Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

A catalogue of Western manuscripts and papyri at Cambridge University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and selected Cambridge colleges

Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12008

Contents

Introduction: This is a composite manuscript containing mainly Patristic homilies, whose parts were probably copied mostly in the 14th century. The authors who feature most prominently are John Chrysostom and Gregory of Nazianzus, but there are also individual texts by Anastasios of Sinai, Ephraem Syrus, Epiphanios of Constantia, Sophronios of Jerusalem and Gregory of Antioch. Some losses have been substituted by the insertion of replacement leaves. Besides the main patristic body of the manuscript, a shorter portion has been added to the beginning of the manuscript containing a table giving the date of Easter for the years 1404/5-1491/2. This may have been produced for addition to this manuscript or reused from elsewhere. There are also a few folios reused as endleaves and drawn from liturgical manuscripts, bearing fragments of prayers and hymns. In the 16th or 17th century the manuscript was owned by the sakelliou of the Metropolitan of Rhodes, a priest or deacon responsible for the supervision of parish clergy. It was later owned by one Ioannes Borelius, perhaps the 17th-century Neapolitan scientist and mathematician Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, before being acquired later that century by the collector Thomas Gale. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: iv + 10 + 351 + 3 + iii leaves.
Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers [a-d] + i-ix, [x] + 1-88, 90-236, 240-355 + [xi-xiii] + [e-g] in Arabic and Roman numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right. There is no lacuna in the text between ff. 88 and 90, so the number 89 appears to have been omitted erroneously.
Foliation: ff. 1-355 bear an earlier foliation in Greek numerals with the numbers αʹ-οβʹ, οδʹ-οθʹ, παʹ-πηʹ, πʹ, πθʹ-ριγʹ, ριγʹ-ριηʹ, ρκʹ-ρπγʹ, ρϙγʹ-ρϙδʹ, ρπδʹ-ρϙβʹ, ρϙεʹ-σζʹ, σηʹ/σθʹ, σιʹ-σιγʹ, σκβʹ-σκθʹ, σιδʹ-σκαʹ, σλʹ-σλζʹ, σμʹ-σμηʹ, σνϛʹ-σξγʹ, σμθʹ-σνεʹ, σξδʹ-τνεʹ (1-72, 74-79, 81-88, 80, 89-113, 113-118, 120-183, 193-194, 184-192, 195-207, 208/209, 210-213, 222-229, 214-221, 230-237, 240-248, 256-263, 249-255, 264-355), in black ink, recto, upper right. The order of this foliation reflects the correct order of the folios, now greatly disordered, but contains occasional errors.

Condition

Much of ff. i-ii and [xi-xiii] has been lost, there is slight pest damage to ff 351-355, and there have been smaller losses to the edges of some other folios. Much of this damage has been repaired with Japanese paper. There is extensive water staining, which has caused softening of the paper in many places, and fading of the ink, which has been extensively overwritten by a later hand (e.g. ff. 87v-97r). There are areas of dirt.

Additions

A contents list to ff. 142r-355v in Latin and Greek has been added on f. [d] recto by a 17th or 18-century hand. A 19th-century hand has added a contents list to ff. ii recto-194r in Latin and Greek on f. [c] verso.

Binding

18th-century binding with grey paper covering over couched-laminate boards, with a white parchment spine and plain pastedowns. The classmark appears on the spine on patches.

187 × 139 × 100 mm.

Accompanying Material

At each end of the manuscript are three paper endleaves belonging to the current binding. Besides the early endleaves described in full, there is one paper left endleaf (f. [d]) older than the current binding, but more recent than the remainder of the manuscript.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned in the 16th or early 17th century by the sakelliou of Rhodes, as indicated by the note on f. [x] verso.

Owned by one Ioannes Borelius, perhaps the scientist and mathematician Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608-1679) , as indicated by the note on f. 28r.

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 (p. 172).

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

Part 1 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, ff. i-ix]

Contents

1. f. i verso
Calendrical notes
Language(s): Greek

Defective at the beginning and end

Incipit: || f. i verso [...]ιγʹ κ[...]η ηλιου
Explicit: f. i verso [...]χης ναπ||

f. i recto is blank apart from later notes and pen-trials

2. ff. ii recto-ix recto
Easter table for 6913-7000 AM (1404/5-1491/2 CE)
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. ii recto Ἔτους ͵ϛϠιγʹ κύκλου ἡλίου κεʹ σελήνης κύκλου ιϛʹ
Explicit: f. ix recto ἡ νηστεία τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων ἡμέρας ιαʹ
Colophon: f. ix recto Φιλόθεος τέρμα

f. ix verso is blank apart from a later note

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. i-ix Eastern paper
Extent: 168 × 119 mm.

Collation

This part consists of a single quire, a quinion

  • Quire 110-1 ff. i-ix The first folio has been lost or cancelled.

Layout

ff. i verso A single column of at least 16 lines. 120 × 110 mm.

ff. ii recto-ix recto A single column of 18-19 lines. 113 × 95 mm.

Hand(s)

f. i verso were copied by Hand C in rough mixed minuscule script, slanting to the right, in brown ink, with moderate variation in letter size. Diacritics appear only occasionally, and there is no visible punctuation.

ff. ii recto-ix recto were copied by Hand D in mixed minuscule script with variable slant, in brown ink.

Breathings are round.

Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points and full stop.

Decoration

Items begin with simple minor initials in brown ink.

Additions

There are brief Greek notes and pen-trials by various hands in the margins and on the otherwise blank ff. i recto and ix verso.

History

Origin: This quire was probably copied in 1404, as the Easter table appearing here begins with 6913 AM (1404/5 CE). This would be consistent with the style of script and the use of eastern paper.

Part 2 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, f. [x]]

Contents

3. f. [x] recto
Word-list
Language(s): Greek (vernacular)

A fragment of a text written on a reused portion of what was originally a larger sheet of paper

Incipit: || f. [x] recto η προ τινι / να πιασι
Explicit: f. [x] recto αλαδιδια||

f. [x] verso is blank apart from later notes

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: f. [x] Eastern paper

Collation

This part consists of part of a single folio inserted between the two adjoining, previously existing parts.

Layout

ff. f. [x] recto A single surviving column of at least 20 lines. 115 × 75 mm.

Hand(s)

f. [x] recto was copied by Hand E in a rough mixed minuscule script, slanting to the right, in brown ink, with little variation in letter size. Diacritics and punctuation are not present.

Additions

On f. [x] verso are various Greek notes and pen-trials by different hands, including a note of ownership by the sakelliou of the metropolitan see of Rhodes, dating to the 16th or early 17th century: ‘Τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον ὑπάρχει τοῦ ἐντιμοτάτου[sic] σακελλίου, τῆς ἁγιωτάτης μητροπόλεως Ῥόδου, κὺρ’. This person's name was evidently intended to follow, but was never written.

History

Origin: The script of the original text on this reused fragment is difficult to date, but was copied probably in the 16th or 17th century. It was inserted at some point after the preceding quire had been combined with the part that follows, as red ink from the initial letter on the following f. 1r had been transferred to the preceding. f. ix verso.

Part 3 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, ff. 1-236]

Contents

4. ff. 1r-26r
Anastasios of Sinai (c. 640-c. 700), Homilia in sextum psalmum
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 1r Τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν, Ἀναστασίου τοῦ Σινᾶ ὅρους, λόγος περὶ νηστείας, εἰς τὸν ἔκτον[sic] ψαλμὸν, εὐλόγησον Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 1r Πρέπουσαν τῆς τω[sic] νηστειῶν ἀρχῆς εἰλικρινοῦς μετανοίας ὑπόθεσιν
Explicit: f. 26r προσκύνοισης[sic] καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

CPG 7751

ff. 26v-27r are blank; f. 27v is blank apart from a later note

5. ff. 28r-49r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), De patientia et de consummatione huius saeculi
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 28r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· Λόγος περὶ ὑπομονῆς καὶ περὶ συντελίας[sic] τοῦ αἰῶνος τοῦτου[sic] καὶ δευτἔρας[sic] τοῦ Κυρίου παρουσίας· ἀδιαδοχου[sic] τὲ τῆς δικαίων βασιλείας καὶ ἀτελευτήτου τῶν ἁμαρτωλῶν κολἄσεως·[sic] καὶ πρὸ τῆς τῶν θείων γραφῶν μελέτην προτροπή· τίνες τὲ αἱ μεθοδίαι τοῦ ἐχροῦ καὶ τὸ τῆς ἡσυχίας ὀφέλιμον:- Δέσποτα εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 28r Λαμπρὸς ὁ βίος τῶν ἁγίων· πῶς δὲ λαμπρύνεται
Explicit: f. 49r ὧ πρέπει δόξα σὺν τῶ παντοκράτορι Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.351

CPG 4693

PG 63, coll. 937-942

6. ff. 49r-69v
John Chrysostom (d. 407), De patientia sermo 1
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 49r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, λόγος εἰς τοὺς κοιμηθέντας, Κύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 49r Φέρε σήμερον μάλιστα τῶν προτέρων ἡμερῶν σπουδεώτερον[sic]
Explicit: f. 69v εἴη τὸ ὄνομα Κυρίου εὐλογημένον ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν καὶ ἕως τοῦ αἰῶνος, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.274

CPG 4620

BHG 2103x

PG 60, coll. 723-730

7. ff. 69v-74v
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In Iohannem homiliae 1-88

De eleemosyna

Language(s): Greek

Incomplete, with a lacuna

Rubric: f. 69v Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου, λόγος περὶ ἐλεημοσύνης· καὶ ὅτι κρεῖττον μὴ ηλέειν[sic], ἥπερ ἐξ ἀδικίας καὶ πλεονεξίας· καὶ ὅτι δεῖ ἐκκλίνειν ἀπὸ κακοῦ, καὶ οὕτως ποιεῖν τὸ ἀγαθόν· καὶ ὅτι· ἀδιάφορον ἀνίπτοις χερσὶν, κοινωνεῖν, Κύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 69v Ἀγαπητοὶ γλυκὺς παρὼν βίος· καὶ πολλῆς γέμων ἡδονῆς
Explicit: f. 74v μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πατρὶ δόξα, ἅμα τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.153

CPG 4425

PG 59, coll. 23-482

8. ff. 74v-78v, 87r-87v, 79r-86v, 88r-90r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In Iohannem homiliae 1-88

De avaritia et divitiis

Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 74v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ φιλοχρηματίας λόγος καὶ περὶ πλουσίων καὶ φιλαργύρων, καὶ διὰ τί εἴρηται εἰδωλολατρεία, ἡ φιλαργυρία· καὶ περὶ ἐλεημοσύνης καὶ μετανοίας, Κύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 74v Ἀγαπητοὶ· ἀκολουθήσωμεν ἀγαθῶ δεσπότη θέλοντι τὴν σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν
Explicit: f. 90r μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πατρὶ δόξα, ἅμα τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.153

CPG 4425

PG 59, coll. 23-482

9. ff. 90r-101r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In Iohannem homiliae 1-88

De peccato et iudicio

Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 90r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου καὶ οἰκουμενικοῦ διδασκάλου, λόγος περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ τῆς μελλούσης καὶ τελευτήτου κολάσεως· καὶ περὶ πορνείας· καὶ μοιχείας· καὶ ὅτι μοιχεία ἐστὶ τὸ τὸν ἔχοντα γαμετὶν· ἑτέραν προσφθαρεῖναι[sic] καὶ περὶ Χριστοῦ καὶ πορνικοῦ ἔρωτος:· Κύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 90v Ἀγαπητοὶ· τὸ προσηνὲς καὶ λεῖον, οὐ πανταχοῦ χρήσιμον
Explicit: f. 101r μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πατρὶ δόξα, ἅμα τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.153

CPG 4425

PG 59, coll. 23-482

10. ff. 101r-129r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), De perfecta caritate
Language(s): Greek

Incomplete, with a lacuna

Rubric: f. 101r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ , λόγος περὶ ἀγάπης τελείας· καὶ τῆς κατὰ ἀξίας τῶν ἔργων ἀνταποδώσεως· καὶ περὶ τῆς δευτέρας τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίας, Δέσποτα εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 101r Πᾶσα πράξις ἀγαθὴ, καρπὸς ἀγάθης ἐστίν
Explicit: f. 129r μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πατρὶ ἅμα τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.211

CPG 4556

PG 56, coll. 279-290

11. ff. 129r-140r
Ephraem Syrus (303-373), Oratio in vanam vitam, et de paenitentia
Language(s): Greek

Often spuriously attributed, as here, to John Chrysostom

Rubric: f. 129r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· λόγος εἰς τὸν μάταιον βίον τοῦ κόσμου καὶ εἰς κατάνυξιν καὶ ὀφέλειαν τῶν ψυχῶν ἡμῶν: Εὐλόγησον δέσποτα
Incipit: f. 129r Ὅσοι τὰ τοῦ βίου μάταια καὶ ἀπολλύμενα πράγματα κατελείπατε
Explicit: f. 140r καὶ σου ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία καὶ ἡ δόξα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος. νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 4138.075

CPG 4031, 4622

BHG 2103n

PG 60, coll. 735-738

12. 140r-141v
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In Iohannem homiliae 1-88

De avaritia et divitiis

Language(s): Greek

Excerpt: ends at PG 59, col. 403; duplicates text on ff. 74v-76r

Rubric: f. 140r <⟨Τ⟩>οῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ φιλοχρηματίας λόγος καὶ περὶ πλουσίων καὶ φιλαργύρων, καὶ διὰ τί εἴρηται εἰδωλολατρεία ἡ φιλαργυρία· καὶ περὶ ἐλεημοσύνης καὶ μετανοίας, ⟨Κ⟩ύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 140r <⟨Ἀ⟩>γαπητοὶ· ἀκολουθήσωμεν ἀγαθῶ δεσπότη θέλοντι τὴν σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν
Explicit: f. 141v αἱ μὲν εἰσὶν ἀναγκαῖαι· αἱ δὲ, φυσικαὶ· αἱ δὲ οὐδ ἕτερον

TLG 2062.153

CPG 4425

PG 59, coll. 23-482

13. ff. 142r-167r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), Ad illuminandos catechesis 1
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 142r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· κατήχησις πρὸς τοὺς μέλλοντας φωτίζεσθαι· καὶ περὶ γυναικῶν τῶν ἐν πλἐγμασιν καὶ χρυσῶ κατακοσμουσῶν ἑαυτὰς· καὶ περὶ ἄπτοις· ἢ ἐπ'ὠδαῖς κεχρημένω· ἅτινα ἅπαντα, ἀλλότρια χριστιανισμοῦ ἀποδέδεικται: Κύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 142r Τῶν πρώην εἰρημένων πρὸς τὴν ἡμετέραν ἀγάπην
Explicit: f. 167r μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πατρὶ δόξα· ἅμα τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.025

CPG 4464

PG 49, coll. 231-240

14. ff. 167v-183v, 186r-194r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In epistulam I ad Thessalonicenses homiliae 1-11
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 167v Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν, Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· εἰς τὸ ῥήτον τοῦ ἀποστόλου, τοῦτο γὰρ ὑμῖν λέγομεν ἐν λόγω Κυρίου· ὅτι ἡμεῖς οἱ ζῶντες οἱ περιλοιπόμενοι εἰς τὴν παρουσίαν τοῦ Κυρίου, οὐ μὴ φθάσωμεν τοὺς κοιμηθέντας, Κύριε εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 167v Οἱ προφῆται μὲν τὸ ἀξιόπιστον τῶν λεγομένων δεῖξαι βουλόμενοι
Explicit: f. 194r δόξα κράτος τιμὴ προσκύνησις· μεγαλοσύνη τε καὶ μεγαλοπρέπιεα, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2062.162

CPG 4434

BHG 2103mf

PG 62, coll. 391-468

15. ff. 194v, 184r-185v, 195r-212v, 221r-228v, 213r-220v, 229r-236v
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In Genesim sermo 3
Language(s): Greek

Defective at the end (variant text)

Rubric: f. 194v Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν, Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· Λόγος εἰς τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς ἁγίας τεσσαρακοστῆς καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐξορίαν του[sic] Ἀδάμ· καὶ περὶ πονηρῶν γυναικῶν:- εὐλόγησον δέσποτα
Incipit: f. 194v Πρόκειται ἡμῖν ἀγαπητοὶ πνευματικὴ τράπεζα ἐκ τῶν θείων γραφῶν ἔργων
Explicit: f. 236v ἐφάνη ναὸς καὶ θρόνος πανάγιος τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἥτις τῆς||

TLG 2062.216

CPG 4562

BHG 0025p-pc

PG 56, coll. 525-538

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 1-236 Eastern paper
Extent: 175 × 125-136 mm.

Collation

This part consists of 32 quires. The reconstruction of a few quires in the collation presented here is conjectural, but on this basis this part contains one binion and one ternion, while the rest of the quires are quaternia. Quire 28 (ff. 213-220) is bound out of order and should follow Quire 29 (ff. 221-228).

  • Quires 2-38 ff. 1-16
  • Quire 44-1 ff. 17-19 One folio has been cancelled, without loss of text (this reconstruction is conjectural).
  • Quires 5-108 ff. 20-67
  • Quire 118-3 ff. 68-72 The first and last folios have been lost, with loss of text, while the fifth has been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quire 128-3 ff. 73-78 The first folio has been lost, with loss of text, while the last has become detached and misplaced (f. 87).
  • Quire 138 ff. 79-86
  • Quire 148+1 ff. 87-95 The detached last folio of Quire 12 has been attached to the beginning of this quire.
  • Quires 15-248 ff. 97-176
  • Quire 258+2 ff. 177-186 Two folios detached from Quire 27 have been inserted after the seventh folio of this quire.
  • Quire 268 ff. 187-194
  • Quire 276-4 ff. 195-196 The first and last folios of this quire have been lost, with loss of text, and the second and third folios have been detached and inserted into Quire 25 (ff. 184-185).
  • Quires 28-328 ff. 197-236

Layout

ff. 1r-236v A single column of 19 lines. 123 × 80 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 1r-236v were copied by Hand F in a blocky mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with little variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is absent. There is decorative use of the double dot, and accentuation of all lengths of nomina sacra .

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

Decoration

Texts begin with ornamented minor initials in red ink, and some sections with simpler minor initials in red ink.

Transitions between texts are marked by vignettes in red or brown and red ink.

Additions

There are occasional pen-trials and brief marginal notes in Greek by various hands (e.g. ff. 1r, 28r, 141v).

An ownership note of Ioannes Borelius (perhaps Giovanni Alfonso Borelli) appears on f. 28r: ‘Liber Ioannis Borelii’.

History

Origin: This part was probably copied in the 14th century, as suggested by the style of script and the use of eastern paper.

Part 4 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, ff. 240-355]

Contents

16. ff. 240r-247v, 256r-263v, 248r-252r
Epiphanios of Constantia (c. 310-403), Homilia in divini corporis sepulturam
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 240r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἐπιφανίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κύπρου· λόγος εἰς τὴν θεόσωμον ταφὴν τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· καὶ εἰς τὸν Ἰωσὴφ τὸν ἐξ Ἀριμαθείας· καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐν τῶ Ἅδη τοῦ Κυρίου κατάβασιν τὴν μετὰ τὸ σωτήριον πάθος παραδόξως γενομένην· Κυρίου εὐλόγησον
Incipit: f. 240r Τί τοῦτο σήμερον· σιγῆ πολλὴ ἐν τῆ γῆ· τί τοῦτο· σιγῆ λοιπὸν καὶ ἡρεμία πολλὴ
Explicit: f. 252r καὶ τῶ παναγίω καὶ ζωοποιῶ Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2021.013

CPG 3768

BHG 0808e

PG 43, coll. 440-464

17. ff. 252v-255v, 264r-293r
Sophronios of Jerusalem (c. 560-c. 638), Life of St Mary of Egypt
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 252v Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τῆς ὁσίας Μαρίας τῆς Αἰγυπτίας· συγγραφῆς παρα[sic] Σοφρονίου πατριάρχου Ἱεροσολύμων, εὐλόγησον Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 252v Μυστήριον βασιλέως, κρύπτειν καλὸν· τάδε ἔργα τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀνακηρύττειν ἔνδοξον
Explicit: f. 293r πάντοτε νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ· καὶ εἰς τοὺς ἀπεράντους· καὶ ἀτελευτήτους αἰῶνας, τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

TLG 4042.009

CPG 7675

BHG 1042-1042d

PG 87, coll. 3697-3725

f. 293v is blank apart from some later notes

18. ff. 294r-297v
Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 335-c. 394), In sanctum Pascha et in tarditatem

Oration 1

Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 294r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου τοῦ θεολόγου, ἐπισκόπου Ναζιανζοῦ· λόγος εἰς τὸ ἄγιον[sic] Πάσχα καὶ εἰς τὴν βραδυτῆτα, εὐλόγησον, Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 294r Ἀναστάσεως ἡμέρα, καὶ ἡ ἀρχὴ δεξιὰ· καὶ λαμπρυνθῶμεν τῇ πανηγύρει
Explicit: f. 297v νῦν τε καὶ εἰς τὴν ἐκεῖθεν ἀνάπαυσιν· ὦ[sic] ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2022.015

CPG 3010.1

PG 35, coll. 395-401

19. ff. 298r-314v
Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 335-c. 394), In theophania

Oration 38

Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 298r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν· Γρηγορίου τοῦ θεολόγου· λόγος· εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν τοῦ Χριστοῦ γέννησιν· εὐλόγησον Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 298r Χριστὸς γεννᾶτε, δοξάσατε· Χριστὸς ἐξ οὐρανῶν, ἀπαντήσατε
Explicit: f. 314v ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ τῶ Κυρίω ἡμῶν· ὦ[sic] ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος· εἰς τους[sic] αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 314v Τέλος

TLG 2022.046

CPG 3010.38

BHG 1921-1921b

PG 36, coll. 311-333

20. ff. 315r-335v
Gregory of Nazianzus (c. 335-c. 394), In sancta lumina

Oration 39

Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 315r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου τοῦ θεολόγου· λόγος, εἰς τὰ ἅγια φῶτα ευλόγησον,[sic] Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 315r Πάλιν Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἐμὸς, καὶ πάλιν μυστύριον· μυστήριον, οὐκ απατηλὸν[sic] οὐδὲ ἄκοσμον
Explicit: f. 335v ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίω ἡμῶν· ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 335v Τέλος

TLG 2022.047

CPG 3010.39

BHG 1938-1938b

PG 36, coll. 336-380

21. ff. 336r-347r
Gregory of Antioch (d. c. 593), Homilia I in sacra theophania
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 336r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου· Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· λόγος ῥηθεὶς εἰς τὸ βάπτισμα καὶ εἰς τὴν σύναξιν τοῦ προδρόμου· εὐλόγησον, Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 336r Ἄνδρες φιλόχριστοι καὶ φιλάδελφοι· καὶ φιλόξενοι· ξενοδοχήσατε τὴν ἐμὴν γλῶσσαν σήμερον
Explicit: f. 347r μεθ'οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ δόξα· σὺν τῶ παναγίω καὶ ζωοποιῶ Πνεύματι, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

CPG 7385

22. ff. 347r-355r
John Chrysostom (d. 407), In annuntiationem beatae Mariae virginis
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 347r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως, τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· λόγος εἰς τὸν ευαγγελισμὼν[sic] τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου, εὐλόγησον Πατέρ
Incipit: f. 347r Πάλιν χαρὰς εὐαγγέλια· πάλιν ἐλευθερίας μημύνατα· πάλιν ἀνάκλησις
Explicit: f. 355r χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 355r Νίκα τῷ συντελευτῆ τῶν καλῶν Θεῷ χάρις

TLG 2062.133

CPG 4519

BHG 1128f

PG 50, coll. 791-796

f. 355v is blank apart from some later notes

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 240-355 Eastern paper
Extent: 175 × 125-136 mm.

Collation

This part consists of 16 quires. The reconstruction of a few quires in the collation presented here is conjectural, but on this basis this part contains three ternia and one single bifolio, while the rest of the quires are quaternia. Quire 34 (ff. 249-256) is bound out of order and should follow Quire 35 (ff. 257-263 and the last folio belonging to this quire, now misplaced as f. 248).

  • Quire 338-2+3 ff. 240-248 The first and last original folios of this quire have been lost, but subsequently replaced with substitutes; the detached last folio of Quire 35 has been added to the end of this quire.
  • Quire 348 ff. 249-256
  • Quire 358-1 ff. 257-263 The last folio of this quire has been detached and added to Quire 32.
  • Quire 368 ff. 264-271
  • Quire 376 ff. 272-277
  • Quires 38-458 ff. 278-341
  • Quire 46-476 ff. 342-353
  • Quire 482 ff. 354-355

Layout

ff. 241r-246v, 248r-355r A single column of 21-23 lines. 139 × 90 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 241r-246v and 248r-355r were copied by Hand G in calligraphic mixed minuscule script with variable slant, in black ink, with significant variation in letter size and frequent flourishing of tails into the margin.

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

The flat-bottomed omega and loop epsilon are present, and there are inclusions of letters within omicron.

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

Headings are written in Alexandrine majuscule style in red ink.

Decoration

Texts begin with ornamented minor initials in red ink, and some sections with simpler minor initials in red ink.

Transitions between texts are marked by vignettes in red or brown and red ink.

Additions

There are occasional pen-trials and brief marginal notes in Greek by various hands (e.g. ff. 251r, 293v-294r, 346v).

History

Origin: This part was probably copied in the 14th century, as suggested by the style of script and the use of eastern paper.

Part 5 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, ff. 240, 247]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 240, 247 Eastern paper
Extent: 176 × 125 mm.

Collation

This part consists of two substitute folios replacing lost original folios in Quire 33.

Layout

ff. 240r-240v, 247r-247v A single column of 22-23 lines. 142 × 90 mm. Pricking does not survive. Ruled in hardpoint, type similar to Leroy 10D1. Text hangs from the lines.

Hand(s)

ff. 240r-240v and 247r-247v were copied by Hand H in mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly 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 absent. There is decorative use of the double dot, and accentuation of all nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters, abbreviations and nomina sacra strokes.

The sigma telikon is present.

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

Decoration

Sections begin with simple minor initials in red ink.

History

Origin: This part was probably copied in the 14th century, as suggested by the style of script and the use of eastern paper

Part 6 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, f. [xi]]

Contents

22. f. [xi] recto-[xi] verso
Euchologion

Excerpt: baptismal prayer

Language(s): Greek

Ed. Goar, chapter 13, section 4

Defective at the beginning: begins ed. Goar, p. 290

Incipit: || f. [xi] recto ἀκου>⟨σί⟩<ων ἀμαρτημάτων[sic] ἄφεσιν αὐτοῖς δω>⟨ρη⟩<σάμενος, αὐτὸς οὖν δέσποτα πολυ [sic] εὐσπλαγχνε,[sic] χάρισαι αὐτοῖς
Explicit: f. [xi] verso Ὅσοι εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασ⟨θε⟩ Ἀλληλούϊα· Καὶ γίνεται ἀπόλυστι

TLG 5332.002

23. f. [xi] verso
Euchologion

Excerpt: baptismal prayer for a child close to death

Language(s): Greek

Ed. Goar, chapter 5, section 3

Defective at the end: ends ed. Goar, p. 303

Rubric: f. [xi] verso Ἑτ⟨έρ⟩α ἀκολουθία τοῦ ἁγίου βαπτίσματος· ἔχει τὸ προοίμιον ⟨πά⟩νυ σύντομον εἰς τ[..]υτα π[..6..] βαπτιζώμενον κατά τινα [....]
Incipit: f. [xi] verso Κύριε ὁ Θεὸς ὁ παντοκράτωρ· ὁ πο⟨ιή⟩σας τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν
Explicit: f. [xi] verso σὺ συνέτριψας τὰς καὶφαλὰς[sic] τῶν δρακώντωω ἐ

TLG 5332.001

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: f. [xi] Eastern paper
Extent: 163 × 120 mm.

Collation

This part consists of a single folio reused as an endleaf.

Layout

f. [xi] recto-[xi] verso A single column of 20 lines. 142 × 100 mm.

Hand(s)

f. [xi] recto-[xi] verso was copied by Hand I in mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the left, in black ink, with moderate variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is absent. There is decorative use of the double dot, and accentuation of all nomina sacra .

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

Headings are written in the same style in red ink.

Decoration

The text beginning on f. [xi] verso is preceded by a plaited headpiece outlined in black ink with red infill.

Sections begin with simple minor initials in brown ink.

History

Origin: This fragment was reused here as an endleaf. This manuscript from which it comes was probably copied in the 14th century, as suggested by the style of script and the use of eastern paper.

Part 7 [Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.7.4, ff. [xii-xiii]]

Contents

24. f. [xiii] verso-[xii] recto
Hymns
Language(s): Greek

Defective at the beginning and end, with lacunas

Incipit: || f. [xiii] verso μιωθήσης· διὸ εἷς, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς αμφωτερ[sic]
Explicit: f. [xii] recto αμφοιν,[sic] καὶ δι'ενος [sic] αμφό[sic]

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: 168 × 123 mm.

Collation

This part consists of part of a single bifolio reused as endleaves, with much of its outer and lower parts missing.

Layout

ff. [xii] recto-[xiii] verso A single column of at least 27 lines. 147 × 105 mm.

Hand(s)

f. [xii] recto-[xiii] verso were copied by Hand J in mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the right, in black ink, with minimal variation in letter size and some flourishing of tails into the margin.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is absent. Use of the double dot is functional only, and nomina sacra are unaccentuated.

Punctuation used includes the upper point, middle comma and full stop.

Decoration

Items begin with simple minor initials in black ink.

History

Origin: This fragment was resued here as an endleaf. The fragment from which it comes was probably copied in the 12th century, as suggested by the style of script.

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    Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum graecorum Germaniae, Belgii, Angliae, van de Vorst, CharlesDelehaye, Hippolyte (Brussels, Société des Bollandistes, 1913) Codices Chrysostomici Graeci I Codices Britanniae et Hiberniae, Aubineau, Michel (Paris, CNRS éditions, 1968) 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) Codices Chrysostomici Graeci VIII: I: Codices Ancyrae et Constantinopolis II: Addenda et Corrigenda ad volumina I-IV, Barone, Francesca P.Voicu, Sever J. (Paris, CNRS éditions, 2018)

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