. ff. 197r-204r

Astrological texts

8.1. f. 197r

Hygromantia Salomonis On the weekdays and planets

Incipit: || f. 197r ἡμέρα δευτέρα Σελήνης. Τῆ αʹ ὥρα κυριεύει ἡ Σελήνη· ὁμοίως τῆ ηʹ καὶ τῆ ιεʹ καὶ τῆ κβʹ

Explicit: f. 197r σαββάτω(?) τῆ α’ ὥρα κυριεύει ὁ Κρόνος· ὁμοίως εἴη(?) ὁ Κρόνος τῆ ηʹ, τῆ ιεʹ καὶ τῆ κβʹ

cf. A. Delatte 1927, Anecdota atheniensia, p. 649-651

cf. TLG 4350.001

8.2. ff. 197r-197v

On the properties of the planets

Rubric: f. 197r τὰ ἰδιώματα τῶν ζʹ πλανήτων

Incipit: f. 197r Ὁ κρόνος, ἔνε πολλα κακοποιὸς

Explicit: f. 197v ἡ σελήνη, ἐνι[sic] ἀγαθοποιὰ καὶ καλὴ

8.3. ff. 197v-204v

Hygromantia Salomonis On the plants of the planets

Rubric: f. 197v τὰ βότανα τῶν ζʹ πλανήτων καὶ τί ἀποτελούσην

Incipit: f. 197v Εἰσὶ δὲ καὶ βότανα τῶν ζʹ πλανήτων, ὦ ἀκριβέστατε Ἱεροβοᾶμ

Explicit: f. 204v καὶ ἐκλαμπρον καὶ δόκιμον||

cf. J. Heeg 1911, Codices Parisini, appendix Hermetica, in Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum 8.2, p. 162,19-165,21

TLG 4350.001

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 1r-204v, Western paper fragment folded in Sexto-decimo. Watermark: Bull's head with a flower ( 103 × 37 mm. ) on upper margin comparable to Piccard, Ochsenkopf XIII 16, dated 1431-1435.

Extent: Codex: iii + 204 + ii leaves. 150 × 105 mm.

Foliation: [i-iii] + 1-204 + [iv-v]. Modern foliation in pencil in Arabic numerals, recto, lower right corner.

Collation

The manuscript consists of 9 fragment leaves and 29 quires; many of them have lost folios, replaced by stubs:

9 fragments leaves ff. 1r-9v
Quire 1⁸ ff. 10r-17v
Quire 2⁶ ff. 18r-23v
Quire 3⁸ ff. 24r-31v
Quires 4-6⁶ ff. 32r-49v
Quire 7⁸ ff. 50r-57v
Quire 8^8-3 ff. 58r-62v
Quire 9^8-1 ff. 63r-69v
Quires 10-13⁸ ff. 70r-101v
Quire 14^8-2 ff. 102r-107v
Quire 15^4-1 ff. 108r-110v
Quire 16⁴ ff. 111r-114v
Quire 17^8-1 ff. 115r-121v
Quire 18^8-1 ff. 122r-128v
Quire 19^8-1 ff. 129r-135v
Quires 20-22⁸ ff. 136r-159v
Quire 23^8-3 ff. 160r-164v
Quire 24⁸ ff. 165r-172v
Quire 25^8-3 ff. 173r-177v
Quire 26-27⁸ ff. 178r-193v
Quire 28^8-5 ff. 194r-196v
Quire 29⁸ ff. 197r-204v

Two series of quire signatures in Greek numerals are present: the first is in black ink on first folio recto of quires, lower margin and a small cross on upper margin, subsequent to the production of the manuscript; where missing, this has been completed by a later (Western?) hand in pencil: it survives on quires 1 (ζ^ον), 2 (η in pencil), 3 (θ^ον), 4 (ι^ον), 5-7 (ια-ιγ in pencil), 8 (ιδʹ), 10-13 (ιϛʹ-ιθ), 16-22 (κβʹ-κηʹ), 24-27 (λʹ-λγʹ).

The second series is in pencil first folio recto of quires, lower hand-right corner, and it present on quires 16-20 (ιβ-ιϛ), and 24 (κ).

Condition

ff. 1-9, 77 and [127a] are fragments of original paper. The first 32 leaves are damaged and have lost the upper margin. Some stains and wormholes are present throughout the manuscript. Folio 90v is stained with black ink.

Layout

ff. 10r-204v: written space 105 × 75 mm. 13-19 lines per page

Hand(s)

Theodoros : the manuscript was copied by Theodoros (RGK I 134, PLP 7414) from Constantinople, active in the fourth quarter of the 15th century in a mixed minuscule script, upright, in brown ink, with evident variation in letter size. Theodoros' script is characterized by a large mushroom-shaped pi. The same hand has added the title, the chapter headings in the same style, in red ink.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings usually appear only at the end of lines, but occasionally elsewhere. Breathings are round, accents are occasionally ligated to letters, and mute iota is absent. Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower and middle commas and full stop.

Decoration

Major heapieces with branching scroll in red ink on ff. 37v, 54r, 73r, 85r, 108v, 138r, 167v, 185r, 187r, 194r; rope-motif in an ornated rectangle on f. 189v. Knots and rope-motif headpieces in red or dark yellow ink at every section of the main Lexicon and texts from f. 7v. Some headpiece have a snake head: ff. 34r, 68r, 162r.

Decorated initials are present at every section of the contents from f. 7v.

Coloured minor initials are present throughout the manuscript.

Some diagrams by the copyist in faded red ink on ff. 195r-195v. A later hand added a picture of a plant of Venus on f. 201v.

Additions

Current classmark and previous ones are on f. [ii] recto; on the same folio a reader (Patrick Young?) noted the similarity of the Lexicon with that of Hesychius and the Suda, and a Western hand wrote ‘ἴασων in Ἄψ. Θεολόγος in Ἀσχημοσύνην’.

Patrick Young (1584-1652) collated the manuscritp and added notes, e.g. f. 178r.

Binding

Binding by Douglas Cockerell and Son ((i.e. Sydney Morris ('Sandy') Cockerell (1906-1987)), dated 1983 by note attached to f. [vi] verso.

The manuscript has been rebacked, reusing the 18th-century leather for board covering. The original spine is stuck on the right pastedown. Boards are in full tanned calfskin, the spine in tanned goatskin.

158 × 123 × 47 mm.

History

Origin: The manuscript was completed on 16th of March, 1460 in ; Koroneia (Boeotia?), as stated in the colophon on f. 196v.

Provenance and Acquisition

The manuscript was in possession of Patrick Young (1584-1652) .

It later passed to the antiquarian Thomas Gale (ca. 1635-1702) , Fellow of Trinity and Dean of York.

Donated to Trinity College by Thomas's son Roger Gale (1672-1744) in 1738.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2020) draws on M.R. James, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1902, p. 68-69.

Availability

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Bibliography

The western manuscripts in the library of Trinity College: a descriptive catalogue, James, M.R. (Cambridge, 3, Cambridge University Press, 1902)

Die griechischen Schreiber des Mittelalters und der Renaissance, Vogel, MarieGardthausen, Victor (Leipzig, O. Harrassowitz, 1909)

Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum. Tomus IX Pars II. Codices Britannicos, Weinstock, Stefan (Bruxelles, In aedibus Academiae, 1953)

Funding of Cataloguing

The Polonsky Foundation

Digital Images

Cambridge Digital Library

Abbreviations

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