Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.54

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11976

Contents

Introduction: Trinity College, MS O.2.54 collects together various transcriptions, made between the 1620s and 1640s, of Libanius, Phoebammo, Artemidorus Capito and fables from different manuscripts. All the transcriptions, with exception of Phoebammo (ff. 132r-145v), were made by Patrick Young (1584-1652, also known as Patricius Junius), who was royal librarian to King James VI and I, and King Charles I. The four parts copied by Young (Parts I, III-V) appear to have been brought together in a single volume at an early stage, and the division into parts is suggested by the notes, the different sizes of the paper, the presence of blank leaves which were to serve as endleaves, and watermarks. On the other hand, ff. 132r-145v (Part II) were copied by a scribe with affinities to the model of Angelos Bergikios or Konstantinos Palaiokappa. Some of Patrick Young's library was acquired by Thomas Gale, Fellow of Trinity and Dean of York, and eventually donated to the Trinity College by his eldest son Roger Gale in 1738. Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: ii + 113 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 4 + i leaves.
Foliation: [i-ii] + 1-113, 132-145, 145a-145b, 146-158, [158a], 159-174 + [iii]. Modern foliation in brown ink in Arabic numerals, recto, upper right corner, 145a-145b, and [158a] in pencil.

Collation

Part I consists of 28 quires, Part II of one, Part III of four, Part IV of three, Part V of one: 18-1, 2-284 | 2914 | 30-334 | 34-364 | 374.

Binding

Parchment over couched-laminate board.

220 × 160 × 15 mm.

Accompanying Material

Two scraps with inscription are present between ff. 26v-27r (scrap a) and 172v-173r (scrap c), one blank scrap between ff. 34v-35r (scrap b)

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by the antiquarian Thomas Gale (c. 1635-1702) , Fellow of Trinity and Dean of York. It is recorded as nos 5970-5973 in the list of Gale's manuscripts in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697) .

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

Part 1 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.54, ff. [i] recto-113v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. [i] verso-[ii] recto
Notes from British Library, Arundel MS 517
Rubric: f. [i] verso Ex cod. Arund. Mso
Incipit: f. [i] verso Εἰ ταῦτα γλώττης ἀργοτέρας, τις ἂν εἴης αὐτὴ ἀκονῶν
Explicit: f. [ii] recto Puto hanc ad Iambilichum scriptum fuisse. vide p. 101. Nisi forte ad Iambilichi filium

Notes with reference with Libanius' epistles, and John Chrysostom, In quatriduanum Lazarum (contra Anomoeos homilia 9), taken from London, British Library, MS Arundel 517 .

2. ff. 1r-5r
Libanius, Upon avenging Julian (or. 24 Foerster) De Iuliani caede ulciscenda
Rubric: f. 1r Ὑπὲρ τῆς τιμωρίας τοῦ ἀνθρώπου
Incipit: f. 1r Οὐκ ἀρκεῖ τοῦτο τοῖς πράγμασιν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, λύπη καὶ ὀδυρμὸς καὶ ἀγρυπνία μάτην ἀναλισκομένη
Explicit: f. 5r παρὰ τοῖς θεοῖς· ὥσθ’ ἅπερ ἦν ἄν σοι τετιμωρημένῳ, ταῦτα ἔσται ἐθελήσαντι

TLG 2200.004

copied from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 219, ff. 1r-5r .

on f. 1r, inner margin: ‘Σηαι in Volumine unde hanc descripsimus haberi duas alias Libanij orat(iones) nondum editas. una est ad Antiochenos Ἁ μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως, altera inscriptionem non habet, εἰς δὲ βαρὺς ὡς δὲ ἐπαχθὴς etc’

2. ff. 6r-11v
Libanius, To those who called him tiresome (or. 2 Foerster) In eos qui molestum eum appellabant
Rubric: f. 6r Πρὸς τοῦς βαρῦν αὐτὸν καλέσαντας
Incipit: f. 6r Ὡς δὲ βαρύς ὡς δὲ ἐπαχθής, εἴρηταί τισι περὶ ἡμῶν· ὁ δὲ ἀπαγγέλλων Ἀνδρόμαχος ἦν ὀμνύς
Explicit: f. 11v τὰ δὲ ἀδίκως καταφρονούμενα τὰ αὑτῶν κομίσασθαι δοῦναί τε ἀφορμὰς ἐμοὶ χαρᾶς ἀντὶ τῆς νῦν ἀνίας
Final rubric: f. 11v Londini in palatio Divi Jacobi Feb. 13. 1629

TLG 2200.004

copied from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 219, ff. 17v-22v .

3. ff. 14r-17r
Libanius, Funeral oration over Julian (or. 18 Foerster, par. 160-188) Iuliani epitaphius
Rubric: f. 14r Orationis funebris in necem Iuliani Imp(eratoris). lacuna pag. 300
Incipit: || f. 14r πώγωνας ἐκεῖσε φερόντων καὶ τὸ τῶν δακτύλων ἔργον. οὕτως αὖθις παρεσκεύασε τὰ τῶν Μουσῶν χλοῆσαι
Explicit: f. 17r ταυτὶ δὲ ψηφισάμενος ἆρ’ οὐ πρὸς ἀρετὴν παρεκάλει τὰς πόλεις||
Final rubric: f. 17r cet. quae sequuntur in impresso codice, p. 304

TLG 2200.004

copied from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 219, ff. 51r-54r .

References to Fédéric Morel's edition (1627).

4. ff. 17r-20v
Libanius, To the Antiochenes: on the emperor's anger (or. 16 Foerster, par. 1-37) Ad Antiochenos de ira imperatoris
Rubric: f. 17r Πρὸς Ἀντιοχεῖς περὶ τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως ὀργῆς
Incipit: f. 17r Ἃ μὲν ὑπὲρ τῆς πόλεως ὦ ἄνδρες Ἀντιοχεῖς πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα διείλεγμαι
Explicit: f. 20v ἐγὼ γοῦν οὐκ ἂν ἀπεδεξάμην τοὺς ταύτῃ τῆ θεραπείᾳ χαίροντας θεούς. Ἦν μὲν οὖν φροντιζόντων||
Final rubric: f. 20v Desiderantur reliqua huius orationis

TLG 2200.004

copied from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 219, ff. 36v-39v .

5. ff. 23r-113r
Libanius, Epistles Epistulae
Rubric: f. 23r Ἐπιστολαὶ Λιβανίου
Incipit: f. 23r Ἃ μὲν ἐδεήθημεν ἡμεῖς, πάλαι παρὰ σοὶ κεῖται, σὸν δὲ παρ’ ἡμῖν περὶ τούτων οὐδέν
Explicit: f. 113r νῦν χρῶνται τοῖς περὶ τοὺς λόγους πόνοις· ἐννοοῦντες, οἷος αὐτοῖς ἐν τῇ πατρίδι κάθηται λογιστής
Final rubric: f. 113r epist. 293 citat Tanaquil. ad Longinum. Isaaci Vossii codex habet epistolas 1021

289 Epistles

TLG 2200.001

ff. 23r-106v copied from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 4

ff. 106v-113r copied from

Final rubric refers to Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. Gr. F. 77 , cf. note on f. [ii] recto

6. f. 113v
Index of Libanius' Epistles
Rubric: f. 113v Epistolae Libanij
Incipit: f. 113v ad Aburcium
Explicit: f. 113v Ῥιχομήρει 54

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 1r-113v, Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: Flower (7 petals) ( 18 × 18 mm. ) on the gutter. Unidentified (single line serpent?) ( 50 × 20 mm. ) on the gutter.
Extent: 210-214 × 150-155 mm.

Collation

Part I consists of 28 quires:

  • Quire 18-1 ff. [i] recto-5v
  • Quires 2-284 ff. 6r-113v
.

Catchwords on rectos from ff. 1r to 4r and on rectos and verso from 6r on; missing on 28v, 29r, 46r.

Condition

In fair general condition. Leaves are yellow with age, moulded and darkened.

Layout

ff. 1r-113v: written space 190 × 115 mm. 40 lines per page

Hand(s)

Parts I, III-V are copied by Patrick Young (1584-1652) , royal librarian to King James VI and I, and King Charles I.

Additions

The contents are listed on f. [i] recto.

f. [ii] recto two notes added by different hands: ‘collatus est hic codex epist(ularum) Libanii cum alijs duobus’; ‘Libanii epistolas habet Is. Vossius MSS 1021’, in all likelihood with reference to Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. Gr. F. 77 .

History

Origin:

This Part was produced in 1629 (cf. final rubric on f. 11v).

Part 2 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.54, ff. 132r-145v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

7. ff. 132r-145r
Phoebammo Sophistes, ca. 5th-6th cent. CE, On Figures De figuris
Rubric: ff. 132r-134r Phoebamon Sophista de figuris Rhetoricis Graece MSS | Φοιβάμωνος σοφιστοῦ περὶ σχημάτων ῥητορικῶν Ex codice MSS bibliothecae Bodleianae, Academiae Oxoniensis Anno (Christi) CIↃIↃCXXII | Φοιβάμωνος σοφιστοῦ περὶ σχημάτων ῥητορικῶν
Incipit: || f. 134r Ὅτι χρήσιμός ἐστιν ἡ περὶ τούτων γνῶσις πρὸς τὸ μὴ διαφθεῖρειν τὰ τῶν ἀρχαίων
Explicit: f. 145r τίς ὁ βασιλέα καταναυμαχήσας; Θεμιστοκλῆς· ἐναλλάττει δὲ τῷ κατ’ ἐρώτησιν καὶ ἀπόκρισιν σχήματι
Final rubric: f. 145r λείπει. Τέλος

TLG 2596.001

Probably copied from Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Auct. F.1.6 (Misc. 89)

Variant readings from Cambridge, Queens' College MS 33, ff. 71r-[76]r , cf. note on margin of f. 132r

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 132r-145v, Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Crozier in a shield ( 52 × 38 mm. ) on the gutter comparable to Heawood 1216 , dated after 1621.
Extent: 195 × 154 mm.

Collation

Part II consists of one quire: Quire 2914 ff. 132r-145v.

Condition

In fair general condition. Leaves are yellow with age, moulded and darkened.

Layout

ff. 132r-145v: written space 170 × 110 mm. 20-23 lines per page

Hand(s)

Part II is written in an early 17th-century minuscule script slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink. The model seems to be the same as Angelos Bergikios or Konstantinos Palaiokappa.

History

Origin:

This Part was produced in 1623.

Part 3 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.54, ff. 145a-[158a]v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

8. ff. 145ar-158r
Artemidorus Capito, De urinis
Rubric: ff. 145ar-146r Artemidorus De Urinis | Ἀρτεμιδώρου περὶ οὔρων Κεφάλαιον αον
Incipit: f. 146r Ἐὰν ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ χύματος ὅλου ὕδωρ ἴδῃς λεπτότατον
Explicit: f. 158r εἰ δὲ εἰσὶ πολλὰ πυκνὰ μελανώδη, μακρονοσίαν σημαίνει καὶ θάνατον
Final rubric: f. 158r Θεῷ χάρις 5th Sept. 1626

on f. 146r, inner margin: ‘Σὺν Θεῷ ἁγίῳ in Ptocodochio Sanctae crucis, Cal. Sept. 1626’, The Ptocodochium Sanctae Crucis is the Hospital of St Cross and Almshouse of Noble Poverty (Winchester)

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 145ar-[158a]v, Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pillars with a letter B between ( 48 × 23 mm. ) on the gutter.
Extent: 200 × 153 mm.

Collation

Part III consists of four quires: Quires 30-334 ff. 145r-[158a]v

Catchwords on rectos from ff. 146r.

Condition

In fair general condition. Leaves are yellow with age, moulded and darkened.

Layout

ff. 146r-158v: written space 185 × 115 mm. 34 lines per page

Hand(s)

Parts I, III-V are copied by Patrick Young (1584-1652) , royal librarian to King James VI and I, and King Charles I.

History

Origin:

This Part was produced in 1626 (cf. note on f. 146r).

Part 4 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.54, ff. 159r-170v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

9. ff. 159r-170r
Aesop, Fables Fabulae
Rubric: f. 159r Fabulae sub Aesopi nomine nondum editae
Incipit: f. 159r Αἱ δρύες κατεμέμφοντο τὸν Δία ὅτι, ἐπεὶ κοπτόμεθα, τί ἡμᾶς τῶν λοιπῶν φυτῶν ἐποίησας
Explicit: f. 170r ὅτι πολλοὶ καυχῶνται διὰ λόγων ἀνδρεῖοι εἶναι καὶ θρασεῖς, οὕς ἡ πείρα[sic] γυμνασθέντας ἐξελέγχει

The fables are arranged in alphabetical order, numbered from 1 to 52, and followed by the epimythion. The collection is apparently dependent from the manuscript Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Auct. F.4.7 (Misc. 106) , but the epimythia often differ. The fables are E. Chambry, Aesopi fabulae, 2 vol., Paris 1925-1926, nr. 99a, 18, 44, 74d, 128a, 179d, 70b, 113a, 82c, 124a, 351a, 323b, 204b, 304b, 320, 247c, 137a, 136a, 143a, 140b (not numbered and struck in the manuscript), 163d, 30c, 214c, 183b, 213, 200a, 196, 216, 57, 238c, 266c, 305c, 48, 260, 193, 217a, 147c, 127a, 278b, 5b, 14c, 69c, 350c, 319e, 321, 116d, 66c, 37c, 235d, 1, 195e, 59d

On f. 159r, inner margin: ‘conveniunt cum tetrastichis Babrii, v. edit. Rittershusii, Lugd.’, with reference to Phaedri, Aug. liberti, fabularum Aesopiarum libri V, Leiden 1598, edited by Pierre Pithou and Konrad Rittershausen

TLG 0096.015, 0614.001

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 159r-170v, Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pillars ( 47 × 32 mm. ) on the gutter similar but not identical to Heawood 3505-3506 , dated 1635-1637.
Extent: 204 × 158 mm.

Collation

Part IV consists of three quires: Quires 34-364 ff. 159r-170v.

Catchwords on rectos and versos from ff. 160v.

Condition

In fair general condition. Leaves are yellow with age, moulded and darkened.

Layout

ff. 159r-170v: written space 180 × 65 mm. 32 lines per page

Hand(s)

Parts I, III-V are copied by Patrick Young (1584-1652) , royal librarian to King James VI and I, and King Charles I.

History

Origin:

This Part was produced between 1620 and 1640.

Part 5 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.2.54, ff. 171r-174v]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

10. ff. 171r-172r
Severus Alexandrinus, Fables Fabulae
Rubric: f. 171r Ἡθοποιίαι Σεβήρου σοφιστοῦ Ἀλεξανδρέως
Incipit: f. 171r Τίνας ἂν εἴποι λόγους Βρισηΐς ἀπαγομένη ὑπὸ τῶν κηρύκων
Explicit: f. 172r Τί οὖν τηνάλλως ὀδύρομαι τῆς συμφορᾶς ἐμαυτῷ γενόμενος αἴτιος, κινήσας ἐχθρόν ὃς καὶ θαυμαζόμενος, ὡς εἰπεῖν, αἰτιᾶται τὸν ἐπαινέσαντα

TLG 4239.003

11. ff. 173r-173v
Nicolaus Myrensis (5th cent.), Fables (ed. C. Walz, Rhetores graeci, I, Stuttgartiae 1832, pp. 266-269) Fabulae
Rubric: f. 173r Ἐκ τῶν Νικολάου σοφιστοῦ προγυμνασμάτων, μῦθοι
Incipit: f. 173r Γῆρας ἐλύπει τὸν λέοντα, καὶ θηρᾶν οὐκ ἠδύνατο, βουλόμενος δὲ πορίσαι τροφὴν νοσεῖν ὑπεκρίνατο, καὶ σχήματι νόσου εὐπορίαν τῆς τροφῆς ἀπειργάζετο
Explicit: f. 173v ψυχαγωγοῦσι τοὺς ἀτυχήσαντας οἱ μᾶλλον κακοπραγήσαντες

TLG 0096.006

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 171r-174v, Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Pillars ( 52 × 45 mm. ) on the gutter similar but not identical to Heawood 3495 , dated 1652-1654.
Extent: 200 × 153 mm.

Collation

Part V consists of one quire: Quire 374 ff. 171r-174v.

Catchwords on ff. 171r-171v.

Condition

In fair general condition. Leaves are yellow with age, moulded and darkened.

Layout

ff. 171r-173v: written space 180 × 120 mm. 35 lines per page

Hand(s)

Parts I, III-V are copied by Patrick Young (1584-1652) , royal librarian to King James VI and I, and King Charles I.

History

Origin:

This Part was produced between 1620 and 1640.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2020) draws on M.R. James, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College, Cambridge (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902), vol. 3, pp. 174-176.

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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) Libanii opera, (Lipsiae, 1, fasc. 1: Orationes I-V, B.G. Teubner, 1903) Libanii opera, (Lipsiae, 2: Orationes XII-XXV, B.G. Teubner, 1904) Libanii opera, (Lipsiae, 9: Libanii qui feruntur characteres epistolici, Prolegomena ad epistulas, B.G. Teubner, 1927) Progymnasmata quae exstant omnia: Collegit, edidit, apparatu critico instruxit. Cum indice Graecitatis. Accedunt Callinici Petraei et Adriani Tyrii sophistarum testimonia et fragmenta necnon Incerti Auctoris ethopoeia nondum vulgata, Amato, EugenioKindt, Bastien, (Berlin, 2015)

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