Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 1879.24

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12065

Introduction: This fragment consists of two folios from different parts of a Gospel book, copied in the 13th or 14th century. One folio contains part of the Gospel of Matthew, the other some short supplementary texts to accompany the Gospel of Mark, comprising two introductory hypotheses and two verse epigrams. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Gospel book

Gregory-Aland 675; Von Soden ε 446; Scrivener Evan. 621

f. 1r-1v contains part of the Gospel of Matthew (Mt 26:20-39); f. 2r-2v contains supplementary texts for the Gospels of Matthew and Mark

1.1. f. 1r-1v

Gospel of Matthew

Incipit: || f. 1r ⟨γενο⟩μένης, ἀνέκειτο μετὰ τῶν δώδεκα

Explicit: f. 1v παρελθέτω ἀπ'ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον τοῦτο· πλὴν οὐ||

TLG 0031.001

1.2. f. 2r-2v, line 12

Hypothesis to Mark

Rubric: f. 2r Ὑπόθεσις τοῦ κατὰ Μάρκον ἁγίου εὐαγγελίου

Incipit: f. 2r Τὸ κατὰ Μάρκον εὐαγγέλιον, μετὰ ιʹ ἔτη τῆς Χριστοῦ ἀναλήψεως συνεγράφη ἐν Ῥώμη

Explicit: f. 2v ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ προδρόμου διαγωγῆς καὶ ἐνδείξεως· ἄκουε οὖν τί φησιν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 323-324 [123]

At the foot of f. 2r the ornamented rubric ‘Ἐν ἀρχὴ ἦν ὁ λόγος καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος’ is inserted, but the text continues on f. 2v.

1.3. f. 2v, lines 12-16

Hypothesis to Mark

Rubric: f. 2v Ἀρχὴ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ

Incipit: f. 2v Ἰστέον ὅτι τὸ κατὰ Μάρκον εὐαγγέλιον· ὑπηγορεύθη υπὸ[sic] Πέτρου

Explicit: f. 2v τὴν πτερωτικὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ εὐαγγελίου δεικνύς

Ed. von Soden, p. 311 [108]

1.4. f. 2v, lines 17-21

Epigram on Mark

Rubric: f. 2v Στιχέρα εἰς τὸν ἅγιον Μάρκον τὸν εὐαγγελιστὴν

Incipit: f. 2v Πέτρου μυηθεὶς τοῖς ἀπορρήτοις λόγοις

Explicit: f. 2v ¨Ο δευτερεύων Μάρκος ἐν θεογράφοις

BHG 1038t

DBBE 2056

Ed. von Soden, p. 379 [10]

Of the usual five lines of the epigram, the fourth is omitted here

1.5. f. 2v, lines 22-24

Epigram on Mark

Incipit: f. 2v Κηρίσσων[sic] ἐδίδασκεν ἀπο[sic] στομάτων ἐριτίμων

Explicit: f. 2v Τοὔνομα δὲ μερόπεσιν εὐάγγελος ἄλλος ἐδείχθη

DBBE 2038

Ed. von Soden, p. 378 [6]

Of the usual four lines of the epigram, the first is omitted here

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Parchment, of medium thickness and quality

Extent: Fragment (leaves) 2 leaves. 205 × 137 mm.

Condition

There is some creasing and water staining.

Layout

A single column of 25 lines. 130 × 90 mm. Pricking survives in the lower margin, but has mostly been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, type Leroy 34D1. Text hangs from the lines.

Hand(s)

The main text was copied in a mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines in the Gospel text (f. 1r-1v), but throughout the line in the supplementary texts (f. 2r-2v). Breathings are round and mute iota is absent or in a transitional position below and to the right of the preceding letter. There is decorative use of the double dot, and nomina sacra are unaccentuated. Horizontal strokes are placed above proper names.

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

Headings and notes were written in the same style in orange ink.

Decoration

The beginnings of sections are marked by minor initials in brown ink.

The end of the supplementary text is marked by a simple vignette in orange ink (f. 2v).

Headings are accompanied by space-fillers in orange ink

Additions

As part of the original production of the text, the scribe has added marginal κεφάλαιον (chapter) numbers and titles (τίτλοι) to the Gospel text, and included a lection note in the main line of text (f. 1r). The scribe has also placed a marginal note alongside an epigram identifying it as being in the heroic metre (f. 2v). The fragment has been marked with the present classmark and the former classmarks T.6.1 (f. 1r) and T.6.2 (f. 2r).

History

Origin: The style of script suggests that the fragment was copied in the 13th or 14th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by the Biblical scholar Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-1874) .

Bought by the University Library from Tischendorf's executors 23 February 1876.

Additional Information

Availability

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Bibliography

Novum Testamentum Graece : ad antiquissimos testes denuo recensuit apparatum criticum apposuit Constantinus Tischendorf. Vol. 3, Prolegomena, Gregory, Caspar René (Leipzig, J.C. Hinrichs, 1894)

Textkritik des Neuen Testamentes, Gregory, Caspar René (Leipzig, J. C. Hinrichs, 1900)

Hand-list of the additional Greek manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge Scriptorium, Easterling, Patricia E. (16, 2, 302-323, 1962)

Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Scrivener, Frederick Henry Ambrose (1, Project Gutenberg, 2011)

Funding of Cataloguing

The Polonsky Foundation

Digital Images

Cambridge Digital Library

Abbreviations

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