Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.10.32

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12031

Introduction: This manuscript is a copy of the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible, produced in the years around 1640, probably in England. It was the work of three different scribes, of whom the first copied the whole of the first three books, while the second handed over to the third in the middle of the last book, that of Deuteronomy. The quires bearing the third scribe's work were trimmed to two different sizes, both different from the size of those containing that of the first scribe, but it seems likely that they worked as part of the same copying project. All three of the scribes marked the modern chapter numbers against the text, while two of them also provided modern verse numbers. However, the layout of the text is organised according to a system of subdvisions somewhat longer than the modern verses, which have also been numbered. The basis of this system in uncertain. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

ff. 1r-190v

Pentateuch

1.1. ff. 1r-51r

Genesis

Incipit: || f. 1r Καὶ συνετελέθησαν ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ

Explicit: f. 51r καὶ ἔθαψαν αὐτὸν καὶ ἔθηκαν αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ σοφῷ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ

TLG 0527.001

ff. 51v-52v are blank.

1.2. ff. 53r-96v

Exodus

Rubric: f. 53r Εξοδος Αιγυπτου[sic]

Incipit: f. 53r Ταῦτα τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν υἱῶν Ισραὴλ[sic] τῶν εἰσπεπορευομένων εἰς Αιγυπτον[sic]

Explicit: f. 96v ἐναντίον παντὸς Ισραὴλ[sic] ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἀναζυγαῖς αὐτῶν

Final rubric: f. 96v Εξοδος[sic] τῶν υἱῶν Ισραὴλ[sic] ἐξ Αιγύπτου[sic]

TLG 0527.002

1.3. ff. 97r-133v

Leviticus

Rubric: f. 97r Λευιτικον[sic]

Incipit: f. 97r Καὶ ἀνεκάλεσε Μωυσῆν[sic] καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος αὐτῷ ἐκ τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου

Explicit: f. 133v ἃς ἐνετείλατο Κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ[sic] πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Ισραὴλ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σινᾷ

TLG 0527.003

ff. 134r-134v are blank.

1.4. ff. 135r-178v

Numbers

Rubric: f. 135r Αριθμοι[sic]

Incipit: f. 135r Καὶ ἐλάλησε Κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν[sic], ἐν τῷ ἐρήμῳ τῇ Σινᾷ

Explicit: f. 178r ἐπὶ δυσμῶν Μοὰβ ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κατὰ Ἰεριχῶ

TLG 0527.004

f. 178v is blank.

1.5. ff. 179r-212r

Deuteronomy

Rubric: f. 179r Δευτερονομιον[sic]

Incipit: f. 179r Και ουτοι[sic] οἱ λόγοι οὓς ἐλάήσε Μωυσῆς[sic] παντὶ Ἰσραὴλ

Explicit: f. 212r ἁ[sic] ἐποίησε Μωυσῆς[sic] ἔναντι παντὸς Ἰσραήλ

TLG 0527.005

The text of Deut 13:1-13:7 on f. 190v, written by Hand A, is duplicated on f. 191r by Hand B, and has been struck through.

f. 212v is blank.

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. [iii]-1, 9-134 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Pot ( 87 × 38 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, similar but not identical to Heawood 3611. This example is dated to 1630. 2-3, ff. 191-196, 199-212 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Double pillar ( 52 × 40 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, similar to Heawood 3531. This example is dated to 1637. ff. 135-164, ff. 167-190 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Double pillar ( 55 × 55 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, similar to Heawood 3495. This example is dated to 1652-1654. ff. 165-166 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Anchor ( 29 × 28 mm. ) in the centre of the folio. ff. 197-198 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Double pillar ( 48 × 48 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, similar to Heawood 3492. This example is dated to 1640.

Extent: Codex: iii + 1 + 207 + i leaves. ff. 1r-190v 308 × 200 mm. ff. 191r-211v 318 × 200 mm. ff. 212r-121v 267 × 190 mm.

Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers [i-iii] + [iv] + 1-3, 9-212 + [v], in brown ink, in Arabic numerals, recto, upper right.

Collation

This part consists of 55 quires, of which one is a quaternion, eight are single bifolios and the rest are binia.

Quires 1-2² ff. [i]-3
Quires 3-33⁴ ff. 9-132
Quire 34² ff. 133-134
Quires 35-41⁴ ff. 135-162
Quires 42-43² ff. 163-166
Quires 44-50⁴ ff. 167-194
Quires 51-52² ff. 195-198
Quire 53⁸ ff. 199-206
Quire 54⁴ ff. 207-210
Quires 55² ff. 211-212

Condition

There are small tears to the edges of some folios, more significant to f. 212, and some areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. 1r-133v A single column of 25-49 lines. 265-285 × 155-170 mm. Ruled in hardpoint. Two pairs of vertical bounding lines, of which the left-hand one roughly defines the edge of the left margin, while the text ignores the right-hand one, and a further vertical line in the left margin. From f. 2r onwards each longer section begins on a new line.

ff. 135r-190v A single column of 25-49 lines. 275-295 × 155-160 mm. Ruled in hardpoint. Two pairs of vertical bounding lines, of which the left-hand one roughly defines the edge of the left margin, while the text ignores the right-hand one, and a further vertical line in the left margin. Each modern verse begins on a new line.

ff. 191r-212v A single column of 25-49 lines. 295 × 165-180 mm. Ruled in hardpoint. A single vertical line defining the left margin. Each longer section begins on a new line.

Hand(s)

ff. 1r-133v were copied by Hand A in a western European mixed minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with minimal variation in letter size. There are deletions by strikethrough.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings are not used. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. Use of the double dot is functional only. Accents are sometimes joined to letters.

The modern eta, modern nu and sigma telikon are present.

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

ff. 135r-190v were copied by Hand B in a western European mixed minuscule script, similar to Hand A.

ff. 191r-212v were copied by Hand C in a western European mixed minuscule script, similar to Hand A.

Additions

As part of the original production of the text marginal chapter numbers in Greek have been supplied at the beginning of each modern chapter. In addition, Hand A has supplied marginal numbers for the longer sections in Greek numerals and modern verse numbers in Arabic numerals to their left (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, ff. 1-133v). The Greek numbering sequence has been duplicated in Arabic numerals, but these have been struck out. Hand B has supplied the modern verses in Arabic numerals, which have been struck out, and the longer section numbers, also in Arabic numerals, to their left (Numbers, Deuteronomy 1:1-13:2, ff. 135r-190v). Hand C has supplied only the longer section numbers, in Arabic numerals (Deuteronomy 13:1-34:12, ff. 191r-212v).

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.

323 × 215 × 51 mm.

Accompanying Material

A slip of paper with a few variant readings has been bound in after f. 190. A note concerning the collation is inserted loose.

History

Origin: The combination of watermarks indicates that the manuscript was produced in the late 1630s or early 1640s. M.R. James suggests, presumably on the basis of the manuscript's date and subject matter and the history of the collection, that it was probably copied for Patrick Young.

Provenance and Acquisition

Possibly owned by the Biblical scholar and royal librarian Patrick Young (1584-1652) .

Donated to Trinity College by the antiquary Roger Gale (1672-1744) in 1738.

Additional Information

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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)

Funding of Cataloguing

The Polonsky Foundation

Digital Images

Cambridge Digital Library

Abbreviations

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Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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