Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 1880.11

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 77985

Introduction: This fragment, taken from a 17th-century manuscript, contains an incomplete copy of the Refutation of the union of the Churches by patriarchs Philotheus of Alexandria , Dorotheus of Antioch , and Joachim of Jerusalem . The text comes from the Council of Jerusalem of 1443, in which the Eastern Patriarchs met to condemn the union of the Catholic and Orthodox churches, negotiated at the Council of Ferrara-Florence (1438-1439). The Patriarchs also condemned Metrophanes, Patriarch of Constantinople, who supported the union of the Churches. It was decreed that no clerk ordained by the Oriental bishops in communion with Rome should be admitted to exercise his office in their communion, until he had in the presence of the orthodox bishops proved his adhesion to the Greek Church. The Refutation is followed by some quotations from church fathers on the procession of the Holy Spirit in opposition to the Western doctrine of Filioque. In particular, the quotations attributed to Gregory of Nyssa and Cyril of Alexandria seem to have been taken from Gregory of Palamas, De processione Spiritus Sancti, whose order they follow. The fragment was acquired by Constantin von Tischendorf and bought from his heirs by Cambridge University Library in 1876. Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 1r-2v

Philotheus of Alexandria; Dorotheus of Antioch; Joachim of Jerusalem, Refutation of the Council of Ferrara-Florence Definitio patriarcharum sanctorum Syriae

Rubric: f. 1r Ὅρος τῶν ἁγιωτάτων π(ατ)ριαρχῶν· Φιλοθέου Ἀλεξανδρείας· Δωροθέου Ἀντιοχείας· Ἰωακεὶμ Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπ' ἀνατροπῇ τῆς ἐν Φλωρεντίᾳ συνόδου γεγονὼς· καὶ καθαιρέσεως τοῦ Κυζίκου Μητροφάνους γενομένου π(ατ)ριάρχου Κωνσταντινοπόλεως

Incipit: f. 1r Ἐπειδὴ ἦκε· καὶ ὁ πανιερώτατος μ(ητ)ροπολίτης ἐνταῦθα τῆς ἁγιωτάτης μ(ητ)ροπόλεως Καισαρείας

Explicit: f. 2v κενοδοξίας μόνης καὶ αἱρέσεως τρόπῳ πρὸς ἐπισκοπάς τε καὶ μ(ητ)ροπόλεις ὡς δῆθεν τάχα σωτῆρας ψυχῶν||

ed. G. Hofmann, Concilium Florentinum, Documenta et Scriptores, Ser. A, Orientalium Documenta Minora, vol. III fasc. III, Roma 1953, p. 68-72, at pp. 69-71 line 24; cf. PG 147, 532-534

2. ff. 3r-3v

Patristic citations on the Procession of the Holy Spirit

Rubric: f. 3r Δαμασκηνοῦ, ἐν τῷ η^ω τῶν θελογικῶν

Incipit: f. 1r ἐν ταύταις μόναις ταῖς ὑποστατικαῖς ἰδιότησι τῇ ἀγεννησίᾳ

Explicit: f. 2v ὡς δῆθεν τάχα σωτῆρας ψυχῶν||

Extracts from John of Damascus, Expositio fidei (TLG 2934.004); Athanasius of Alexandria (attributed to), Quaestiones aliae (TLG 2035.081); Basil of Caesarea, cf. Adversus Eunomium (TLG 2040.019); Gregory of Nyssa (attributed to), De cognitione Dei (CPG 3223); Cyril of Alexandria (attributed to), De sancta trinitate (CPG 5432) and Ὁμολογία πίστεως: cf. Gregory Palamas, De processione Spiritus Sancti, I 19, TLG 3254.004).

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 1-3 paper, folded in quarto. No watermark.

Extent: Fragment (leaf) 3 leaves. 201 × 146 mm.

Foliation: 1-3. Foliated in Arabic numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right.

Collation

The fragment consists of three folios, all with their conjugate halves cut off.

Condition

In fair condition: small brown stains and wormholes are present.

Layout

One column of 15-22 lines. 160 × 83-105 mm.

Hand(s)

The text was copied in a minuscule script, in black-brownish ink. The script is slanting to the right and executed with rapidity. It has few ligatures, breathings are curved; accents do not join to letters or breathings, but the circumflex joins the ypsilon; the iota mutum is in use. Alpha's loop is open, beta is small and in a heart-shape, delta is wide and frequently ligated to a following iota in a single stroke (e.g. f. 3r line 2 ἰδιότης). Tau shows the curved shape with no horizontal stroke, usual from 16th century.

Additions

A modern hand has added the classmark and "T.27" on the upper margin of f. 1r.

Binding

The fragment is sewn into a white paper cover.

History

Origin: The style of script suggests that the fragment was written probably in 17th century.

Provenance and Acquisition

The fragment was in possession of the Biblical scholar Constantin von Tischendorf (1815-1874) .

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

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description based on P. Easterling, 'Hand-list of the additional Greek manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge', Scriptorium, 16 (1962), 302-323 (p. 319), and an unpublished description by R.V. Kerr, Under-Librarian of CUL († 1987).

Availability

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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

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Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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