Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 1880.8

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 77982

Introduction: This fragment is a single folio deriving from a codex datable to the 16th century. It contains some philosophical and rhetorical fragments, and the beginning of the Latin philosopher Boethius' work De topiciis differentiis, translated into Greek by the thirteenth-century Byzantine scholar Manuel Holobolos. It was acquired by Constantin von Tischendorf and bought from his heirs by Cambridge University Library in 1876. Dr Erika Elia

Language(s): Greek

1. f. [1]r

Excerpts abοut metaphysics citing Philo and Aristotle

Incipit: f. [1]r l. 1 Τοῦ Φίλωνος. Ὅτι πρὸς τὴν τινὸς γένεσιν, δεῖ συνελθεῖν

Explicit: f. [1]r l. 11 ἡ γὰρ γένεσις καὶ φθορὰ, οὐκ ἔστι φησὶ κίνησις, ἀλλὰ μεταβολή.

2. f. [1]r

Excerpts about rhetoric, definitions of διήγημα and διάλεξις

Incipit: f. [1]r l. 12 Ἓξ εἰσὶ τὰ ἰδιώματα τῆς ῥητορικῆς· τὸ πράξαν πρόσωπον

Explicit: f. [1]r l. 19 Διάλεξις ἐστὶν ὁμιλία ἔντεχνος

3. f. [1]v

Boethius, -524 ⟨ Holobolos, Manouēl, 1240-1290 ⟩ (trl) De topiciis differentiis, translated into Greek by Manuel Holobolos, with scholia

Rubric: f. [1]v Βοετίου φιλοσόφου, περὶ τέχνης διαλεκτικῆς

Incipit: f. [1]v Πρότασίς ἐστι λόγος ἀληθές

Explicit: f. [1]v ἐπιχείρημά ἐστι λόγος, πράγματος ἀμφιβόλου ποιῶν πίστιν||

There is only the beginning of the text, which ends at D.Z. Nikitas, Boethius' De topicis differentiis und die byzantinische Rezeption dieses Werkes, Athenai 1990, p. 96 l. 5

The text is accompanied by Manuel Holobolos' scholia: first scholion inc. Ὅτι προαγγέλλεται καὶ προλέγεται, last scholion inc. Περὶ ἐπιχειρημάτων καὶ τόπων, des. mut. λόγος τῶν χρημάτων ( Nikitas 1990, pp. 149-150 l. 20)

TLG 4065.005

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. [1]r-[1]v Western paper, folded in quarto(?) . No watermark is visible.

Extent: Fragment (leaf) 1 leaves., 251 × 179 mm.

Condition

There are water stains along the lower edge of the leaf, and orange stains on both recto and verso. The leaf is now sewn into a white paper cover.

Layout

f. [1]v One single column, 15 lines with scholia on the left side and below the text. 175 × 135-140 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. [1]r-[1]v Hand A: A 16th-century informal minuscule, slightly slanting to the right. The text is written in brown ink, titles and initials in red.

Decoration

Thick red initials in red, decorated with a simple motif of pearls. Above the title on f. [1]v there is a knot in red ink.

Additions

The leaf is marked on the recto with the current classmark and the former classmark T.22 (i.e. Tischendorf 22).

History

Origin: The leaf was probably written in the 16th century..

Provenance and Acquisition

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

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

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2020) partly draws on P. Easterling, Hand-list of the additional Greek manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge, in: Scriptorium 16, 1962, pp. 302-323: 321.

Availability

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card. For information on eligibility and admissions procedures, see Joining the Library). For further enquiries, and to confirm the availability of the manuscript, please contact the Special Collections Reading Room.

Bibliography

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

Funding of Cataloguing

The Polonsky Foundation

Digital Images

Cambridge Digital Library

Abbreviations

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Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 1880.8

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