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Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 7593

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12143

Contents

Introduction: This manuscript, probably produced during the 13th or early 14th century, is a Menologion for November, a liturgical book containing the hagiographical texts to be read in church during that month, including Lives of Saints, martyrdom narratives and accounts regarding relics and posthumous miracles. Most of the texts in this volume are the work of Symeon Metaphrastes, or Symeon the Metaphrast, a 10th-century Byzantine civil official and later a monk. He rewrote numerous existing hagiographical texts in a more accessible style and compiled these into a new menologion. The term Metaphrast refers to this practice of rewriting. Symeon's versions of these stories became the most widely used, superseding those read previously. The main body of the manuscript, written on Eastern paper, contains texts for the feasts from 20 to 30 November. It evidently lost some folios at the end quite early in its history, as the last original quire is incomplete and the remainder of the last text has been supplied by replacement folios copied by a different hand and written on Western paper, whose watermarks and script place it in the earlier decades of the 14th century. Further folios of similar date, but written by two different hands on two different papers, have also been added to the beginning of the manuscript. The content of these pertains to the feasts falling on 17 and 18 November, and is therefore appropriately positioned in sequence with the main body. In the standard organisation of the metaphrastic menologion, the fourth volume normally contained the texts for 17-30 November. However, it seems that this these folios were not, as at the other end of the manuscript, replacements for lost originals. The sequence of quire signatures, which appear to be in the hand of the original scribe, begins with the first existing quire of the main body, while the heading to the opening text names the month, whereas those for all subsequent texts merely give the day as "in the same month" (‘μηνὶ τῷ αὐτῷ’). This indicates that the text for 20 November was originally the first. It therefore seems that this manuscript and any companion volumes did not follow the typical arrangement, and that the additional folios at the front of the manuscript were not replacements but part of an expansion to bring the manuscript's content into line with what would usually be expected. A number of these additional folios have since been lost. Another peculiarity is that the current f. 157, although it appears to be the work of the principal scribe, seems to be a replacement for an original folio which was cut out, pasted onto the residual stub. This was perhaps due to some deficiency or damage sustained at any early stage. Oddly, however, the folio contains less text than normal: the script is larger, the number of lines is smaller and there is a substantial amount of space left blank on the verso. The reason for this can only be a matter of speculation. It could be that the scribe had erroneously copied a passage twice, or reproduced such an error in the exemplar, and this intervention was later made to eliminate the duplicate content, leaving a smaller than usual amount of text to fill the replacement folio, which was therefore stretched to fill more space, but still did not cover the whole of the usual written area. The manuscript retains a binding in the medieval Greek style, which must have been made subsequent to the insertion of the additional and replacement folios. Much of its covering material has been lost, but some of the blind-tooled decoration can still be seen. The motifs include the fleur-de-lys and the imperial double-headed eagle. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: 228 leaves.
Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers 1-165, 165 bis, 166-169, 169 bis, 170-189, 189 bis-199, 199 bis, 200-201, 201 bis, 202-217, [217a], 218-223, in pencil, in Arabic numerals, recto, upper right. Most of f. 165 bis was formerly detached and bears the folio number 220, having presumably been inserted previously after f. 219. It has since been reattached in its correct location after f. 165 and the former folio number struck through and replaced. ff. 169 bis and 189 bis are stubs with a small amount of surviving text, which were originally omitted from the foliation sequence but have since been numbered (a similar stub survives following f. 217v, here designated f. [217a], but this has not been foliated). The present ff. 219-223 were formerly numbered 221-225, but these numbers have been struck out and replaced. This change is evidently due in part to the relocation of the former f. 220, now f. 165 bis, but it is not clear whether the number 219 pertained to another folio, now lost, or if this number was omitted from the sequence.

Collation

Part I consists of 1 quire, Part II of 1, Part III of 29, Part IV of 1: 11, 23, 36-1, 4-158, 168-1, 17-268, 278-1, 288-1, 298, 306, 318-5, 326-1

Condition

Most of ff. 169 bis, 189 and 217a has been lost, as has about half of f. 223 and small portions of some other folios. Most of f. 165 bis had also become detached, but has been reattached. There is pest damage, often extensive, throughout the manuscript. There are tears extending most of the way across f. 1, which have been repaired with Japanese paper. Some damage was repaired with paper patches, and there have been other modern repairs with Japanese paper. There is extensive water staining, drops of wax and areas of dirt. The paper has become soft, and there is wear and tear to the edges.

Additions

There is a note of ownership by Gabriel Dokyanis on the left pastedown: ‘Εροδιακονο Γαβρηλυ Διμιτρίου Δοκυανις καί τον τεκνο αυτου’.

Binding

14th- or 15th-century Greek binding.

Sewn on five stations prepared with v-notches. Sewing is an unsupported loop-stitch with an S-twist sewing thread.

Classic Greek endbands with wound cream threads around two cord cores, extending to approximately 1/5 of the board. The thread is passed diagonally around the lower core and wraps vertically around the upper core. A few tailband threads are broken.

One transverse continuous textile lining extending to approximately 1/5 of the board. The endband tiedowns pass through the cloth.

Laid-paper endleaves. The left endleaves are made of one pastedown sewn through a stub. A separate small piece of paper is visible and also sewn, which might suggest the previous presence of another bifolio now lost. The right endleaves consist of one pastedown with a small stub hooked around the last gathering and tipped to the penultimate gathering.

Board attachment is bridling passing from the outside face of the board to the inner face and then back out.

Wooden boards. The boards are shaped at the spine edge both inside and outside of the board. The inside of the board creates a gentle curve to the spine; the outside edge of the board is rounded. Channels have been cut outside and inside the boards to accommodate the sewing threads.

Full covering of dark brown tanned skin.

There is a metallic pin in the centre of the left board foredge, and remnants of straps (peg, cord and red thread) are visible in the inner side of the right board.

Blind tooling with the use of intaglio tools. Both boards seem to have had the same tooled design. Quadruple fillets intersect creating a diamond shape, with intaglio floral tools on the fillets. Lozenges containing fleurs-de-lys and roundels containing floral and zoomorphic designs are tooled on the intersecting points. A yellow modern round sticker is stuck on the spine tail.

The leather tab of a page-marker survives on f. 135.

334 × 252 × 83 mm.

Much of the covering material has been lost. There is extensive pest damage to the cover and both boards.

Accompanying Material

Labels are pasted to the left pastedown, with the name of D. S. Robertson and a note of donation to Cambridge University Library: ‘From the Library of Professor D. S. Robertson. Presented by his sons.’

The manuscript is accompanied by a number of scraps of paper formerly belonging to it, including the corner of a folio bearing text by Hand A, belonging to the folio formerly preceding f. 1, otherwise now lost. This belongs to the same text as the surviving folio copied by this hand, f. 1r-1v: Gregory of Nyssa, De vita Gregorii Thaumaturgi, at PG 46, coll. 913, 916.

There are also a number of notes and letters by modern scholars regarding the manuscript kept with it.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by the hierodiakonos Gabriel Dokyanis.

Owned by the collector Alexander Peckover (1830-1919) .

By descent to his daughter, Alexandrina Peckover (1860-1948) .

Bought in the sale of the Peckover collection in 1948 by R. C. Pearson .

Sold in 1949 to Donald S. Robertson , Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge.

Presented to Cambridge University Library by Robertson's sons, 25 Jan 1962.

Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 7593, f. 1]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. f. 1r-1v
Menologion for November
1.1. f. 1r-1v
Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-c. 394), De vita Gregorii Thaumaturgi

17 November

Defective at the beginning and end: begins at PG 46, col. 916, ends at PG 46, col. 917

Incipit: || f. 1r τὰς ἀποδείξεις ὦν ἔλεγεν ἤδει παρέξειν ὑπισχνουμένου
Explicit: f. 1v οὕτω ἔχεται τὰ του θεράποντος ἐπίταγμα, ὡς οὐ||

TLG 2017.069

CPG 3184

BHG 715-715b

PG 46, coll. 893-957

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: f. 1 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Knot ( 30 × 30 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, similar to Briquet 11979. This example is dated to 1311-1329.
Extent: 311 × 225 mm.

Collation

This part consists of a single folio.

Layout

A single column of 32 lines. 210 × 140 mm.

Hand(s)

f. 1r-1v was copied by Hand A in mixed minuscule script, slanting to the right, in black ink, with little variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations 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 breathings and nomina sacra strokes. The double grave accent is in use.

The modern eta is present.

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

Decoration

The beginnings of sections are marked by minor initials is red ink.

History

Origin: This folio was probably added as part of an expansion of the original manuscript. The watermark indicates that it was copied in the first half of the 14th century, which is consistent with the style of script.

Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 7593, ff. 2-4]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

2. ff. 2r-4v
Menologion for November (continued)
2.1. ff. 2r-4v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Passion of St Platon of Ankyra

18 November

Defective at the beginning and end

Incipit: || f. 2r θέμενον τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, ἀπειλαῖς πάλιν φοβεῖν ἐπειρᾶτο
Explicit: f. 4v τὲ καὶ ψαλμοὺς ἄσαντες, ἐπισήμω τόπω κατέθεντο· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν||

BHG 1551-1552

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 2-4 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Barrel ( 37 × 39 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, similar to Harlfinger Baril 5. This example is dated to 1335-1336.
Extent: 304 × 222 mm.

Collation

This part consists of a bifolio and the subsequent folio.

Layout

A single column of 33 lines. 219 × 170 mm.

Hand(s)

f. 2r-4v were copied by Hand B in upright mixed minuscule script, in black ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations 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 . The double grave accent and marginal quotation marks are in use.

Majuscule beta often takes an distinctive form, the upper loop being small and triangular. Theta is enlarged and broad.

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

Decoration

The beginnings of sections are marked by minor initials is red ink.

History

Origin: These folios were probably added as part of an expansion of the original manuscript. The watermark indicates that they was copied in the first half of the 14th century, which is consistent with the style of script.

Part 3 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 7593, ff. 5-218]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

3. ff. 5r-218v
Menologion for November (continued)
3.1. ff. 5r-12r
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Life of St Amphilochios of Ikonion

20 November

Rubric: f. 5r Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τοῦ ὁσίου πατρός ἡμῶν Ἀμφιλοχίου ἐπισκόπου γενομένου Ἰκονίου
Incipit: f. 5r Καὶ τί τῶν καλῶν ἔσται τίς τῆ μνήμη παραδιδοὺς
Explicit: f. 12r ἐκεῖσε γεγονασιν·[sic] ὅτι αὐτῶ πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις· σὺν τῶ μονογενεῖ Υἱοῦ καὶ τῶ Παναγίω Πνεύματι· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν

TLG 3115.025

BHG 72

PG 116, coll. 956-969

3.2. ff. 12r-50r
Niketas David, the Paphlagonian (active 10th century), Life of St Gregory of Agrigento

23 November

Rubric: f. 12r Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Ἀκραγαντίνων
Incipit: f. 12r Κάλλιστόν τι χρῆμα ἡ ἀρετὴ· καὶ δόξαν ὅσην ἐγκόσμιόν τε καὶ ὑπὲρ κόσμιον
Explicit: f. 50r καὶ πρὸς τὸν ποθούμενον Χριστὸν ἐκδημεῖ· ὧ πρέπει τιμὴ δόξα· μεγαλοσύνη τε καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν

TLG 2705.019

BHG 708

PG 116, coll. 189-269

3.3. ff. 50v-63v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Passion of St Catherine of Alexandria

24 November

Rubric: f. 50v Μαρτύριον τῆς Ἁγίας καὶ καλλινικοῦ μεγαλομάρτυρος τοῦ Χριστοῦ Αἰκατερίνης
Incipit: f. 50v Βασιλεύοντος τοῦ ἀσεβεστάτου Μαξεντίου· πᾶσα ἡ τῶν Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὴ
Explicit: f. 63v τῆς μίας καὶ θεότητος βασιλείας· ἧ πρέπει τιμὴ κράτος· μεγαλοσύνη τε καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 3115.021

BHG 32

PG 116, coll. 276-301

3.4. ff. 63v-125r
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Passion of St Clement of Rome

25 November

Incomplete, with a lacuna

Rubric: f. 63v Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου ἱερομάρτυρος Κλήμεντος· ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης· μαθητοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου Πέτρου
Incipit: f. 63v Κλήμης Ἰακώβω τῶ κυρίω καὶ ἐπισκόπω· διέποντι δὲ τὴν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ
Explicit: f. 125r χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πατρὶ δόξα ἅμα τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν

TLG 1271.011

CPG 1015.7

BHG 345-347, 347e

PG 2, coll. 469-604

3.5. ff. 125r-135v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Passion of St Peter of Alexandria

25 November

Rubric: f. 125r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου ἱερομάρτυρος καὶ ἀρχιεπισκὀπου γενομένου Ἀλεξανδρείας Πέτρου
Incipit: f. 125r Εἶχε μὲν ἡ ἐπιφανὴς Νικομήδεια· ἄνδρα τὴν βασίλειον ἀρχὴν διϊθύνοντα
Explicit: f. 135v καὶ οὐδὲ μέχρι νῦν γενόμεναι διαλείπουσιν· εἰς δόξαν Χριστοῦ τοῦ άληθινοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν· ὧ πρέπει τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· ἀμήν

BHG 1503

3.6. ff. 135v-146v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Passion of St Mercurius

26 November

Rubric: f. 135v Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου μεγαλομάρτυρος Μερκουρίου
Incipit: f. 135v Δέκιος ἠνίκα καὶ Βαλεριανὸς· ὁ μὲν ἐπὶ τῶν τῆς Ῥώμης σκήπτρων ἦν
Explicit: f. 146v ὅτι Χριστῶ πρέπει τιμὴ κράτος· μεγαλοσύνη τε καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 3115.015

BHG 1276

3.7. ff. 146v-161v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Life of St Alypios the Stylite

26 November

Rubric: f. 146v Βίος καὶ πολιτεία τοῦ ὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἀλυπίου τοῦ κιονίτου
Incipit: f. 146v Καλοὶ μὲν καὶ οἱ τῶν μαρτύρων ἄθλοι καὶ πολλὴν δυνάμενοι τοῖς φιλαρέτοις
Explicit: f. 161v ὅτι αὐτῶ πρέπει πᾶσα δόξα τιμὴ καὶ προσκύνησις τε καὶ μεγαλοπρέπεια· νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 3115.114

BHG 64

3.8. ff. 162r-169 bis recto
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Passion of St James of Persia

27 November

Defective at the end, with lacunas

Rubric: f. 162r Μαρτύριον τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰακώβου τοῦ Πέρσου
Incipit: f. 162r Ἀρκαδίου τὰ Ρωμαίων[sic] σκήπτρα διέποντος· ὧ πατὴρ μὲν ἦν Θεοδόσιος ὁ ἐξ Ἰσπανίας
Explicit: f. 168v τῶν μελῶν χωρὶς ὑπολέλειπται· οὐκ εἰ||

BHG 773

3.9. ff. 169 bis recto-213v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Life of St Stephen the Younger

28 November

Defective at the beginning, with lacunas

Incipit: || f. 170r τῶ ἡδεῖ ταύτης ἐνευπαθοῦσα θρέμματι· γεννᾶται δὲ κατὰ τοὺς Ἀναστασίου καιροὺς
Explicit: f. 213v διὰ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ χάριτος καὶ τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν· ὧ πρέπει δόξα σὺν τῶ ἀνάρχω Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ ζωοποιῶ Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν

TLG 3115.006

BHG 1667

3.10. ff. 214r-218v
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Life of St Andrew the Apostle

30 November

Defective at the end; continued by Part IV, after a lacuna

Rubric: f. 214r Ὑπόμνημα εἰς τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπόστολον Ἀνδρέαν τὸν πρωτόκλητον
Incipit: f. 214r Ἄρτι τοῦ παιδὸς Ζαχαρίου Ἰωάννου φημὶ τοῦ πάνυ τὰς ἐρήμους ἀπολιπόντος
Explicit: f. 218v ὑγιᾶ καὶ τοῦτον ὁ ἐπιφανεὶς ἀπεδείκνυ· εἴσει σιν||

BHG 101

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Eastern paper
Extent: 316 × 230 mm.

Collation

This part consists of 29 quires, of which two are ternia and the rest are quaternia.

  • Quire 36-1 ff. 5-9 The first folio has been lost or cancelled
  • Quires 4-158 ff. 10-105
  • Quire 168-1 ff. 106-112 The fourth folio has been lost, with loss of text
  • Quires 17-268 ff. 113-189 bis The fifth folio of Quire 23 (157v) was apparently cancelled and a replacement leaf pasted onto the stub and copied by the original scribe.
  • Quire 278-1 ff. 190-196 The third folio has been lost, with loss of text
  • Quire 288-1 ff. 197-201 bis The fourth folio has been lost, with loss of text
  • Quire 298 ff. 202-209
  • Quire 306 ff. 210-215
  • Quire 318-5 ff. 216-218 The third-fourth and sixth-eighth folios have been lost, with loss of text

There are original quire signatures in Greek numerals, in black ink, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower left, and the last folio of each quire, verso, lower left. The sequence begins from the first quire of this part. Many have been wholly or partially lost to cropping. They survive on Quires 3, 10, 14, 17-19, 21-28 (γʹ, ιʹ, ιδʹ, ιζʹ-ιθʹ, καʹ-κηʹ), and there are traces on Quires 1-2, 4-9, 11, 15-16, 20, 29.

Layout

Two columns of 32 lines each. 234 × 135 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 5r-218v were copied by Hand C in mixed minuscule script, slanting slightly to the right, in black 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 lengths of nomina sacra . The double grave accent is in use.

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

Headings were written in the same style in red ink.

Decoration

The beginning of the text on f. 5r is preceded by a rectangular headpiece, part of which is in red ink and part in black ink with red infill. The texts beginning on ff. 12r and 125r are preceded by simple, crudely drawn rectangular headpieces in red ink. At the beginning of the other texts (e.g. ff. 50v, 63v) there are rectangular borders of the same size and style, containing the date of the relevant feast-day.

The beginning of sections is marked by small minor initials in red ink. Texts begin with larger, slightly ornamented initials in red ink.

Additions

As part of the original production of the manuscript, the scribe has written the date of each feast in the margin at the beginning of each text, in those cases where it has not been written within the headpiece border (ff. 5r, 12r, 125r).

A later hand has added marginal notes at the beginning of each text, giving the number of folios comprising it.

History

Origin: The characteristics of the script suggest that the main body of the manuscript was copied in the 13th or early 14th century, as suggested by the style of script.

Part 4 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Add. 7593, ff. 219-223]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

4. ff. 219r-223r
Symeon, Metaphrastes, active 10th century, Life of St Andrew the Apostle (continued)

Continues the text from Part III, following a lacuna; there is a further lacuna towards the end

Incipit: || f. 219r οὖν καὶ αὖθις πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ἄρτιος
Explicit: f. 223r τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν

BHG 101

f. 223v is blank except for a later note

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 219-223 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Key ( 75 × 35 mm. ) in the centre of the folio, comparable but not identical to WZIS IT1185-PO-120666, IT1185-PO-120670, IT1185-PO-120650-IT1185-PO-120653. These examples are dated to 1318-1327.
Extent: 308 × 205 mm.

Collation

This part consists of one quire, a ternion.

  • Quire 326-1 ff. 219-223 The first folio has been lost, with loss of text.

Layout

A single column of 29 lines. 204 × 150 mm.

Hand(s)

f. 219r-223r were written by Hand D in mixed minuscule script with variable slant, in black ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations appear only at the end of lines, but 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 lengths of nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters, abbreviations and nomina sacra strokes. The double grave accent is in use.

The sigma telikon is present. Majuscule beta often appears in a large and bulbous form.

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

Additions

There is a marginal note on f. 219r, the early part of which appears to have been lost to cropping. The surviving portion reads ‘καλὸν χάρτι’

There is a note on a repair patch on f. 223v, which has largely been lost to subsequent damage. The surviving portion reads ‘τοῦ διακο’. This was possibly an ownership note.

History

Origin: This part was probably added to the manuscript to replace losses, and produced in the first half of the 14th century, as suggested by the watermark and the style of script.

Additional Information

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

    Essai sur l'histoire du texte de Thucydide, Hemmerdinger, Bertrand (Paris, Les Belles lettres, 1955) 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)

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