Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3076

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12117

Contents

Introduction: This manuscript, probably copied in the first half of the 16th century, contains a miscellany of Canon law and other religious and linguistic texts in Greek. The majority of the content is drawn from collections of canon law and brief texts and excerpts on miscellaneous religious questions, mainly of patristic origin but occasionally the work of later Byzantine clerics. There are also some lexicographical texts and a small portion of a grammatical work. The most recent contents are a number of works of 15th-century origin written against the 1438 Union of Florence between the eastern and western churches. These include works by Markos Eugenikos (c. 1392-c. 1445), leader of opposition to the Union, a joint decree of 1443 by the three Patriarchs of Alexandria, Antioch and Jerusalem, and the decree of a synod held in Constantinople in 1484. The manuscript is a composite of two parts, both produced in the same period and in a similar style, but by different hands and with distinct sequences of quire signatures, indicating that they were originally separate projects. It retains a Greek binding in the Byzantine style. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: 561 leaves. 150 × 110 mm.
Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers 1-561 in Arabic numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right.

Collation

Part I consists of 29 quires, Part II of 45: 18-1, 28-1, 38-2, 48-1, 5-68, 76, 8-98, 108-1, 18-1, 12-148, 158-2, 16-176, 188+1, 19-218, 226, 23-248, 256-1, 266, 278, 28-296, 30-738, 7486

Condition

Damage to the upper edge of ff. 1-95 has been repaired with paper strips. There is extensive pest damage throughout, some of it more recent than these repairs. This has been repaired with Japanese paper. There is extensive and severe water staining, which has led to serious fading of text in the upper part of the folios through much of the manuscript. There are occasional small tears from the edges of folios and areas of dirt.

Binding

15th or 16th century binding.

Textblock cut to the size of the boards.

Four sewing stations prepared with v-notches. Sewing is on double-cords with a Z-twist sewing thread.

Both endbands have broken threads. Greek-style compound endbands. Primary wound endband around a cord core, with secondary chevron in blue and yellow with a third thin crowning cord.

There are two cloth spine linings, one extending up to one third of the board and one up to two thirds of the board. The endband tiedowns pass through these patches of cloth.

Laid paper integral endleaves made of one pastedown only.

Board attachment is the cord sewing supports laced into the board. Small channels are visible on the outside face of the boards in which the supports lay.

Wooden boards. The boards have grooved edges and the outer spine edges are shaped to form a round that meets the textblock at the shoulder.

Full covering of dark brown tanned skin. Decoration uses blind tooling with intaglio hand-tools and fillets. Quintuple fillet border with two diagonals made of triple fillets. Floral hand-tool on the four corners of the outer border and in the middle, as well as in the diagonal intersection. Intaglio tooling of a double-headed eagle in the centre of the four panels created by the two intersecting diagonals. Fleur-de-lys tools surround the double-headed eagles (ten flowers in total). Both boards have the same decoration pattern.

There are two metal alloy foredge catch pins and the remains of three plaited straps on the right inner board.

168 × 121 × 130 mm.

Accompanying Material

A small fragment of a lost folio is housed along with the manuscript. This appears to belong to a folio preceding the present f. 1r, being copied by the same hand and apparently belonging to the same text.

Slips of paper with notes regarding discontinuous content are inserted loose between some folios.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by C. J. Cummings of Volos.

Bought by Cambridge University Library from Cummings in 1892 through H. C. Rae of Liverpool.

Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3076, ff. 1-207]

Contents

1. f. 1r
Note on the assimilation of consonants
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 1r ου [..] ἐὰν ἀ[..18..]ιγξ· σα[..7..] φάρυγξ λάρυγξ· καὶ τοῖς ὁμοίοις
2. ff. 1v-32v
Lexicon
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 1v Ἄατε· ὃν οὐ δυνα[....]

Sections are out of order

3. ff. 32v-43v
Glossary
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 32v Ἄνώλεθρος· ἀθάνατος· Ἀνάπαυλα· ἡ ἀνάπαυσις
4. ff. 44r-49r, line 14
John of Damascus, Carmina
Language(s): Greek

In theogoniam (ff. 44r-49r, line 14; PG 96, coll. 820-825); In theophania (f. 49r, line 15-f. 56r, line 2; PG 96, coll. 825-832); In Pentecosten (f. 56r, line 3-f. 63v; PG 96, coll. 832-840)

CPG 8070

PG 96, coll. 817-853

f. 49v is blank

5. f. 63v
Gregory of Nazianzus, De vita sua
Language(s): Greek

Only the heading survives

TLG 2022.024

CPG 3036

PG 39, coll. 969-1452

6. ff. 64r-130r
Glossary
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 64r Χριστὲ ἄναξ· Χριστὲ βασιλεῦ· Ὁς[sic] ἁγμαῖς· ὅστις καθαραῖς

Defective at the beginning

f. 130v is blank

7. ff. 131r-133v
Konstantinos Harmenopoulos (d. c. 1380), De fide orthodoxa
Language(s): Greek

PG 150, coll. 29-41

8. ff. 133v-155r, line 13
Athanasios of Alexandria (d. 373), Quaestiones aliae
Language(s): Greek

Questions 4-20

TLG 2035.081

CPG 2261

PG 28, coll. 773-796

9. f. 155r, line 13-f. 159r
Theological questions and answers
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 155r Τί ἦσαν τὰ φύλλα τῆς συκῆς
10. ff. 159r-173r, line 13
Athanasios of Alexandria (d. 373), Liber de definitionibus
Language(s): Greek

Excerpt: PG 28, coll. 536-553

TLG 2035.075

CPG 2254

PG 28, coll. 533-553

11. f. 173r, line 13-f. 173v
Athanasios of Alexandria (d. 373), Quaestiones ad Antiochum ducem
Language(s): Greek

Excerpt: PG 28, col. 604 (Question 8)

TLG 2035.077

CPG 2257

PG 28, coll. 597-700

12. ff. 173v-193r, line 8
Brief religious questions and answers
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 173v Ἐρώτησις ἐκ τῆς παλαιᾶς
Incipit: f. 173v Τί ὑψηλότερον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· ἡ ἀγάπη
13. f. 193r, line 8-f. 195v, ff. 202r-207v, 196r-199v
On the symbolism of the Liturgy
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 193v Περὶ τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας, ἐρωτήσεις καὶ λύσης
Incipit: f. 193v Τί δηλοῖ τὸ ἅγιον σήμαντρον ὅταν αὐτῶ αημαίνει
14. ff. 200r-201v
Lexeis from the Psalms
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 200r Λέξεις τῶν ἐκατῶν[sic] νʹ ψαλμων[sic]
Incipit: f. 200r Μακάριος· ὁ πάντοτε ἐν ἀγαθοῖς ὢν

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 1-7, 131-146 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Anchor ( c. 35 × c. 35 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter. ff. 8-14, 36-43, 53-55, 58-115, 122-130 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Bull's head ( c. 120 × c. 50 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Briquet 14734. This example is dated to 1509-1528. ff. 15-27 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Hand ( c. 105 × c. 25 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Briquet 10736. This example is dated to 1549-1555. ff. 28-35, 188-195 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Bull's head ( c. 70 × c. 35 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, with a main motif similar to Briquet 14484, but no visible countermark. This example is dated to 1532-1558. ff. 44-49 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Scales ( c. 60 × c. 45 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter. ff. ff. 50-52, 56 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Hand ( c. 25 × c. 100 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter. ff. 116-121 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Hand ( c. 90 × c. 30 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Piccard online 155961-155962. These examples are dated to 1517-1534. ff. 147-187, 196-201 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Hand ( c. 90 × c. 25 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter. ff. 202-207 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Bull's head ( c. 65 × 40 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Piccard online 64272. This example is dated to 1539.

Collation

This part consists of 29 quires, of which eight are ternia and the rest are quaternia. The signatures suggest that a further two quires have been lost, probably at the beginning of the manuscript and/or after Quire 6.

  • Quire 18-1 ff. 1-7 The first folio has been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quire 28-1 ff. 8-14 The fifth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quire 38-2 ff. 15-20 The second and fifth folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quire 48-1 ff. 21-27 The seventh folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quires 5-68 ff. 28-43
  • Quire 76 ff. 44-49
  • Quires 8-98 ff. 50-65
  • Quire 108-1 ff. 66-72 The first folio has been lost or cancelled.
  • Quire 118-1 ff. 73-79 The fifth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quires 12-148 ff. 80-103
  • Quire 158-2 ff. 104-109 The sixth and seventh folios have been lost or cancelled.
  • Quire 16-176 ff. 110-121
  • Quire 188+1 ff. 122-130
  • Quires 19-218 ff. 131-154
  • Quire 226 ff. 155-160
  • Quires 23-248 ff. 161-176
  • Quire 256-1 ff. 177-181 The first folio has been lost, with loss of text.
  • Quire 266 ff. 182-187
  • Quire 278 ff. 188-195
  • Quires 28-296 ff. 196-207

There are quire signatures in Greek numerals, in black ink, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower centre. Many have been lost to cropping. They survive on Quires 13-19, 21-24 and 26-29 (ιεʹ-καʹ, κγʹ-κϛʹ, κηʹ-λαʹ). Signatures in Greek numerals, in pencil, have been added to two quires which have lost their original signatures, on the first surviving folio of each quire, recto, lower centre. They appear on Quires 20 and 25 (κβʹ, κζʹ)

Layout

ff. 1r-207v A single column of 15 lines. 98 × 70 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 1r-35v, 44r-49r, 63v, line 14-f. 108v, line 8, 109r-207v were copied by Hand A in mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

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

The modern eta, modern nu, loop epsilon and sigma telikon are in use.

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

Headings are written in the same style in red ink.

ff. 36r-43v, 50r-63v, line 13 were copied by Hand B in 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. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. Use of the double dot is functional only. A single dot sometimes appears on iota. There is accentuation of all nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters, breathings and nomina sacra strokes.

The modern nu and small x-shaped kappa are in use.

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

f. 108v, lines 9-15 were copied by Hand C in mixed minuscule script with variable slant, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round. Accents are sometimes joined to letters and abbreviations.

The modern eta , modern nu, small x-shaped kappa and sigma telikon are in use.

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

Decoration

Sections and important words begin with normal or slightly enlarged letters in red ink.

History

Origin: This part was probably copied in the first half of the 16th century, as indicated by the watermarks. This is consistent with the style of script.

Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 3076, ff. 208-561]

Contents

15. ff. 208r-221r, line 4
On fasting
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 208r Ἐπιστολὴ προεστῶτος, πρὸς γέροντa τέλειον καὶ διακριτικὸν σοφὸν· ζητοῦσα περὶ δηλώσεως καὶ λύσεως ζητημάτων ἀναγκαίων, εἰς ἀγωγὴν μοναχῶν καὶ κατάστσιν
Incipit: f. 208r Πατὲρ ἅγιε· παρακαλῶ τὴν ἐν Κυρίω ἀγάπην σου, ὅπως δηλοποιήσει ἡμῶν ἐγγράφης

The beginning of the same text is found in Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, MS Suppl. gr. 1087, f. 106r

16. f. 221r, line 5-226v, line 14
On penance
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 221r Τὸ δὲ περὶ τῆς ἐξαγορίας, πάλαι ὑπὸ τῶν πατέρων παρεδόθη
17. f. 226v, line 15-f. 234v
Typikon
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 226v Ἀρχὴ τῆς ἰνδικτιῶνος
Incipit: f. 226v Μὴν Σεπτέμβριος, ἔχων ἡμέρας λʹ
18. ff. 235r-264r, line 9
John the Faster (Johannes Jejunator), Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 595), Kanonarion
Language(s): Greek

Contains elements of the Protokanonarion variously attributed either, as here, to John the Faster or to John, monk and deacon (TLG 3390.001; CPG 7558), of the Deuterokanonarion attributed to Basil the monk (TLG 4486.002), and other material

Rubric: f. 235r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου τοῦ νηστευτοῦ τοῦ μαθητοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου Βασιλείου διαφοραὶ περι[sic] ἐξαγορεύσεως τῶν ἐξομολογουμένων κρύφια ἁμαρτημάτων καὶ τὸν τούτοις ἀναδεχομένων
Incipit: f. 235r Ὅτι δεῖ τὸν ἐξομολογούμενον κρύφια πταίσματα ἄνθρωπον ἀνθρώπω
19. f. 264r, line 9-f. 268r, line 11
On the seven sacraments
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 264r Περὶ τῶν ἑπτὰ μυστηρίων τῆς ἐκκλησίας
Incipit: f. 264r Ἴστεον ὅτι τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἰσὶν ζʹ μυστήρια
20. f. 268r, line 12-f. 269r, line 13
Loukas Chrysoberges, On how monks should conduct themselves in their cells
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 268r Λουκὰ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου πατριάρχου, πῶς ὀφείλει διάγειν ὁ μοναχὸς εἰς τὸ κελλίον αὐτοῦ
Incipit: f. 268r Τὸ νυχθήμερον ποίει εὐχὰς δισχιλίας
21. f. 269r, line 13-f. 275r, line 7
Symeon of Thessalonike (d. 429), Responsiones ad Gabrielem Pentapolim
Language(s): Greek

Excerpt: Quaestiones 81-83

PG 155, coll. 829-952

22. f. 275r, line 8-f. 276v
Sophronios of Jerusalem (c. 560-c. 638), De illis qui officium ecclesiae non recitant
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 275r Διήγησις τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Σωφρονίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἱεροσολύμων· περὶ τῶν μὴ ψαλλόντων τὰς ὥρας, καὶ πάση τῆ ἀκολουθία· ἤως, ἑσπερινὸν· ἀπόδηπνον·[sic] σὺν τῶ μεσονυκτινῶ· ἀρχιεπισκόπων· ἐπισκόπων· ἱερέων· ἀρχιδιακόνων· ὑποδιακόνων καὶ ἀναγνωστῶν
Incipit: f. 275r Ἦν δέ τις ὅσιος, Εὐτρόπιος ὄνομα μέγας τῶ βίω ὑπάρχων
23. ff. 276v-290v, line 11
John the Faster (Johannes Jejunator), Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 595), Canonicum
Language(s): Greek

Excerpts from the synopsis compiled by Matthaios Blastares

Rubric: f. 276v Ἐκ τοῦ κανονικοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ νηστευτοῦ· μειψε[sic] ταυτὶ πρὸς σύνοψιν Ματθαῖος
Incipit: f. 276v ⟨Ἀ⟩λλὰ γὰρ κατὰ τον[sic] νηστευτὴν θεῖον Ἰωάννην, τὴν θεραπείαν τῶν ἡμῖν συμβαινόντων θεωρητέον παθῶν

CPG 7560

24. f. 290v, line 12-f. 296r, line 2
Nikephoros I, Confessor, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. c. 828), Canones
Language(s): Greek

Excerpts

PG 100, coll. 852-853

25. f. 296r, line 3-f. 300v, line 12
John the Faster (Johannes Jejunator), Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 595), Canonicum
Language(s): Greek

Excerpts from the synopsis compiled by Matthaios Blastares

Rubric: f. 296r ελάττωσις[sic] τῶν ἐπιτιμίων τοῦ νηστευτοῦ
Incipit: f. 296r Ὃ δέ μοι τῶ ταπεινῶ καὶ παντόλμω εἰς πολλὰ ἄπειρα πλήθη κοσμικῶν τε καὶ μοναχῶν

CPG 7560

26. f. 300v, line 13-f. 332r, line 6
Canons
Language(s): Greek
Incipit: f. 300v Γυνὴ δὲ εἰς μαλακίαν ἑαυτὴν ἐκδῶ
27. f. 332r, line 7-f. -333v, line 12
Timothy of Alexandria, Responsa canonica
Language(s): Greek

Excerpts

CPG 2520

PG 33, coll. 1296-1308

28. f. 333v, line 13-f. 338r, line 2
Peter the Chartophylax, Responsa canonica
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 333v Ἐρωτήματα ἅπερ ἔλυσεν ὁ τιμιώτατος χαρτοφύλαξ κύριος Πέτρος καὶ διάκονος τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας, ἐν έτει[sic] ͵ϛχʹ
Incipit: f. 333v Εἰς πόσον καιρὸν ὀφείλει βαπτίζεσθαι τὸ παιδίον

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 5, p. 369

29. f. 338r, line 2-f. 350v
John of Kitros, Responsa ad Constantinum Cabasilum, Dyrrhachii archiepiscopum
Language(s): Greek

Excerpts

PG 119, coll. 960-989

f. 351r-351v is blank

30. ff. 352r-360r, line 9
Markos Eugenikos (c. 1392-c. 1445), Relatio de rebus a se gestis
Language(s): Greek

TLG 3283.008

31. f. 360r, line 10-f. 368r, line 5
Markos Eugenikos (c. 1392-c. 1445), Confessio fidei
Language(s): Greek

TLG 3283.007

32. f. 368r, line 5-f. 373v, line 14
Markos Eugenikos (c. 1392-c. 1445), Confession of faith
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 368r Ὁμολογία πίστεως, τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν , Μάρκου τοῦ Εὐγενικοῦ, ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἐφέσου· καὶ νέου θεολόγου· τοῦ ἀνατρέψαντος τὴν ἐν Φλωρεντία ἄθεσμον συνόδον
Incipit: f. 368r Ἐγὼ τῆ τοῦ Θεοῦ χάριτι, δόγμασιν ἐντραφεὶς εὐσεβέσιν
33. f. 373v, line 14-387r, line 2
Markos Eugenikos (c. 1392-c. 1445), Epistola encyclica contra-Graeco-Latinos et decretum synodi Florentinae
Language(s): Greek

TLG 3283.009

f. 385v is blank

34. f. 387r, line 3-f. 388v, line 7
Markos Eugenikos (c. 1392-c. 1445), Morientis oratio ad amicorum coetum
Language(s): Greek

TLG 3283.011

35. f. 388v, line 7-393r, line 7
Philotheos, Patriarch of Alexandria; Dorotheos II, Patriarch of Antioch; Joachim, Patriarch of Jerusalem, Decretum of 1443
Language(s): Greek
Rubric: f. 388v Συνοδικῆ διάγνωσις καὶ ἀπόφασις, τῶν ἁγιωτάτων καὶ ὀρθοδόξων τῆς ἀνατολικῆς ἐκκλησίας τριῶν πατριαρχῶν· Φιλοθέου Ἀλεξανδρείας· Δωροθέου Ἀντιοχείας, καὶ Ἰωακεὶμ Ἱεροσολύμων· περὶ τε τῆς ἐν Φλωρεντία γενομένης συνόδου· καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ τῶν Λατινοφρόνων χειροτοθέντων
Incipit: f. 388v Ἐπιεδὴ ἦκε καὶ ὁ πανιερώτατος μητροπολίτης ἐνταῦθα

Ed. Georg Hofmann, Thomas O'Shaughnessy and John Simon, Orientalia Documenta Minora (Rome 1953), Concilium Florentinum Documenta et Scriptores A.III.III, pp. 69-72 (no. 45)

36. f. 393r, line 8-f. 399v
Decree of the synod of Constantinople, 1484
Language(s): Greek

TLG 5346.008

37. ff. 400r-496v, line 13
Symeon of Thessalonike (d. 1429), Responsiones ad Gabrielem Pentapolim
Language(s): Greek

Excerpts: Questiones 81-83, 46-47, 10-13, 69, 71-74, 40-41, 29-32, 42, 23, 34, 49-52, 54, 60-63, 78-80, 8-9

Interspersed with extracts from De sacra liturgia (PG 155, coll. 263-304), De sacris ordinationibus (PG 155, coll. 361-469), De ordine sepulturae (PG 155, coll. 669-696), De sacra precatione (PG 155, coll. 535-669)

PG 155, coll. 829-952

38. f. 496v, line 14-f. 553r, line 6
Symeon of Thessalonike (d. 1429), Expositio sacri symboli
Language(s): Greek

PG 155, coll. 752-801

39. f. 553r, line 7-f. 561v
Symeon of Thessalonike (d. 1429), Expositio sacri symboli vocibus et dictis
Language(s): Greek

Defective at the end: ends at PG 155, col. 816

PG 155, coll. 804-817

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 208-247 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Anchor ( c. 65 × c. 40 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Mošin 694. This example is dated to 1521. ff. 248-311 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Ladder ( c. 65 × c. 45 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to WZIS DE5580-Codicon209e_15, DE5580-Codicon266_14. These examples are dated to 1530-1570. ff. ff. 312-327 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Anchor ( c. 65 × c. 40 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Mošin 706. This example is dated to 1523. ff. 328-351 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Bull's head ( c. 50 × c. 40 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Briquet 14471. This example is dated to 1556. ff. 352-561 Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Anchor ( c. 65 × c. 40 mm. ) at the top or bottom of the gutter, similar to Briquet 485. This example is dated to 1538-1561.

Collation

This part consists of 45 quires, all quaternia. The signatures suggest that a further nine quires have been lost between Quires 47 and 48 (ff. 351 and 352).

  • Quires 30-738 ff. 208-559
  • Quire 748-6 ff. 560-561 All but the first two folios have 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 centre, in a sequence beginning from the start of this part and probably original to its production. They survive on all quires except the first (βʹ-ιηʹ, κηʹ-νδʹ).

Layout

ff. 208r-561 A single column of 16-17 lines. 98 × 70 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 208r-561v were copied by Hand D in mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript or absent. A single dot often appears above iota and upsilon. There is accentuation of all nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters, breathings, abbreviations and nomina sacra strokes.

The modern eta, modern nu, small x-shaped kappa, loop epsilon and sigma telikon are in use.

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

Decoration

Sections and important words begin with normal or slightly enlarged letters in red ink.

History

Origin: This part was probably copied in the first half of the 16th century, as indicated by the watermarks. This is consistent with the style of script.

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    Hand-list of the additional Greek manuscripts in the University Library, Cambridge Scriptorium. Revue internationale des études relatives aux manuscrits, Easterling, Patricia E. (16, 2, 302-323, 1962) Bilan des études sur Théodore Agallianos: 1966-2011 Ο Ερανιστής, Blanchet, Marie-Hélène (28, 25-48, 2011)

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