Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

A catalogue of Western manuscripts and papyri at Cambridge University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and selected Cambridge colleges

Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3046

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12109

Contents

Introduction: This manuscript is an Acts and Epistles book with catena, probably copied in the 11th century. It was apparently intended for study rather than liturgical use, as it was not originally provided with notes indicating the lections to be read in church, but was equipped with a range of supporting information. Its ornament is simple, but retains the notable feature of small letters written by the scribe to indicate to the artist which decorative coloured initials should be placed at each point in the text. There appear to have been various changes in the scheme of supplementary materials in the course of the manuscript's production. One element appearing throughout was a prefatory hypothesis preceding each book, summarising the text and its context, a common feature of such manuscripts. A second supporting element was list of chapters (κεφάλαια) preceding each book, common in Gospel manuscripts but less usual in those of the Acts and Epistles. This was probably an afterthought introduced after copying had begun, as the first few books are not provided with a list. Still more unusual, and appearing even later in the copying process, were lists of each book's μαρτυρίαι, citations of books of the Old Testament. These begin to feature with the start of the Pauline Epistles, which here follow the Catholic Epistles, but this addition was abandoned after three books. A final supplementary element was the marginal catena of excerpts from commentaries, which is relatively sparse. Its inclusion was apparently part of the original plan, as the folios were ruled with an exceptionally large number of horizontal lines in their upper and lower margins, which were used as text-lines for the catena. However, its copying was never completed. At a later date, the manuscript evidently did enter liturgical use, as a later hand has added lection information in the margins. Numerous individual folios and whole quires have been lost in the course of its history, and repeated interventions were made to supply these losses. Two replacement folios (ff. 225 and 232) were probably added in the 13th century, and these were provided with lection information from the outset, indicating that the manuscript was being used for liturgical purposes at that time. Later, further losses were corrected by the insertion of whole new quires, composed of paper rather than the original parchment and appearing at the beginning and end of the original manuscript (ff. 1-16 and 305-307). Two of these, replacing the lost first quire but requiring more folios because of their larger text, had perhaps become detached when the volume was acquired by Cambridge University Library, as their existence was not reflected in the library's first foliation, which was later cancelled and replaced by one including them. Presumably later than the original insertion of the paper quires, further losses were suffered which are reflected in the present state of the manuscript, both at various points within it and at the end, where the last few epistles are missing. The manuscript retains a binding of a medieval Greek type, with wooden boards and partially surviving leather covers. At the time when this was added, the manuscript was presumably somewhere in the Levant or Mesopotamia, since the binding incorporates strips of reused manuscript waste, some of whose text is Greek but most is in Syriac script. Traces of a note in Syriac also survive inside the right board. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: 276 leaves. 199 × 158 mm.
Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers 1-48, 51-54, 57-72, 75-78, 89-96, 98-103, 105-120, 129-143, 145-190, 192-219, 222-303, 305-307, in pencil, in Arabic numerals, recto, upper right. Folio numbers 49-50, 55-56, 73-74, 79-88, 97, 104, 121-128, 144, 191, 220-221, 304 have been assigned to leaves no longer present in the volume (as per historic foliation practices at Cambridge University Library).
Foliation: From f. 17r onwards there is another foliation in pencil, in Arabic numerals, recto, upper right, which has been struck through. This sequence numbers f. 17r as 25, and was evidently the original Cambridge University Library foliation, following the practice of counting absent folios and based on the loss of a single original quire preceding this; there is a note to this effect on this folio. Since the classmark is also marked here, this was presumably the first folio of the manuscript at the time, the replacement paper quires preceding it perhaps having become detached. They must then have been identified as belonging to this manuscript and the foliation amended to reflect the fact that the replacement quires used sixteen folios in place of the original eight.

Collation

Part I consists of 3 quires, Part II of 34: 1-68, 78-4, 8-98, 108-4, 118, 128-2, 13-158, 168-1, 17-218, 228-1, 23-258, 268-2, 278-2+2, 28-358, 368-1, 374-1,

Binding

Medieval Greek binding. The textblock is cut level to the bookboards.

There are three sewing stations prepared as v-notches. The sewing is an unsupported loop stitch.

Greek-style endbands with a cream coloured thread wound around a single core. The endbands extend approximately one quarter of the way onto the board. Where the endbands extend onto each board they are tied down to three holes that extend through the board - from the inner face to the outer face.

The transverse continuous spine lining is made of a textile with a printed pattern. The spine lining extends to one third of the way onto the left board and half of the way onto the right board.

The board attachment is bridling. The sewing thread enters at the spine edge of the boards, emerges on the inner face and then travels to the outer face, where the path would presumably change stations (the sewing path on the outer face of the boards is obscured by the spine lining). There is a single knot present on the inner face of both boards, next to the uppermost sewing station. This is likely to be the start of the sewing and therefore suggests that the textblock was sewn in two halves.

The boards are made from wood. The edges are square on both boards, except the outer spine edge where they have been shaped to form a round that meets with the shoulder of the textblock.

Full covering of dark brown leather.

Two of the turn-ins do not meet, one on each board; two of them are overlapping.

A single metallic pin is set into the centre of the foredge of the left board. Corresponding to the pin there are three holes through the right board that contain remnants of a leather strap. These holes are located close to the foredge approximately half way up the board.

There are annotations in Greek inside the left and right boards, and traces of an annotation in Syriac inside the right board.

208 × 171 × 107 mm.

There are extensive losses from the covering over the left board and spine, and pest damage to the wood.

Accompanying Material

Repairs to the gutter have been made with paper strips. There are loose paper inserts bearing notes regarding content and the loss of folios following ff. 24, 48, 54, 59, 77, 190, 219, 232, 274.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by C. J. Cummings of Volos.

Bought by Cambridge University Library from Cummings in 1891 through H. C. Rae of Liverpool.

Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3046, ff. 1-16, 305-307]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 1r-16v, 305r-307v
Acts and Epistles book

Gregory-Aland 1277; von Soden α 194 (Kx)

Filiation: The manuscript was categorised by Aland as conforming to the majority text.
1.1. ff. 1r-16v
Acts of the Apostles

Continued by Part II (ends Acts 3:23)

Rubric: f. 1r Πράξεις τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων
Incipit: f. 1r Τὸν μὲν πρῶτον λόγον ἐποιησάμην
Explicit: f. 16v ἔσται δὲ πᾶσα ψυχῆ[sic] ἥ||

TLG 0031.005

1.2. ff. 305r-307v
2 Timothy

Continuation of the text in Part II, with an intervening lacuna; defective at the beginning and end (2 Tim 3:2-4:7)

Incipit: || f. 305r ἀνόσιοι· ἄστοργοι· ἄσπονδοι
Explicit: f. 307v τῆν πίστιν τετήρηκα· λοιπὸν||

TLG 0031.016

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 1r-16v, 305r-307v Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( 40 × 40 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Harlfinger Indeterminé 2. This example is dated to c. 1518.

Collation

This part consists of 3 quires, of which one is a binion and the others quaternia.

  • Quires 1-28 ff. 1-16
  • Quire 374-1 ff. 305-307 The last folio has been lost, with loss of text.

There are modern quire signatures on these added quires in double Latin letters, in pencil, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower right. They survive on all quires (aa-cc).

Condition

Wear and tear to the edges of the folios have been repaired with Japanese paper. There are older repairs to the gutter using paper strips. The paper has become soft around the fore-edges and corners. There is some water staining and areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. 1r-16v, 305r-307v A single column of 14 lines. 137 × 95 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 1r-16v, 305r-307v were copied by Hand A, in a calligraphic mixed minuscule script, slanting to the left, in brown ink, with considerable variation in letter size and some flourishing of tails into the margin, which are sometimes decorated with single cross-bars.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round and mute iota is absent. There is decorative use of the double dot and accentuation of all nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters, abbreviations and nomina sacra strokes.

The modern nu and loop epsilon are present, and there is inclusion of letters within omicron. Notable recurrent forms include a very horizontally elongated S-shaped abbreviation of καί, minuscule alpha at the end of lines with a looped tail, and minuscule nu with a long tail extending diagonally to the left.

Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points and lower and middle commas.

Decoration

The beginning of the text on f. 1r is preceded by a rectangular headpiece in red ink.

The text begins on f. 1r with an ornamented initial in red ink.

Additions

There are later marginal annotations and pen-trials in Greek by various different hands.

What appears to be a sequence of quire signatures in Greek numerals, in black ink, appears in the upper margin, distributed throughout the manuscript, but bears minimal resemblance to the actual quire structure.

History

Origin: These quires were inserted to replace losses, probably in the 14th century, as suggested by the material and style of script.

Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3046, ff. 17-303]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

2. ff. 17r-303v
Acts and Epistles book (continued)

Gregory-Aland 1277; von Soden α 194 (Kx)

The text of the Acts and Epistles on ff. 17r-268r is accompanied by a marginal catena, of standard type

Filiation: The manuscript was categorised by Aland as conforming to the majority text.
2.1. ff. 17r-94r
Acts of the Apostles

Continuation of the text in Part I (begins Acts 3:23); incomplete, with lacunas

Incipit: || f. 17r τις ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσι, τοῦ προφήτου ἐκείνου
Explicit: f. 94r καὶ διδάσκων τὰ περὶ τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάσης παρρησίας ἀκωλύτως
Final rubric: f. 94r Πράξεις τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων

TLG 0031.005

2.2. ff. 94v-95r
Hypothesis to James
Rubric: f. 94v Ὑπόθεσις τῆς καθολικῆς Ἰακώβου ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 94v Ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς Ἰάκωβος ταύτην γράφει τοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν δώδεκα φυλῶν διασπαρεῖσι
Explicit: f. 95r εἶναι γὰρ τούτου μισθὸν παρὰ Κυρίου ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτίων· καὶ οὕτως τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, p. 334 [134]

2.3. ff. 95r-103r
Letter of James
Rubric: f. 95r Ἐπιστολὴ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰακώβου καθολική
Incipit: f. 95r Ἰάκωβος Θεοῦ καὶ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος ταῖς δώδεκα φυλαῖς
Explicit: f. 103r ἐκ θανάτου· καὶ καλύψει πλῆθος ἁμαρτιῶν
Final rubric: f. 103r Τέλος τῶν προφητῶν

TLG 0031.020

2.4. f. 103v
Hypothesis to 1 Peter

Defective at the end

Rubric: f. 103v Ὑπόθεσις τῆς ⟨Πέτρου αʹ ἐπι⟩στολῆς
Incipit: f. 103v Ταύτην γράφει ὁ Πέτρος τὴν ἐπιστολὴν διδασκαλικὴν
Explicit: f. 103v τὸ κηρυγμα τῆ σωτηρίας καὶ ἀνα||

Ed. von Soden, p. 335 [135]

2.5. ff. 105r-112v, line 5
First Letter of Peter

Defective at the beginning (begins 1 Pet 1:10

Incipit: || f. 105r τῆς εἰς ὑμᾶς χάριτος προφητεύσαντες
Explicit: f. 112v ἐν φιλήματι ἀγάπης· εἰρήνη ὑμῖν πᾶσι τοῖς ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 112v Πέτρου ἐπιστολὴ αʹ

TLG 0031.021

2.6. f. 112v, line 6-f. 113v, line 7
Hypothesis to 2 Peter
Rubric: f. 112v Ὑπόθεσις τῆς Πέτρου βʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 112v Ἐπειδὴ καὶ ταύτην πάλιν αὐτὸς ὁ Πέτρος ἐπιστέλλει τοῖς ἤδη πιστεύσασιν
Explicit: f. 113v παραινεῖ μὴ ἐκπίπτειν τοῦ σκοποῦ τῆς πίστεως· καὶ οὕτως τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, p. 336 [137]

2.7. f. 113v, line 8-f. 119r, line 8
Second Letter of Peter
Rubric: f. 113v Πέτρου ἐπιστολὴ δευτέρα
Incipit: f. 113v Συμεὼν Πέτρος δοῦλος καὶ ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ
Explicit: f. 119r αὐτῶ ἡ δόξα καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς ἡμέραν αἰῶνος ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 119r Πέτρου βʹ ἐπιστολή

TLG 0031.022

2.8. f. 119r, line 9-f. 120v, line 15
Hypothesis to 1 John
Incipit: f. 119r Ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς Ἰωάννης ὁ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον γράψας, αὐτὸς καὶ ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει
Explicit: f. 120v καὶ ἵνα τούτω δουλεύωμεν, καὶ φυλάττωμεν ἑαυτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων

Ed. von Soden, pp. 336-337 [137]

2.9. f. 120v, line 16-f. 129v, line 6
First Letter of John

Defective at the beginning (begins 1 Jn 5:14)

Rubric: f. 120v Ἰωάννου ἐπιστολὴ πρώτη εὐαγγελικὴ θεολογία
Incipit: || f. 129r ἀκούει ἡμῶν· καὶ ἐὰν οἴδαμεν ὅτι ἀκούει ἡμῶν
Explicit: f. 129v φυλάξατε ἑαυτὰ ἀπὸ τῶν εἰδώλων ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 129v Ἰωάννου εὐαγγελιστοῦ ἐπιστολὴ αʹ ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Ἐφέσου στίχων σοδʹ

TLG 0031.023

2.10. f. 129v, line 7-f. 130r, line 6
Hypothesis to 2 John
Incipit: f. 129v Ταύτην ὡς πρεσβύτερος γράφει κυρία καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς
Explicit: f. 130r μὴ δὲ λέγειν τοῖς τοιούτοις χαίρειν· καὶ οὕτω τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, p. 337 [137]

2.11. f. 130r, lines 7-13
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 2 John
Rubric: f. 130r Κεφάλαια τῆς Ἰωάννου δευτέρας ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 130r Μετὰ τὸ προοίμιον περὶ ὀρθοῦ βίου
Explicit: f. 130r Ἐπαγγελία παρουσίας αὐτοῦ ἐπ'ἐλπίδι πρὸς ὠφέλειαν:· στίχοι εʹ
2.12. f. 130r, line 14-f. 131r
Second Letter of John
Rubric: f. 130r Ἰωάννου ἐπιστολὴ καθολικὴ βʹ
Incipit: f. 130r Ὁ πρεσβύτερος· ἐκλεκτῆ κυρία καὶ τοῖς τέκνοις αὐτῆς
Explicit: f. 131r ἀσπάζεταί σε τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἀδελφῆς σου τῆς ἐκλεκτῆς, ἀμήν

TLG 0031.024

2.13. f. 131v, lines 1-14
Hypothesis to 3 John
Incipit: f. 131v Ἔστιν ἡ ἐπιστολὴ περὶ φιλοξενίας
Explicit: f. 131v Δημήτριον δὲ συνίστησι, μαρτυρῶν αὐτῶ τὰ κάλλιστα

Ed. von Soden, p. 338 [138]

2.14. f. 131v, line 15-f. 132r, line 3
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 3 John
Rubric: f. 131v Κεφάλαια τῆς Ἰωάννου γʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 131v Εὐχὴ ὑπὲρ τελειώσεως καὶ εὐχαριστίας
Explicit: f. 132r Περὶ ἀφίξεως αὐτοῦ πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐν τάξει ἐπ'ὠφελεία
2.15. f. 132r, line 4-f. 133r, line 6
Third Letter of John
Rubric: f. 132r Ἐπιστολὴ Ἰωάννου καθολική γʹ
Incipit: f. 132r Ὁ πρεσβύτερος, Γαΐω, τῶ ἀγαπητῶ· ὃν ἐγὼ ἀγαπῶν ἐν ἀληθεία
Explicit: f. 133r ἀσπάζονταί σε οἱ φίλοι· ἀσπάζου τοὺς φίλους κατ'ὄνομα

TLG 0031.025

2.16. f. 133r, line 7-f. 133v, line 15
Hypothesis to Jude
Incipit: f. 133r Ταύτην τὴν ἐπιστολὴν, γράφει τοῖς ἤδη πιστεύσασιν· ἡ δε[sic] πρόφασις αὕτη
Explicit: f. 133v καὶ ἐπευξάμενος αὐτοῖς βεβαιότητα τῆς πίστεως παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου, τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 338-339 [139]

2.17. f. 133v, line 16-f. 134r, line 9
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to Jude
Rubric: f. 133v Κεφάλαια τῆς Ἰούδα ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 133v Περὶ προσοχῆς τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως
Explicit: f. 134r καὶ παρρησία καθαρᾶ σὺν δοξολογία Χριστοῦ+ στίχοι ιαʹ
2.18. f. 134r, line 10-f. 136v, line 4
Letter of Jude
Rubric: f. 134r Ἰούδα ἐπιστολὴ καθολική
Incipit: f. 134r Ἰούδας Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δοῦλος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ Ἰακώβου
Explicit: f. 136v καὶ νῦν καὶ εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἴωνας ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 136v Ἐπιστολὴ Ἰούδα στίχων ξʹ

TLG 0031.026

2.19. f. 136v, line 5-f. 139r, line 8
Hypothesis to Romans
Rubric: f. 136v Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐπιστολής[sic]
Incipit: f. 136v Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Κορίνθου· μήπως μὲν ἑωρακὼς Ῥωμαίους
Explicit: f. 139r μετὰ δε[sic] ταῦτα παραινετικοὺς λόγους εἰς τὰ ἤθη διδάξας, τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 339-340 [140]

2.20. f. 139r, line 9-f. 140r, line 12
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to Romans
Rubric: f. 139r Κεφάλαια τῆς πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 139r Εὐαγγελικῆ διδασκαλία περί τε τῶ ἔξω χάριτος Χριστοῦ
Explicit: f. 140r Περὶ τῆς λειτουργείας αὐτοῦ τῆς ἐν ἀνατολῆ καὶ δύσεως
2.21. ff. 140r-141v
List of citations (μαρτυρίαι) in Romans
Rubric: f. 140r Κεφάλαια θείων μαρτυριῶν τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 140r Ἐν τῆ πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐπιστολῆς μαρτυρίαι μηʹ
Explicit: f. 141v Ἡσαΐου προφήτου ιδʹ οἷς οὐκ ἀνηγγέλη
2.22. ff. 141v-173r
Letter to the Romans

Incomplete, with a lacuna

Incipit: f. 141v Παῦλος δοῦλος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κλητὸς ἀπόστολος· ἀφωρισμένος εἰς εὐαγγέλιον Θεοῦ
Explicit: f. 173r ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 173r Πρὸς Ῥωμαίους ἐγράφη ἀπο[sic] Κορίνθου δια[sic] Φοίβης διακόνου στίχων Ϡκʹ

TLG 0031.006

2.23. ff. 173v-174v, line 14
Hypothesis to 1 Corinthians
Incipit: f. 173v Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ἐφέσου τῆς Ἀσίας, ἑωρακὼς αὐτοὺς ἤδη καὶ διδάξας
Explicit: f. 174v καὶ περὶ εὐλογίας τῆς εἰς τοὺς ἁγίους παραγγέλλει, καὶ οὕτως τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 340-341 [140]

2.24. f. 174v, line 15-f. 175v, line 11
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 1 Corinthians
Rubric: f. 174v Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς ἔχωντα καὶ μερικᾶς ὑποδιαιρέσεις
Incipit: f. 174v Περὶ πλειόνων καὶ διαφόρων ἡ ἐπιστολὴ
Explicit: f. 175v Περὶ τῆς εἰς δόξαν καὶ δύναμιν ἀλλαγῆς
2.25. f. 175v, line 12-f. 176r
List of citations (μαρτυρίαι) in 1 Corinthians
Rubric: f. 175v Κεφάλαια θείων μαρτυριῶν τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 175v Ἡσαΐου προφήτου ιεʹ ἀπολῶ τὴ σοφίαν
Explicit: f. 176r Ὡσιὲ προφήτου βʹ κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος
2.26. ff. 176v-207r, line 4
First Letter to the Corinthians

Incomplete, with a lacuna

Incipit: f. 176r Παῦλος κλητὸς ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ
Explicit: f. 207r ἡ ἀγάπη μοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 207r Πρὸς Κορινθίους αʹ ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Φιλίππων διὰ Στεφανᾶ καὶ Φουρτουνάτου καὶ Ἀχαϊκοῦ καὶ Τιμοθέου· στίχων ωοʹ

TLG 0031.007

2.27. f. 207r, line 5-f. 208r, line 15
Hypothesis to 2 Corinthians
Rubric: f. 207r Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Κορινθίους βʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 207r Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας· ἡ δε[sic] πρόφασις τῆς ἐπισολῆς ἦν αὕτη
Explicit: f. 208r ἀλλὰ μετανοεῖν τοὺς ἁμαρτάνοντας, ἐν εὐχαριστία τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 341-342 [140]

2.28. f. 208r, line 15-f. 209r, line 18
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 2 Corinthians
Rubric: f. 208r Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς, ἔχωντα καὶ μερικᾶς ὑποδιαιρέσεις
Incipit: f. 208r Ὁ πᾶς λόγος ἐστὶν έν τῆ ἐπιστολῆ
Explicit: f. 209r Παρασκευὴ πρὸς τὴν μέλλουσαν ἑαὐτοῦ[sic] παρουσίαν
2.29. f. 209r, line 19-f. 209v
List of citations (μαρτυρίαι) in 2 Corinthians
Rubric: f. 209r Κεφάλαια θείων μαρτυριῶν τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 209r Ἡσαΐου προφήτου ιεʹ ἀπολῶ τὴ σοφίαν
Explicit: f. 209v Δευτερονομίας ηʹ ἐπι[sic] στόματος δύο μαρτύρων
2.30. ff. 210r-230v
Second Letter to the Corinthians

Incomplete, with a lacuna

Incipit: f. 210r Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ
Explicit: f. 230v καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος, μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 230v Πρὸς Κορινθίους βʹ, ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Φιλίππων, διὰ Τίτου καὶ Λουκᾶ· στίχων φϙʹ

TLG 0031.008

2.31. ff. 231r-231v, line 11
Hypothesis to Galatians
Rubric: f. 231r Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Γαλάτας
Incipit: f. 231r Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ῥωμῆς, ἑορακὼς[sic] αὐτοὺς ἤδη καὶ διδάξας
Explicit: f. 231v καὶ οὕτω πάλιν εἰς τὰ ἤθη παραινέσας καὶ διδάξας, τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 342-343 [140]

2.32. f. 231v, line 12-f. 232r
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to Galatians
Rubric: f. 231v Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 231v Μετὰ τὸ προοίμιον· διήγησις τῆς αὐτοῦ μεταστάσεως
Explicit: f. 232r Ὑπογραφὴ τῆς κατὰ πνεῦμα ἐλευθερίας
Final rubric: f. 232r Αὕτη ἐπιστολὴ διαιρέσις τῶν ἐν αὐτῆ κεφαλαίων οὐκ ἔχει· διὰ τοῦτο οὐδε[sic] ἀριθμὸν οὐκ ἔχει δια[sic] κιναβάρεως γεγραμμένον
2.33. ff. 232v-243r
Letter to the Galatians
Rubric: f. 232v Πρὸς Γαλάτας
Incipit: f. 232v Παῦλος ἀπόστολος οὐκ απανθρώπων[sic] οὐδε[sic] δἰανθρώπου[sic]
Explicit: f. 243r ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος ὑμῶν ἀδελφοὶ· ἀμήν

TLG 0031.009

2.34. ff. 243v-244r
Hypothesis to Ephesians
Rubric: f. 243v Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Ἐφεσίους ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 243v Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ῥωμῆς· οὔπω μὲν αὐτοὺς ἑωρακὼς
Explicit: f. 244r πάντας κατὰ τῆς διαβολικῆς ἐνεργείας, οὕτω τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, p. 343 [140]

2.35. f. 244v
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to Ephesians
Rubric: f. 244v Κεφάλαια τῆς πρὸς Ἐφεσίους ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 244v Περὶ τῆς ἐν Χριστῶ ἐκλογῆς ἡμῶν καὶ εἰσαγγελίας καὶ τελειώσης
Explicit: f. 244v Ὑπογραφὴ τῆς κατὰ πνεῦμα ἐλευθερίας
2.36. ff. 245r-255r
Letter to the Ephesians
Incipit: f. 245r Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ· τοῖς ἅγιοις τοῖς οὖσιν ἐν Ἐφέσω
Explicit: f. 255r ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων τῶν ἀγαπώντων τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησὸν Χριστὸν ἐν ἀφθαρσία, ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 255r Πρὸς Ἐφεσίους ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Ῥώμης διὰ Τυχικοῦ· στίχων

TLG 0031.010

2.37. ff. 255v-256r, line 11
Hypothesis to Philippians
Rubric: f. 255v Ὑπόθεσις τῆς προς Φιλιππησίους ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 255v Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ῥωμῆς· ἑωρακὼς αὐτούς τε ἅμα καὶ διδάξας
Explicit: f. 256r καὶ προτρεψάμενος πάλιν εἰς τὰ ἤθη αὐτοὺς, τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 343-344 [140]

2.38. ff. 256r-256v, line 6
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to Philippians
Rubric: f. 256r Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 256r Εὐχαριστία ὑπὲρ τῆς Φιλιππησίων ἀρέτης καὶ εὐχὴ τελειώσεως
Explicit: f. 256v Ἀποδοχὴ τῆς ἀποσταλείσης ἀυτῶ διακονίας
2.39. f. 256v, line 7-f. 264r, line 3
Letter to the Philippians
Rubric: f. 256v Πρὸς Φιλιππησίους
Incipit: f. 256v Παῦλος καὶ Τιμόθεος δοῦλοι Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· πᾶσι τοῖς ἅγιοις ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ
Explicit: f. 264r μάλιστα δὲ οἱ ἐκ τῆς Καίσαρος οἰκίας· ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν, ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 264r Πρὸς Φιλιππησίους ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Ῥώμης δι'Ἐπαφροδίτου

TLG 0031.011

2.40. f. 264r, line 4-f. 265r, line 4
Hypothesis to Colossians
Rubric: f. 264r Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Κολασσαεῖς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 264r Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ῥωμῆς· οὐχ'ἑωρακὼς μὲν αὐτοὺς
Explicit: f. 265r καὶ τὴν ἐκ Λαοδικείας. καὶ αὐτοὺς ἀναγνωναι[sic]

Ed. von Soden, p. 344 [140]

2.41. f. 265r, line 5-f. 265v, line 8
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to Colossians
Rubric: f. 265r Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 265r Εὐχαριστία ὑπὲρ Κολοσαέων· οἰκιωθέντων Θεῶ· ἐπ'ἐλπίδι
Explicit: f. 265v Ἐν ὧ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ἀλλοτρίους ἐμφρόνως· οἰκονομικῶς
2.42. f. 265v, line 9-f. 272v
Letter to the Colossians
Rubric: f. 265v Πρὸς Κολασαεῖς
Incipit: f. 265v Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ δια[sic] θελήματος Θεοῦ, καὶ Τιμόθεος ὁ ἀδελφὸς
Explicit: f. 272v μνημονεύετέ μου τῶν δεσμῶν, ἡ χάρις μεθ'ὑμῶν ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 272v Πρὸς Κολοσαεῖς· ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Ῥώμης διὰ Τυχικοῦ καὶ Ὀνησίμου

TLG 0031.012

2.43. ff. 273r-274r, line 3
Hypothesis to 1 Thessalonians
Rubric: f. 273r Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς πρώτης ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 273r Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ἀθηνῶν· ἑωρακὼς προτέρον αὐτοὺς
Explicit: f. 274r ἐνορκίζω αὐτοὺς ἀναγνῶναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ταύτην πᾶσι τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς· καὶ οὕτω τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 344-345 [140]

2.44. f. 274r, line 4-f. 274v, line 1
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 1 Thessalonians
Rubric: f. 274r Κεφάλαια τῆς πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς αʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 274r Ἔπαινος Θεσσαλονικέων ἐπι τοῖς ἀξίοις τῶν ἀποστόλων ἀγῶσιν
Explicit: f. 274v Εὐχὴ περὶ ἁγιασμοῦ πνεύματος καὶ ψυχῆς καὶ σώματος
2.45. f. 274v, line 2-f. 282r, line 3
First Letter to the Thessalonians
Rubric: f. 274v Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς αʹ ἐπιστολὴ
Incipit: f. 274v Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος· τῆ ἐκκλησία Θεσσαλονικέων
Explicit: f. 282r ἀναγνωθῆναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν, πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις ἀδελφοῖς· ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μεθ'ὑμῶν ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 282r Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς ἐγράφη ἀπο Ἀθηνῶν· στίχων

TLG 0031.013

2.46. f. 282r, line 4-f. 283r, line 10
Hypothesis to 2 Thessalonians
Rubric: f. 282r Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς βʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 282r Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ῥώμης· ἡ δὲ πρόφασις τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, αὕτη
Explicit: f. 283r ὅπερ σημεῖον εἶναι πάσης ἐπιστολῆς δεδήλωκε

Ed. von Soden, pp. 345-346 [140]

2.47. f. 283r, line 11-f. 283v, line 8
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 2 Thessalonians
Rubric: f. 283r Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς βʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 283r Εὐχαριστία ὑπὲρ τῆς Θεσσαλονικέων πίστεως καὶ ἀγάπης
Explicit: f. 283v Εὐχὴ περὶ εἰρήνης παρὰ Θεοῦ στίχοι ιβʹ
2.48. f. 283v, line 9-f. 288r, line 5
Second Letter to the Thessalonians
Rubric: f. 283v Πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς ἐπιστολὴ βʹ
Incipit: f. 283v Παῦλος καὶ Σιλουανὸς καὶ Τιμόθεος· τῆ ἐκκλησία Θεσσαλονικέων
Explicit: f. 288r οὕτω γράφω· ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ μετὰ πάντων ὑμῶν ἀμήν

TLG 0031.014

2.49. f. 288r
Hypothesis to 1 Timothy
Rubric: f. 288r Ὑπόθεσις τῆς πρὸς Τιμόθεον αʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 288r Ταύτην ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Μακεδονίας· ἡ δὲ πρόφασις τῆς ἐπιστολῆς, αὕτη
Explicit: f. 289r παρέβησαν τὴν πίστιν, τελεῖοι τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 347-348 [140]

2.50. ff. 289v-290r, line 10
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 1 Timothy
Rubric: f. 289v Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 289v Περὶ τῆς εἰς ἀγάπην Θεοῦ ὁδηγίας
Explicit: f. 290r Πλουσίων ὁδηγία ἐπὶ τὴν ὄντης ζωήν:· στίχοι
2.51. f. 290r, line 11-f. 299v
First Letter to Timothy
Rubric: f. 290r Πρὸς Τιμόθεον ἐπιστολὴ πρώτη
Incipit: f. 290r Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· κατ'ἐπιταγὴν Θεοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν
Explicit: f. 299v ἥν τινες ἐπαγγελιόμενοι, περὶ τὴν πίστιν ἡστόχησαν· ἡ χάρις μετά σου, ἀμήν
Final rubric: f. 299v Πρὸς Τιμόθεον ἐγράφη ἀπὸ Λαοδικείας· ἥτις ἐστὶν μητρόπολις Φρυγίας, τῆς Πακατιάνης[sic]: στίχοι

TLG 0031.015

2.52. f. 300r-300v
Hypothesis to 2 Timothy
Rubric: f. 300r Πρὸς Τιμόθεον ὑπόθεσις τῆς βʹ ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 300r Ταύτην πάλιν ἐπιστέλλει ἀπὸ Ῥώμης· ἡ δὲ πρόφασις τῆς ἐπιστολῆς αὕτη
Explicit: f. 300v ὡς πολλὰ κακὰ ἐνδειξάμενον αὐτῶ· καὶ οὕτω τελειοῖ τὴν ἐπιστολήν

Ed. von Soden, pp. 348-349 [140]

2.53. f. 301r
List of κεφάλαια (chapters) to 2 Timothy
Rubric: f. 301r Κεφάλαια τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς
Incipit: f. 301r Ἔπαινος Τιμοθέου πίστεως καὶ προτροπὴν ὑπομονῆς
Explicit: f. 301r Περὶ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ μελλούσης ἀναλύσεως ἐνδόξη αἰωνία:· στίχοι ιʹ
2.54. ff. 302v-303v
Second Letter to Timothy

Continued by Part I, with an intervening lacuna (ends 2 Tim 2:15)

Incipit: f. 302v Παῦλος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διὰ θελήματος Θεοῦ· κατ'ἐπαγγελίαν ζωῆς τῆς ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ
Explicit: f. 303v ἐπὶ καταστροφὴ τῶν ἀκουόντων· σπουδά

TLG 0031.016

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (FHHF), quite thin and of and good quality.

Collation

This part consists of 36 quires, all quaternia. One of the original quires was lost before Quire 3, later substituted by the current Quires 1-2. A quire has been lost after Quire 10 and another after Quire 14.

  • Quires 3-68 ff. 17-48
  • Quire 78-4 ff. 51-54 The first, second, seventh and eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quires 8-98 ff. 57-72
  • Quire 108-4 ff. 75-78 The first, second, seventh and eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quire 118 ff. 89-96
  • Quire 128-2 ff. 98-103 The first and last folios have been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quires 13-158 ff. 105-136
  • Quire 168-1 ff. 137-143 The last folio has been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quires 17-218 ff. 145-184
  • Quire 228-1 ff. 185-192 The seventh folio has been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quires 23-258 ff. 193-216
  • Quire 268-2 ff. 217-224 The fourth and fifth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quire 278-2+2 ff. 225-232 The orignal first and last folios have been lost, and later replaced by subsititute folios (ff. 225 and 232, Part III).
  • Quires 28-358 ff. 233-296
  • Quire 368-1 ff. 297-303 The last folio has been lost, with loss of text.

There are quire signatures in Greek numerals, in brown ink, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower left, probably original to the production of the manuscript. They survive on Quires 3, 6, 8-9, 11, 14-24, 26, 28-29, 31-32 (βʹ, εʹ, ζʹ-ηʹ, ιαʹ, ιδʹ, ιϛʹ-κεʹ, κζʹ, κθʹ-λʹ, λβʹ-λγʹ), and traces on Quires 4, 25

From Quire 33 onwards, signatures of the above sequence cease to appear, but are substituted in the same position by signatures in Greek numerals in black ink, of later date. These survive on Quires 33-36 (λδʹ-λζʹ)

Condition

Damage in the gutter has been repaired with paper strips, some from manuscript waste, and there are modern repairs here with Japanese paper. There is significant wear and tear to the edges of some folios, which has been repaired in places with Japanese paper. There is severe cockling and some creasing. The text is abraded in places, and has sometimes been overwritten in black ink. The ink of some annotations has been partially transferred to the facing page (ff. 30v-31r). There is mild water staining and areas of dirt.

Layout

ff. 17r-256v A single column of 19 lines. 125 × 100 mm. Pricking does not survive. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 48C1dpq (This does not correspond to any example in the Leroy-Sautel repertoire). Text hangs from the lines.

ff. 257r-303v A single column of 18 lines. 130 × 105 mm. Pricking survives in the lower margin, but most has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 46C1pq (This does not correspond to any example in the Leroy-Sautel repertoire). Text hangs from the lines.

Hand(s)

The main text of ff. 17r-224v, 226r-231v and 233r-303v was copied by Hand B in mixed minuscule Perlschrift , upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size. The full range of reintroduced majuscule letter-forms is present.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Syllabic abbreviation marks often take an early, angular form. Breathings are angular and mute iota is absent. Use of the double dot is functional only, and nomina sacra are unaccentuated. The double grave accent is in use.

Punctuation used includes the lower, middle and upper points, lower comma, question mark and full stop. Upper points are often placed unusually high.

Headings and subscriptions have been written by the same hand in Alexandrine majuscule script, in brown ink.

The catena to ff. 17r-224v, 226r-231v and 233r-303v was copied by Hand C in mixed minuscule script, slanting to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Syllabic abbreviation marks often take an early, angular form. Breathings are both angular and round, and mute iota is absent. Use of the double dot is functional only, and nomina sacra are unaccentuated.

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

Decoration

Each text begins with an ornamented initial, outlined in brown ink with red and blue paint infill as far as f. 243v (e.g. ff. 129v-130r, 136v, 141v), and then, from 255v onwards, outlined in red with blue infill or outlined in blue with red infill (e.g. ff. 264r, 282r). The scribe has placed small guide-letters in brown ink in the margin to indicate which letters should be placed where.

Items in chapter lists begin with simple minor initials in red ink. The scribe has placed small guide-letters in brown ink in the margin to indicate which letters should be placed where.

The transition between texts is sometimes marked by simple vignettes in brown ink.

Additions

As part of the original production of the manuscript, the text has been provided with marginal κεφάλαιον (chapter) numbers and titles (τίτλοι), in brown ink.

As part of the original production or soon afterwards, a marginal catena has been added, in brown ink. When appearing in the upper and lower margins, this text hangs from the horizontal ruling lines which appear to have been added for this purpose.

Marginal lection notes, along with ἀρχή and τέλος marks for the beginning and end of lections, have been added by a later hand, in red ink.

There are later marginal annotations and pen-trials in Greek by various different hands. These include a note regarding ownership by an unnamed monastery on f. 94r: ‘ετουτών τών πράξαποσταλον να μι τον αποξενοσι τινὰς και εχη το κριμα και ενε του μοναστηρηού’

What appears to be a sequence of quire signatures in Greek numerals, in black ink, appears in the upper margin, distributed throughout the manuscript, but bears minimal resemblance to the actual quire structure.

Modern notes in English have been added, in pencil, regarding the loss of folios and quires.

History

Origin: The original manuscript was probably copied in the 11th century, as suggested by the style of script.

Part 3 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3046, ff. 225, 232]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. 225r-225v
Replacement leaf
2. 232r-232v
Replacement leaf

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment, of medium thickness and quite poor quality.

Condition

The outer margin of f. 225 has been cut away.

Layout

ff. 225r-225v, 232r-232v A single column of 19 lines. 125 × 100 mm.

Hand(s)

The replacement folios ff. ff. 225r-225v, 232r-232v were copied by Hand D, in mixed minuscule script, upright or 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. Breathings are round and mute iota is absent. There is decorative use of the double dot and accentuation of all nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to nomina sacra strokes.

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

Lection notes have been written in the same style in red ink.

Decoration

The beginning of the new text on f. 232v is marked with a crude initial letter, outlined in brown ink with red infill.

Sections begin with simple minor initials in red ink.

The transition between texts on f. 232r is marked by a simple vignette in red ink.

Additions

The scribe has provided the text with marginal lection notes, along with ἀρχή and τέλος marks for the beginning and end of lections, placed in gaps left in the text for the purpose, in red ink.

History

Origin: These folios were inserted to replace losses, probably in the 13th century, as indicated by the style of script.

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Record Sources

Description of binding draws upon unpublished description prepared (2020) by Samuel Foley and Cecilia Diminuco, Dept of Conservation and Collection Care, Cambridge University Library.

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Bibliography

    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) Catena manuscripts of the Greek New Testament: a catalogue, Parpulov, Georgi (Piscataway, NJ, Gorgias Press, 2021)

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