Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

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Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.2.22

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12147

Contents

Introduction: This manuscript, probably copied in the 14th or 15th century, contains a selection of works of Maximos the Confessor, treatises and letters by the 7th-century Byzantine theologian. It also includes a series of theological dialogues of unknown authorship, traditionally attributed to the 4th-century Patriarch Athanasios of Alexandria. Among the works by Maximos is a text on astronomical and calendrical calculations for religious purposes, accompanied by diagrams and tables (ff. 134v-142r, line 5), which is followed by an anonymous text of astronomical and astrological content, similarly illustrated (ff. 142r-148v). It was written on parchment, a relatively unusual material by this time, given the ready availability and lower cost of paper, though the parchment used here is of somewhat poor quality. This is also not an especially grand production. There is minimal ornament and the script is unusually small, perhaps due to the cost of the parchment, as this reduced the amount of material needed to accommodate the text. The provenance of the manuscript is unknown, but at some point after its arrival in western Europe it received a binding incorporating endleaves and pastedowns of parchment waste from a late medieval Latin manuscript containing biblical commentaries by St Jerome, together with a parchment strip from a different Latin manuscript used in the attachment of one of the endleaves. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek and Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: iii + 189 + i leaves. 320 × 233 mm.
Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers i-iii + 1-189 + iv, in pencil, in Arabic and Roman numerals, recto, upper right.
Foliation: ff. 1r-189v are also paginated with the numbers 1-378, on recto only, in pencil, in Arabic numerals, upper right.

Binding

17th-century full leather binding over couched-laminate boards, with Latin manuscript waste pastedowns. There is decorative blind tooling on the boards. Rebacked in the 19th century, with gold tooling on the spine, along with the author's name ‘Maximus’ and the classmark tooled in gold.

The binding has been rebacked, both outer joints are partially split and the right board has damaged corners, where leather covering has been lost and the boards are delaminating. The headband is damaged and has been partially lost.

335 × 252 × 64 mm.

Accompanying Material

A parchment strip of manuscript waste bearing medieval Latin text in black and red ink has been used in the attachment of the reused parchment endleaf f. iv.

Following the reused parchment endleaf f. i, are two paper endleaves, ff. ii-iii. On f. ii recto is a Latin note on 17th-century editions of the contents. This is followed by a copy of the note on f. i, regarding the chronology of imperial reigns, by a different hand.

On f. iii verso is a Latin note on the item of content on ff. 121v-125r.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

The provenance of this manuscript is unknown.

Part 1: pastedowns and endleaves [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.2.22, ff. i, iv]

Contents

Language(s): Latin

1. Left pastedown, f. iv verso-iv recto
Jerome (d. c. 420), Commentary on Haggai

Fragments: PG 25, coll. 1389-1390, 1391-1393

Incipit: || Left pastedown est. iccirco[sic] in secundo anno visio populo cernitur
Explicit: Left pastedown potest et Domini recipere sermonem||

PL 25, coll. 1387-1416

2. Right pastedown, ff. i verso-i recto
Jerome (d. c. 420), Commentary on Zephaniah

Fragment: PG 25, coll. 1382-1385

Incipit: Right pastedown salvabit te. Adducet super te letitiam
Explicit: f. i recto omnes gentes interficiendas a Domino que afflixerunt

PL 25, coll. 1337-1388

Physical Description

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

Condition

These folios, reused as endleaves and pastedowns are upside-down. There is some creasing, water damage and areas of dirt.

Layout

Two columns of 38 lines. 232 × 165 mm. Pricking survives in the outer margin, but some has been lost to cropping. Ruled in crayon, type similar to Leroy 02D2. Text stands on the lines.

Hand(s)

The reused leaves were copied by Hand B, in brown ink.

Decoration

Sections begin with minor initials in red or green ink.

An ink drawing of an ornamented face appears in the original lower margin of the right pastedown.

Additions

There is a Latin note on f. i verso, regarding the chronology of imperial reigns; the note has been copied on f. ii recto.

History

Origin: The manuscript from which these endleaves originally came was probably copied in the 14th century.

Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.2.22, ff. 1-189]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

3. f. 1r
Contents list
Rubric: f. 1r Πίναξ ἀκριβὴς τῆς γραφῆς τοῦ βιβλίου τοῦ ἁγίου Μαξίμου

The order of contents is inconsistent with that actually appearing in the manuscript.

4. ff. 1v-40r
Maximos the Confessor, Quaestiones ad Thalassium
Rubric: f. 1v Μαξίμου μοναχοῦ· πρώλογος τῶν παρακειμένων ἐν τοῖς μετώποις σχολίοις
Incipit: f. 1v Φυσικὸν μὲν τοῖς λογικοῖς πέφυκε κάλλος
Explicit: f. 40r τῆς ἡμῶν γνώσιμα ποιουμένης ὑπάρξεως· ἐν Χριστῶ Ἰησοῦ τῶ Κυρίω καὶ Σωτήρι ἡμῶν· ὧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς ἀιώνας, ἀμήν

TLG 2892.001

CPG 7688

PG 90, coll. 244-785

5. ff. 40r-43r
Maximos the Confessor, Ambiguorum liber

Ambigua ad Thomam (PG 91, coll. 1032-1060)

Rubric: f. 40r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ διαφόρων ἀπόρων τῶν ἁγίων Διονυσίου καὶ Γρηγορίου· πρὸς Θωμᾶν τὸν ἡγιασμένην
Incipit: f. 40r Τῶ ἡγιασμένῳ δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ πατρὶ πνευματικῷ καὶ διδασκάλω κυρίω Θωμᾶ
Explicit: f. 43r τοὺς τὸν ἄνω κόσμον πληρώσοντας· αὐτῶ δόξα· μεγαλωσύνη· κράτος· σὺν τῶ Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι, εἰς τοὺς αἰώνας, ἀμήν

TLG 2892.050

CPG 7705

PG 91, coll. 1032-1417

6. ff. 43r-76v
Maximos the Confessor, Ambiguorum liber

Ambigua ad Ioannem (PG 91, coll. 1061-1417)

Rubric: f. 43r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἰωάννην ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Κυζίκου
Incipit: f. 43r Μάξιμος ἐν Κυρίῳ χαίρειν:- Επαινοῦνται[sic] μὲν, καὶ τυχὸν δικαίως
Explicit: f. 76v καὶ μόνην ἀπαιτοῦντι παρημῶν[sic] θυσίαν τὴν εἰς ἀλλήλους φιλανθρωπίαν
Final rubric: f. 76v Τέλος τῶν σχολίων τοῦ ἁγίου Μαξίμου τὰ εἰς τὸν θεολόγον

TLG 2892.051

CPG 7705

PG 91, coll. 1032-1417

7. f. 76v
Maximos the Confessor, De duabus Christi naturis
Rubric: f. 76v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἁγίου Μαξίμου περὶ τῶν βʹ φυσέων τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτήρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ὅτι Ἄρειος μὲν καὶ Νεστόριος τόν τε τῆς θεολογίας καὶ τῆς οἰκονομίας λόγον· Σαβέλλιος δὲ καὶ Εὐτυχὴς ἀπεναντίας τούτων συγχέουσιν
Incipit: f. 76v Ὁ Ἄρειος τὰς τρεῖς ὑποστάσεις ὁμολογεῖ
Explicit: f. 76v ἀναιροῦντας ἐπὶ τοῦ ἑνὸς τῆς ἁγίας Τριάδος

CPG 7697.13

PG 91, coll. 145-149

8. ff. 76v-77v
Maximos the Confessor, Epistulae

Letter 6 (PG 91, coll. 423-434)

Rubric: f. 76v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν ἁγιώτατον ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Ἰωάννην· περὶ τοῦ, ὅτι ἀσώματός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή
Incipit: f. 76v Τὸ τίμιον τῆς ὑμετέραν ἐπ'ἀρετῆ τελειότητος δεξάμενος γράμμα
Explicit: f. 77v καὶ χειραγωγήσατε συμπαθῶς τὸν ὀρθῶς βαίνειν ἐπιθυμοῦντα

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

9. ff. 77v-78r
Maximos the Confessor, Epistulae

Letter 7 (PG 91, coll. 433-440)

Rubric: f. 77v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἰορδάνην πρεσβύτερον περὶ [..5..] μετὰ θάνατον ἔχειν τὴν ψυχὴν, τὴν νορεὰν ἐνέργειαν· καὶ μηδεμίας ἐξιστασθαι[sic] φυσικῆς δυνάμεως
Incipit: f. 77v Τῆ δευτέρα τοῦ ἐνεστῶτος Αὐγούστου μηνὸς τῆς παρούσης πρώτης ἐπινεμήσεως
Explicit: f. 78r οὐκ ἔχων συχνότερον τῶ λόγῳ τὰ πολλά μου ἐρείδουσαν ὀλιθήματα

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

10. f. 78r-78v
Maximos the Confessor, Epistulae

Letter 11 (PG 91, coll. 453-458)

Rubric: f. 78r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ προσηγουμένην περὶ ἀσκητρίας ἐξελθούσης τῆς μορφῆς· καὶ μετενοησάσης
Incipit: f. 78r Οἱ τῆς ἀληθείας κήρυκες· καὶ τῆς θείας χάριτος γενόμενοι λειτουργοὶ
Explicit: f. 78v εὐχαῖς καὶ πρεσβείαις τῆς δεσποίνης ἡμῶν τῆς πανενδόξου Θεοτόκου καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, ἀμήν

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

11. ff. 78v-82r
Maximos the Confessor, Expositio orationis dominicae
Rubric: f. 78v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν προσευχὴν τοῦ Πατὲρ ἡμῶν πρός τινα· φιλόχριστον ἑρμηνεία σύντομος
Incipit: f. 78v Αὐτὸν ἐδεξάμην τὸν θεοφύλακτόν μου δεσπότην
Explicit: f. 82r τῷ μόνῳ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι δοξαζωμένω παρὰ πάσης τῆς κτίσεως

TLG 2892.111

CPG 7691

PG 90, coll. 872-909

12. f. 82r-82v
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 4 (PG 91, coll. 413-420)
Rubric: f. 82r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ τῆς κατὰ Θεὸν λύπης
Incipit: f. 82r Χαίρω καὶ εὐφραίνομαι διὰ πάσης ἐπιστολῆς
Explicit: f. 82v εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δόξαν τὲ καὶ βασιλείαν

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

13. ff. 82v-83v
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 8 (PG 91, coll. 440-445)
Rubric: f. 82v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὴ ἄλλη
Incipit: f. 82v Ὁ κατὰ σάρκα πόθος· χρόνω μαραίνεσθαι πέφυκε
Explicit: f. 83v Χριστῶ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Σωτῆρι τῶν ὅλων παρατεθῆναι

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

14. f. 83v
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 9 (PG 91, coll. 445-449)
Rubric: f. 83v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Θαλάσσιον πρεσβύτερον
Incipit: f. 83v Τρία καθῶς φασιν ὑπάρχουσι
Explicit: f. 83v ὑπὲρ Μαξίμου τοῦ σου καὶ δούλου καὶ μαθητοῦ τίμιε πάτερ

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

15. ff. 84r-86v
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 1 (PG 91, coll. 363-392)
Rubric: f. 84r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Γεώργιον ἔπαρχον πλεύσαντα ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει
Incipit: f. 84r Οὐδεὶς οὕτως τῶν φωτὸς ὡς οἶμαι
Explicit: f. 86v καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἁγίοις, ἀμήν

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

16. ff. 86v-87r
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 19 (PG 91, coll. 589-598)
Rubric: f. 86v Του αὐτοῦ πρὸς Πύρρον τὸν ὡσιότατον πρεσβύτερον
Incipit: f. 86v Τὴν ἁγίαν σου θεοτιμήτε πάτερ ἐπιστολὴν ἀναγνοὺς
Explicit: f. 87r καὶ τῆ ἀκριβεία τοῦ βίου θεραπεύεις

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

17. ff. 87r-92v
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 12 (PG 91, coll. 459-512)
Rubric: f. 87r Του αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἰωάννου κουβικουλάριον· περὶ τῶν ὀρθῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ Θεοῦ δογμάτων καὶ κατὰ Σευήρου
Incipit: f. 87v Καλῶς ἔχειν λογισάμενος· μηδὲν ὑμῖν τῶν εἰς ἐμὲ έρχομένων
Explicit: f. 92v καὶ ἀειπαρθένου Μαρίας. καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων, ἀμήν

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

18. ff. 92v-94v
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 13 (PG 91, coll. 512-533)
Rubric: f. 92v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Πέτρον ἰλλούστριον λόγος ἐπίτομος κατὰ τῶν Σευήρου δογμάτων
Incipit: f. 92v Ἔδειξεν ὡς ἀληθῶς ὁ εὐλογημένος μου δεσπότης
Explicit: f. 94v εὖ οἶδα κομίζεσθε τὴν ὀεθὴν καὶ ἄπταιστον γνώσιν· ἔρρωσθε

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

19. ff. 94v-98r
Maximos the Confessor, Letter 15 (PG 91, coll. 544-576)
Rubric: f. 94v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ καινοῦ ἰδίου· τουτέστιν οὐσίας καὶ ὑποστάσεως πρὸς Κοσμᾶν θεοφιλέστατον διάκονον Ἀλεξανδρείας
Incipit: f. 94v Ἐπειδήπερ πολὺς ἡμῖν περὶ τῆς θείας σαρκώσεως κεκίνηται λόγος
Explicit: f. 98r ὁ μόνος σὺν τῶ Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι δεδοξαμένος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ἀμήν

CPG 7699

PG 91, 364-649

20. ff. 98r-103v
Maximos the Confessor, Disputatio cum Pyrrho
Rubric: f. 98r Παρασημεῖωσις τῆς γενομένης ζητήσεως
Incipit: f. 98r Τί σοι κακὸν ἐποιήσαμεν κυριαββᾶ Μάξιμε
Explicit: f. 103v χάριτι καὶ συνεργία τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

CPG 7698

PG 91, 288-353

21. ff. 103v-105v
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Ad Marinum presbyterum
Rubric: f. 103v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Μαρῖνον τὸν ὁσιώτατον πρεσβύτερον
Incipit: f. 103v Σκοπὸν θέμενος σαυτῶ τὴν πανύμνητον πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν στείλασθαι
Explicit: f. 105v μὴ διαλίποις[sic] τῶ παρὰ πάσης προσκυνουμένω τῆς κτίσεως σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν

CPG 7697.1

PG 91, coll. 9-37

22. ff. 105v-106r
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Ad eundem ex tractatu de operationibus et voluntatibus
Rubric: f. 105v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς περὶ ἐνεργειῶν καὶ θελημάτων πραγματείας κεφάλαιον νʹ ... πραγματικὴν ποιεῖται τὴν σύγχησιν
Incipit: f. 105v Ἀλλὰ τούτοις Σευῆρος στενοχωρούμενος τοῖς λόγοις
Explicit: f. 106r αἷς ἡ τῶν βουλευομένων προσώπων συνεπιθεωρεῖται διαίρεσις

CPG 7697.2

PG 91, coll. 40-45

23. ff. 106r-107r
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Ex eodem tractatu caput 51
Rubric: f. 106r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς πραγματείας· κεφάλαιον ναʹ ὅτι δύο θελήματα λέγοντες οἱ πατέρες ἐπὶ Χριστοῦ, τοὺς φυσικοὺς νόμους οὐ τὰς γνώμας ἐσήμαναν
Incipit: f. 106r Ἀλλὰ μηδεὶς εὐθυνέτω τὸν λόγον
Explicit: f. 107r ὁ δὲ σύγχησιν τοῦ μυστηρίου τολμηρῶς κατακρίναντες

CPG 7697.3

PG 91, coll. 45-56

24. ff. 107r-107v
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Ad Georgium presbyterum et hegumenum
Rubric: f. 107r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Γεώργιον τὸν ὁσιώτατον πρεσβύτερον καὶ ἡγούμενον ἐρωτήσαντα δι'ἐπιστολῆς, περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Χριστὸν μυστηρίου
Incipit: f. 107r Νοῦν μὲν τὸν οἰκεῖον ἐφέσει θεία πτερώσας
Explicit: f. 107v παρ'αὐτῶ δοξασθῆναι χαριζομένω· ὧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος σὺν τῶ Παναγίω Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ ζωοποιῶ αὐτοῦ Πνεύματι· εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

CPG 7697.4

PG 91, coll. 56-61

25. ff. 107v-108r
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Adversus eos qui dicunt dicendam unam Christi operationem
Rubric: f. 107v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας ὅτι μίαν Χριστοῦ χρὴ λέγειν ἐνέργειαν κατ'ἐπικράτειαν διὰ τὸ ὡς δραστικωτέραν τὴν θείαν αὐτοῦ κατεπικρατεῖν τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης χρὴ ἀπολογεῖσθαι
Incipit: f. 107v Πρῶτον μὲν δύο ἐνεργείας καὶ ὑμεῖς
Explicit: f. 108r λοιπὸν δὲ καὶ πλῆθος χριστῶν καθ'ὦν αὕτη κατηγορεῖται

CPG 7697.5

PG 91, coll. 64-65

26. ff. 108r-109v
Maximos the Confessor, Tomus dogmaticus ad Marinum diaconum
Rubric: f. 108r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ τόμος δογματικὸς σταλεὶς ἐν Κύπρω πρὸς Μαρῖνον διάκονον
Incipit: f. 108r Οὗ μᾶλλον σου τῆς εὐλαβείας κατεπλάγην τὸ κόσμιον
Explicit: f. 109v καὶ Χριστῶ τῶ Θεῶ με παραθέσθαι τῶ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Πνεύματι ἁγίω δοξαζομένω εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

CPG 7697.7

PG 91, coll. 69-89

27. ff. 109v-110r
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: De eo quod scriptum: est Pater si fieri potest transeat a me calix
Rubric: f. 109v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ τοῦ Πάτερ εἰ δυνατὸν παρελθέτω ἀπ'ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον
Incipit: f. 109v Εἰ τὸ Πάτερ εἰ δυνατὸν παρελθέτω ἀπ'ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον
Explicit: f. 110r διὰ σαρκὸς αὐτουργήσας μυστήριον

CPG 7697.6

PG 91, coll. 65-69

28. ff. 110r-110v
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Variae definitiones
Rubric: f. 110r Ὄροι διάφοροι
Incipit: f. 110r Οὐσία καὶ φύσις ταυτόν
Explicit: f. 110v ἐφ'ἑκατέρα τοῦ λογισμοῦ αὐθαίρετος ὁρμήτε καὶ κίνησις

CPG 7697.14

PG 91, coll. 149-151

29. ff. 110v-112v
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Exemplum epistulae ad episcopum Nicandrum
Rubric: f. 110v Ἴσον ἐπιστολῆς γενομένης πρὸς τὸν ἁγιωτάτον ἐπίσκοπον κύριον Νίκανδρον, παρὰ τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις Μαξίμου
Incipit: f. 110v Αὐτὸς θεοτίμητε πάτερ καὶ παμμακαρίστε
Explicit: f. 112v καὶ τῆς ἱερᾶς ἀρετῆς διαπαντὸς ἐπαναπαύεσθαι καὶ φρουρεῖσθαι, ἀμήν

CPG 7697.8

PG 91, coll. 89-112

30. ff. 112v-114r
Maximos the Confessor, Opuscula theologica et polemica: Ad catholicos per Siciliam constitutos
Rubric: f. 112v Τοῖς κατὰ τήνδε τὴν Σικελῶν φιλόχριστον νῆσον παροικοῦσιν ἁγίοις πατράσιν ἡγουμένοις τε καὶ μονάζουσι καὶ ὀρθοδόξοις λαοῖς, Μάξιμος ταπεινὸς καὶ ἁμαρτωλὸς ἀνάξιος δοῦλος
Incipit: f. 112v Εἰρήνη πολλὴ τοῖς ἀγαπῶσι τὸν νόμον σου
Explicit: f. 114r νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

CPG 7697.9

PG 91, coll. 112-132

31. ff. 114r-120r
Maximos the Confessor, Mystagogia
Rubric: f. 114r Περὶ τοῦ τίνων σύμβολα τὰ κατὰ τὴν ἁγίαν ἐκκλήσιαν ἐπὶ τῆς θείας συνάξεως τελούμενα καθέστηκεν
Incipit: f. 114r Πῶς σοφώτερος γίνεται λαβὼν ἀφορμὴν ὁ σοφὸς
Explicit: f. 120r Σωτῆρι τῶν ἡμετέρων ψυχῶν· ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος σὺν τῶ Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2892.049

CPG 7704

PG 91, coll. 657-717

32. ff. 120r-121r
Maximos the Confessor, Expositio in Psalmum LIX
Rubric: f. 120r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἑρμηνεία εἰς τὸν νθʹ ψαλμὸν ... τὴν φάραγγα τῶν ἁλῶν δώδεκα χιλιάδας
Incipit: f. 120r Ὁ παρὼν ἐπιγέγραπται ψαλμὸς
Explicit: f. 121r ὅτι καὶ πάντων δημιουργός· αὐτῶ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2892.110

CPG 7690

PG 90, coll. 856-872

33. ff. 121v-125r
De sancta Trinitate dialogus I

Traditionally attributed to Athanasios of Alexandria (295-373) .

Rubric: f. 121v Ἀνομοίου εἴτουν Ἀρειανιστοῦ· ἀντιλογία μετὰ ὀρθοδόξου
Incipit: f. 121v Ἀνόμοιος· Χριστιανὸς εἶ;
Explicit: f. 125r οἱ ἀνομοίους τὰς φύσεις εἰσηγούμενοι

TLG 2035.109

CPG 2284

PG 28, coll. 1116-1157

34. ff. 125r-127r
De sancta Trinitate dialogus II

Traditionally attributed to Athanasios of Alexandria (295-373) .

Rubric: f. 125r Ἄλλη διάλεξις ἀνομοίου καὶ ὀρθοδόξου
Incipit: f. 125r Ἀνόμοιος· Πᾶσι τοῖς νοῦν ἔχουσιν ὁμολογούμενόν ἐστιν
Explicit: f. 127r εἰς ψιλὴν προσηγορίαν ἐβαπτίσθης

TLG 2035.027

CPG 2284

PG 28, coll. 1157-1181

35. ff. 127r-131r
De sancta Trinitate dialogus III

Traditionally attributed to Athanasios of Alexandria (295-373) .

Rubric: f. 127r Αἱρετικοῦ φρονοῦντος τὰ τοῦ πνευματομάχου Μακεδονίου· ἀντίθεσις πρὸς ὀρθόδοξον
Incipit: f. 127r Μακεδονιαστός· Ποῦ γέγραπται Θεὸς ὁ Πνεῦμα
Explicit: f. 131r ἵνα ἐπιγνῶς περὶ ὧν κατηχήθης λόγων

TLG 2035.109

CPG 2284

PG 28, coll. 1201-1249

36. ff. 131r-132v
De sancta trinitate dialogus IV

Traditionally attributed to Athanasios of Alexandria (295-373) .

Rubric: f. 131r Διάλεξις Μακεδονιαστοῦ καὶ ὀρθοδόξου, περὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος+ + Ἀθανασίου
Incipit: f. 131r Σῶμα ἀνθρώπινον ἔσχον ὁ Χριστὸς, ἤ οὔ
Explicit: f. 132v ἐξ εὐδοκίας μετοχὴν τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος

TLG 2035.027

CPG 2284

PG 28, coll. 1249-1265

37. ff. 132v-134r
De sancta Trinitate dialogus V

Traditionally attributed to Athanasios of Alexandria (295-373) .

Rubric: f. 132v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀπολλιναριαστοῦ κεφαλαίωσις· καὶ Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου ὀρθοδόξου
Incipit: f. 132v Ἀπολλιναριαστός· Θεοῦ ἐνεργήσαντος ἀνθρώπου
Explicit: f. 134r ἄλλοι σε νοήσουσιν, οἱ ἐπιγραφόμενοι σε διδάσκαλον
Final rubric: f. 134r Τέλος τῶν συλλογισμῶν Ἀπολιναρίου, καὶ τῶν πρὸς ἀντιθέσεως καὶ λύσεων

TLG 2035.109

CPG 2284

PG 28, coll. 1265-1285

38. f. 134r-134v
Maximos the Confessor, Opusculum de anima
Rubric: f. 134r Τί τὸ καταληπτικὸν τῆς ψυχῆς κριτήριον
Incipit: f. 134r Ἅπαντα τὰ ὄντα, ἢ αἰσθήσει γνωρίζεται, ἢ νοήσει καταλαμβάνεται
Explicit: f. 134v Οὐσία ἀσχημάτιστος πάσης κινήσεως προηγουμένη

TLG 2892.113

39. ff. 134v-142r, line 5
Maximos the Confessor, Computus ecclesiasticus
Rubric: f. 134v Τῶ πανευφήμω πατρικίω κυρίω Πέτρω· Μάξιμος ταπεινὸς μονάζων:· ἐξήγησις κεφαλαιώδης περὶ τοῦ κατὰ Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν ἡμῶν Σωτηρίου πάσχα διαγραφὲν κανόνιον ἑρμηνεύουσα
Incipit: f. 134v Ἐπειδή σε πανεύφημε καὶ θεοφρούρητε δέσποτα
Explicit: f. 142r τῶν δὲ ἀπὸ Χριστοῦ, τὸ φμεʹ

CPG 7706

PG 19, coll. 1217-1280

40. ff. 142r-148v
Computus
Rubric: f. 142v Πὼς δεῖ ψηφίζειν τὸν ἥλιον· ἐν ποίω ζωδίω ἐστι καὶ πόσας ἐν αὐτῶ κέκτηται μονάς:- Ζωδιακὸς κύκλος
Incipit: f. 142v Κρατοῦμεν τὰς άπὸ Θῶθ ἡμέρας

This text appears also in Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS Vat. gr. 1502, ff. 293r-301v.

41. ff. 149r-153r, line 53
Maximos the Confessor, Liber asceticus
Rubric: f. 149r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγος ἀσκητικὸς κατὰ πεῦσιν καὶ ἀπόκρισιν
Incipit: f. 149r Ἀδελφὸς ἠρώτησε γέροντα λέγων· παρακαλῶ σε πάτερ εἰπεῖν μοι
Explicit: f. 153r σὺν ἀρχαγγέλοις ὑμνήσωμεν, τὸν Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν· αὐτῶ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2892.112

CPG 7692

PG 90, coll. 912-956

42. f. 153r, line 53-f. 162v
Maximos the Confessor, Capita de caritate
Rubric: f. 153r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἐλπίδιον πρεσβύτερον περὶ ἀγάπης πρόλογος
Incipit: f. 153r Ἰδοὺ πρὸς τῶ περὶ ἀσκητικοῦ βίου λόγω
Explicit: f. 162v ἐπειδὴ ὁ Θεὸς ἀγάπη ἐστίν· αὐτῶ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας, ἀμήν

TLG 2892.008

CPG 7693

PG 90, coll. 960-1080

43. ff. 162v-170r
Maximos the Confessor, Capita theologica et oecumenica
Rubric: f. 162v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἁγίου Μαξίμου τοῦ ὁμολογητοῦ· περὶ θεολογίας καὶ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἑκατόντας αʹ
Incipit: f. 162v Εἰς Θεὸς ἄναρχος· ἀκατάλητος· ὅλην ἔχων τοῦ εἶναι τὴν δύναμιν διόλου
Explicit: f. 170r τοῦ Λόγου γεγονὼς κατοικητήριον

TLG 2892.009

CPG 7694

PG 90, coll. 1084-1173

44. ff. 170r-189v
Maximos the Confessor, Capita XV
Rubric: f. 170r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἑκατοντὰς τρίτη· κεφάλαια διάφορα θεολογικά τε καὶ οἰκονομικὰ, καὶ περὶ ἀρετῆς καὶ κακίας
Incipit: f. 170r Ἕν ἐστι τὸ ὑπεράναρχον καὶ ὑπερούσιον ἀγαθὸν
Explicit: f. 189v διὰ τούτων γλιχόμενοι, οὗ χάριν τὸν πόθον ἐλάβομεν

CPG 7695

PG 90, coll. 1177-1392

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Parchment (FHHF), of variable thickness and somewhat poor quality. There are holes originating in the production of the parchment in some folios, including some in the written area.

Collation

The main body of the manuscript consists of 24 quires, of which one is a quinion and the rest are quaternia.

  • Quire 18-2 ff. 1-6 The first and last folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quire 28 ff. 7-14
  • Quire 38-2 ff. 15-20 The second and seventh folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.
  • Quires 4-238 ff. 21-180
  • Quire 2410-1 ff. 181-189 The last folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.

There are early quire signatures in Greek numerals, in brown ink, on the first folio of each quire, recto, upper right, possibly original to the production of the manuscript. At the begnning of the manuscript they have been lost to cropping, but they survive on Quires 3-12 (γʹ-ιβʹ). The sequence then begins again from the number one on Quire 13; signatures in this sequence survive on Quires 13-24 (αʹ-ιβʹ). Signatures of this second sequence also appear on the last folio of each quire, verso, upper left. There are also quire signatures in Arabic numerals, in black ink, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower centre. They survive on all quires. Another sequence of quire signatures appears in Latin letters, in pencil, on the first folio of each quire, recto, lower right. They survive on all quires. They are initially in lower case, do not include the letters j, u and w, and begin again in capitals from the letter A on Quire 24.

Condition

There is a long cut across f. 189, tears to the edges of some folios (e.g. ff. 143-144) and occasional small holes. Holes that have formed in the written area of ff. 12 and 69 subsequent to copying, may be due to flaws in the parchment. There is significant cockling, water damage and areas of dirt.

Layout

A single column of 49-72 lines. Passages of commentary appear in the margins. The text on f. 189r-189v is arranged in a cross-shaped pattern. 252 × 160 mm. Pricking survives in the outer and lower margins, but some has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 10C1. Text hangs from or is written along the lines.

Hand(s)

The main body of the manuscript, including the marginal commentary, was copied by Hand A in a mixed minuscule script with variable slant, in brown ink. There is significant variation in letter-size, mainly at the end of lines, and much flourishing of tails into the margins. There are deletions by erasure.

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

The modern eta and modern nu are present, and there is inclusion of letters within omicron and occasionally omega.

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

Headings are in the same style in orange ink.

Items of marginal commentary are linked to the corresponding point in the main text by reference marks in orange or bright red ink.

Decoration

Texts and sections begin with minor initials in orange ink, and subsections in some texts begin with enlarged letters in red ink within the body of the text.

Some texts are preceded by simple vignettes in red or orange ink.

Small pieces of marginal ornament mark the beginning of some texts (e.g. ff. 155r, 160v, 165v).

Additions

As part of the original production of the manuscript, besides the marginal commentary, there are occasional ση(μεῖωσαι) marks indicating notable passages. The texts on ff. 153r-189v are provided with marginal subsection numbers in red ink.

There are occasional later marginal annotations in Greek, notably astrological notes added to f. 148v.

Folio numbers have been added to the table of contents on f. 1r

History

Origin: The manuscript was probably copied in the 14th or 15th century, as suggested by the style of script.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description draws on A catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, vol. 1, (Cambridge, 1856), pp. 47-53 and unpublished notes by Patricia E. Easterling.

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Bibliography

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