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Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.1

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 11978

Contents

Introduction: The manuscript contains the Commentary on the orations of Gregory of Nazianzus by the Byzantine theologian Nicetas of Herakleia (ca. 1050-after 1117). It is formed by two contemporary parts, both containing the commentary with the text of two different sets of orations. The parts are distinguishable on the basis of the script, the watermarks of the paper, the layout and the quires' numbering (which in part II starts again from no. 1). Part I (ff. vii-xi, 1-291) was copied by a group of seven scribes, who constantly alternate in the copying of the text. Among them there is Nikolaos Choniates, a well known scribe and dealer of manuscript from Monemvasia, who was active in Italy in the second half of the 16th century, where he was the head of a prolific atelier. In this manuscript Choniates seems to have a sort of guide role: he started the copying and realized the majority of the rubrics. Among the scribes who copied the texts with him in this manuscript there are also some of his known collaborators, such as Iohannes Chonianos (see Gamillscheg 1980). Part II (ff. 292-525) was copied by three hands: two of them are found also in part I, Nikolaos Choniates and hand C. The third is another well-known prolific scribe and dealer of manuscripts of the 16th century, Andreas Darmarios, who copied the beginning of the text, some rubrics and titles. The fact that some scribes worked in both parts (Nikolaos Choniates and hand C), and that the rubrics in both refer to the parts as a "first" and "second book", suggest that probably, although copied independently, the parts of this manuscript were conceived to be together. Dr Erika Elia

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: vii + 529 + ii leaves. 306 × 210 mm.
Foliation:

Modern pencil foliation, in Latin and Arabic numerals, in the upper margin, right: i-xi + 1-525 + [xii]-[xiii]. Ff. i, iii-vii, [xii]-[xiii] are later endleaves; f. ii is a smaller, paper leaf, pasted on f. iii, added to the manuscript (see Accompanying material); ff. viii-xi, although foliated in Latin numerals, are not endleaves, but belong to the original manuscript.

Collation

16+1 | 26, 36-1, 48+1, 5-148, 15 8-1, 16-258, 264, 27-398| 404, 41-688, 696 | ff. [xii]-[xiii]

Condition

The manuscript is in fair condition. The lost upper part of f. i has been replaced with paper. There are extensive water and humidity stains throughout. In part II, ff. 296-525 have been trimmed heavily: the countermark of the watermark, placed in the corner of the leaves, is entirely visible only on f. 431, the external margin of which has been preserved and has been folded to adapt it to the dimensions of the other leaves.

Additions

On the left pastedown are written, in brown ink, an older shelfmark, ‘ O.17.3’, which has been erased, the present shelfmark, ‘ O.3.1 ’, and the old mark ‘ A.56’, also erased.

On f. iii recto a later hand wrote in Latin a list of manuscripts containing works by Gregory of Nazianzus in British collections.

In the upper margin of f. viii recto is written the old shelfmark ‘ O.17.3’, which has been erased. In the upper part of the leaf, right, is visible a Greek letter (or number?), ‘ μ’.

Binding

Western early modern binding; full leather cover over pasteboards. Blind tooling on both boards, a triple-fillet rectangle with an ornamental motif at the centre. On the spine, which has been rebacked, are pasted three paper labels with the shelfmark. 315 × 215 × 93 mm.

Rebacked. The cover is worn and shows several scratches.

Accompanying Material

A small paper leaf, f. ii, ( 195 × 160 mm. ) has been pasted on f. iii. It contains a table of contents ( pinax) of a manuscript, written in Greek by a scribe of western European origin (the script is probably datable in the 17th c.). The manuscript, the contents of which are listed, also contains the commentary on Gregory of Nazianzus by Nicetas of Herakleia. The order of the orations is not the same as in MS O.3.1. In the upper part of the leaf there is a note, ‘ Coll. Sion’, which possibly indicates that the manuscript in question was part of the collection of Sion College Library (London).

ff. i, iii-vii and ff. [xii]-[xiii] are later endleaves. They all show the same watermark in the form of a hand with a lily, surmounted by a six-point star ( 55 × 15 mm. ). Ff. i, iii-vii have been folded in folio, ff. [xii]-[xiii] in quarto.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

The manuscript was owned by Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614) (see Craster 1926-1928, p. 99, no. 29; Calvié 2020, p. 160).

It was subsequently part of the collection of the English classical scholar and antiquarian Thomas Gale (ca. 1635-1702) . It is identifiable in the list of Gale's manuscripts published by E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 2, Oxoniae (1697), p. 185, no. 5856[22], ‘ Nicetae Episcopi Serrarum et Heracleae adnotationes in Gregorii Theologi Orationes, collatae etiam cum alio MS’).

The manuscript was donated to Trinity College by Roger Gale (1672-1744) in 1738. In the right margin of f. x recto is pasted the Trinity College bookplate. Stamps of Trinity College Library are present on ff. x recto, 291v, 292r, 522v.

Part 1 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.1, ff. vii-xi, 1-291]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. viii recto-291r
Nicetas Heracleensis, c. 1030-1117, Commentary on the orations of Gregory of Nazianzus Scholia in orationes Gregorii Nazianzeni
Rubric: f. viii recto Νικήτας Σεῤῥῶν εἰς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ θεολόγου
Rubric: f. x recto Τοῦ ἱερωτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἡρακλείας τοῦ Σεῤῥῶν κυροῦ Νικήτα, εἰς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου, ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ θεολόγου ἐξήγησις

The commentary, in brown ink, alternates with the text of the orations, in red ink; they are also distinguished by the indications κείμενον / ἑρμηνεία written in red ink

CPG 3027; only partly published, PG 36, 908-913, 944-984; Latin translation by I. Billius PG 127, 1177-1480

ff. viii verso-ix verso, 1r-2r are blank

1.1. ff. x recto-x verso
Life of Gregory of Nazianzus from Symeon Metaphrastes Epitome e Symeonis Metaphrastae historiis
Rubric: f. x recto Βίος Γρηγορίου θεολόγου, ἐκ τῶν Συμεῶνος τοῦ μεταφραστοῦ ἱστοριῶν
Incipit: f. x recto Ὁ μέγας οὖτος Γρηγόριος ὁ θεολόγος αὐτὸς ἐξηγητὴς καὶ διδάσκαλος
Explicit: f. x verso ὡς περικεκαπνισμένα ὑποφαίνων

BHG 730e

1.2. ff. xi recto-xi verso
Table of contents of the first book
Rubric: f. xi recto Πίναξ τῆς παρούσης βίβλου
Final rubric: f. xi verso Τέλος τοῦ αου βιβλίου
1.3. f. 2v
Epigram on Gregory of Nazianzus
Rubric: f. 2v ⟨ Σ⟩τίχοι
Incipit: f. 2v Χριστοῦ γινώσκειν ὀρθοδόξοις οὐσίαν
Explicit: f. 2v Χριστιανοῖς λεγάτου ἐκ Γρηγορίου

See a variant: Database of Byzantine Book Epigrams, οccurrence 17273

1.4. ff. 3r-15r
Commentary on oration 1
Rubric: f. 3r Τοῦ ἱερωτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἡρακλείας κυροῦ Νικήτα τοῦ Σεῤῥῶν, εἰς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου, ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ θεολόγου, ἐξήγησις
Rubric: f. 3v Λόγος πρῶτος
Incipit: f. 3r Ὑπόθεσις. Ἥκων χειροτονηθεὶς Γρηγόριος
Incipit: f. 3v l. 15 Ἐπειδή φησιν, ἀναστάσεως
Explicit: f. 15r ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἵνα ὦσιν ἑή

PG 36, 944-969; I. Sajdak, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, 1, Cracoviae 1914, p. 166 ( Hypothesis)

For the oration: TLG 2022.015; PG 35, 396-401; J. Bernardi, Grégoire de Nazianze, Discours 1-3 (SC 384), Paris 1978, pp. 72-83

1.5. ff. 15v-68v
Commentary on oration 45
Rubric: f. 15v Λόγος ἀπολογητικὸς κατὰ σχολὴν συνταχθεὶς παρὰ τοῦ θεολόγου. Λόγος δεύτερος εἰς τὸ ἅγιον Πάσχα
Incipit: f. 15v Ὑπόθεσις. Τοῦτον τὸν λόγον μεμελετημένως
Incipit: f. 15v l. 21 Ἀββακοὺμ ὁ προφήτης
Explicit: f. 68v ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριόν σου \μου/
Final rubric: f. 68v Τέλος τοῦ λόγου

The first part of the title, Λόγος ἀπολογητικὸς ... τοῦ θεολόγου has been erased with lines in brown ink

For the oration: TLG 2022.052; PG 36, 624-664

1.6. ff. 69r-88r
Commentary on oration 44
Rubric: f. 69r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν καινὴν κυριακὴν καὶ εἰς τὸ ἔαρ καὶ εἰς τὸν μάρτυρα Μάμαντα. Λόγος γ΄
Incipit: f. 69r Τῆς πανηγυρικῆς ἰδέας
Incipit: f. 69r l. 15 Ἐγκαίνια ἐπὶ ναοῦ
Explicit: f. 88r l. 11 εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ πατρὸς ἀμήν.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

For the oration: TLG 2022.051; PG 36, 608-621; CPG Suppl. 3010,44; BHG 1021

1.7. ff. 88r-120r
Commentary on oration 41
Rubric: f. 88r l. 12 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν πεντηκοστήν
Incipit: f. 88r Ὑπόθεσις. Πανηγυρικὴν ἰδέαν καὶ οὕτως[sic] ὁ λόγος
Incipit: f. 88v l. 5 Μετριοφρονῶν ὁ θεολόγος
Explicit: f. 120r l. 8 ὅς ἐστὶν ἡ τῶν δικαίων ἀληθινὴ ἑορτὴ καὶ ἀγαλλίασις.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

Ed. D. Höschel, Homiliae quaedam sacrae Basilii M., Gregorii Nysseni, Nazianzeni..., Augustae 1587, pp. 243-333

For the oration: TLG 2022.049; PG 36, 428-452; CPG Suppl. 3010,41

1.8. ff. 120r-136v
Commentary on oration 15
Rubric: f. 120r l. 9 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τοὺς Μακαβαίους
Incipit: f. 120r Ὑπόθεσις. Ἐν ταῖς Μακκαββαικαῖς βίβλοις ἀναγέγραπται
Incipit: f. 120v Ἐζητοῖτο[sic] παρὰ πολλοῖς
Explicit: f. 136v καὶ ὁ ἐξουθενῶν με, ἀτιμωθήσεται.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

For the oration: TLG 2022.028; PG 35, 912-933; CPG Suppl. 3010,15; BHG 1007

1.9. ff. 137r-153v
Commentary on oration 24
Rubric: f. 137r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· εἰς Κυπριανὸν τὸν μάρτυρα
Incipit: f. 137r ⟨ Ἀ⟩νωτέρω Ναζιανζοῦ ὄρος
Incipit: f. 137r l. 20 ⟨ Π⟩αρ' ὀλίγον φησὶν παρῆλθεν
Explicit: f. 153v l. 5 πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

For the oration: TLG 2022.037; PG 35, 1169-1193; J. Mossay-G. Lafontaine, Grégoire de Nazianze, Discours 24-26 (SC 284), Paris 1981, pp. 40-84; CPG Suppl. 3010,24; BHG 457

1.10. ff. 153v-178v
Commentary on oration 38
Rubric: f. 153v l. 6 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· εἰς τὰ θεοφάνια[sic]· ἤγουν γενέθλια
Incipit: f. 153v Τὸν παρόντα λόγον πανηγυρικόν
Incipit: f. 153v Τὸ Χριστὸς ὄνομα
Explicit: f. 178v l. 16 ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

Ed. D. Höschel, Homiliae quaedam sacrae Basilii M., Gregorii Nysseni, Nazianzeni..., Augustae 1587, pp. 20-84

For the oration: TLG 2022.046; PG 36, 312-333; J. Moreschini-P. Gallay, Grégoire de Nazianze, Discours 38-41 (SC 358), Paris 1990, pp. 312-354; CPG Suppl. 3010,38; BHG 1921

1.11. ff. 178v-263v
Commentary on oration 43
Rubric: f. 178v l. 17 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· ἐπιτάφιος εἰς τὸν μέγαν Βασίλειον
Incipit: f. 178v Ὑπόθεσις. Τοῦτο τὸν λόγον ἐκεφώνησεν, ἐπὶ τῷ τάφῳ
Incipit: f. 179r l. 22 Παθαινομένης καὶ πολυφυρομένης
Explicit: f. 263v l. 4 ἐὰν ἄρα εὑρεθῶ ἔχων ἐπαίνου τὶ ἄξιον.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

On ff. 207v-209v the text of the oration in red ink is missing, and blank spaces were left

For the oration: TLG 2022.006; PG 36, 93-605; F. Boulenger, Grégoire de Nazianze. Discours funèbres en l'honneur de son frère Césaire et de Basile de Césarée, Paris 1908, pp. 58-230; J. Bernardi, Grégoire de Nazianze, Discours 1-3 (SC 384), Paris 1978, pp. 116-306; CPG Suppl. 3010,43; BHG 245

1.12. ff. 263v-291r
Commentary on oration 39
Rubric: f. 263v l. 5 Λόγος ἔννατος εἰς τὰ ἅγια φῶτα
Incipit: f. 263v Πανηγυρικὸς καὶ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἀκόλουθος
Incipit: f. 264r l. 10 Διὰ τοῦτο πάλιν συνάπει[sic]
Explicit: f. 291r ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

There are no rubrics signalling the beginning of the text

For the oration: TLG 2022.047; PG 36, 336-360; J. Moreschini-P. Gallay, Grégoire de Nazianze, Discours 38-41 (SC 358), Paris 1990, pp. 150-196; CPG Suppl. 3010,39; BHG 1938

f. 291v is blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in folio. Watermarks: ff. viii-xi, 1-2 Anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘A B’ in the corner of the leaf ( 62 × 40 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, very similar to Sosower Ancre 131 , which is dated to 1563 (probably in Venice). ff. 3-7 Anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘C B’ with a clover in the corner of the leaf ( 55 × 38 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, very similar to Sosower Ancre 42 , which is dated to ca. 1563 (probably in Venice). ff. 8-16, 41-56, 188-195, 204-211, 237, 239-240, 242, 244-267, 276-283 Anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘P B’ with a clover in the corner of the leaf ( 61 × 35 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, comparable (the countermark is a little different) to Sosower Ancre 78 , which is dated to ca. 1548. ff. 17-40, 57-80, 196-203, 212-235, 238/241, 268-275, 284-291 Anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘S T’ with a clover in the centre of the leaf, scarcely visible ( ca. 60 × 36 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, identical to Sosower Ancre 93 , which is dated to ca. 1562 (probably in Venice). ff. 81-187 Anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘V’ in the corner of the leaf; two different watermarks with the same motif, scarcely visible ( ca. 57 × 37 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, identical to Sosower Ancre 164 , which is dated to ca. 1562 (probably in Venice) and ( 65 × 40 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, similar to Sosower Ancre 100 , which is dated to ca. 1563 (probably in Venice). ff. 236/243 Anchor in a circle, surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘T C’ with a clover in the corner of the leaf ( 60 × 37 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, comparable to Sosower Ancre 97 , which is dated to ca. 1550-1555.

Collation

Part I consists mainly of quaternions.

  • Quire 16+1 ff. i-vii(f. ii pasted on f. iii; these are later endleaves)
  • Quire 26 ff. viii-xi, 1-2
  • Quire 36-1 ff. 3-7(1st leaf missing)
  • Quire 48+1 ff. 8-16(1st leaf missing)
  • Quires 5-148 ff. 17-96
  • Quire 158-1 ff. 97-103(7th leaf missing)
  • Quires 16-258 ff. 104-183
  • Quire 264 ff. 184-187
  • Quires 27-398 ff. 188-291

Quire signatures in Greek numerals, in brown ink, are visible in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf recto of each quire (some of them are lost to trimming), from ε΄ (5, f. 17r) to μα΄(41, f. 284r). The sequence jumps from ϛ΄ (6) to θ΄ (9).

Quire signatures in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, are visible in the lower margin of the first leaf recto of each quire; they are not always extant: from 1 ( f. viii recto) to 15 ( f. 104r), from 22 ( f. 160r) to 23( f. 168). The numbering in Arabic numbers does not correspond to the one in Greek.

Vertical catchwords by the scribe are visible, in the gutter, only on ff. 7v and 24v.

Layout

A single column of 27 lines 205 × 110 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. viii recto, x recto-xi verso, 2v, 3r-8r (only rubrics), 8v-18r l. 17, 18v, 19v-20v, 21r-21v (only rubrics), 22v, 23r (only rubrics), 23v-24v, 25r (only rubrics), 26r ll. 1-12 and ll. 25-27, 26v-31r l. 15, 32r-32v, 33v, 34v-50r l. 5, 50v-51r, 52r-53v, 54v-58r, 59r-60v, 61v (text in red ink), 62v-64r (text in red ink), 65r (text in red ink), 66r-67v (text in red ink), 69r-73v (text in red ink), 75r-76r (text in red ink), 77v-79v (text in red ink), 80v (text in red ink), 81v (text in red ink), 82v-83r (text in red ink), 84r (text in red ink), 85r-88v (text in red ink), 89v-91r (text in red ink), 92r-92v (text in red ink), 95r (text in red ink), 97r (text in red ink), 98r-98v (text in red ink), 100v-101v (text in red ink), 103r-104r (text in red ink), 105r-105v (text in red ink), 108v-109v (text in red ink), 110v (text in red ink), 111v (text in red ink), 113r-113v(text in red ink), 114r-114v, 115r-115v (text in red ink), 117r (text in red ink), 118r-119r (text in red ink), 120r-123r (text in red ink), 124r-127v (text in red ink), 128v-133r (text in red ink), 134r-134v (text in red ink), 136r (text in red ink), 137r (text in red ink), 138r-140r (text in red ink), 141r-143v (text in red ink), 144v-147r (text in red ink), 148r-153v (text in red ink), 154v-155v (text in red ink), 156v-159r (text in red ink), 160r-161v (text in red ink), 162r-167r (text in red ink), 168r-169r (text in red ink), 170r-171r (text in red ink), 172v-173r (text in red ink), 174r (text in red ink), 175r (text in red ink), 176r-176v (text in red ink), 178v-182r (text in red ink), 184r-185v (text in red ink), 186v-187v (text in red ink), 188v-190v (text in red ink), 191v-206r (text in red ink), 210r-210v (text in red ink), 211v-212r (text in red ink), 213v-216r (text in red ink), 217v-222v (text in red ink), 224r (text in red ink), 225r-226v (text in red ink), 227v-290v (text in red ink), 282v l. 8-283r linn. 12-13 Hand A: a minuscule script by the hand of Nikolaos Choniates (16th c., middle-2nd half) (Νικόλαος Χωνιάτης, RGK I, 321; on him see also II 439, III 521).

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

ff. 3r-8r (only text in brown ink), 21r-21v (only text in brown ink), 31r l. 16-31v, 58v Hand B: a minuscule script by the hand of Iohannes Chonianos (16th c., middle) (Ἰωάννης Χωνιανός, RGK I, 192; on him see also II 254, III 316).

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

ff. 18r ll. 17-27, 19r, 22r, 25r (only text in brown ink), 26r ll. 13-24, 196v-282v l. 8 (text in brown ink) Hand C: a minuscule script, vertical, characterized by the presence of flourishings in the margins, datable to the 16th c.

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

ff. 23r (text in brown ink), 33r, 34r, 50r ll. 6-27, 51v, 54r Hand D: a minuscule script slightly slanting to the right, of small size, datable to the 16th century.

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

ff. 61r, 117r-117v (text in brown ink) Hand E: a minuscule script slightly slanting to the right, upright, datable to the 16th century, which has been identified as an anonymous collaborator of Iohannes Chonianos by Gamillscheg (1980), as Anonymus B .

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

ff. 61v-113v, 115r-116v (text in brown ink), 118v-187v, 283r lin. 14-291r Hand F: a minuscule script very similar to that of Nikolaos Choniates. This script is smaller, more regular and less developed vertically compared to Choniates' script, but is sometimes difficult to distinguish it from it. The script of Choniates is known to be extremely changing and problematic: it is often difficult to tell it apart from his collaborators' scripts.

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

ff. 188r-195v (text in brown ink) Hand G: a minuscule script slanting to the right, datable to the 16th century.

The text is written in a black/grey ink.

Hand a: passim a later hand added notes in the margins, in a brown ink (see e.g. ff. 5v, 19v).

Hand b: passim a later hand added notes in the margins, in a brown ink (see e.g. ff. 118v, 154r upper margin).

Decoration

Various friezes in red ink:

  • ff. x recto, 69r, 120r, 153v in a rope motif; the same type of frieze is traced in brown ink, partially filled with red ink, on f. 3r
  • ff. xi recto, 3v, 15v, 88r, 137r, 178v in a scrollworks motif.

Initials in ekthesis, in red ink, are decorated with simple vegetal motifs, see e.g. ff. x recto, 7v.

Thick minor initials in red ink, see e.g. f. xi recto.

On f. x verso the text forms a cul-de-lampe, with ornamental motifs formed by three dots in red ink at both ends of the text lines.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript was copied by a group of scribes, who worked together, probably in Venice; ; on the basis of the scripts and of the watermarks, the copy cen be dated to the 1560s.

Part 2 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.1, ff. 292-525]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

2. ff. 292r-522v
Nicetas Heracleensis, c. 1030-1117, Commentary on the orations of Gregory of Nazianzus (book 2) Scholia in orationes Gregorii Nazianzeni
Rubric: f. 292r Τοῦ ἱερωτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἡρακλείας κυροῦ Νικήτα τοῦ Σεῤῥῶν, εἰς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ θεολόγου ἐξήγησις. Ἀρχὴ τοῦ δευτέρου βιβλίου
Rubric: f. 294v Βιβλίον, δεύτερον
Final rubric: f. 525v Τέλος τοῦ πρώτου καὶ δευτέρου βιβλίου τοῦ Γρηγορίου τοῦ θεολόγου· ἐξηγηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἱεροτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἡρακλείας κυροῦ Νικῆτα Σεῤῥῶν

The commentary, in brown ink, alternates with the text of the orations, in red ink; they are also distinguished by the indications κείμενον / ἑρμηνεία written in red ink

CPG 3027

2.1. ff. 292r-292v
Table of contents of the second book
Incipit: f. 292r Λόγος ἐνδέκατος
Explicit: f. 292v Τί λύετε τάξιν ἐπαινουμένην
Final rubric: f. 292v Τέλος τοὺ πίνακος τοῦ δευτέρου βιβλίου

ff. 293r-294v are blank

2.2. ff. 294v-340r
Commentary on oration 40
Rubric: f. 294v Λόγος ἐνδέκατος· τῇ ἐπιούσῃ ἡμέρᾳ τῶν φώτων ... Τοῦ ἱερωτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἡρακλείας κυροῦ Νικήτα τοῦ Σεῤῥῶν, εἰς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου, ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ θεολόγου, ἐξήγησις. Λόγος ια΄. Τῇ ἐπαύριον μετὰ τὰ φῶτα
Incipit: f. 294v Ὑπόθεσις. Ὁ παρὼν οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἀγωνιστικῶς ὑποδείκνυσι
Incipit: f. 294v l. 14 Χθὲς τῇ λαμπρᾷ
Explicit: f. 340r l. 2 ἡ δόξα τιμὴ καὶ τὸ κράτος· ἅμα τῷ πατρὶ· καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

For the oration: TLG 2022.048; PG 36, 360-425; CPG Suppl. 3010,40; BHG 1947

2.3. ff. 340r-349r
Commentary on oration 11
Incipit: f. 340r l. 2 ⟨Ἀ⟩πὸ γνώμης τὸ προοίμιον
Explicit: f. 349r l. 18 ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ τουτέστιν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, ἀμήν.

PG 36, 969 C 5-984; There is no Hypothesis

For the oration: TLG 2022.024; PG 35, 832-841; M.-A. Calvet-Sebasti, Grégoire de Nazianze, Discours 6-12 (SC 405), Paris 1995, pp. 328-346; CPG Suppl. 3010,11; BHG 716

2.4. ff. 349r-390r
Commentary on oration 14
Incipit: f. 349r l. 19 ⟨Σ⟩υμβουλευτικὸς μὲν ὁ παρὸν λόγος
Incipit: f. 349v l. 13 ⟨Ο⟩ἰκείως τοὺς ἀκροατάς
Explicit: f. 390r δέξονται ἡμᾶς εἰς τὰς αἰωνίους σκηνάς.

Ed. K. Dyobuniotes, Νικήτα Ἡρακλείας ἑρμηνεία εἰς λόγους Γρηγορίου τοῦ Ναζιανζηνοῦ, in: Θεολογία 21, 1950, pp. 355-384

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

The lower part of f. 383r and ff. 383v-384r have been left blank, there is a lacuna (for the text of the oration PG 35, 900 A 11-904 C 4)

For the oration: TLG 2022.027; PG 35, 857-909; CPG Suppl. 3010,14

2.5. ff. 390v-413v
Commentary on oration 19
Rubric: f. 390v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν ἐξισωτὴν Ἰουλιανόν
Incipit: f. 390v Τισὶ μὲν δοκεῖ δικανικὸς εἶναι
Incipit: 391r l. 7 Τὶς ἡ τοσαύτη φησὶ τυραννίς
Explicit: f. 413v τοὺς ὕμνους θεωροῦντες τὴν μίαν δόξαν τῆς ἁγίας τριάδος.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis, I. Sajdak, Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, 1, Cracoviae 1914, p. 169

For the oration: TLG 2022.032; PG 35, 1044-1064; CPG Suppl. 3010,19; BHG 1918

2.6. ff. 414r-453v
Commentary on oration 21
Rubric: f. 414r Λόγος ιδ΄ εἰς τὸν μέγαν Ἀθανάσιον
Incipit: f. 414r Ὁ παρῶν[sic] λόγος καθαρόν ἐστιν ἐγκώμιον
Incipit: f. 414r l. 19 Ἀπὸ συλλογισμοῦ τὸ προοίμιον
Explicit: f. 453v καὶ στῆσον μετὰ σοῦ κἂν μέγα τοῦτο αἰτῶ.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

For the oration: TLG 2022.034; PG 35, 1081-1128; CPG Suppl. 3010,21; BHG 186

2.7. ff. 454r-492v
Commentary on oration 42
Rubric: f. 454r Λόγος ιε΄ εἰς τὴν παρουσίαν τῶν ρν΄ ἐπισκόπων
Incipit: f. 454r Ὑπόθεσις. Οἱ ἐκατὸν πεντήκοντα ἐπίσκοποι
Incipit: f. 454v Πῶς φησὶν ἐπίσκοποι δοκεὶ ἡμῖν
Explicit: f. 492v ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἀμήν.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

The lower part of f. 485v, f. 486r, and the upper part of f. 486v have been left blank

For the oration: TLG 2022.050; PG 36, 457-492; CPG Suppl. 3010,42; BHG 730b

2.8. ff. 493r-522v
Commentary on oration 16
Rubric: f. 493r Λόγος ἒξ καὶ δέκατος εἰς τὸν πατέρα σιωπῶντα διὰ τὴν πληγὴν τῆς χαλάζης
Incipit: f. 493r Ὑπόθεσις. Οὖτος ὁ λόγος εἴρηται τῷ ἁγίῳ εἰς τὴν πληγήν
Incipit: f. 493v ⟨Δ⟩ιὰ τὶ φησὶν καταλύετε
Explicit: f. 522v ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν.

The commentary is preceded by a Hypothesis

Blank spaces were left passim throughout the text

For the oration: TLG 2022.029; PG 35, 933-964; CPG Suppl. 3010,16

ff. 523r-525r, [xii] recto-[xiii] verso are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: ff. 292-295 Crown surmounted by a six-point star, countermark ‘ H S’ with a clover in the corner of the leaf ( ca. 68 × ca. 45 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, comparable to Sosower Couronne 68-69 , which are dated ca. 1570 and 1567, and to Wasserzeichen-Informationssystem AT3800-PO-51656, dated in 1568 (Riva), and AT3800-PO-51655, dated in 1567 (Parma). ff. 296-525 Anchor in a circle surmounted by a six-point star, countermark in the corner of the leaf ‘ P c’ ( 65 × 40 mm. ) in the centre of the leaf, identical to Sosower Ancre 81 , which is dated ca. 1563 (probably in Venice).

Collation

Part II consists mainly of quaternions.

  • Quire 404 ff. 292-295
  • Quires 41-688 ff. 296-519
  • Quire 696 ff. 520-525

Quire signatures in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, are visible in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf recto of each quire, from 1 ( f. 292r) to 30 ( f. 520r).

Condition

F. 431 is wider than the other leaves; its external margin has been folded.

Layout

A single column of 30 lines. 240 × 130 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 292r-292v, 294v-295v, 398v-399v (only the text in red ink), 414r (title, ll. 1-2), f. 454r (title, ll. 1-2), 520r (text in red ink) Hand H: Andreas Darmarios (1540-after 1587) (Ἀνδρέας Δαρμάριος, RGK I, 13. On the scribe see also RGK II, 21; RGK III, 22).

The text is written in a light brown ink; titles and the text of the orations in red.

ff. 296r-383r, 384v-407v (only text in brown ink), 408r-519v, 520r-522v Hand C.

The text is written in a brown and red ink.

ff. 385v-398r (only text in red ink), 400r-407v (only text in red ink) Hand A: Nikolaos Choniates (16th c., middle-2nd half).

Hand a: passim a later hand added notes in the margins, in a brown ink (see e.g. ff. 304v, 313v).

Decoration

Small friezes in red ink are present throughout:

  • ff. 292r, 390v: in a rope motif in red ink
  • f. 294v: in a chain motif in red ink.

Thick initials in red ink, see e.g. f. 292r. Initials in ekthesis decorated with a simple vegetal motif with pearls, see e.g. ff. 294v and 377r.

Small crosses and small ornamental motifs formed by dots and dashes have been traced by Andreas Darmarios after the titles and at the end of the texts, see e.g. f. 292r.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript was copied by a group of scribes, who worked together, probably in Venice; ; on the basis of the scripts and of the watermarks the copy can be dated to the 1560s.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2021) draws partly on M. R. James, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge, vol. 3, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1902, p. 185.

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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) Historia critica scholiastarum et commentatorum Gregorii Nazianzeni, Sajdak, Jan (Cracoviae, Sumptibus Academiae Litterarum, 1914) Casaubon’s Greek Manuscripts Bodleian Quarterly Record, Craster, E. (5, 97-100, 1926) Zu Kopisten des 16. Jahrhunderts Jahrbuch der österreichischen Byzantinistik, Gamillscheg, Ernst (29, 279-291, 1980) Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten, 800-1600. I. Grossbritannien Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik, Gamillscheg, ErnstHarlfinger, Dieter (Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981) Repertorium Nazianzenum. Orationes, textus Graecus. 2, Codices Americae, Angliae, Austriae Studien zur Geschichte und Kultur des Altertums. Reihe 2, Forschungen zu Gregor von Nazianz, Mossay, Justin (Paderborn, Schöningh, 1987) Signa officinarum chartariarum in codicibus graecis saeculo sexto decimo fabricatis in bibliothecis hispaniae, Sosower, Mark L. (Amsterdam, Adolf M. Hakkert, 2004) Le commerce transalpin du copiste-libraire vénitien Andréas Darmarios entre 1582 et 1585 Revue d'Histoire des Textes, Calvié, L. (15, 89-168, 2020)

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