Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11973

Introduction: This manuscript is a composite made up of parts copied at dates between the early 16th century and 1690 and subsequently bound together. It contains a varied Greek Miscellany of texts including works on ecclesiastical organisation and history, canon law, chronicles, the monuments of Constantinople and recipes. The oldest part of the manuscript is brief, containing two letters written by a man named Andronikos to one Demetrios, on paper whose watermarks place it in the first half of the 16th century. One of these letters heaps praise on the city of Venice in tones that suggest that writer and recipient may have belonged to the Greek community of Venice or one of its overseas territories. Most of the older parts of the manuscript were copied by Ioannes Malaxos, a prolific scribe and probably a monk, who worked in Constantinople in the second half of the 16th century. He may well have been related to two contemporary scribes originally from Nauplion in the Peloponnese, Manuel and Nikolaos Malaxos. He collaborated on occasion with Manuel after the latter moved to Constantinople, and both of them worked with another Naupliot scribe in the city, Theodosios Zygomalas. Malaxos himself is believed to have composed various texts in the manuscript relating to the historic buildings and monuments of Constantinople and its environs, including descriptions of the city gates and of the church of the Pammakaristos, at that time the seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, and its funerary monuments. Besides those from the tombs of the Pammakaristos, inscriptions transcribed by Malaxos included one from the walls of Chalkedon, across the Bosphoros, and another bearing a Novel (law) of the Emperor Manuel I, then at the Pammakaristos but transferred in 1567 to the mausoleum being prepared for the reigning Sultan Suleiman II. Other texts copied by Malaxos include short chronicles and chronological lists of office-holders, lists of ecclesiastical offices and recipes for products including medicines, inks and soap. The material on the Pammakaristos enables the completion of the component of the manuscript in which it appears to be placed between 1572 and 1587. The former year is the last in which a son of the voivod Alexander of Moldavia, whose tomb is mentioned here, is known to have been alive; the latter is the year in which the Pammakaristos, described here as the patriarchal church was seized by the Ottoman government, prior to being turned into a mosque (Burke, 'Studi su copisti', p.230). There are two physically distinct portions of the manuscript copied by Malaxos, which may be of different dates. The other must date from later than 1566, since Malaxos added an entry to the end of a short chronicle he had copied, recording the accession in that year of the Ottoman Sultan Selim II. The later component parts of the manuscript were copied by the Scottish scholar and long-serving royal librarian Patrick Young (1584-1652), during the decade or so before his death. The texts he copied here are mainly of canon law. He also added a substitute folio to replace one originally coped by Malaxos, which had been lost. This is one of many Greek manuscripts variously owned, copied, commissioned and annotated by Young. The items copied by him here are mainly canon law texts and lists of ecclesiastical offices from the Byzantine era. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Codex: 218 leaves.

Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers i-vii in Roman numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right and verso, upper left, then paginated with the numbers 1-13, [13a], 14, [14a], then foliated with the numbers 13-16, 15[a], 16[a], 17-103, 103a, 104-176, 176a, 177-216, [216a], 217 + [a-b], in Arabic numerals, in brown ink recto, upper right.

Foliation: ff. 47-61 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, recto, upper right, with the numbers [1], 2-15. These numbers have been cancelled.

Foliation: ff. 67-72 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, recto, upper right, with the numbers 1-6. These numbers have been cancelled.

Foliation: ff. 75-88 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, recto, upper right, with the numbers 1-6, [7-8], 9-14. These numbers have been cancelled.

Foliation: ff. 106-113 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, recto, upper right, with the numbers [1], 2-8. These numbers have been cancelled or overwritten.

Foliation: ff. 114-119 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, recto, upper right, with the numbers [1-2], 3-6. These numbers have been cancelled or overwritten.

Foliation: ff. 193-199 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in black ink, recto, upper right, with the numbers 1-7.

Foliation: ff. 211-216 have a previous foliation in Arabic numerals, in black ink and pencil, recto, upper right, with the numbers 1-6.

Collation

Part I consists of one quire (Quire 1), Part II of two (Quires 2-3), Part III of one (Quire 4), Part IV of one (Quire 5), Part V of three (Quires 6-8), Part VI of two (Quires 9-10), Part VII of four (Quires 11-14), Part VIII of one (Quire 15), Part IX of six (Quires 16-21), Part X of four (Quires 22-25), Part XI of three (Quires 26-28), Part XII of three (Quires 29-31), Part XIII of six (Quires 32-37), Part XV of three (Quires 38-40), Part XVII of two (Quires 41-42: 1⁷, 2-3⁴, 4⁴, 5⁶⁺², 6-8⁴, 9⁴, 10⁸, 11-14⁴, 15⁴, 16-21⁴, 22-25⁴, 26-27⁴, 28⁸, 29-30⁸, 31⁶, 32-36⁸, 37⁸⁺¹, 38⁶, 39⁸, 40⁴, 41⁴⁺¹, 42⁴

Condition

Most of f. [216a] has been lost. There are occasional small losses from the edges of other folios. There is slight creasing, and small areas of dirt.

Additions

There are frequent notes on the texts by Patrick Young, and occasionally by other hands (e.g. ff. i recto and iv recto, pp. 13, and marginal (e.g. pp. 5, 13).

Binding

17th-century parchment binding over millboards, with plain pastedowns. The classmark appears on patches on the spine.

220 × 170 × 44 mm.

Some of the parchment covering material has been lost.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by the antiquary Thomas Gale (c. 1635-1702) , Fellow of Trinity and Dean of York. It appears in the 1697 catalogue of Gale's collection contained in Trinity College MS O.5.38 (pp. 157-158).

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

Part 1 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. i-vii]

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. i recto-iv recto

Photios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820-c. 891), On the mystagogy of the Holy Spirit

Filiation: Copied as excerpted in Euthymios Zigabenos , Panoplia Dogmatica, in Trinity College MS B.8.9

Colophon: f. iv recto Ista descripta sunt ex Euthymii Zigabeni Panoplia, quae servatur manuscripta Graece in Collegio Sancti Trinitatis Cantabrigiae A.D. 1690

TLG 4040.005

ff. ii verso and iv verso are blank

2. ff. v recto-vi verso

Contents list

Language(s): Latin

f. vii recto-vii verso is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. i-iv Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Coat of arms ( c. 105 × 63 mm. ) in the gutter. f. v Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Coat of arms ( Unknown × Unknown mm. ) in the gutter. ff. vi-vii Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Letters (EB) ( c. 12 × 35 mm. ) in the gutter.

Extent: 190-196 × 147-152 mm.

Collation

Quire 1⁷ ff. i-vii A disparate quire assembled from folios of various papers.

Layout

ff. i recto-iv recto A single column of 15-20 lines. 172-184 × 130-140 mm.

ff. v recto-vi verso A single column of 27-33 lines. 166-174 × 125-135 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. i recto-ii recto, iii recto-iv recto were written by Hand A, in mixed minuscule script of western European type, similar to early printing.

v recto-vi verso were written by Hand B, in Latin script.

History

Origin: The Greek text in this part, on ff. i recto-iv recto was copied from a manuscript in Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1690, as indicated by the colophon on f. iv recto. The contents list, on ff. v recto-vi verso, was added at some point after the different parts of the manuscript were bound together, as it includes the full contents.

Part 2 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 1-[14a]]

Language(s): Greek

3. pp. 1-13

Apostolic canons

Excerpts: Book 8, chapters 32-34, 42-46, 28, 27, 31, 4

TLG 2894.001

4. pp. [13a]-14, line 4

On bishops

Rubric: p. [13a] Ἐκ τῶν διατάξεων κεφάλαια περὶ ἐπισκόπων

Incipit: p. [13a] Οτι [sic]ἔοικεν ἡ ἐκκλησία νηῒ, ὁ μὲν κυβερνήτης ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστὸς

5. p. 14, line 4-p. [14a]

Notes on penances for particular offences

Rubric: p. [14] Περὶ ἐκγληματικῶν κανόνων παρασημείωσις σύντομος, ἐμφαίνουσα τὸ ἁμάρτημα καὶ τοὺς χρόνους τοῦ ἐπιτιμίου

Incipit: p. [14] Ο[sic] χειροτονῶν ὑπερόρια, καθαιρείσθω

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: pp. 1-[14a] Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pillar ( c. 65 × 31 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Heawood 3491. This example is dated to 1652.

Extent: 188-195 × 153 mm.

Collation

This part consists of two quires, both binia.

Quires 2-3⁴ pp. 1-[14a]

Layout

pp. 1-[14a] A single column of 31-37 lines. 165-184 × 120 mm.

Hand(s)

pp. 1-[14a], ff. 13r-102v, 106r-119r, 191r-191v were copied by Patrick Young (Hand C) in a western European mixed minuscule script resembling early printing, slanting to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. Use of the double dot is functional only, and there is accentuation of all lengths of nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters.

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the watermarks and the date of his death.

Part 3 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 13-16]

Language(s): Greek

6. f. 13r, lines 1-26

Notitia episcopatuum

Notitia 7

Excerpt: ed. Darrouzès, pp. 273-274

Filiation: Copied from a manuscript belonging to Thomas Roe, p. 193. The present manuscript is omitted from Darrouzès's list of those containing this text.

Rubric: f. 13r Τάξις τῶν ἐπισκόπων

Incipit: f. 13r αʹ Βιζύη· βʹ ἡ Πομπειούπολις· γʹ ἡ Λεοντόπολις

TLG 3175.001

7. f. 13r, line 27-f. 13v, line 21

Notitia episcopatuum

Similar to the list of metropolitans in Darrouzès, Notitia 16 (p. 388), but with a different heading and a few differences towards the end of the list

Rubric: f. 13r Η[sic] τάξις τῶν μητροπόλεων καθὼς ἐν τῷ χαρτοφυλακίῳ ἀναγράφονται

Incipit: f. 13r αʹ ἡ Καισάρεια· βʹ ἡ Ἔφεσος· γʹ ἡ Ἡράκλεια

8. f. 13v, line 22-f. 14v

List of translations of bishops

Rubric: f. 13v Τίνες εἰσὶ τῶν ἀρχιερέων τῶν χειροτονηθέντων ἀπὸ ἐπισκόπων εἰς πατριαρχεῖα· καὶ τῶν μεταλεθέντων καὶ ἐνθρονισθέντων ἀφ'ὧν εἶχον ἐκκλησιῶν εἰς ἑτέρας μητροπόλεις καὶ ἐπισκοπάς

Incipit: f. 13v Ο μέγας Εὐστάθιος ἐπὶ τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου

9. f. 15r

On Cheese Week

Rubric: f. 15r Περὶ τῆς ἑβδομάδος τῆς τυρινῆς

Incipit: f. 15r Τοῦτο ἱστόρηται ἐν τῷ χρονικῷ τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρέως ἐκείνου

ff. 15v-16v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 13-16 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( Unknown × 54 mm. )

Extent: 213 × 153 mm.

Collation

This part consists of one quire, a binion.

Quire 4⁴ ff. 13-16

Layout

ff. 13r-15 A single column of 39-40 lines. 196-202 × 100-125 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young, probably in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the dates of other parts of the manuscript copied by Young and the date of his death.

Part 4 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 15[a]-22]

Language(s): Greek

10. ff. 15[a] recto-21v

Notitia episcopatuum

Ed. Darrouzès, Notitia 4

Filiation: Copied from a manuscript in the Bodleian Library. The present manuscript is omitted from Darrouzès's list of those containing this text.

The text as far as f. 18v, line 22 largely accords with the published text, but continues beyond its end, covering the dioceses subject to the other four patriarchates

TLG 3175.001

f. 22r-22v is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 15[a] recto-22v Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Crozier ( c. 65 × 52 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Heawood 1225. This example is dated to 1657.

Extent: 187 × 150 mm.

Collation

This part consists of one quire, a ternion.

Quire 5⁶⁺² ff. 15[a] recto-22v The second and third folios are an additional inserted bifolio.

Layout

ff. 15[a] recto-21v A single column of 30-38 lines. 163-173 × 115 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the watermarks and the date of his death.

Part 5 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 23-34]

Language(s): Greek

11. ff. 23r-24v

Account of early synods

Rubric: f. 23r Ετι περὶ ἁπασῶν συνόδων καὶ τῆς κατὰ χρόνον τάξεως αὐτῶν

Incipit: f. 23r Ιστέον ὅτι ἡ ἔκθεσις τῶν συνόδων, οὐ γέγονε κατὰ τάξιν τῶν χρόνων

12. ff. 25r-34v

Account of synods and councils

Rubric: f. 25r Συναγωγὴ καὶ ἔκθεσις τῶν ἁγίων πασῶν συνόδων, ὅπου τε καὶ διατί, καὶ πότε καὶ καθ'οἱὰ αἱρέσεως ἑκάστη τούτων συνηθροίσθη, καὶ τί σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι διωρίσατο· ἐπὶ ποίων βασιλέων τε καὶ ἁγίων συνεκροτήθη πατέρεων, συνοπτικῶς σαφηνίζουσα

Incipit: f. 25r Εν τοῖς χρόνοις Αὐρηλιανοῦ τοῦ Ῥωμαίων βασιλέως, σύνοδος ἐπισκόπων ἐν θεουπόλει τῆς μεγάλης Ἀντιοχείας ἐγένετο

This text is also found in Sinai, Monastery of St Catherine, MS gr. 1117, ff. 311r-323v

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 23-34 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( c. 50 × 56 mm. ) in the gutter.

Extent: 213 × 157 mm.

Collation

This part consists of three quires, all binia.

Quires 6-8⁴ ff. 23r-34v

Layout

ff. 23r-34v A single column of 37-40 lines. 196 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young, probably in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the dates of other parts of the manuscript copied by Young and the date of his death.

Part 6 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 35-46]

Language(s): Greek

13. ff. 35r-39v

Photios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820-c. 891), Bibliotheca

Excerpt: ed. Bekker, pp. 469b-474a

TLG 4040.001

BHG 1280

f. 40r-40v is blank

14. ff. 41r-45v

Oration on the Fathers of Nicaea

BHG 1431

f. 46r-46v is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 35-46 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pillar ( c. 60 × 48 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Heawood 3495. This example is dated to 1652-1654.

Extent: 200 × 156 mm.

Collation

This part consists of two quires, a binion and a quaternion.

Quire 9⁴ ff. 35-38
Quire 10⁸ ff. 39-46

Layout

ff. 35r-46v A single column of lines. 177 × 120 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the watermarks and the date of his death.

Part 7 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 47-62]

Language(s): Greek

15. ff. 47r-50v, line 19

Photios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820-c. 891), Interrogationes decem

Rubric: f. 47r Φωτίου πατριάρχου, συναγωγικαὶ καὶ ἀποδείξεις ἀκριβῶς συνειλεγμέναι, ἐκ τῶν συνοδικῶν καὶ ἱστορικῶν γραφῶν, περὶ ἐπισκοπῶν καὶ μητροπολιτῶν, καὶ λοιπῶν ἑτέρων ἀναγκαιοτάτων ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ζητημάτων

Incipit: f. 47r Ἐρώτησις:- Επὶ Κωνσταντίνου Λιβέριος ὁ Ῥώμης, μετὰ τὴν ἐκ τῆς ὑπερορίας ἐπάνοδον

16. ff. 52v-56r

Manuel I Charitopoulos, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1222), Canonical responses (On the translation of St Germanos to Constantinople)

Incipit: f. 52v Ὃ ἐν σώμασιν αἱ ψυχαὶ τοῦτ'ἐν πράγμασιν οἱ καιροὶ

This text also appears in Oxfod, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 142, ff. 265v-268v

17. ff. 56v-62r

Canonical responses

Rubric: f. 56v Σύναξις ἐκ τῶν ἐκκλησιαστικῶν ἱστοριῶν περὶ τῶν κατὰ καιροὺς ἀναχθέντων εἰς τὸν πατριαρχικὸν θρόνον παρὰ κανόνας, ἔτι ζώντων τῶν γνησίων πατριαρχῶν...

Incipit: f. 56v Ὁ μέγας Ἰωάννης ὁ Χρυσόστομος θεῖος ἀνὴρ καὶ ὑψηλὸς γεγονὼς

This text also appears in Oxfod, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 142, ff. 270r-276r

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 47-62 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( c. 50 × 56 mm. ) in the gutter.

Extent: 215 × 155 mm.

Collation

This part consists of four quires, all binia.

Quires 11-14⁴ ff. 47-62

Layout

ff. 47r-62v A single column of 31-32 lines. 193 × 125 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young, probably in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the dates of other parts of the manuscript copied by Young and the date of his death.

Part 8 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 63-66]

Language(s): No linguistic content

18. ff. 63r-66v

Blank folios

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 63r-66v Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pillar ( c. 60 × 48 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Heawood 3495. This example is dated to 1652-1654.

Extent: 200 × 153 mm.

Collation

This part consists of one quire, a binion.

Quire 15⁴ ff. 63r-66v

Part 9 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 67-90]

Language(s): Greek

19. ff. 67r-71r, line 6

Alexios Stoudites, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1043), Canonical letter to Leo, Metropolitan of Athens

Rubric: f. 67r Τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου Ἀλεξίου οἰκουμενικοῦ πατριάρχου προς[sic] Λέοντα θεοφιλέστατον μητροπολίτην Ἀθηνῶν καὶ σύγκελλον ἐπιστολή

Incipit: f. 67r Πολλάκις ἡμῖν ἐπῆλθε τῶν ἀνδρῶν ἐκείνων θαυμάσαι τίποτε διανοούμενοι

Grumel, Regestes des Actes du Patriarcat de Constantinople, 843

Said by Grumel to be lost

Part of this text also appears in Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. gr. 430, f. 190v

20. f. 71r, lines 7-37

Alexios Stoudites, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1043), Synodical letter on marriage

Grumel, Regestes des Actes du Patriarcat de Constantinople, 849

21. f. 71r, line 38-f. 71v, line 25

Alexios Stoudites, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1043), Canonical letter to the Metropolitan of Philippi

Grumel, Regestes des Actes du Patriarcat de Constantinople, 847

22. f. 71v, line 26-f. 72r, line 30

Alexios Stoudites, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1043), Synodical decisions on marriage

Rubric: f. 71v Εκ συνοδικῶν κρίσεων τοῦ αὐτοῦ

Incipit: f. 71v Τοῦ νόμου τοὺς ὀγδόου μὲν βαθμοῦ ἀλλήλοις συνάπτοντος

23. f. 72r, line 31-f. 73r, line 14

Michael III, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1178), Synodical decision on marriage

TLG 3078.003

24. f. 73r, line 15-f. 73v

Synodical decision on marriage

Sometimes attributed to Germanos II, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 1175-1240)

Rubric: f. 73r Διάταξις συνοδικὴ περὶ τῆς δευτερογαμίας

Incipit: f. 73r Τίμιον εἶναι τὸν γάμον καὶ τὴν κοίτην ἀμίαντον, ἡ θεία γραφὴ μαρτυρεῖ

This text is also found in Sinai, Monastery of St Catherine, MS gr. 1609, ff. 500v-501r

f. 74r-74v is blank

25. ff. 75r-77v, line 4

John the Faster (Johannes Jejunator), Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 595), Kanonarion

Excerpt

CPG 7558

26. f. 77v, line 5-f. 81r, line 3

John of Kitros, Responsa ad Constantinum Cabasilum, Dyrrhachii archiepiscopum

PG 119, coll. 960-989

27. f. 81r, lines 4-41

Niketas of Herakleia (c. 1030-1117), Canonical responses to Bishop Constantine on marriage

Rubric: f. 81r Νικήτα τοῦ μακαριωτάτου μητροπολίτης Ἡρακλείας ἀποκρίσεις, πρός τινα Κωνσταντῖνον ἐπίσκοπον, περὶ ὧν ἠρωτήθη

Incipit: f. 81r Η μὲν ἀκρίβεια, τοὺς διγάμους οὐκ εἴωθε στεφανοῦν

28. ff. 81v-82v

Nikephoros I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 758-828), Canons

29. ff. 83r-88v

Nikolaos III Grammatikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1111), Poem addressed to the protos of Mount Athos

TLG 3392.001

ff. 89r-90v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 67-90 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( 50 × 56 mm. ) in the gutter.

Extent: 215 × 157 mm.

Collation

This part consists of six quires, all binia.

Quires 16-21⁴ ff. 67r-90v

Layout

ff. 67r-82v A single column of lines. 200 × 125 mm.

ff. 83r-88v A single column of 38 lines. 195 × 90 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young, probably in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the dates of other parts of the manuscript copied by Young and the date of his death.

Part 10 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 91-105]

Language(s): Greek

30. ff. 91r-f. 101v, line 8

Acts of the Council of Chalcedon

Excerpt: ed. Schwartz, vol. 2.1.2, pp. 52-65

TLG 5000.003

CPG 5956 (ff. 91r-93r, line 25)

31. f. 101v, line 9-f. 102r, line 27

Honorius, Roman Emperor (384-423), Letter to the Emperor Arcadius

Rubric: f. 101v Επιστολὴ[sic] Ονωρίου[sic] Ρώμης βασιλέως πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Αρκάδιον τὸν καὶ αὐτάδελφον αὐτοῦ

Incipit: f. 101v Ουκ[sic] οἶδα ποία ἀνταρκτικὴ καὶ δαιμονιώδης ἐνέργεια παρέπεισέ σε ἀδελφὲ

32. f. 102r, line 28-f. 102v

Arcadius, Roman Emperor (377-408), Response to the Emperor Honorius

Rubric: f. 102r Απολογία[sic] Αρκαδίου[sic]

Incipit: f. 102r Ὅλως οὐδὲν ἀρχιερεῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὔτε τῶν εἰς τοὺς πρέσβεις τετολμένων διέγνωκα

33. ff. 103r-104r

Concilium Lateranense a. 649 celebratum

Excerpts: ed. Riedinger, Act 5, pp. 254-282

TLG 5000.007

ff. 104v-105v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 91-105 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pot ( c. 75 × 28 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable but not identical to Heawood 3626. This example is dated to 1657.

Extent: 198 × 151 mm.

Collation

This part consists of four quires, all binia.

Quires 22-25⁴ ff. 91-103, 103a, 104-105

Layout

ff. 91r-102v A single column of 34-35 lines. 175-180 × 115 mm.

ff. 103r-104r A single column of 35 lines. 165 × 100-110 mm.

Hand(s)

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

ff. 103r-104r were copied by Hand D in mixed minuscule script, slanting to the right, in brown ink, with moderate variation in letter size.

Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. Use of the double dot is functional only.

Punctuation used includes the lower and middle points, lower and middle commas and a two-dot colon.

History

Origin: Some of this part was copied by Patrick Young in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the watermarks and the date of his death.

Part 11 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 106-121]

Language(s): Greek

34. ff. 106r-110r

Symeon, the New Theologian (949-1022)

Traditionally attributed, as here, to John of Damascus (c. 675-c. 749)

Epistula de confessione

TLG 3116.001

CPG 8113

PG 95, coll. 284-304

f. 110v is blank

35. ff. 111r-112r

Peter the Chartophylax, Responsa canonica

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 5, pp. 369-373

The order of the questions differs greatly from the edited text

ff. 112v-113v are blank

36. ff. 114r-117r, line 23

Makarios Chrysokephalos (1300-1382), Commentary on the Apostolic Canons

Rubric: f. 114r Η[sic] παροῦσα ἐξήγησις τῶν ἀποστολικῶν κανόνων ὑπάρχει τοῦ ἀοιδίμου μητροπολίτου Φιλαδελφίας Μακαρίου τοῦ Χρυσοκεφάλου, καὶ χειρὸς ἔργον, καὶ πόνημα φρενός

Incipit: f. 114r Περὶ χειροτονίας τῆς παρὰ ἀρχιερέως τελουμένης ὁ κανὼν διαλέγεται

37. f. 117r, line 24-f. 119r, line 3

Hypothesis of the First Council of Nicaea (325)

Rubric: f. 117r Υπόθεσις[sic] τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ οἰκουμενικῆς πρώτης συνόδου

Incipit: f. 117r Εἶχε μὲν τὰ Ρωμαίων[sic] σκῆπτρα Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ Κώνσταντος καὶ Ελένης[sic] ὁ μέγας ἐπικληθεὶς

38. f. 119r, lines 4-26

Hypothesis of the First Council of Constantinople (381)

Rubric: f. 119r Υπόθεσις τῆς ἁγίας δευτέρας οἰκουμενικῆς συνόδου

Incipit: f. 119r Η ἁγία οἰκουμενικὴ δευτέρα σύνοδος γέγονεν ἐπὶ βασιλέως Θεοδοσίου τοῦ μεγάλου ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει

ff. 119v-121v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 106-121 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( c. 50 × 56 mm. ) in the gutter.

Extent: 212 × 157 mm.

Collation

This part consists of three quires, of which two are binia and one is a quaternion.

Quires 26-27⁴ ff. 106-113
Quire 28⁸ ff. 114-121

Layout

ff. 106r-119r A single column of 37-44 lines. 186-202 × 125-135 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young, probably in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the dates of other parts of the manuscript copied by Young and the date of his death.

Part 12 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 122-143]

Language(s): Greek

39. ff. 122r-124v

Short chronicle

Ed. Schreiner, Chronica breviora, no. 37

TLG 2738.005

40. ff. 125r-129v

Short chronicle

Ed. Schreiner, Chronica breviora, no. 63A

TLG 2738.005

41. ff. 130r-140v, line 15

Chronicle of the Roman Emperors

Rubric: f. 130r Ἄρξου τοίνυν τοὺς βασιλεῖς Ῥωμαίων

Incipit: f. 130r Ἀκολούθως δὲ, τοὺς Ῥωμαίων βασιλεῖς, καταλέξομεν μικρὸν ἐπαναβάντες τοῖς χρόνοις

42. f. 140v, line 16-f. 143r

Short chronicle

Ed. Schreiner, Chronica breviora, no. 53

The text here accords with the published text as far as f. 142v, ending with an entry dated 1 October 1520; the remainder of this folio is blank, followed on f. 143r by a single additional entry dated 23 and 26 September 1566, recording the accession of the Ottoman Sultan Selim II

TLG 2738.005

f. 143v is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 122-138, 143 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Hat ( c. 55 × 40 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Piccard online 32090-32091. These examples are dated to 1557-1560. ff. 139-142 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Anchor ( c. 65 × 38 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Piccard online 119129. This example is dated to 1575.

Extent: 213 × 157 mm.

Collation

This part consists of three quires, of which one is a ternion and the others are quaternia.

Quires 29-30⁸ ff. 122-137
Quire 31⁶ ff. 138-143

Layout

ff. 122r-143v A single column of 18-19 lines. 141-147 × 100 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 122r-190v, 193r-207v were copied by Ioannes Malaxos (RGK I 170, II 226, III 282) (Hand E) in mixed minuscule script, in black ink, with significant variation in letter size. There are deletions by expunctuation.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. There is decorative use of the double dot, and accentuation of all lengths of nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters, breathings and nomina sacra strokes.

Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower and middle commas and full stop.

Headings are written in the same style in red ink.

History

Origin: ff. 122r-143v were copied by Ioannes Malaxos (RGK I 170, II 226, III 282) and completed between 1566 and about 1580, as indicated by the watermarks, the scribe's period of activity and the entry for 1566 added to the chronicle on f. 143r.

Part 13 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 144-191]

Language(s): Greek

43. f. 145r-145v, line 3

Sylvestros Syropoulos (c. 1401-c. 1464), Historiae

Excerpt: ed. Laurent, Book 4, chapter 27

TLG 3252.001

f. 144r-144v is blank

44. f. 145v, line 4-f. 152r

Description of paintings and funerary monuments in the church of the Pammakaristos

Incipit: f. 145v Εἰς τὸ δεξιὸν μέρος τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ πατριάρχου ὡς σὰν ἐμπένομεν τὴν πόρευαν νὰ ἐλθοῦμαι μέσα εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν

45. ff. 152v-160r

Novel 70 of Manuel I Komnenos

TLG 5333.004

46. ff. 160v-161r

Notes on the church of the Pammakaristos

Incipit: f. 160v Τῆς δεξιᾶς μερέας· ἡλιακὸν δίσκον σε παρθένε βλέπων

f. 161v is blank

47. ff. 162r-164v

Ioannes Malaxos, Description of the gates of Constantinople

Rubric: f. 162r Αἱ Θύραι τῆς Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

Incipit: f. 162r Πρώτη πόρτα τοῦ σαραγίου ἡ αὐθεντικὴ

48. f. 165r

Poem on the conspiracy of Prokopios against Valens, from an inscription from the walls of Chalcedon

Rubric: f. 165r Ὁ βασιλεὺς Οὐαλεντινιανὸς ὁ μέγας, συγκοινωνὸν ἐποίησε τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, Οὐαλέντα τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ...

Incipit: f. 165r Αλλ'ὅτε δὴ νύμφαι ἱερὸν κατὰ ἄστυ χορείην

49. f. 165v

Recipe for ink

Rubric: f. 165v Σκευασία τοῦ μέλανος

Incipit: f. 165v Ζἀκκος δράμια

50. f. 166r, lines 1-8

Acrostic poem

Rubric: f. 166r Τῶν ὧδε θυρῶν Χριστὸς πάρἐστι[sic] φύλαξ

Incipit: f. 166r Αἴγλης παμφαοῦς Θῶκος τῆς γε ἐν Θέου

The lines are divided into two, the acrostic phrase being formed by the initial letters of the first part of each line, followed by those of the second part of each line, then the final letters of each line: ‘Ἀνδρέας Θεότοκε ὑμνεῖ σε’

51. f. 166r, lines 9-13

List of members of the family of the Emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus (905-959)

Incipit: f. 166r Κωνσταντῖνος ὁ πορφυρογέννητος, υἱὸς Λέοντος τοῦ σοφοῦ

52. ff. 166v-169r

Ed. Darrouzès, Notitia 20

Filiation: This manuscript is omitted from Darrouzès's list of those containing this text.

TLG 3715.001

53. ff. 169v-173v

List of the kings of Israel and Judah, kings of Assyria, Ptolemaic kings and Roman emperors to John VIII Palaiologos (1392-1448)

Rubric: f. 169v Περὶ βασιλέων τῶν Ἰουδαίων

Incipit: f. 169v αʹ Σαοὺλ φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν, ἔτη, μʹ

54. f. 174r

Chronology from Adam to the Emperor Constantine I (d. 337)

Incipit: Ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ, ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς Ἀλεξάνδρου· ἔτη, ͵ερξζʹ

55. f. 174v, lines 1-6

List of ecclesiastical provinces transferred from Rome to Constantinople

Incipit: f. 174v Ὁ Θεσσαλονίκης· ὁ Συρακούσης· ὁ Κρήτης· ὁ Κορίνθου

56. f. 174v, line 7-f. 179r

List of Popes (to Honorius I (d. 638)), Patriarchs of Jerusalem (to Modestos (d. 634)), Alexandria (to Peter IV (d. 651)), Antioch (to Anastasios I (d. 598)) and Constantinople (to Isaias (d. 1332))

Incipit: f. 174v Πατριάρχαι Ῥώμης:- αʹ Πέτρος ὁ ἀπόστολος, ἔτη, κβʹ

f. 179v is blank

57. f. 180r, lines 1-14

Notes on the names of plants

Incipit: f. 180r Τὰ κουκούναρία, λέγονται στρόβυλλοι: Τὰ κίτρα, μῆλα Μηδικὰ ὠνομάζουντας

58. f. 180r, line 15-f. 181r, line 11

Notes on measures

Rubric: f. 180r Ἔκθεσις περὶ σταθμῶν, καὶ μέτρον ἀκριβεστάτη καθ'Ἕλληνας

Incipit: f. 180r Ἴστεον ὅτι τὸ κεράτιον, τὸ ἰδιωτικῶς λεγόμενον κοκκίον

59. f. 181r, line 12-f. 185v, line 13, f. 186r, line 3-f. 187v

Recipes for medicines, inks, soaps etc

Incipit: Περὶ συλλήψεως γυναικός: Περὶ γυναικὸς ἵνα ἔγγυος γένηται

60. f. 185v, lines 14-17

Note recording the deposition of Patriarch Ioasaph II (8 January 1565)

Incipit: f. 185v Μηνὶ Ἰαννουαρίῳ, ηʹ· ἐκάθηραν τὸν πατράρχον τὸν Ἰωάσαφ· καὶ ἡμερὰ βʹ εἰς τὰς ιʹ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μηνὸς ἐποίησαν τὸν Μητροφάνην πατριάρχην· καὶ ἦσαν ἀρχιερεῖς ξʹ τὸν ἀριθμὸν· καὶ καὶ[sic] ἐκάθησεν εἰς τὸν ὑψηλότατον θρόνον ἡμέρα, δʹ

This is the full text of this item

61. f. 185v, line 18-f. 186r, line 3

Note on the Xerolophos column

Rubric: f. 185v Περὶ τοῦ Ξηρολόφου

Incipit: f. 185v Ξηρολόφος· ὅτι τὸν ξηρολόφον, πρώην μὲν θέμα τινὲς ἐκάλουν

62. ff. 188r-191v

Acta Graecorum Concilii Florentini

TLG 3274.004, 3724.005

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 144-190 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Bull's head ( c. 75 × 36 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Piccard online 67981-67983. These examples are dated to 1565-1568.

Extent: 220 × 159 mm.

Collation

This part consists of six quires, all quaternia.

Quires 32-36⁸ ff. 144-176, 176a, 177-182
Quire 37⁸⁺ ff. 183-191 A single later folio (f. 191, described as Part XIV) has been adhered to the end of this quire.

There are quire signatures in Greek numerals, in black ink, on the first folio of each quire of this part, recto, lower centre, beginning from the number 2. They survive on all quires (βʹ-ζʹ).

Layout

ff. 144r-190v A single column of 13-23 lines. 147-160 × 95-120 mm.

Hand(s)

Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower and middle commas and full stop.

Headings are written in the same style in red ink.

History

Origin: ff. 144r-190v were copied by Ioannes Malaxos (RGK I 170, II 226, III 282) and completed between 1572 and 1587, as indicated by the watermarks, the scribe's period of activity and the content relating to the church of the Pammakaristos . This content, believed to be original, must date from later than 1572, when the son of the voivod Alexander of Moldavia, whose tomb is mentioned here, is last recorded as having been alive, and before the church's seizure by the Ottoman government in 1587.

Part 14 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, f. 191]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: f. 191 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Anchor ( Unknown × 40 mm. )

Extent: 210 × 159 mm.

Collation

This part consists of a single folio adhered to Quire 37.

Layout

f. 191r-191v A single column of 30 lines. 161 × 120 mm.

Hand(s)

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

History

Origin: f. 191r-191v was copied and inserted to replace a lost original folio by Patrick Young, probably in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the dates of other parts of the manuscript copied by Young and the date of his death..

Part 15 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 192-209]

Language(s): Greek

63. ff. 193r-194r

Notitia episcopatuum

Ed. Darrouzès, Notitia 16

Filiation: This manuscript is omitted from Darrouzès's list of those containing this text.

TLG 3715.001

f. 192r-192v is blank

64. ff. 194v-198r, line 17

Notitia episcopatuum

Ed. Darrouzès, Notitia 17; includes Appendix 2

Filiation: This manuscript is omitted from Darrouzès's list of those containing this text.

TLG 3715.001

65. f. 198r, line 18-206v

Notitia episcopatuum

Ed. Darrouzès, Notitia 10, recension d

Filiation: This manuscript is omitted from Darrouzès's list of those containing this text.

TLG 3715.001

66. f. 207r, lines 1-4

List of the five patriarchates

Rubric: f. 207r Τάξις καὶ πρωτοκαθεδρία, τῶν ὁσιωτάτων πατριάρχων

Incipit: f. 207r αʹ ὁ Ῥώμης:· βʹ, ὁ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

67. f. 207r, line 5-f. 207v

List of the officials of the patriarchal church

Rubric: f. 207r Τὰ ὀφφίκια τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας, τάξις, αʹ

Incipit: f. 207r αʹ ὁ μέγας οἰκονόμος· βʹ ο[sic] μέγας σακελλάριος

ff. 208r-209v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 192r-209v Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Anchor ( c. 65 × 38 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Mošin 1381. This example is dated to 1565-1575.

Extent: 212 × 155 mm.

Collation

This part consists of three quires, of which one is a binion, one a ternion and one a quaternion.

Quire 38⁶ ff. 192-197
Quire 39⁸ ff. 198-205
Quire 40⁴ ff. 206-209

There are quire signatures in Greek numerals, in black ink, on the first folio of each quire of this part, recto, lower centre, beginning from the number 2. They survive on all quires (βʹ-ζʹ).

Layout

ff. 193r-207v A single column of 17-18 lines. 146 × 110 mm.

Hand(s)

Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower and middle commas and full stop.

Headings are written in the same style in red ink.

History

Origin: This part was copied by Patrick Young in the mid-17th century, before 1652, as indicated by the watermarks and the date of his death.

Part 16 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, f. 210]

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: f. 210 Western paper, folded in quarto.

Extent: 189 × 152 mm.

Collation

This is a single folio adhered to Quire 41.

Part 17 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.36, ff. 211-217]

Language(s): Greek

68. ff. 211r-215r

Letter from Andronikos to Demetrios

Incipit: f. 211r Ἀνδρόνικος Δημητρίω εὖ πράττειν: εἰ τὸ κατηγορεῖν καὶ καθάπτεσθαι τῶν φίλων ἄλλο τί νομίζεις αὐτός

This text is written on recto folios only, the versos being left blank

69. ff. 215v-216v

Letter from Andronikos to Demetrios

Incipit: f. 215v Ἀνδρόνικος Δημητρίω, εὖ πράττειν: οὔτε πρότερον διὰ χρόνου σε ἐπιστείχαντα ᾐτιασάμην αὐτός

ff. [216a] recto-217v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 211-217 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Hat ( c. 70 × 46 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Briquet 3409. This example is dated to 1519-1527.

Extent: 218 × 160 mm.

Collation

This part consists of two quires, both binia.

Quire 41⁴⁺¹ ff. 210-214 A single later folio (f. 210, described as Part XVI) has been adhered to the beginning of this quire.
Quire 42⁴ ff. 215-216, [216a], 217

Layout

ff. 211r-216v A single column of 25-27 lines. 183-196 × 140-150 mm.

Hand(s)

f. 211r, lines 1-19 was copied by Hand F in mixed minuscule script, in brown ink, with significant variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. There is decorative use of the double dot. Accents are sometimes joined to letters and breathings.

Punctuation used includes the lower and middle points, lower and middle commas and a two-dot colon.

f. 211r, line 19-f. 216v were copied by Hand G in mixed minuscule script, in black ink, with moderate variation in letter size.

Punctuation used includes the lower, middle and upper points, lower commas, a two-dot colon and the full stop.

History

Origin: This part was copied in the first half of the 16th century, as suggested by the watermarks. This is consistent with the style of script.

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Studi su copisti greci del tardo Cinquecento: II. Ioannes Malaxos e Theodosios Zygomalas Römische Historische Mitteilungen, De Gregorio, Giuseppe (38, 189-268, 1996)

Zu den ltern der Maria Dukaina Komnene Branaina Tarchaneiotissa Jahrbuch der Österreichischen Byzantinistik, Effenberger, A. (57, 169-182, 2007)

Mainstream texts, viral media and hidden agendas in the tradition of patria texts Byzantine Culture. Papers from the Conference ‘Byzantine Days of Istanbul’ held on the occasion of Istanbul being European Cultural Capital 2010, Istanbul, May 21-23 2010, Burke, J. (Ankara, 387-398, Turkish Historical Society, 2014)

Andronico Callisto e l'epigramma per la tomba di Mida Medioevo greco, Orlandi, Luigi (14, 163-175, 2014)

La fraintesa enunciazione di un metodo filologico: la praefatio al Sofocle (1502) e i suoi problemi Manuciana Tergestina et Veronensia Graeca Tergestina. Studi e testi di Filologia greca, Tessier, Andrea (Trieste, 163-196, Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015)

Antiquitates Constantinopolitanae im osmanischen Reich: Johannes Malaxos und seine Aufzeichnungen im Vat. Reg. Gr. 166 Miscellanea Bibliothecae Vaticanae XXIV Studi e testi, Rhoby, A.Schreiner, Peter (Città del Vaticano, 605-657, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, 2018)

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