Introduction:
This manuscript, copied in England in the late 17th century, contains
a collection of brief Byzantine and patristic religious texts and excerpts, whose concerns include theological disputes and ecclesiastical organisation
and appointments. It forms part of a two-volume set, of which the other is MS Dd.6.19, copied by the same hand, which
contains primarily theological texts, along with historical, geographical and
scientific works. In a number of cases the source manuscripts from which these texts
were copied are identified, in all cases belonging to the Barocci collection of the
Bodleian Library in Oxford.
Alternate pages have been left blank, perhaps with the intention of
adding a facing translation which was never accomplished. The written pages are
divided into two columns, of which one contains the text and the other notes on it.
The person responsible for copying the manuscript was probably one R. Ray, the
scholar at Trinity College whose ownership note, dated to 1693 and identical to a
note in Dd.6.19, appears on f. 1r.
This Ray currently remains unidentified, and no such person appears among the
Fellows listed in Hugh MacLeod Innes, Fellows of Trinity
College Cambridge (Cambridge, 1941). He may have been a relative of
John Ray (or Wray), a notable scholar and Fellow of Trinity in the mid-17th
century.
Dr Christopher Wright
Language(s): Greek
1. ff. 8r-16r, line 11
Errors of the Latins
Rubric:
f. 8r Περὶ τῶν κεφαλαίων δι'ὧν ἡ τῶν Ῥωμαίων
ἐκκλησία μετὰ τὴν ἑβδόμην σύνοδον σφάλλεται οὐκ ἄτοπον ἐν συνόψει
διεξελθεῖν
Incipit:
f. 8r αʹ Πρῶτον καὶ εσχατὸν[sic] πάντῶν,
ἥ[sic] εἰς τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα βλασφημία, καὶ δύο ἀρχὰς δογματίζουσα
Explicit:
f. 16r τὴν ἱερὰν περιίστανται τράπεζαν,
ἀνερυθριάστω πρωσώπω ἱερουργοῦντος ἱερέως
Final rubric:
f. 16r Τέλος
Note f. 16 by end of text: Signum est finis MS
2. f. 16r, lines 12-19
Matthaios Blastares (1290-1360),
Syntagma alphabeticum rerum omnium quae in sacris canonibus
comprehenduntur
Excerpt: ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων
καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 6, pp. 60-61
Rubric:
f. 16r Ibid. fol. 43. Περὶ Σαββατίου
Incipit:
f. 16r Σαββατιονοὶ δὲ ὧν ἠγήσατο Σαββάτιος τις
πρεσβύτερος
Explicit:
f. 16r τἄλλα παραπλησία ἐκείνοις, κατὰ δὴ καὶ οἱ
Λατῖνοι τὰ νῦν
TLG 3237.001
PG 144, coll. 959-1399; PG 145, coll. 9-212
3. f. 16r, line 20-f. 20v
Notitiae episcopatuum
Notitia 16 (ed. Jean Darrouzès, Notitiae episcopatuum Ecclesiae
Constantinopolitanae (Paris 1981)), with some variations
Rubric:
f. 16r E Manuscripto Barocciano numero 205. pag.
2. folii φμζʹ. Τάξις τῶν ὑποκειμένων (γράφεται ὑπονειμένων) τῶ θρόνω τῆς
Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Μητροπόλεων καὶ Ἀρχιεπισκοπῶν
Incipit:
f. 16r αʹ. ἡ Καισάρεια. βʹ. ἡ Ἔφεσος
Explicit:
f. 20v λεʹ τὰ Φάρσαλα. λϛʹ τὰ Μάτραχα
Final rubric:
f. 20v Descripsi est Manusripto supra
nominato, quod est magnum satis vastumque volumen in folio, charta, descriptum ante
400 et quod excurrit ασιʹ[sic], ut videt. Differt sane quamplurimum ab editis
a Carolo a S. Paulo, ut et Ph Labbe hac recensio Metropolitanorum et
Archiepiscoporum
TLG 3175.001
4. f. 22r, lines 1-15
Verses on the Oracles of Leo the Wise
Also found in Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale
Marciana, MS gr. XI. 006, f. 146v.
Rubric:
f. 22r Στίχοι εἰς τὰ Αἰνίγματα Λέοντος τοῦ
σοφοῦ
Incipit:
f. 22r Λέξον αἴνιγμα Λέοντος σοφωτάτου
Explicit:
f. 22r Τρισώνυμον ὄν, ἀρχῆς τε καὶ τοῦ
τέλους
Final rubric:
f. 22r Sequuntur ἐξηγήσεις μικραὶ εἰς
τοῦς[sic] αὐτοὺς στίχους, dimidium paginae implentes
5. f. 22r, line 16-f. 28r
Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos (c.
1256-c.1335),
De patriarchis
Rubric:
f. 22r Barocc. 142. Νικηφόρου Καλλίστου τοῦ
Ξαντοπώλου[sic] εἴδησις ἀκριβεστάτη περὶ πάντων τῶν ἐν τῆ Κωνσταντινουπόλει
Ἔπισκόπων καὶ Πατριαρχῶν
Incipit:
f. 22r Πρῶτος ὁ Ἁγιώτατος Ἀνδρέας παραγενόμενος
ἐν Βυζαντίω
Explicit:
f. 28r μετὰ γʹ ἡμέρας καὶ ἱδράτευσεν ἔτη ιβʹ
μῆνας ζʹ καὶ ἐτελευσητε[sic]
Final rubric:
f. 28r Series continuatur
Patriarcharum Nicephori Kallisti. pag. sequenti
6. ff. 28v-42v, line 13
Theodore of Stoudion (759-826),
Epistulae
Excerpt: the latter part of Letter 549 and the whole of Letter 552
Rubric:
f. 28v Barocc. 91. pag. 351. Τοῦ ἁγίου Πατρὸς
ἡμῶν καὶ ὁμολογητοῦ Θεοδώρου του[sic] Στουδίτου Περὶ ἀναγκαίων
ζητημάτων
Incipit:
f. 28v Ἐρώτησις αʹ. Περὶ τῶν χειροτονηθέντων
πρεσβυτέρων ἐν Ῥώμη
Explicit:
f. 42v ὅτι σφόδρα ἐσμὲν ἁμαρτολοὶ
TLG 2714.002
7. f. 42v, line 14-f. 44r, line 7
John Chrysostom (d. 407),
In epistulam II ad Timotheum (homiliae 1-10)
Excerpt: PG 62, col. 610, lines 45-57
Rubric:
f. 42v Bar. 91. fol. 25. p. 2. Ἐκ τοῦ Λαυσιακοῦ
Πατερικοῦ
Incipit:
f. 42v Περὶ ἱερῶν· Εἰ μὲν γὰρ δόγμα ἔχει
διεστραμμένον
Explicit:
f. 44r ἐκείνου ταῦτα ἐτάζειν έστὶν, τοῦ σὸν· σὺ
δοῦλος εἶ ἔσχατος
TLG 2062.165
CPG 4437
PG 62, coll. 599-662
8. f. 44r, lines 8-14
Epiphanios of Constantia (c. 310-403),
Panarion (Adversus haereses)
Excerpt: ed. Holl, vol. 3, p. 488
Rubric:
f. 44r Εὐχῖται αἱρετικοὶ
Incipit:
f. 44r νηʹ οὐδὲ οὐδόλως[sic] οἴδασιν. ἀλλὰ
δῆθεν εἰς τὰς εὐχὰς ἐσχολακότες
Explicit:
f. 44r τὰ πάντα ἀδεῶς ἐργάζονται ἐσθίοντες καὶ
πίνοντες
TLG 2021.002
CPG 3745
PG PG 41, coll. 156-1200, PG 42, coll. 9-832
9. f. 44r, line 15-f. 44v
Matthaios Blastares (1290-1360),
Syntagma alphabeticum rerum omnium quae in sacris canonibus
comprehenduntur
Excerpt: ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων
καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 6, p. 210
Rubric:
f. 44r Barocc. 91. fol. 288. Περὶ τῆς τοῦ
Χαρτοφύλακος τιμῆς ὅτι αὐτῶ μόνω δέδοται τῆς μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας καὶ ἐπίπροθεν πρέτη
διάκονον μὴ καθεσθαι[sic]
Incipit:
f. 44r Μόνω γὰρ τῶ χαρτοφύλακι δέδοται τῆς
μεγάλης ἐκκλησίας
Explicit:
f. 44r-44v καὶ τῶ[sic] ἀρχιερέων ἐν ταῖς
ἔξω προκάθεσθαι συνόδοις
Final rubric:
f. 44v Codici praefixum fuit hoc nomen
τῶ τιμιωτάτω εὐλαβεστάτω ἱερεῖ Κυρίω Παύλω τῶ Βαροὺχ δοθῆ. demum εἰς χορίον ἀποτέτη.
ιτεμ ὁ ἀδελφος[sic] καὶ συλλειτουργὸς τῆς ἁγιωσύνης Γεώργιος ἰερεὺς
Ἱλωιρισι(?) sed hac vox deleta est ut plane fere nequeat vederi, ὁ
ἐξόριστος + ἔῤῥωσο. Item + ανοʹ μηνὶ Ἀπριλλίω ϛʹ εκ Βενετίας
TLG 3237.001
PG 144, coll. 959-1399; PG 145, coll. 9-212
10. ff. 46r-52r, line 11
Ignatios the Deacon (c. 775-c. 848),
Drama de primi parentis lapsu
Rubric:
f. 46r Στίχοι Ιγνατίου[sic] εἰς Ἀδὰμ πρὸς
τὸν φίλον συμφοραῖς περιπεσόντα ποιεῖται τὸ ποιημα[sic]
Incipit:
f. 46r Ἀγῶνας, ἆθλα καὶ παλαίσματα
βλέπων
Explicit:
f. 52r Ἕως ἐὼν γῆς γεγενῆς παλινδρόμε
Final rubric:
f. 52r Antecedens MS. desumptum est
libro Langbaini numero 2. extatque in Bibliotheca Publici Oxonii, item sequenti
Margine adscriptum praetulit notam: Reverendissimo Patrono Archiepiscopo Armachano
extare (quicquid id erat) sub Ignatii nomine versus in Adam in Bibliotheca Regis
Galliarum inde plenus Vir CL. et de Ignatio optimi meritus (haec secunda note alia
manu ibidem notata) per Bootium describendum curavit, exemplar transmissum mecum,
illico communicavit, Qui hic descripsi, 1648
PG 117, coll. 1164-1173
11. f. 52r, lines 12-21
Matthaios Blastares (1290-1360),
Syntagma alphabeticum rerum omnium quae in sacris canonibus
comprehenduntur
Excerpt: ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων
καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 6, p. 247
Rubric:
f. 52r Φωτίου τοῦ Πατριαάρχου καὶ Θεοδώρου τοῦ
Στουδίτου περὶ προσκυνήσεως εἰκόνων
Incipit:
f. 52r Ἡ μὲν ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθεία
λατρεία
Explicit:
f. 52r ἵνα μὴ κοσμολάτραι, καὶ ὑλολάτραι
δόξωμεν
TLG 3237.001
PG 144, coll. 959-1399; PG 145, coll. 9-212
ff. 52v-61v are blank
Form: codex
Support:
Given the manner in which different types of paper are
interspersed within quires, it often cannot be reliably determined to which type
leaves without watermarks belong, and this reconstruction is in part
conjectural.
ff. 1-7, 15, 17-21, 25, 29, 41-45, 48-49, 53-54, 56,
58-59, 61 Western paper, folded in quarto.
Watermark:
Foolscap (
c. 100 × 35 mm.
) in the
gutter, similar but not identical to Heawood
2071, 2077. These examples are dated to 1705.
ff. 8-14, 16, 22-24, 26-28, 30-40, 46, 50-52
Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark:
Coat of arms (
c. 65 × 45 mm.
) in the
gutter, similar to Heawood 456, 458-460,
473, but including only the main motif without countermarks. These
examples are dated to 1670-1713.
ff. 47, 55, 57, 60 Western paper, folded in quarto.
Watermark:
Letters (RB) (
c. 20 × 30 mm.
) in the
gutter.
Extent:
Codex:
61 leaves.
201 × 152 mm.
Foliation: The manuscript is foliated with the numbers 1-61, in pencil, in Arabic
numerals, recto, upper right, apart from ff. 1-2,
where the folio number appears in the lower right.
Collation
The manuscript consists of 8 quires, of which one is a ternion, three are
quaternia and four are quinia.
- Quire 18-2
ff. 1-6
The first and third folios have been cancelled, without loss of
text.
- Quire 210-1
ff. 7-15
The sixth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 38-1
ff. 16-22
The fifth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 410-2
ff. 24-30
The fifth and tenth folios have been cancelled, without loss of
text.
- Quire 510-1
ff. 31-39
The sixth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 68-1
ff. 40-46
The fifth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
Condition
There is pest damage to the lower edge of the first few folios (left pastedown-f. 5) and occasional
staining and areas of dirt.
Layout
Two columns of 21-32
lines. The main text appears in the inner column, notes on content and emendations
in the narrower outer column. Alternate folios are ruled but blank, perhaps
intended for a translation.
155 × 120 mm.
Margins and column division ruled in pencil.
Hand(s)
The manuscript was copied, probably by R. Ray, in a western European mixed minuscule
script imitating early printing.
Additions
An ownership note dated 1693 has been added on f.
1r: ‘R: Ray. C.T.C. 1693’, together with the
classmark.
Numbers in brown ink occasionally appear on the recto, upper right, some of which
have been partially lost to cropping: 9 on f.
16r, 19 on f. 24r, 33 (?) on f. 40r, 42 on f.
48r.
Otherr numbers in pencil occasionally appear on the recto, lower right: 11 on
f. 18r, 25 on f.
25r, 21 on f. 28r, 31 on f. 38r, 41 on f.
48r, 50 on f. 50r, 45 on f. 52r, 61 on f.
61r.
Binding
17th-century full leather binding, with decorative blind tooling on both board
and gold tooling on the spine and edges. The classmark appears on labels on the
spine.
205 × 161 × 19 mm.
Both outer joints are partially split.
Origin: The manuscript was copied in the second half of the 17th century, before 1693, as
indicated by the watermarks and the ownership note on f.
1r. The early owner recorded by this note, R. Ray, a student or fellow of
Trinity College, Cambridge, may well have copied it himself for his own use. In any
case it was produced in ; England, as
indicated by its English watermark.
Provenance and Acquisition
Possibly presented in 1715 by
George
I
, as part of the collection of
John Moore
(b. 1646, d. 1714), bishop of Ely
. This is suggested by the presence inside the left
board of the bookplate used for this collection. However, this bookplate was sometimes
incorrectly placed in manuscripts which did not belong to this collection, and this
manuscript is not recorded as part of it in Bernard, Catalogi
librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697), nor in the
handwritten supplementary list of Moore’s manuscripts, now MS Oo.7.50(2), compiled
by
Thomas Tanner
.
