Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.5.23
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12004
Contents
Language(s): Greek and Latin
On f. 2r there is a note on the text, saying that Scrimgeour copied the extracts from various manuscripts and a printed book in Florence: ‘ H. Scrimgerus haec aliunde descripsit ex codicibus Abbatiae cuiusdam, Florentino impresso, Scipionis qui fuit Arguropyli[sic], D. Marci G. Vespucii’; the text, however, was copied almost entirely by Henry II Estienne (see Hands)
From f. 4v, where another scribe (Henry Estienne) copied the text, there are also translations of words and expressions in Latin, notes and scholia
Ff. 41r-41v are blank
On f. 42r, in the left margin, there is a note in black ink by another hand (probably Patrick Young) about the text: ‘ Edita sunt haec ἀλφαβητικῶς sub nomine Astrampsychi ’: the text however does not correspond to Astrampsychus' Oneirocriticon as printed in Artemidori Daldiani et Achmetis Sereimi F. Oneirocritica. Astrampsychi et Nicephori versus etiam Oneirocritici. Nicolai Rigaltii ad Artemidorum Notae, Paris 1603
The text is organised in brief phrases, the subjects are written in red in the margin, and they are arranged alphabetically; a few phrases correspond, with some differences, to F. Drexl, 'Das Traumbuch des Patriarchen Germanos', in: Λαογραφία 7 (1923), pp. 433-448
ff. 45r-49r are blank
In the manuscript, the text of the inscription has been transcribed without breathings and accents
The text has been written perpendicular to the normal direction of the script
ff. 51v-56v are blank
CIG 3137, ll. 1-33; Hicks 176.I; Syll41 171, ll. 1-33; Michel 19, ll. 1-33; OGIS 229.I; Schmitt, Staatsverträge III 492.I (PH); IMag. Sip. 1.I (PH); *ISmyrna 573.I + II 2 p. 376
CIG 3137, ll. 34-88; Hicks 176.II; Syll41 171, ll. 34-88; Michel 19, ll. 34-88; OGIS 229.II; Schmitt, Staatsverträge III 492.II; IMag. Sip. 1.II (PH); *ISmyrna 573.II + II 2 p. 376
CIG 3137, ll. 89-108; Hicks 176.III; Syll41 171, ll. 89-108; Michel 19.III; OGIS 229.III; Schmitt, Staatsverträge III 492.III; IMag. Sip. 1.III (PH); *ISmyrna 573.III + II 2 p. 376
The collection comprises
- hypotheseis of Isocrates' Against the Sophists, Plataicus and Areopagiticus
- critical notes and variants on Isocrates' To Philip, Archidamus, Busiris, Plataicus, Areopagiticus, Panathenaicus, To Philip, Archidamus, The team of horses
- critical notes and variants to Aristotle' s Politics, and On plants
- critical notes and variants to Euripides' Hecuba, Orestes, Phoenician Women, Hippolytus, Medea, Alcestis, Andromache, Suppliant Women, Iphigenia at Aulis, Iphigenia among the Taurians, Rhesus, Trojan Women, Bacchae, Children of Heracles, Helen, Ion
ff. 64v-65r are blank
The text, presented in the manuscript as a summary from Aelius Dionysius (active 2nd century) , is an extract from cod. 279 of the Bibliotheca by patriarch Photius: R. Henry, Photius. Bibliothèque, Paris , pp. 170 l. 29-185 l. 30 (529b l. 29-535a l. 30); cod. 279 is dedicated to Helladius, hence a note by a later hand in the left margin, upper part, of f. 66r, ‘ Helladius v. Photium’
TLG 4040.001
ff. 41r-41v are blank
TLG 4304.002
Ff. 41r-41v are blank
The text consists of brief citations from the text (ed. W. Marg, The Pythagorean texts of the Hellenistic period (ed. H. Thesleff), Abo 1965, pp. 203, 205-225, TLG 1734.001; the attribution to Timaeus of Locri , is considered spurious), underlined, and brief explanatory comments; references are made to locations in the text (a printed edition?)
This is a fragment from a spurious work attributed to Timaeus of Locri
The text starts in the manuscript at W. Marg, The Pythagorean texts of the Hellenistic period, ed. H. Thesleff, Abo 1965, p. 211 l. 22
TLG 1734.001
f. 76r is blank
A note in black ink specifies the provenance of the inscription, ‘ In hortis Divi Jacobi prope Westmonasterium’
Regilla Herodis Attici uxor post a. 161, see G. Dittenberger, Sylloge Inscriptionum Graecarum, 2, Leipzig 19173 , 858; the inscription was on a stone originally found in Rome, and afterwards transferred to Britain, but now destroyed
Dittenberger 19173, 858; Prideaux Marm. Oxon. append. 302, 28; CIG 6185; Kaibel IG XIV 1392
The epitaph is dated in 1628
A note in black ink specifies ‘ Exstat inter inscriptiones Lipsii fol. 14 pag. b’: the inscription has been published in M. Smet, Inscriptionum antiquarum quae passim per Europam, liber. Accessit Auctarium a Iusto Lipsio, Lugduni Batavorum 1588, fol. xiiii, no. 2; the inscription is located, in the edition, in Naples, ‘ in domo Hadriani Gulielmi’
A note in black ink specifies ‘ Exstat in Inscriptionibus antiquis Lipsii fol. 14’: the inscription has been published in M. Smet, Inscriptionum antiquarum quae passim per Europam, liber. Accessit Auctarium a Iusto Lipsio, Lugduni Batavorum 1588, fol. xiiii, no. 1; the inscription is located, in the edition, in Naples, ‘ in domo Hadriani Gulielmi’
The same hand which wrote the reference to Lipsius' work corrected in the right margin the faulty transcription of the names in ll. 2-3, ‘ Fufidio’ and ‘ Pullio’
See, slightly different, CIL, vol. vi, 5, *43
The inscription has been written directly after the preceding text; a horizontal line has been traced in order to separate them
Physical Description
Modern foliation in pencil, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 76; there are 2 unnumbered modern endleaves at the beginning and 3 at the end of the manuscript: [i]-[ii] + 1-76 + [iii]-[v].
Collation
The leaves have been sewn very tightly, there is no numbering of the quires, and there are no watermarks. It was not possible to determine the collation.
Condition
Layout
No regular layout throughout. On ff. 49v-51r the text has been written transversally.
Hand(s)
ff. 2r-4r, 71r, 72r Hand A: a minuscule script slightly slanting to the right, characterized by a generally round form of uprights, which generally end with ornamental tails and flourishings.
The text is written in black ink
ff. 4v-40v, 42r-43v, 66r-68r, 69r-70r Hand B: the texts have been written by Henri II Estienne (1531-1598) , in an informal minuscule, vertical (RGK II, 148, where ff. 4v-44v and 66r-68v are attributed to him; however, in my opinion, ff. 44r-44v are to be attributed to Patrick Young, see hand C, and ff. 66r-68v probably to Henry Scrimgeour, see hand D).
Titles and final rubrics throughout are written in a more "baroque" variant of the script, with a lot of ornamental flourishings (see e.g. f. 8v, ff. 12v-13r).
The text is written in a brown ink.
Estienne wrote also parts in Latin.
ff. 44r-44v, 49v-51r, 74v-75v, 76v, marginal notes on ff. 49v-51r, 70v, 72v-75r, 76v: hand C, Patrick Young (1584-1652) , in a minuscule script, slightly slanting to the right, flowing, regular in size, characterised by contrast between thin and thick strokes and small flourishing tails at the end of some vertical and oblique strokes (see e.g. rho, csi, beta, zeta, eta). For the identification see M. R. James, The Western Manuscripts in the Library of Trinity College Cambridge, vol. 3, Cambridge 1902, p. 325, where the manuscript is said to have been written ‘ largely by Patrick Young’; more precisely the hand of Young has been identified by P. Isepy 2020, p. 208 note 99, on ff. 49v-51r, 57r-63v, 70v, 72v-75r, 76v, marginal notes on ff. 2r, 66r-68r, 69r. The script on ff. 57r-63v and 72v-74r, however, in my opinion, is not that of Patrick Young: althought the script is contemporary and very similar, it is more rigid, upright, some characteristic features of Young's hand are missing, such as the characteristic beta, slanting to the right, and with an ornamental hook at the end of the upright, rho with the upright slanting to the left and ending with an ornamental hook, csi with a loop in the upper part, slanting to the left, and there are forms which are not present in Young's script, like the high tau in form of a 'flag', zeta in the form of a '2', without ornamental loops. For other examples of te script of Patrick Young, see, for example, London, British Library, Harley 7522 B ).
The text is written in a light brown ink.
ff. 57r-63v, 72v-74r Hand D: a minuscule script similar to Patrick Young's, probably also by a western European hand, upright, rigid.
ff. 66r-68r The text in these leaves has been copied by hand E, Henry Scrimgeour (1505-1572) (see James, p. 325; Isepy 2020, p. 208). On f. 66r, in the right margin, there is a note written by Patrick Young about the text on ff. 66r-68r, who defines the text ‘ inscriptio magni avunculi manu scripta’: Scrimger was his great-uncle (under the note another hand specified ‘ Magnus avunculus... Scrimgerus Scott.’. In RGK II, 148 the copying of these leaves has been assigned to Henri II Estienne; although the script is similar to his hand, some characteristic features are different.
Decoration
On ff. 4v-43v, where the text has been written by Henri II Estienne (hand B), there are small decorative elements near titles, very roughly traced, see e.g. ff. 16r, 19r, 42r) in red ink.
Additions
On the left pastedown are written, in brown ink, the present shelfmark, ‘ O.5.23’, and an older shelfmark relating to the Gale collection, ‘ A. 20’.
On f. 1r there is a title in black ink, ‘ Thomas Reinusius in variis Lect. multa emendat. p. 425. 446 | Collectanea Varia’.
On f. 1v there are notes in Greek and Latin by hand A, written probably at different times (they have been written in three different inks)
On f. 76v there are notes by Patrick Young:
- A list of works in Greek
- An extract from the catalogue of the library of S. Antonio di Castello in Venice: ‘Ex catalogo Bibliothecae Sancti Antonii ’; at the end, by another hand, ‘ In catalogo Bibliothecae S. Antonii, Venetiis, nulli ex his libris apparent. Quare Basilii Magni Grammatica exercitamenta Gesne….’
Binding
Modern binding: paper cover over couched-laminate boards; parchment on spine, where are pasted three paper labels with the shelfmark ‘ O’ ‘ 5’ ‘ 23’. 365 × 235 × ca. 23 mm.
History
The manuscript is probably a composite, formed by various parts, which were originally independent, and were copied at different times. The leaves containing texts copied by Henry II Estienne (1531-1598) and Henry Scrimegeour (1505?-1572) were copied in the 16th century; since some of the texts written by Estienne were copied from a manuscript of the convent of S Marco in Florence, and since the French scholar travelled to Italy (and was in Florence) in the years 1552-1555, the his portion of the manuscript could be dated around this time. The leaves transcribed by Patrick Young (1584-1652) were copied later, probably in the first half of the 17th century.
Provenance and Acquisition
The manuscipt was owned by Thomas Gale (1635/1636-1702) , Regius professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge, High Master of St Paul's School and Dean of York. It appears among Thomas Gale's Greek manuscripts in E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ, Oxoniæ 1697, p. 189, where it appears as 9 items: no. 5975 (141) ‘ Collectanea varia in Lucianum’, no. 5976 (142) ‘ Astrampsychus de Somniis’, no. 5977 (143) ‘ Variae Lectiones in Lucianum’, no. 5978 (144) ‘ Decretum Marmoreum de Seleuco. Excerpta e Dionysio Atticista’, no. 5979 (145) ‘ Lexicon Herodoti’, no. 5980 (146) ‘ Argumenta orationum Isocratis’, no. 5981 (147) ‘ Variae Lectiones ad Aristotelis Politica’, no. 5982 (148) ‘ Aristotelis libri de Plantis’, no. 5983 (149) ‘ Quaedam Notae in Euripidem, in folio’.
It was donated to Trinity College by Roger Gale (1672-1744) in 1738. On f. 1v is pasted the Trinity College bookplate. On ff. 1v, 68v, 69r, 70v, 76v there are stamps of Trinity College.
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