Introduction:
The manuscript contains a late-15th-century copy of the
first 18 Idylls of the bucolic poet
Theocritus of Syracuse (ca. 300-260 BCE). The idylls are
preceded by the hypothesis, and the first five are accompanied by
surrounding scholia from ancient and Byzantine sources, and
interlinear glosses.
After the introductory material on Theocritus, there
follows the Syrinx, (Panpipe) part of the Carmina figurata
Graeca or Technopaegnia, a group of
poems whose lines form shapes on the page. The poem is accompanied
by scholia and an epigram falsely attributed in the Anthologia Graeca to the philosopher
Plato.
The manuscript seems to have been designed with care
and aesthetic intent, but does not appear to have been completed
because only idylls 2-5 are accompanied by rubrics and decorated
initials; in the others, space has been left for decorated initials
that were never added. On all the folios, moreover, the ruling
for the missing scholia has been traced.
From a textual point of view, the manuscript was traced
by Gallavotti (19933) to the genus Vallianum, on which the editio princeps
depends.
Language(s): Greek
1. ff. 1r-2r
Prolegomena in Theocritum
1.1. f. 1r
Life of Theocritus (proleg. Aa ed. Wendel,
Scholia in Theocritum vetera 1914)
Rubric:
f. 1r Θεοκρίτου γένος
Incipit:
f. 1r Θεόκριτος ὁ τῶν
βουκολικῶν ποιητὴς Συρακούσιος ἦν τὸ γένος
Explicit:
f. 1r κατὰ γοῦν τινας Μόσχος
καλούμενος Θεόκριτος ὠνομάσθη
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1.2. f. 1r
Εὕρεσις τῶν βουκολικῶν
Proleg. Ba (ed. Wendel)
Rubric:
f. 1r ποῦ εὑρέθησαιν καὶ πῶς τὰ
βουκαλικά ποιήματα
Incipit:
f. 1r Τὰ βουκολικά φασιν ἐν
Λακεδαίμονι εὑρεθῆναι καὶ περισσῶς προκοπῆς τυχεῖν
Explicit:
f. 1r διὰ τῶν συνήθων αὐτοῖς
ἀγροικικῶν ὠδῶν καὶ οὕτως ἔλαθεν ἔθος γενέσθαι κὰν τοῖος
ἐφεξῆς
cf. ed. Valckenaer 1779, Theocriti, Bionis et Moschi carmina
bucolica
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1.3. ff. 1r - 1v l. 3
Proleg. VIII C (ed. Ahrens 1859, Bucolicorum
Graecorum, T. 2)
Incipit:
f. 1r Τὰ μέντοι τοῦ Θεοκρίτου
ποιήματα βουκολικὰ ἐπιγράφονται
Explicit:
f. 1r ἤγουν τοῦ ὀνόματος τῶν
βοῶν, ἔτυχον τῆς ἐπωνυμίας
1.4. f. 1v ll. 3-7
Proleg. Ca (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 1v ll. 3-4 Τὰ δὲ
βουκολικὰ ἔχει διαφορὰν τὴν τῶν ποιημάτων ἐπιγραφήν
Explicit:
f. 1v l. 7
ἢ ἀπὸ τοῦ τὰς βόας κολούειν||
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1.5. f. 1v ll. 7-16
Proleg. Bb (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 1v ll. 7-8 ᾄδειν δέ φησι
ἄρτον ἐξηρτημένους θηρίων
Explicit:
f. 1v ll. 15-16 ἃν φέρομες
παρὰ τοῦ[sic] θεοῦ ἃν ἐκλελάσκετο τήνα
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1.6. f. 1v l. 16
Proleg. Cb (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 1v l. 16 τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν αἰγῶν
ἐπῆ αἰπόλια· ἐπὶ βοῶν, βουκόλια· ἐπὶ προβάτων \ποίμνια· καὶ ἐπὶ συῶν καλεῖται συβόσια/
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1.7. ff. 1v l. 17 - 2r l. 7
Proleg. IX D (ed. Ahrens)
Incipit:
f. 1v l. 17 Ἰστέον ὅτι οἱ
Δωριεῖς τρέπουσι τὴν ου δίφθογγον ὁτέ μὲν εἰς ω μέγα
Explicit:
f. 2r Τὸ τὺ εἰ μὲν δηλοῖ τὸ
σύ, ὀρθοτονεῖται· εἰ δὲ τὸ σέ ἐγκλίνεται
1.8. f. 2r ll. 8-13
Proleg. I C (ed. Ahrens)
Incipit:
f. 2r l. 8 Ὅτι κατὰ τὸν κατὰ
αὐτὸν χρόνον ἤκμασαν ἑπτα ποιηταὶ
Explicit:
f. 2r l. 13 ὅς δράματα
ἐποίησε νζ· καὶ ὁ Λυκόφρων
1.9. f. 2r ll. 14-17
Proleg. IX C (ed. Ahrens)
Incipit:
f. 2r l. 14 κέχρηται δὲ Ἰάδι
διαλέκτῳ καὶ Δωρίδι τῇ νέᾳ
Explicit:
f. 2r ll. 16-17 οὐ μὴν
ἀπολιμπάνεται καὶ Αἰολίδος
1.10. f. 2r ll. 18-19
Proleg. Ea (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 2r ll. 18-19 Ἰστέον ὅτι
εἰδύλλιον τὸ μικρὸν ποίημα οὔχ εἰδύλλιον παρὰ τὸ ἥδω τὸ
εὐφράινω
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1.11. f. 2r ll. 19-26
Argum. b, c, d to Idyll 1 (ed. Wendel)
Rubric:
f. 2r l. 17 ὑπόθεσις τοῦ αου εἰδυλλίου
Incipit:
f. 2r ll. 19-20 αὕτη ἡ
ὑπόθεσις εἰς Δάφνιν γέγραπται· ὃς διὰ τούτου μὲν τοῦ εἰδυλλίου
τέθνηκε
Explicit:
f. 2r l. 26 ἀγνοεῖται γὰρ τοῦ
αἰπόλου τὸ ὄνομα
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1.12. f. 2r ll. 26-28
Proleg. Fa (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 2r ll. 26-27 Δωρίδι δὲ καὶ
Ἰάδι διαλέκτῳ κέχρηται Θεόκριτος
Explicit:
f. 2r l. 28 οὐ μὴν δὲ
ἀπολιμπάνεται καὶ Αἰολίδος
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2. f. 2v
Theocritus,
Syrinx
Panpipe
Incipit:
f. 2v Σύριγξ· οὔδομ' ἔχεις
ἄδει δέ σε μέτρα σοφίας οὐδενὸς εὐνάτειρα Μακροπτολέμοιο δὲ
μῆτερ
Explicit:
f. 2v καλλιόπα
νηλεύστω
The text is accompanied by two epigrams (see below), and scholia
in both margins on the meter and interlinear glosses in red ink
traceable to the commentary of Manuel Holobolus
(cf. Dübner 1849, Scholia in Theocritum auctiora, pp.
111-112; Strodel 2002, Zur Überlieferung und zum Verständnis der
hellenistischen Technopaignien, in particular pp. 139-144)
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3.2. f. 2v (in margin)
Holobolos, Manouel, 1240-1290,
Greek Anthology Appendix IV 89
Epigram DBBE type
2453
Incipit:
f. 2v σύριζε τήνδε τὴν σύριγγα
συντό⟨μως⟩ εἴ
τις λόγων πέφυκας ἔννουν τεκνίον καὶ γάλα μουσῶν ἐξαποθλίβειν
θέλεις
cf. DBBE type
2453
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4. f. 2v
Plato,
Greek Anthology IX 823
Rubric:
f. 2v Πλάτωνος εἰς τὸν
πᾶνα
Incipit:
f. 2v
Σιγᾶτε·[sic]
λάσιον Δρυάδων λέπας οἵ τ΄ ἀπὸ πέτρας
Explicit:
f. 2v Ὑδριάδες Νύμφαι
τ' ἠδὲ Ἁμαδρυάδες
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5. ff. 3r-51v
Theocritus,
Idylls 1-18 (preceded by
hypothesis)
Rubric:
f. 3r Θεοκρίτου
βουκολικά
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5.1. ff. 3r-6v
Idyll 1
Rubric:
f. 3r Εἰδύλλιον πρῶτον Θύρσις
ποιμὴν καὶ Κομάτας αἰπόλος
Incipit:
f. 3r
⟨Ἁ⟩δύ τι τὸ
ψιθύρισμα καὶ ἁ πίτυς αἰπόλε τήνα
Explicit:
f. 6v οὐ μὴ σκιρτασῆτε μὴ ὁ
τράγος ὔμμιν ἀναστῆ
Extensive scholia and interlinear glosses in red ink accompany the
text
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5.2.1. f. 7r
Argum. a to Idyll 2 (ed. Wendel)
Rubric:
f. 7r ἐπιγράφεται μὲν εἰδύλλιον
φαρμακεύτρια
Incipit:
f. 7r Ὑπόκειται Σιμαίθα
Δέλφιδος Μυνδίου τινὸς ἐρῶσα
Explicit:
f. 7r ἀπειροκάλως ἐκ τῶν
Σώφρονος μετήνεγκε Μίμων
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5.2.2. ff. 7r-11r
Idyll 2
Rubric:
f. 7r εἰδύλλιον βον φαρμακεύτριαι
Incipit:
f. 7r Πᾶ μοι ταὶ δάφναι φέρε
Θεστυλί πᾶ δὲ τὰ φίλτρα
Explicit:
f. 11r ἀστέρες· εὐκήλοιο
κατ’ ἄντυγα νυκτὸς ὀπαδοί
Extensive scholia and interlinear glosses in red ink accompany the
text
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5.3.1. f. 11v
Argum. a to Idyll 3 (ed. Wendel)
Rubric:
f. 11v ἐπιγράφεται μὲν τὸ
εἰδύλλιον τοῦτο αἰπόλος ἤ ἀμαρυλλίς ἤ κωμαστὴς
Incipit:
f. 11v ἐπικωμάζει γάρ τις τῇ
ἀμαρυλλίδι τοῦ ὀνόματος μὴ δηλουμένου
Explicit:
f. 11v διὸ καὶ δυσθυμεῖ τὸν
βίον οὕτω καταλῦσαι προήρηται
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5.3.2. ff. 11v-13r
Idyll 3
Incipit:
f. 11v Κωμάσδω ποτὶ τὰν
Ἀμαρυλλίδα· ταὶ δέ μοι αἶγες
Explicit:
f. 13r ὡς μέλι τοι γλυκὺ
τοῦτο κατὰ βρόχθοιο γένοιτο
Extensive scholia and interlinear glosses in red ink accompany the
text
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5.4.1. f. 13r
Argum. a to Idyll 4 (ed. Wendel)
Rubric:
f. 13r ἐπιγράφεται μὲν τὸ
εἰδύλλιον τοῦτο βουκολισταί ἤ νομεῖς
Incipit:
f. 13r Βάττος μὲν οὖν
αἰπόλος Κορύδων δὲ βουκόλος πρὸς ἀλλήλους διαλέγονται
Explicit:
f. 13r τὰ δὲ πράγματα ἐν
Κρότωνι τῆς Ἰταλικῆς ὑπόκεινται
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5.4.2. ff. 13r-13v
Argum. c to Idyll 4 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
ff. 13r-13v οὐ πάντως δὲ ὁ
Θεόκριτος κατὰ τοὺς αὐτοὺς χρόνους γεγονώς
Explicit:
f. 13v ὥσπερ ἐδείξαμεν κατὰ
⟨τὴν ρκδʹ⟩
Ὀλυμπιάδα ἤκμαζεν
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5.4.3. ff. 13v-15r
Idyll 4
Rubric:
f. 13v βουκολισταί ἤ νομεῖς
εἰδύλλιον δον τὰ δὲ πρόσωπα Βάττος
αἰπόλος καὶ Κορύδων βουκόλος
Incipit:
f. 13v Εἰπέ μοι ὦ Κορύδων
τίνος αἱ βόες· ἦ ῥα Φιλώνδα
Explicit:
f. 15r ἐγγύθεν ἢ Πάνεσσι
κακοκνάμοισιν ἐρίσδει
Extensive scholia accompany the text
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5.5.1. f. 15r-15v
Argum. c to Idyll 5 (ed. Wendel)
Rubric:
f. 15r ἐπιγράφεται μὲν τοῦτο
τὸ εἰδύλλιον, αἰπολικόν καὶ ποιμενικὸν
Incipit:
f. 15r προσδιαλέγονται δὲ
ἀλλήλοις ἐπὶ Ἰταλίας δι’ ἀμοιβαίων ποιμὴν καὶ αἰπόλος
Explicit:
f. 15v πειρᾶται
καταστέλλειν ἐπινίκιον θυσίαν ταῖς νύμφαις εὐτρεπίζων
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5.5.2. ff. 15v-19v
Idyll 5
Rubric:
f. 15v εἰδύλλιον εον αἰπολικόν καὶ ποιμενικὸν· πρόσωπα
Κομάτας αἰπόλος καὶ λάκων ποιμήν
Incipit:
f. 15v Αἶγες ἐμαί τῆνον τὸν
ποιμένα τὸν Συβαρίταν
Explicit:
f. 19v αἰ μή τυ φλάσσαιμι
Μελάνθιος ἀντὶ Κομάτα
Extensive scholia accompany the text up to f. 16v
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5.6.1. f. 19v
Argum. d, e, f to Idyll 6 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 19v Δαμοίτας δὲ καὶ
Δάφνις ὁ βουκόλος θέρους ὄντος μεσημβρίας εἰς ἓν τὰ θρέμματα
συνελαύνουσι
Explicit:
f. 19v ἀναπλάσαι, ὡς ὅτι
Πολύφημος ἤρα τῆς Γαλατείας
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5.6.2. ff. 20r-21r
Idyll 6
Incipit:
f. 20r
⟨Δ⟩αμοίτας καὶ
Δάφνις ὁ βουκόλος εἰς ἕνα χῶρον
Explicit:
f. 21r νίκη μὲν οὐδάλλος
ἀνήσσατοι δ’ ἐγένοντο
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5.7.1. f. 21r
Argum. b to Idyll 7 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit: ||
f. 21r τὰ
δὲ πράγματα ἐν Κῷ διάκεινται ἐπιδημήσας τῇ νήσῳ ὁ
Θεόκριτος
Explicit:
f. 21r Θεόκριτος λαγωβόλον
Λυκίδου· καὶ οὕτω χωρίζονται ἀλλήλων
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5.7.2. ff. 21v-25r
Idyll 7
Incipit:
f. 21v
⟨Ἦ⟩ς χρόνος ἁνίκ’
ἐγών τε καὶ Εὔκριτος εἰς τὸν Ἅλεντα
Explicit:
f. 25r δράγματα καὶ μάκωνας
ἐν ἀμφοτέρῃσιν ἔχοισα
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5.8.1. f. 25v
Argum. b to Idyll 8 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 21r
⟨τὰ⟩ μὲν πράγματα ἐν
Κῷ διάκεινται ἐπιδημήσας τῇ νήσῳ ὁ Θεόκριτος
Explicit:
f. 21r Θεόκριτος λαγωβόλον
Λυκίδου· καὶ οὕτω χωρίζονται ἀλλήλων
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5.8.2. ff. 25v-27v
Idyll 8
Incipit:
f. 25v
⟨Δ⟩άφνιδι τῶ
χαρίεντι συνήντετο βουκολέοντι
Explicit:
f. 27v καὶ νύμφαν ἄκραβος
ἐὼν ἔτι Ναΐδα γᾶμεν
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5.9.1. f. 28r ll. 1-7
Argum. to Idyll 9 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 28r ll. 1-2
⟨τ⟩ὰ ἐν Σικελίᾳ
ὑφίστανται· νομεὺς δέ ἐστν ὅς δεῖται Δάφνιδος καὶ Μενάλκα
Explicit:
f. 28r ll. 6-7 τὸ μὴ
ἐπιτυγχάνειν αὐτῆς κατακρημνισθῆναι
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5.9.2. f. 28r ll. 7-10
Scholium to Idyll 9, 1-2 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 28r ll. 7-8 προλογίζει ὁ
ποιμὴν· ἰστέον δὲ ἢ τὸν αὐτὸν ὃν προεῖπε
Explicit:
f. 28r ll. 9-10 ἢ ἕτερον
Μενάλκαν βουκόλον
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5.9.3. ff. 28r-29r
Idyll 9
Incipit:
f. 28r
⟨Β⟩ουκολιάσδεο
Δάφνι· τὺ δ’ ὠδᾶς ἄρχεο πρᾶτος
Explicit:
f. 29r γαθεῦσαι· τὼς δ’
οὔτι ποτῷ δηλήσατο Κίρκα
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5.10.1. f. 29r-29v
Argum. a, b to Idyll 10 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 29r ἄδηλον ἐν ᾧ χωρίῳ
διάκειται τὰ πράγματα. Μίλων δ’ ἐστὶ καὶ Βάττος ἐν τῷ θερίζειν
προσδιαλεγόμενοι ἀλλήλοις
Explicit:
f. 29v διηγεῖσθαι κατὰ τὸν
ὄρθρον τῇ ματρί· προλογίζει ὁ Μίλων
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5.10.2. ff. 29v-31r
Idyll 10
Incipit:
f. 29v
⟨Ἐ⟩ργατίνα Βουκαῖε·
τί νῦν ὦζυρε πεπόνθεις
Explicit:
f. 29r μυθίσδεν τᾷ ματρὶ
κατ’ εὐνὰν ὀρθρευοίσᾳ
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5.11.1. f. 31r-31v
Argum. to Idyll 11
Incipit:
f. 31r ὑπόκειται ὁ Πολύφημος
Κύκλωψ ἐρῶν τῆς Γαλατείας
Explicit:
f. 31v ὡς φησὶ Διονύσιος ὁ
Ἐφέσιος ἐν τῇ ἰατρῶν ἀναγραφῇ
Composite argumentum from Argum. a, b to Idyll 11, Scholium to
Idyll 11, 1-3, and Argum. c to Idyll 11(ed. Wendel)
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5.11.2. ff. 31v-33v
Idyll 11
Incipit:
f. 31v
⟨Ο⟩ὐδὲν ποττὸν ἔρωτα
πεφύκει φάρμακον ἄλλο
Explicit:
f. 33v μουσίσδων· ῥᾶον δὲ
διᾶγ’ ἢ χρυσὸν ἔδωμεν
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5.12.1. f. 33v-34r
Argum. a to Idyll 12 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit: ||
f. 33v
γέγραπται δὲ Ἰάδι διαλέκτῳ· ὁ δὲ λόγος ἐκ τοῦ ποιητικοῦ προσώπου
πρὸς ἐρώμενον
Explicit:
f. 34r τὸν δὲ καταφιλήσαντα
τινα ἥδιστα, τοῦτον ὑπὸ τῶν ἄλλων στεφανοῦσθαι
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5.12.2. ff. 34r-35r
Idyll 12
Incipit:
f. 34r
⟨Ἤ⟩λυθες ὦ φίλε
κοῦρε· τρίτῃ σὺν νυκτὶ καὶ ἀοῖ
Explicit:
f. 35r πεύθονται μὴ φαῦλος
ἐτήτυμον ἀργυραμοιβοί
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5.13.1. f. 35r
Argum. a to Idyll 13 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit: ||
f. 35r
πάλιν δὲ τῷ Νικίᾳ προσδιαλέγεται ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ Κύκλωπι
Explicit:
f. 35r τοῦ δὲ Ἡρακλέους τὴν
πλάνην καὶ τὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ Ὕλα βάσανον
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5.13.2. ff. 35r-37r
Idyll 13
Incipit:
f. 35r
⟨Ο⟩ὐχ ἁμῖν τὸν Ἔρωτα
μόνοις ἔτεχ’ ὡς ἐδοκεῦμες
Explicit:
f. 37r πεζὸς δ’ ἐς Κόλχως
τε καὶ ἄξενον ἵκετο Φᾶσιν
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5.14.1. f. 37r
Argum. a, b to Idyll 14 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 37r
⟨Ἐν⟩ τούτῳ τῷ
εἰδυλλίῳ διήγημά ἐστι καταστά⟨σεως⟩ ἐρωτικῆς
Explicit:
f. 37r διὰ χρόνου δικαίως
εἰσάγεται τὰ πράγματα ἐν Σικελίᾳ
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5.14.2. ff. 37r-39r
Idyll 14
Incipit:
f. 37r
⟨Χ⟩αίρειν πολλὰ τὸν
ἄνδρα Θυώνιχον ἄλλα τοιαῦτα
Explicit:
f. 39r λευκαίνων ὁ χρόνος·
ποιεῖν τι δεῖ οἷς γόνυ χλωρόν
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5.15.1. ff. 39r-39v
Argum. to Idyll 15 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 39r τὰ δὲ πράγματα εἰσὶν
ἐν Ἁλεξανδρείᾳ· ὑποτίθεται γάρ τινας Συρακοσίας τὸ γένος
ἐπιδημησάσας ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ
Explicit:
f. 39v προιόντος δὲ τοῦ
εἰδυλλίου καὶ ἕτερα πρόσωπα παρεισάγονται· γραῦς τις· ἀνὴρ καὶ γυνὴ
ἀοιδός
(cf. Hypoth. to Idyll 15, ed. Meineke 1825, Theocritis Bionis et
Moschi Carmina, p. 10-11)
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5.15.2. ff. 39v-43r
Idyll 15
Incipit:
f. 39v
⟨Ἔ⟩νδοι Πραξινόα
Γοργοῖ φίλα ὡς χρόνῳ ἔνδοι
Explicit:
f. 43r χαῖρ' Ἄδων ἀγαπατέ·
καὶ ἐς χαίροντας ἀφικνεῦ
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5.16.1. ff. 43r-43v
Argum. to Idyll 16 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 43r
⟨Τ⟩οῦτο τὸ εἰδύλλιον
γέγραπται εἰς Ἱέρωνα τὸν Ἱεροκλέ⟨ους⟩ τὸν ἔσχατον Σικελίας
τύραννον
Explicit:
f. 43v καὶ οὕτως ὁ τὴν δωρίαν [sic for δωρεὰν] αἰτούμενος ἀνεκόπτετο
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5.16.2. ff. 43v-46v
Idyll 16
Incipit:
f. 43v
⟨Α⟩ἰεὶ τοῦτο Διὸς
κούραις μέλει, αἰὲν ἀοιδοῖς
Explicit:
f. 46v ἀνθρώποις ἀπάνευθεν
ἀεὶ Χαρίτεσσιν ἅμ’ εἴην
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5.17.1. f. 46v
Argum. a to Idyll 17 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit:
f. 46v ἐκ τοῦ Ὀρφέως τὸ
προοίμιον Ἄρατος ἤ εἰσβολὴ· τοῦτο δὲ εἰς Πτολεμαῖον τὸν
Φιλάδελ⟨φον⟩
ἐπιγέγραπται ὅς Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Λάγου καὶ Βερενίκης παῖς
Explicit:
f. 46v οὐ συνιδὼν τοσούτου
χρόνου διάστημα μαχόμενον
(cf. Scholium on Idyll 17, 1 ed. Wendel, and Ahrens, p.
416)
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5.17.2. ff. 46v-50r
Idyll 17
Incipit:
f. 46v
⟨Ἐ⟩κ Διὸς
ἀρχώμε⟨σ⟩θα καὶ εἰς Δία λήγετε
Μοῖσαι
Explicit:
f. 50r
φθέγξεσθ' ἐσομένοις· ἀρετήν γε μὲν ἐκ Διὸς ἐκ
Διὸς
||
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5.18.1. f. 50r
Argum. a to Idyll 18 (ed. Wendel)
Incipit: ||
f. 50r ἐν
αὐτῷ τινα εἴληπται ἐκ τοῦ πρώτου Στησιχόρου Ἑλένης τῶν δὲ
ἐπιθαλαμίων
Explicit:
f. 50r λανθάνῃ δὲ
κρυπτομένη διὰ τῆς τῶν παρθένων φωνῆς
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5.18.2. ff. 50r-51v
Idyll 18
Incipit:
f. 50r
⟨Ἔ⟩ν ποκ’ ἄρα Σπάρτα
ξανθότριχι πὰρ Μενελάῳ
Explicit:
f. 51v
ἦ [sic for ἧ] μὰν ὦ Ὑμέναιε γάμῳ ἐπὶ τῷδε χαρείης
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Ff. 52r-55v blank
Form: codex
Support:
Non-watermarked paper, folded in small folio.
Extent:
Codex:
iii + 55 + ii leaves.
290 × 250 mm.
Foliation: i-ii + 1-55 + iii-iv. Modern foliation
in pencil in Arabic numerals in the top right-hand corner,
recto.
Collation
The manuscript consists of seven quaternions.
- Quires 1-68
ff. 1r-48v
- Quire 78-1
ff.
49r-55v
Quire signatures in pencil, in Arabic
numerals from 2 (f. 9r) to
7 (f. 49r), on lower
margin of the first folio recto of quires 2-7.
Vertical catchwords by the scribe on f. 8v, and f. 48v partially lost in
trimming.
Condition
In generally fair condition.
Layout
ff. 1r-51v: A
single column of 19-20 lines.
165 × 95 mm.
Surrounding scholia that accompany the main texts have a
very variable number of lines per page. The ruling for the
main text and the scholia is traced and visible on all the
folios.
Hand(s)
The manuscript is written in a mixed
minuscule by a practised hand with claim to aesthetic
effect, in black ink, with modest variation in letter size.
In the main text syllabic abbreviations are mostly limited to καὶ
and prepositions. Breathings are curved and mostly not joined to
accents; circumflex accent is linear, the acute accent is
inclined and slightly curved, similar to the circumflex, almost
vertical the grave accent. The accent are often ligated to alpha, ypsilon and
omega. Isolated trema is sometimes traced over iota and ypsilon; mute iota is present but not always used.
The handwriting is characterized by an alpha traced in two strokes, a small beta in bilobate shape, high gamma and majuscule lambda
lightly inclined and wide, with curved elongated stroke if
ligated.
Ligatures with alpha and lambda are traced from below, those with rho always
with the preceding letter.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper point, lower comma
and full stop.
The same hand has added the rubrics and interlinear glosses in
red ink, as well as the surrounding scholia in the same script
but with greater use of syllabic abbreviations and superscript
letter endings. Headings in epigraphic
display majuscule are added on f. 3r.
Decoration
The texts of Idylls 2-5 begin with a large and
elaborate major initial in red ink: ff.
7r, 11v, 13v, 15v.
Minor initials in red ink, with simple
ornament on ff. 1r, 1v, 2r, 2v.
Binding
Binding in paper over couched-laminate boards in poor condition.
The spine is covered in leather, but it is severely damaged, and
the classmark is barely visible. Both boards are detached.
299 × 217 × 21 mm.
