Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.10.10
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12027
Contents
Language(s): Greek
After f. 76r there is a lacuna, common to the text tradition: προτείνων τὰ λήμματα· καὶ γὰρ … οὐρανὸς συμφωνίας ( L.G. Westerink, Proclus Diadochus. Commentary on the first Alcibiades of Plato (Amsterdam, 1954), section 204 l. 13). The scribe evidenced it writing a note, λείπει ἐνταῦθα φύλλο, and leaving ff. 76v-77r blank
On f. 106r the scribe, after τοῦ δὲ τὸ καλόν ( Westerink (1954), section 295 l. 3), left the rest of the leaf and f. 106v blank, although there is not a lacuna in the text
TLG 4036.007
ff. [vii] recto-[x] recto are blank
Physical Description
Foliation in brown ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right from 1 to 119; 6 blank leaves at the beginning and 4 at the end of the manuscript are unnumbered: [i] + [ii]-[vi], 1-119, [vii]-[x]
Collation
Due to tight sewing of the quires and to the absence of signatures, it was not possible to reconstruct the collation.
Condition
Layout
A single column of 28-38 lines. The layout is irregular, it changes with the scribes, but also within the portions written by a single scribe. On ff. 58r-106r, passim, the lines have been traced in pencil. On ff. 58r-62r there is a single lateral margin, on the left of the leaves; on ff. 62v-106r, 110r-119v there are two lateral margins; on ff. 107r-109v the the width of the layout almost correspond with the width of the leaf.
Hand(s)
ff. 1r-57v Hand A: a minuscule script, upright, probably by a western European hand.
The text is written in brown ink
ff. 58r-88r, 98v l. 20-99r, 110r-119v Hand B: a minuscule script, upright, probably by a western European hand.
The text is written in brown ink; on ff. 59v-60v the ink is black.
ff. 89r-91v, 97r-98v l. 20, 103r-106r Hand C: a minuscule script, characterised by curls and flourishing tails, probably by a western European hand.
The text is written in brown ink.
ff. 92r-96v Hand D: a minuscule script, characterised by a somewhat 'rigid' aspect, probably by a western European hand.
The text is written in brown ink.
Additions
On the left pastedown is written the shelfmark, ‘ O.10.10’.
On f. [ii] recto are written the old shelfmark, ‘ O.4.14’, a title ‘ Alcibiades cum Procli scholiis’, and a note ‘ Ex Is. Vossii codice’, specifying that the text was copied from a manuscript owned by Isaac Vossius.
On f. [vi] recto there is a note in Latin about the text.
In the left margin of f. 1r is written the old shelfmark, ‘ O.4.14’, which has been erased with lines.
On f. [x] verso has been written three time the name ‘ Thomas Norse’.
Binding
Modern binding, paper cover over pasteboards; parchment on spine, where are pasted three paper labels with the shelfmark ‘ O.10.10’. 330 × 207 × 26 mm.
History
The manuscript was copied in the 17th century in England, from a manuscript owned by Isaac Vossius (1618-1689) (see note on f. [ii] recto).
Provenance and Acquisition
The manuscript was part of the collection of the antiquary Roger Gale (1672-1744) .
It was donated to Trinity College by Roger Gale (1672-1744) in 1738. In the upper margin of f. 1r is pasted the Trinity College bookplate.
Additional Information
Record Sources
Availability
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Bibliography
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The western manuscripts in the library of
Trinity College: a descriptive catalogue, James, M.R. (Cambridge, 3, Cambridge University Press, 1902)
Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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