Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12171

Introduction: MS Dd.11.70 is a collection of Theological treatises, scholia to dramas and the Iliad, and treatises on metric, consisting of 5 parts, copied by known scribes. The first three Parts are on paper, the last two are on parchment and have two independent foliation sequences. Part II is the most extensive and contains only scholia to Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes. It could be the result of the union of three initially independent sections, as suggested by the quire signatures. The three sections were all copied by Michael Souliardos (15th-16th century) and were brought together at an early stage:

2.1 ff. 1:26-1:112
2.2 ff. 1:113-1:149 (signatures αʹ-γʹ)
2.3 ff. 1:150-1:228 (signatures [α]ʹ-[ε]ʹ)

The scholia to Sophocles were printed by Adrien (de) Turnèbe (also known as Tournebus or Turnebus) in his edition (1553) combining the text from Part II of Dd.11.70 with the one from Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 2711 (14th century), as Turyn has demonstrated (Turyn 1952, p. 82). Dr Matteo Di Franco

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Codex: ii + 292 + ii leaves. 210-223 × 130-165 mm.

Foliation:

[i-ii] + 1-244 + 1-16 + 1-32 + [iii-iv]. Three modern foliation sequences in pencil in Arabic numerals in the top right-hand corner, recto, restarting at the beginning of Parts IV and V.

Part II folios are foliated in brown ink in Arabic numerals from 2 (f. 1:26r) to 209 (f. 1:228r).

Collation

1^8-1, 2-3⁸ | 4¹⁴, 5¹², 6¹⁴, 7¹⁰, 8¹⁶, 9-10¹⁰, 11¹, 12^14-1, 13-15¹², 16-17¹⁴, 18^14-1, 19-20¹², 21² | 22-23⁸ | 24¹⁰, 25⁶ | 26-27¹⁰, 28¹².

Condition

In good condition; the upper margins of ff. 1:26-88, 1:225-1:228 from Part II have been damaged and repaired.

Binding

Binding by J.P. Gray and Son of Cambridge, dated 1967 by a note on the front pastedown. Millboard three-quarter binding with marbled cloth covering and brown leather spine. The title and classmark are tooled in gold on the spine (title and classmark from previous binding pasted on the front pastedown).

244 × 192 × 68 mm.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

John Moore (1646-1714) , bishop of Ely: no. 1001 in the handwritten supplementary list of Moore's manuscripts, now CUL MS Oo.7.50.2, compiled by Thomas Tanner (1674-1735) after the publication of Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697).

Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I : donation bookplate engraved by John Pine (1690-1756) in 1736 on the left pastedown.

Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 1:2r-1:25v]

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 1:2r-1:25v

Proclus, approximately 410-485, The elements of theology (par. 33-99 ed. Doods 1963²) Institutio theologica

Incipit: || f. 1:2r δι' ὁμοιότητος ἀποτελοῖτ' ἄν. ⟨(Π)⟩ᾶν τὸ προϊὸν ἀπό τινος καὶ ἐπιστρέφον κυκλικὴν ἔχει τὴν ἐνέργειαν

Explicit: f. 1:25v ἀφ’ ὧν γὰρ ὥρμηται τούτων δήπου μετέχει, καὶ ὧν μετέχει ταῦτα οὐκ ἔστι πρώτως· ὃ δὲ ἀμέθεκτόν ἐστι(?) ||

TLG 4036.005

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 1:2r-1:25v Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermark: Hat ( 50 × 45 mm. ) in the gutter comparable to Briquet, Chapeau 3507 . The majority of those examples are dated from 1550s to 1580s

Extent: 215 × 155 mm.

Collation

Part I consists of three quaternions, the first of which has lost a leaf:

Quire 1^8-1 ff. 1:2r-1:9v
Quires 2-3⁸ ff. 1:10r-1:25v

Two catchwords present, the first written horizontally, repeated vertically on f. 1:9v, the second vertically on f. 1:17v. Quire signatures in pencil in Roman numerals, in the bottom right-hand corner, recto, of the first folio of each quire, along with crosses indicating the middle of quires.

Condition

The corners of the folios are slightly worn and rounded. Humidity and water stains are spread throughout this part, and are darker and wider in the outermost folios: ff. 1:2r and 1:25v.

Layout

ff. 1:2r-1:25v: written space 140 × 85 mm. 20 lines per page

Hand(s)

The main text, by Hand A, is written in a scribal minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink. Variation in letter size is marked, mainly at the beginning of the lines.

Syllabic abbreviations are rare but consistenly used for γάρ and δὲ. Breathings are round and mute iota is present.

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

History

Origin: Probably produced in the mid- or second half of 16th century, on the basis of the style of script and the watermark.

Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 1:26r-1:228v]

Language(s): Greek

2. ff. 1:26r-1:31r

Scholia on Euripides' Hecuba (beginning from lines 71)

Incipit: || f. 1:26r ⟨(μ)⟩ελανοπτερύγων · μελανοπτέρυγας εἴρηκε τοὺς ὀνείρους διὰ τοῦ μέλανος τὸ σκοτεινὸν καὶ δυσδιάγνωστον δηλῶν

Explicit: f. 1:31r ἐνταῦθα οὖν τίθησιν ὁ ποιτὴς τὸν Πολυμεστόρα περὶ τούτου δῆθεν προλέγοντα. Τέλος

3. ff. 1:31r-1:34r

Metrical scholia on Euripides' Hecuba

Rubric: f. 1:31r Περὶ τῶν μέτρων ὧν ἐχρήσατο Εὐριπίδης ἐν Ἑκάβη δράματι

Incipit: f. 1:31r Ἥκω νεκρῶν κευθμῶνα καὶ σκότου πύλας · ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος περιέχει στίχους νηʹ ἰαμβικοὺς τριμέτρους ἀκαταλήκτους· ὧν τελευταῖος, φθείρει θεῶν τις τῆς πάροιθ’ εὐπραξίας

Explicit: ff. 1:33v-1:34r τὰ τρία ταῦτα κῶλα τοῦ χοροῦ ἀναπαιστικά εἰσιν· τὸ α^ον δίμετρον ἀκατάληκτον· τὸ β^ον ὅμ(οιον) ὑπερκατάληκτον· τὸ γ^ον μονόμετρον ὑπερκατάληκτον ἀναπαιστικὸς τρίμετρος καταληκτικός

TLG 5023.020

4. ff. 1:34r-1:38v

Scholia on Euripides' Orestes

Rubric: f. 1:34r Σχόλια εἰς τὸ Εὐριπίδου δράμα[sic] Ὀρέστης

Incipit: f. 1:34r Δεινόν · τὸ δεινὸν ὄνομα ἐστι γενικόν· καὶ διαιρεῖται εἰς πάθος καὶ συμφοράν· καὶ πάθος μὲν ἐπὶ τὸ συμβαῖνον τῶ σώματι τραῦμα

Explicit: f. 1:38v διὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶ τέλει τοῦ ἔμπροσθεν δράματος τοῦ τῶν Φοινισσῶν τοῦτο τέθεικεν· ἴσως δὲ καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις αὐτοῦ δράμασιν εὑρεθήσεται

cf. TLG 5023.001, 5023.15

5. ff. 1:38v-1:40v

Metrical scholia on Euripides' Orestes (lines 1-1281)

Rubric: f. 1:38v Μέτρα οἷς ἐχρήσατο Εὐριπίδης ἐν Ὀρέστη

Incipit: f. 1:38v Οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν δεινὸν ὧδ’ εἰπεῖν ἔπος · ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος περιέχει στίχους ἰαμβικοὺς τριμέτρους ρμʹ ὧν τελευταῖος τόν δ’ ἐξεγεῖραι συμφορὰ γενήσεται

Explicit: f. 1:40v φέρε νυν ἐν πύλαισιν · σύστημα ἐκ κώλων ιʹ· ὧν τὸ β^ον· τὸ ε^ον· τὸ η^ον· τὸ θ^ον· ἰαμβικοὶ||

The text continues on ff. 1:50r-1:51v

TLG 5023.020

6. ff. 1:41r-1:41v

Scholia on Aristophanes' Plutus (lines 322-470)

Incipit: || f. 1:41r κακόν· ἀλλὰ διὸ τί πένης ὢν πρώην πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις τοῦτο ἐχρῆτο, διὰ τοῦτο ἀτιμάζει αὐτὸ· θέλων μετὰ τοῦ βίου καὶ τὰ προσρήματα μεταβαλεῖν

Explicit: f. 1:41v ζῶντας ὑμᾶς · ἰστέον ὅτι ἡ Ἀττικὴ ἔλλειψις, ἤ ἐν ἀρχῆ τίθεται, ὡς ἐν τῶ ὅπως μὴ ποιήσης τόδε, νοουμένου ἔξωθεν τοῦ σκόπει· ἢ ἐν τῶ μέσω, ὡς κἀνταῦθα||

The text begings on ff. 1:49r-1:49v (lines 23-147), and continues on ff. 1:52r-1:53v (lines 147-322), 1:54r-1:63r (lines 470-1209)

cf. TLG 5014.014, 5014.031

7. ff. 1:42r-1:44r

Scholia on Euripides' Phoenician Women

Rubric: f. 1:42r Σχόλια εἰς τὸ Εὐριπίδου δράμα[sic] Φοινίσσαι

Incipit: f. 1:42r Θοαῖς ἵπποισιν · τέσσαρας φασὶν οἱ μῦθοι τοὺς ἵππους εἶναι

Explicit: f. 1:44r ἔνθα ἦν ἱερόν Ποσειδῶνος· ἐκεὶ γὰρ ἦν τὰ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνος ἱπποστάσια, ὡς ὁ μῦθος. Τέλος

8. ff. 1:44v-1:48v

Metrical scholia on Euripides' Phoenician Women

Rubric: f. 1:44v Περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Εὐριπίδης ἐν Φοινίσσαις

Incipit: f. 1:44v Ὦ τὴν ἐν ἄστροις οὐ(ρανο)ῦ τέμνων ὁδὸν · ἡ εἴσβασις τοῦ δράματος περιέχει στίχους ἰαμβικοὺς τριμέτρους ἀκαταλήκτους ρβʹ ὧν τελευταῖος δίρκης τε νᾶμα πολεμίων στρατεῦμ’ ὅσον

Explicit: f. 1:48v ἐκ τοῦ ποιητικοῦ προσώπου εὐχομένου νικῆσαι ἐπὶ τῶ δράματι ὅπερ καὶ ἐν τῶ τέλει τοῦ δευτέρου πεποίηκε δράματος. Τέλος||

TLG 5023.020

9. f. 1:49r ll. 1-5

Αrgumentum 5 on Aristophanes' Plutus (ed. Dübner 1877)

Rubric: f. 1:49r Σχόλια εἰς τὸ Ἀριστοφάνους δράμα[sic] Πλοῦτον

Incipit: f. 1:49r l. 1 Ἰστέον ὅτι τὰ τοῦ δράματος πρόσωπα πεπλασμένα εἰσὶ παρὰ τοῦ ποιητοῦ. Χρεμύλος γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρέος

Explicit: f. 1:49r l. 5 τὸ Βλεψίδημος δὲ ἤτοι πτωχὸς, ὁ βλέπων ἀεί ποτε εἰς τὸν δῆμον

TLG 5014.014

10. ff. 1:49r-1:49v

Scholia on Aristophanes' Plutus (lines 23-147)

Incipit: f. 1:49r λῆρος · εἰ μὲν ἐμφανῶς τὸ λῆρος πρὸς τὸν δεσπότην εἶπεν, ἀντὶ τοῦ περιττολογία νοήσεις

Explicit: f. 1:49v μικρὸν ἀργυρίδιον · τὸ προσκεῖσθαι τὸ ἀργυριδίω τὸ μικρὸν ἀδολεσχίαν καλοῦσιν||

The texts continues on ff. 1:52r-1:53v (lines 147-322), 1:41r-1:41v (lines 322-470), 1:54r-1:63r (lines 470-1209)

cf. TLG 5014.014, 5014.31

11. ff. 1:50r-1:51v

Metrical scholia on Euripides' Orestes (lines 1281-1693)

Incipit: || f. 1:50r τρίμετροι ἀκατάληκτοι· τὸ α^ον τρίμετρον ἀκατάληκτον ἐκ παιώνων δ^ου καὶ β^ου· καὶ διιάμβου

Explicit: f. 1:51v τούτων γὰρ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον καταληκτικόν ἐστι· τὸ δὲ δεύτερον, τρίμετρον βραχυκατάληκτον, τὸ δὲ τρίτον δίμετρον ὑπερκατάληκτον

The text continues from f. 1:40v

TLG 5023.020

12. ff. 1:52r-1:53v

Scholia on Aristophanes' Plutus (lines 147-322)

Incipit: || f. 1:52r οἱ παλαιοί· καὶ χωρὶς γὰρ τοῦ μικροῦ, ἡ μικρότης τοῦ ἀργυρίου φαίνεται διὰ τοῦ εἰρῆσθαι ἀργυρίδιον

Explicit: f. 1:53v ἐμφαίνεται ἐντεῦθεν, ὡς οἱ ἐξαίφνης καὶ παρ’ ἐλπίδα εὐτυχήσαντες, ἕτεροι· τοῖς τρόποις γίνονται, καὶ πρὸς ὑπεροψίαν χωροῦσι· καὶ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστι τὸ χαίρειν||

The text begings on ff. 1:49r-1:49v (lines 23-147), and continues on ff. 1:41r-1:41v (lines 322-470), 1:54r-1:63r (lines 470-1209)

cf. TLG 5014.014, 5014.31

13. ff. 1:54r-1:63r

Scholia on Aristophanes' Plutus (lines 470-1209)

Incipit: || f. 1:54r ἢ ἐν τῶ τέλει, ὡς ἔχει τὸ δὲ μὴ ποιῆσαι ἐμὲ τόδε καὶ τόδε· καὶ γὰρ κἀκεῖ νοεῖται ἔξωθεν τὸ οὐ σκαιόν

Explicit: f. 1:63r εἰς τοὔπισθεν · ἔμπροσθεν γὰρ Χρεμύλου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἵσταντο. Τέλος

The text begings on ff. 1:49r-1:49v (lines 23-147), and continues on ff. 1:52r-1:53v (lines 147-322), 1:41r-1:41v (lines 322-470), 1:54r-1:63r (lines 470-1209)

cf. TLG 5014.014, 5014.31

14. ff. 1:63v-1:64r

Metrical scholia on Aristophanes' Plutus

Rubric: f. 1:63v Περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν τῷ Πλούτω

Incipit: f. 1:63v Ὡς ἀργαλέον πρᾶγμ’ ἐστίν ὦ Ζεῦ καὶ θεοί · ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος ἐκ στίχων συνέστηκεν ἰαμβικῶν τριμέτρων ἀκαταλήκτων, σμηʹ· ὧν τελευταῖος· τί γὰρ ἄν τις οὐχὶ πρὸς σὲ τἀληθῆ λέγη

Explicit: f. 1:64r οὐκ ἔτι τοίνυν ἀναπαιστικοὶ τετράμετροι καταληκτικοί δύο

cf. TLG 5014.014, 5014.31

15. ff. 1:64r-1:64v

Hypothesis on Nubes Argumentum Nubium (Arg. 4 Koster 1974, Scholia in Aristophanem I.3.2)

Rubric: f. 1:64r Ὑπόθεσις Ἀριστοφάνους Νεφέλων

Incipit: f. 1:64r Tὸ δρᾶμα τῶν Νεφελῶν κατὰ Σωκράτους γέγραπται τοῦ φιλοσόφου ἐπίτηδες· ὡς κακοδιδασκαλοῦντος τοὺς νέους Ἀθήνησι

Explicit: f. 1:64v ὑπεραλγῶν τούτου χάριν, κατασκάπτει καὶ ἐμπίπρησι τὸ σωκρατικὸν φροντιστήριον· ἔστι δὲ τὸ δρᾶμα τῶν πάνυ δυνατῶς πεποιημένων

TLG 5014.005

16. ff. 1:64v-1:77r

Scholia on Aristophanes' Nubes (ed. Koster 1974, Scholia in Aristophanem I.3.2)

Rubric: f. 1:64v Σχόλια εἰς τὸ Νεφελῶν δρᾶμα Ἀριστοφάνους

Incipit: f. 1:64v ἰοὺ ἰού · δυσφορῶν ὁ Στρεψιάδης ὑπὸ τῆς τῶν χρεῶν φροντίδος καὶ μὴ δυνάμενος ὑπνώττειν ταῦτα σχετλιάζων βοᾶ

Explicit: f. 1:77r τὸ φλυαρεῖν· ὡς τὸ ἀδολεσχεῖς ἄν(θρωπ)ε· καὶ τὸ ὀλιγωρεῖν· ὡς τὸ, ἠδολέσχησα καὶ ὠλιγοψύχησε τὸ πν(εῦμ)ά μου

cf. TLG 5014.005, 5014.006

17. ff. 1:77r-1:80v

Metrical scholia on Aristophanes' Nubes (ed. Koster 1974, Scholia in Aristophanem I.3.2)

Rubric: f. 1:77r Περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν τῶ Νεφέλαις

Incipit: f. 1:77r ἰοὺ ἰού· ὦ Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, τὸ χρῆμα τῶν νυκτῶν ὅσον · τὸ ἰοὺ ἰού, κῶλόν ἐστὶ μονόμετρον ἰαμβικὸν ἀκατάληκτον· ἐφεξῆς δὲ στίχοι ἰαμβικοὶ τρίμετροι, ἀκατάληκτοι σξʹ

Explicit: f. 1:80v τελευταῖον δὲ τούτων πάντων στίχος ἀναπαιστικὸς τετράμετρος καταληκτικός καὶ ἀποπερατοῦται τὸ δρᾶμα. Τέλος

cf. TLG 5014.006

18. f. 1:81r lines 1-8

Hypothesis on Ranae

Rubric: f. 1:81r Ὑπόθεσις Ἀριστοφάνους Βατράχων

Incipit: f. 1:81r line 1 Μαθὼν παρ’ Ἡρακλέους Διόνυσος τὴν ἐς Ἅδου ἀπάγουσαν, πρὸς τοὺς κατοιχομένους πορεύεται, λαβὼν τὸ δέρμα καὶ τὸ σκύταλον, ἀναγαγεῖν ἐθέλων Εὐριπίδην

Explicit: f. 1:81r line 8 καὶ γὰρ Διόνυσος ἐκεῖσε πρὸς Ἡρακλῆ ἀφικνεῖται, Θηβαῖον ὄντα

cf. TLG 5014.028

19. f. 1:81r lines 8-24

Hypothesis on Ranae (ed. Chantry 2001, Scholia in Aristophanem III.1.a)

Rubric: f. 1:81r Ἄλλως

Incipit: f. 1:81r line 8 Διόνυσός μετὰ θεράποντος Ξανθίου δι' Εὐριπίδου πόθον εἰς Ἅδου κατιέναι βουληθείς, ἀπέρχεται πρότερον εἰς τὸν Ἡρακλέα

Explicit: f. 1:81r line 24 κρίνας παρὰ προσδοκίαν ὁ Διόνυσος τὸν Αἰσχύλον νικᾶν, ἔχων αὐτὸν ὡς τοὺς ζῶντας ἀνέρχεται

cf. TLG 5014.028

20. ff. 1:81r line 24 - 1:81v line 14

Tzetzes, John, active 12th century, Hypothesis on Ranae (Argumentum I, ed. Koster 1962, Scholia in Aristophanem IV.3, ll. 3-22)

Incipit: f. 1:81r lines 24-25 ὁ παρὼν ποιητής, ὡς ἐν τῶ δράματι τοῦ Πλούτου, τῶ, τότε τῶν Ἀθηναιῶν ἄρχοντι χαριζόμενος ὅπως δήποτε, τότε τὸν Πλοῦτον

Explicit: f. 1:81v line 14 κατὰ τοιούτου παντὸς μὴ συνιέντος αὑτόν, τὸ τοιοῦτον ὁ ποιητὴς ἐξέθετο δρᾶμα||

TLG 5014.018

21. ff. 1:81v line 15 - 96r

Scholia on Aristophanes' Ranae (ed. Koster 1962, Scholia in Aristophanem IV.3; Chantry 2001, Scholia in Aristophanem III.1.b)

Incipit: f. 1:81v lines 15-16 ὁ Διόνυσος μέλλων ἀφιξέσθαι πρὸς τὴν Ἡρακλέους οἰκίαν, ἵν’ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰ εἰς τὴν Ἅδου κάθοδον πάντα γνοίη σαφῶς

Explicit: f. 1:96r εἰ μὴ βούλοιντο, ἀπελθόντες εἰς τὰ π(άτ)ρια ταύτην τὴν γνώμην ἐχέτωσαν. Δόξα τῶ ἁγώ Θ(ε)ῶ

cf. TLG 5014.018, 5014.029

22. ff. 1:96r-1:99v

Metrical scholia on Aristophanes' Ranae

Rubric: f. 1:96r Περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Βατράχοις

Incipit: f. 1:96r Εἴπω τι τῶν εἰωθότων ὦ δέσποτα · ἠ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος, ἐκ στίχων ἰαμβικῶν τριμέτρων ἀκαταλήκτων σζʹ, ὧν τελευταῖος βατράχων κύκνων θαυμαστά

Explicit: f. 1:99v ἐφεξῆς δὲ μέχρι τέλους τοῦ δράματος, στίχοι ἡρωϊκοί, ηʹ. Τέλος

23. ff. 1:100r-1:101r

Anonymus Crameri i De comoedia (Prolegomenon XIb, ed. Koster 1975, Scholia in Aristophanem I.1.a)

Rubric: f. 1:100r Περὶ κωμωδίας

Incipit: f. 1:100r Kωμωδίαι λέγονται τὰ τῶν κωμικῶν ποιήματα· ὡς τὰ τοῦ Ἀριστοφάνους, Κρατίνου, Μενάνδρου, καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων. εὑρέθη δὲ ἡ κωμωδία, ὥς φασιν ἐξ αἰτίας τοιαύτης

Explicit: f. 1:101r ἡ δὲ ὁμοίωσις εἰς δύο τέμνεται, ἢ εἰς τὸ βέλτιον, ὡς ὁ Ξανθίας εἰς Ἡρακλῆ· ἢ εἰς τὸ χεῖρον, ὡς ὁ Διόνυσος εἰς Ἡρακλῆ

TLG 3002.013

24. ff. 1:101r-1:102v

Anonymus Crameri ii De comoedia (Prolegomenon XIc, ed. Koster 1975, Scholia in Aristophanem I.1.a)

Incipit: f. 1:101r Ἰστέον ὅτι Ἀλέξανδρος ὁ Αἰτωλὸς, καὶ Λυκόφρων ὁ Χαλκιδεὺς, ὑπὸ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Φιλαδέλφου προτραπέντες τὰς σκηνικὰς διώρθωσαν βίβλους

Explicit: f. 1:102v προοίμιον δὲ τούτοις οὐκ ἦν ὡς ἐκείνοις· ὅτι ἅμα τῶ εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὸ θέατρον, πρὸς τὸν δῆμον στραφέντες, ἅμα τὸ αὐτὸ ἔλεγον καὶ στροφὴν καὶ προοίμιον

TLG 3002.014

25. ff. 1:103r-1:104v

On poets and poems

Rubric: f. 1:103r Περὶ ποιητῶν, καὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ποιημάτων

Incipit: f. 1:103r Ὅτι οἱ κατ’ ἐξοχὴν λεγόμενοι ποιηταὶ τέσσαρα τινὰ γνωρίσματα ἔχουσι στίχον ἡρωϊκόν μῦθον ἀλληγορικόν· ἱστορίαν παλαιὰν· καὶ ποιὰν λέξιν

Explicit: f. 1:104v ἡ πρόσρησις σημεῖον εἰρήνης ἦν· εὐδαίμονες μὲν γὰρ οἱ ἄν(θρωπ)οι ἐν εἰρήνη· κακοδαίμονες δὲ γίνονται ἐν τῶ πολέμω

cf. TLG 9022.014, 5038.001

26. ff. 1:105r-1:106v

Scholia on Homer's Iliad i

Rubric: f. 1:105r Τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς αʹ Ἰλιάδος σχόλαια

Incipit: f. 1:105r ἀλλ’ εἰ μὲν δώσουσι γέρας , σχῆμα ἐλλειπτικὸν, λείπει γὰρ τὸ ἡσυχάσω, παύσομαι

Explicit: f. 1:106v καὶ τῶν μελοδιῶν τῶν μουσῶν, ὥσπερ καὶ φόρμιγγα φασὶν καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ κιθάρισμα

27. ff. 1:107r-1:110r

Scholia on Homer's Iliad ii

Rubric: f. 1:107r Τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς βʹ Ἰλιάδος σχόλαια

Incipit: f. 1:107r ἰπποκορυσταὶ · ἀπὸ δύο· ἀπὸ τε κόρυθος καὶ ἵππου τοὺς πολεμικοὺς

Explicit: f. 1:110r καὶ σὺ μὲν πρὸς νόστον ὀτρυνεῖς, ἡμεῖς δὲ οἱ φρονοῦντες οὐκ ἴδμενμ τὶ ποιητέον ἐστίν

28. ff. 1:111r-1:111v

Scholia on Homer's Iliad xxiv

Incipit: f. 1:111r ἐσκίδναντ’ ἰέναι · ἥτοι ὥς τε ἰέναι· μέδοντο , ἐφρόντιζον

Explicit: f. 1:111v ἀρὴν , ⟨β⟩λάβην· εἴρυτο , ἐφύλασσεν· ἐλυσθεις · πεσὼν

f. 1:110v blank

29. f. 1:111v

Anthologia Graeca xvi 151

Rubric: f. 1:111v Εἰς Διδῶ στίχοι

Incipit: f. 1:111v Ἀρχέτυπον Διδοῦς ἐρικυδέος ὦ ξένε λεύσσεις· εἰκόνα, ἐξεσίω κάλλει λαμπομέναν

Explicit: f. 1:111v Πιερίδες τί μοι αἰνὸν ἐφωπλίσσασθε Μάρωνα· τοῖα καθ’ ἡμετέρης ψεύσατο σωφροσύνης

TLG 7000.001

DBBE Type 7058

30. f. 1:111v

Anthologia Graeca ix 357

Rubric: f. 1:111v Ἀρχίου εἰς τοὺς τέσσαρας ἀγῶνας

Incipit: f. 1:111v Τέσσαρές εἰσιν ἀγῶνες ἀν’ Ἑλλάδα, τέσσαρες ἱροί, οἱ δύο μὲν θνητῶν, οἱ δύο δ’ ἀθανάτων, Ζηνός Λητοΐδαο· Παλαίμονος Ἀρχεμόροιο· ἆθλα δὲ τῶν κότινος· μῆλα, σέλινα, πίτυς. Τέλος

Attribuited to Aulus Licinius Archias

TLG 7000.001

31. ff. 1:112r-1:112v

Scholia on Homer's Iliad xxiii

Rubric: f. 1:112r ⟨Τὰ σ⟩χόλαια εἰς Ἰλιάδος ψʹ Ὁμήρου ραψωδίας

Incipit: f. 1:112r Ὣς οἳ μὲν · μεταφορὰν ποιεῖται τῆς διηγήσεως, ἐν ὅσω γὰρ ἐμονώδουν οἱ κλαίοντες

Explicit: f. 1:112v ἔμονες[sic] , ἀκοντισταὶ καὶ ἥμασιν · ἀκοντίσματι

f. 1:113r blank

32. ff. 1:113v-1:121r

Triclinius, Demetrius, Metrical scholia on Sophocles' Ajax (ed. Tessier, Scolii metrici alla tetrade sofoclea, 2015², pp. 1-26)

Rubric: f. 1:113v Δημητρίου τοῦ Τρικλινίου, περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Σοφοκλῆς· ἐν τῶ Αἵας μαστιγοφόρος δράματι

Incipit: f. 1:113v Ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος ἐκ συστηματικῶν ἐστί περιόδων· οἱ δὲ στίχοι εἰσὶν ἰαμβικοὶ τρίμετροι ἀκατάληκτοι υβ· ὧν τελευταῖος θεοὶ φιλοῦσι καὶ στυγοῦσι τοὺς κακούς

Explicit: f. 1:121r ὦ πολλὰ βροτοῖς ἔστιν ἰδοῦσιν · σύστημα ἐπωδικόν ἐν ἐκθέσει τοῦ δράματος· κώλων ἀνασπαιστικῶν τριῶν· ὧν τὰ βʹ δίμετρα ἀκατάληκτα· τὸ δὲ τρίτον καταληκτικὸν ἤτοι ἑφθημιμερές

Final rubric: f. 1:121r Τέλος τῶν μέτρων τοῦ πρώτου δράματος ὅλου, Σοφοκλέους· Αἵαντος· καὶ ἀρχὴ τῆς ἐξηγήσεως τοῦ β^ου· Ἠλέκτρας

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 1-27 (at Μέτρα); cf. Dindorf, Scholia in Sophoclis Tragoedias, vol. 2 (1852), p. 383-389

33. ff. 1:121v-1:122r

Triclinius, Demetrius, Schemata on Sophocles' Ajax

Rubric: f. 1:121v ἐκ τοῦ Αἵαντος

Incipit: f. 1:121v Ἀεὶ μέν ὦ παῖ · τὸ προοίμιον προσφωνητικὸν· καὶ νῦν ἐπὶ σκηναῖς · ἐνταῦθα ἡ κατασκευὴ τοῦ προοιμίου

Explicit: f. 1:122r καὶ νῦν γε Τεύκρῳ · καταλλαγὴ Τεύκρου καὶ Ὀδυσσέως. Ἥλις ἤδη γαρ · ἐπίλογος

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 1-26 (at Σχήματα), cf. Dindorf, Scholia in Sophoclis Tragoedias, vol. 2 (1852), p. 389-390

f. 1:122v blank

34. ff. 1:123r-1:129v

Triclinius, Demetrius, Metrical scholia on Sophocles' Electra (ed. Tessier, Scolii metrici alla tetrade sofoclea, 2015², pp. 27-51)

Rubric: f. 1:123r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Τρικλινίου περὶ μέτρων, οἷς ἐχρήσατο Σοφοκλῆς ἐν τῶ, Ἠλέκτρα, δράματι

Incipit: f. 1:123r Ὦ τοῦ στρατηγήσαντος ἐν Τροία ποτὲ · Ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος ἐκ συστηματικῶν ἐστί περιόδων· οἱ δὲ στίχοι εἰσὶν ἰαμβικοὶ τρίμετροι ἀκατάληκτοι πδʹ· ὧν τελευταῖος νίκην τ' ἐφ' ἡμῖν καὶ κράτος τῶν δρωμένων

Explicit: f. 1:129v ὦ σπέρμ’ Ἀτρέως · σύστημα ἐπωδικόν, ἐν ἐκθέσει τοῦ δράματος, κώλων ἀνασπαιστικῶν τριῶν· ὧν τὰ βʹ δίμετρα ἀκατάληκτα· τὸ δὲ τρίτον καταληκτικὸν ἤτοι ἑφθημιμερές

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 29-51 (at Μέτρα)

35. ff. 1:130r-1:130v

Triclinius, Demetrius, Schemata on Sophocles' Electra

Rubric: f. 1:130r ἐκ τῆς Ἠλέκτρας

Incipit: f. 1:130r Ὦ τοῦ στρατηγήσαντος · προσφωνητικὸν τὸ προοίμιον· πρότασις· τὸ γὰρ παλαιὸν · κατασκευὴ· νῦν οὖν Ὀρέστα · φάσις[sic]

Explicit: f. 1:130v οἴμοι τί λεύσσω · κατάσχεσις Αἰγίσθου καὶ φόνος χρῆν δ’ εὐθὺς · ἐπίλογος

Final rubric: f. 1:130v Τέλος τῶν σχημάτων τῶν ἐν ⟨Ἠ⟩λέκτρας

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 29-51 (at Σχήματα)

36. ff. 1:131r-1:138v

Triclinius, Demetrius, Metrical scholia on Sophocles' Antigone (ed. Tessier, Scolii metrici alla tetrade sofoclea, 2015², pp. 71-93)

Rubric: f. 1:131r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Τρικλινίου περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Σοφοκλῆς ἐν Ἀντιγόνη

Incipit: f. 1:131r Ὦ κοινὸν αὐτάδελφον Ἰσμήνης κάρα · Ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ δράματος ἐκ συστηματικῶν ἐστί περιόδων· οἱ δὲ στίχοι εἰσὶν ἰαμβικοὶ τρίμετροι ἀκατάληκτοι ϛθʹ· ὧν τελευταῖος ἄνους μὲν ἔρχη τοῖς φίλοις δ’ ὀρθῶς φίλη

Explicit: f. 1:138v πολλῶ τὸ φρονεῖν · σύστημα ἀνομοιομερὲς ἐπωδικόν, ἐν ἐκθέσει τοῦ δράματος, κώλων ἀνασπαιστικῶν ϛʹ· ὧν τὰ μὲν δʹ δίμετρα ἀκατάληκτα· τὸ ε^ον μονόμετρον ὅ παρατέλευτον ὀνομάζεται· τὸ δὲ ϛ^ον δίμετρον καταληκτικὸν ἑφθημιμερές παροιμιακόν

Final rubric: f. 1:138v Τέλος Ἀντιγόνης

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 80-102 (at Μέτρα)

ff. 1:139r-1:139v blank

37. ff. 1:140r-1:146r

Triclinius, Demetrius, Metrical scholia on Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (ed. Tessier, Scolii metrici alla tetrade sofoclea, 2015², pp. 53-70)

Rubric: f. 1:140r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Τρικλινίου, περὶ μέτρων οἷς ἐχρήσατο Σοφοκλῆς ἐν τῶ Οἰδίπους δράματι

Incipit: f. 1:140r Ὦ τέκνα Κάδμου τοῦ πάλαι νέα τροφή · Ἡ εἴσθεσις τοῦ παρόντος δράματος ἐκ συστηματικῶν ἐστί περιόδων· οἱ δὲ στίχοι εἰσὶν ἰαμβικοὶ τρίμετροι ἀκατάληκτοι ρνʹ· ὧν τελευταῖος σωτήρ θ’ ἵκοιτο καὶ νόσου παυστήριος

Explicit: f. 1:146r ἅλις ἵν’ ἐξήκεις δακρύων · ἐντεῦθεν ὁ ἐπίλογος ἄρχεται τοῦ δράματος· εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ μέχρι τοῦ τέλους τοῦ δράματος, στίχοι τροχαικοὶ τετράμετροι καταληκτικοὶ ιϛʹ, ὧν ὁ α^ος καὶ ὁ ζ^ος ἀπὸ χορείου ἄρχονται· οἱ μέντοι τελευταῖοι τούτων, ζʹ, οὕς ὁ χορὸς φησιν· ἰδίως ἐπωδικοὶ καλοῦνται

Final rubric: f. 1:146r Τέλος τοῦ περὶ μέτρων δράματος Οἰδίποδος Σοφοκλ(έους)

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 53-77 (at Μέτρα)

38. ff. 1:146v-1:147r

Triclinius, Demetrius, Schemata on Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus

Rubric: f. 1:146v Περὶ τῶν ἐν τῶ Οἰδίποδος δράματος σχημάτων

Incipit: f. 1:146v Ὦ τέκνα Κάδμου · προσφωνητικὸν τὸ προοίμιον· πρότασις· πόλις δ’ ὁμοῦ · κατασκευὴ· ἀλλ’ ὦ κρατύνων · προκατάστασις καὶ διήγησις τῶν συμβάντων αὐτοῖς ἐκ τοῦ λοιμοῦ

Explicit: f. 1:147r ἀλλ’ εὐτυχοίης· Οἰδίποδος αὖθις ἐλεεινολογία· περὶ τε ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν θυγατέρων. Ἅλις ἵν’ ἐξήκης[sic] · ἐπίλογος

Final rubric: f. 1:147r Τέλος καὶ τῶν σχημάτων ὧν ἐχρήσατο Σοφωκλῆς[sic] ἐν τῶ Οἰδίποδος δράματι

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 53-77 (at Σχήματα)

f. 1:147v blank

39. ff. 1:148r-1:149v

Charax, Joannes, On enclitics (ed. Bekker, Anecdota Graeca, vol. III p. 1149-1152,12) De encliticis

Rubric: f. 1:148r Περὶ ἐγκλητικῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ ῥημάτων

Incipit: f. 1:148r Ἰστέον ὅτι τὰ ἐγκλητικὰ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἐν τοῖς ὀκτὼ μέρεσιν, ἀλλ' ἐν πέντε μόνον

Explicit: f. 1:149v τὸ δὲ ἠμι α^ης· οὐ καλῶς λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ γὰρ τὸ καυχῶ καυχᾶς, δευτέρας ὄν συζυγίας· ἐν τῇ ἀποβολῆ τοῦ κ· πρώτης ἐγένετο||

40. ff. 1:150r-1:170r

Triclinius, Demetrius, Scholia on Sophocles' Ajax (ed. Dindorf, Scholia in Sophoclis Tragoedias, vol. 2, 1852, p. 329-357)

Rubric: f. 1:150r Σχόλαια[sic] εἰς τὸ Σοφοκλέους· Αἴας μαστιγοφόρος δράμα[sic]

Incipit: f. 1:150r πεῖράν τιν’ ἐχθρῶν · ἤγουν πειραθῆναι τῶν ἐχθρῶν, καὶ ὧν κατὰ σοῦ μηχανῶνται προλαβεῖν ζητοῦντα τῶ πρὶν ἤ παθεῖν μαθεῖν καὶ φυλάξασθαι

Explicit: f. 1:170r τοῦτο δὲ λέγει ὁ χορὸς περὶ ἑαυτοῦ· ὡς πρῶτον οὐκ ἐλπίζοντος ἂν τεθάφθαι τὸν Αἴαντα, ὕστερον δὲ ἰδόντος τοῦτο γενόμενον

Final rubric: f. 1:170r Τέλος τοῦ Αἴαντος μαστιγοφόρου δράματος ἐξηγήσεως

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 1-28 (at Σχόλια)

f. 1:170v blank

41. ff. 1:171r-1:190v

Triclinius, Demetrius, Scholia on Sophocles' Electra (ed. Dindorf, Scholia in Sophoclis Tragoedias, vol. 2, 1852, p. 359-382)

Rubric: f. 1:171r Σχόλια ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἠλέκτρας δράματος Σοφοκλέους

Incipit: f. 1:171r ὧν πρόθυμος · αὕτη ἡ γενικὴ οὐ καθὰ οἴονταί τινές ἐστι, λέγοντες, ὧν εἰς θέαν ἐλθεῖν, τοῦτο γὰρ λαμβάνουσιν ἔξωθεν ἦσθα πρόθυμος

Explicit: f. 1:190v τελειωθὲν δέ, ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀποκαταστὰν εἰς τὴν ἐκ προγόνων σοι προσήκουσαν εὐδαιμονίαν

Final rubric: f. 1:190v Τέλος

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 29-52 (at Σχόλια)

ff. 1:171r-1:183r scholia on lines 1-1039, f. 1:183v blank, f. 1:184r a single line, f. 1:184v blank, ff. 1:185r-1:190v scholia on lines 1044-1510 (see notes on upper margin on ff. 1:182r and 1:184r)

42. ff. 1:191r-1:206v

Triclinius, Demetrius, Scholia on Sophocles' Antigone (ed. Dindorf, Scholia in Sophoclis Tragoedias, vol. 2, 1852, p. 308-327)

Rubric: f. 1:191r Σχόλια ἐκ τοῦ Ἀντιγόνης δράματος Σοφοκλέους

Incipit: f. 1:191r Ἀντιγόνη, φίλων · μὴ λάβης εἰς τὸ φίλων ἔξωθεν ὑπέρ· ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὸ μῦθος ἐστὶν ἡ τοιαύτη γενική

Explicit: f. 1:206v μηδὲν ἀσεπτεῖν · ἤγουν ἀσεβεῖν· τοῦτο δὲ λέγει· διὰ τὸ παροργίσαι τὸν Κρέοντα Πλούτωνα καὶ Περσεφόνην, διὰ τὸ Πολυνείκην ἄθαπτον ῥῖψαι

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 80-103 (at Σχόλια)

43. ff. 1:207r-1:228v

Demetrius Triclinius, Scholia on Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (ed. Dindorf, Scholia in Sophoclis Tragoedias, vol. 2, 1852, p. 278-307)

Rubric: f. 1:207r Σχόλια εἰς τὸ, Οἰδίπους τυράννος, Σοφοκλέους δράμα[sic]

Incipit: f. 1:207r Ἐξεστεμμένοι · ὅτι οὔ μόνον ἐστεφανωμένοι ἦσαν· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν χερσὶν ἔφερον δῆλον ἐστί καὶ ἐξ ὧν ἔμπροσθεν λέγει· τούσδ' ἄραντες ἱκτῆρας κλάδους

Explicit: f. 1:228v μηδένα μακαρίζειν θνητὸν ὄντα, πρὶν ἂν ὁ τοιοῦτος τὸ τέρμα τοῦ βίου διέλθη, μηδὲν δεινόν πεπονθώς

Final rubric: f. 1:228v Τέλος τῆς ἐξηγέσεως, καὶ τοῦ δ^ου δράματος Σοφοκλέους Οἰδίποδος

See A. Tournebus, Demetrius scholia (1553), pp. 53-79 (at Σχόλια)

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 1:26r-1:228v Western paper, folded in quarto. Column ( 60 × 20 mm. ) in the gutter comparable to Harlfinger, Colonne 11, 21 . The majority of those examples are dated to the 1460s-1470s. Crossbow ( 45 × 50 mm. ) in the gutter comparable to Harlfinger, Arbalete 43, 51 . The majority of those examples are dated to the late 15th and early 16th century. Crown ( 60 × 35 mm. ) in the gutter comparable to Briquet 4853 . The majority of those examples are dated to the 1490s. Günther 1995, p. 162 speculates on a watermark with a 'M' in the upper inner corner of the quires 4-5, not visible due to damage

Extent: 225 × 162 mm.

Collation

Part II consists of 17 quires and one single leaf:

Quire 4¹⁴ ff. 1:26r-1:39v
Quire 5¹² ff. 1:40r-1:51v
Quire 6¹⁴ ff. 1:52r-1:65v
Quire 7¹⁰ ff. 1:66r-1:75v
Quire 8¹⁶ ff. 1:76r-1:91v
Quires 9-10¹⁰ ff. 1:92r-1:111v
Quire 11¹ ff. 1:112r-1:112v
Quire 12^14-1 ff. 1:113r-1:125v
Quires 13-15¹² ff. 1:126r-1:161v
Quires 16-17¹⁴ ff. 1:162r-1:189v
Quire 18^14-1 ff. 1:190r-1:202v
Quires 19-20¹² ff. 1:203r-1:226v
Quire 21² ff. 1:227r-1:228v

Quire signatures in pencil in Roman numerals, in the bottom right-hand corner, recto, of the first folio of each quire, along with crosses indicating the middle of quires.

In the second half of the part, quires 12-19, there are traces of two brown ink signature in Greek numerals in the middle of the lower margin of the last versos: quires 12-14:

f. 1:125v αʹ
f. 1:137v βʹ
f. 1:149v γ^ον

quires 15-19:

f. 1:161v ⟨α⟩ ^ον
f. 1:175v β^ον
f. 1:189v γ^ον
f. 1:202v ⟨ δ⟩ ^ον
f. 1:214v ⟨ ε⟩ ^ον

Condition

The corners of the book block are worn and rounded (especially from f. 1:216 onwards). Humidity and water stains are repeatedly found throughout the volume. There are occasional worm holes.

Layout

ff. 1:26r-1:112v: single column, 33 lines per page. 155 × 100 mm.

ff. 1:113v-1:228v: single column, 22 lines per page. 150 × 85-90 mm.

Hand(s)

Michael Souliardos : the manuscript part was copied by the Michael Souliardos of Nauplion (RGK I 286) active between the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century in a scholarly-calligraphical minuscule script in black ink, darker from f. 1:113v onwards.

Slanting slightly to the right, Souliardos' hand is compressed with pronunced ascenders and rather reduced descenders. Variation in letter size not marked, ligatures and abbreviations are common and very clear.

Breathings are curved; accents sometimes join to letters or breathings. The trema is occasionally present over iota.

Decoration

Headpiece on ff. 1:113v, 1:130r

Thick red-ink major initials: e.g. on ff. 1:49r, 1:64v, 1:81r, 1:113v.

Minor initials written in a thin red-ink uncial within the body of the text to mark the quotations from the dramas.

Ornamental line fillers at title headers: ff. 1:34r, 1:38v, 1:64v.

Additions

A later western hand added some titles on the upper margins of ff. 1:26r, 1:49r, 1:105r, 1:113v.

History

Origin: The manuscript was copied in all likelihood in Venice or in the Venetian area by Michael Souliardos , between the late 15th and early 16th century.

Provenance

Jackson 1998, p. 95, finds Parts II and V in two entries in a list of texts that Janus Lascaris (c. 1445-1535) brought to Florence in 1492. This list is now preserved in Hannover, Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, MS XLII 1845 , ff. 107r-111r. The scholia to Sophocles are listed on f. 107v line 3 as ‘Antiquae Glosulae in quasdam tragaedias Sophoclis’. Lascaris had been sent by Lorenzo de' Medici to the East to acquire Greek manuscripts for the Laurentian Library, and also printed the metrical scholia to Sophocles in 1518 (see Proietti 2018, pp. 226-227).

Jackson 2006, p. 32, further speculates that Part I was also brought to Florence in the same year.

Part 3 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 1:229r-1:244v]

Language(s): Greek

44. ff. 1:229r-1:244v

Gregorios, Metropolitan of Corinth, active 1092-1156, On dialects (ed. Schäfer 1811, pp. 1-410) De dialectis

Rubric: f. 1:229r περὶ τῶν διαλέκτων ἰδιότητα τῶν διαλέκτων ὅρα· τοῦ Κορίνθου

Incipit: f. 1:229r Ἰδού σοι καὶ τὰς διαλέκτους ἐγχειρίζω νέων μοι πάντων φιλολογώτατε· περὶ ὧν, ὅ,τε Φιλόπονος Ἰωάννης ἐπόνησε

Explicit: f. 1:244v τὰ δεύτερα πρόσωπα τῶν πλη(θυντικ)ῶν ἐκ τοῦ τρίτου προσώπου τῶν παθητικῶν, καθ’ ὑποστολὴν||

TLG 4092.001

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 1:229r-1:244v Western paper, folded in octavo. Watermark: Crossbow ( 37 × 40 mm. ) in the gutter comparable to Harlfinger, Arbatele 35 . The majority of those examples are dated to the late 15th century.

Extent: 210 × 140 mm.

Collation

Part 3 consists of two quaternions. Quires 22-23⁸ ff. 1:229r-1:244v

Quire signatures in pencil in Roman numerals, in the bottom right-hand corner, recto, of the first folio of each quire, along with crosses indicating the middle of quires.

Condition

In good condition.

Layout

ff. 1:229r-1:244v: single column, 24 lines per page. 155 × 87 mm.

Hand(s)

Joannes Plousiadenos (ca. 1429-1500) : the manuscript part was copied by Joannes Plousiadenos (RGK I 176), active in the second half of 15th century.

This part is written in a scholarly-calligraphical minuscule script in black ink; slanting slightly to the right, Plousiadenos' hand is marked by airiness and letter division, pronounced ascenders and descenders. Variation in letter size is present, not stressed but for initials. Ligatures and abbreviations are common and very clear.

Breathings are curved; accents join to letters or breathings. The trema is present over iota.

Decoration

Rope motif headpiece within a reddish rectangle on f. 1:229r.

The thick red-ink major initials on ff. 1:229r, 1:229v, 1:236v, 1:243r.

Minor initials written in a thin red-ink uncial within the body of the text.

Ornamental line fillers drawn in red ink on ff. 1:229v, 1:236v.

History

Origin: The manuscript was copied by Joannes Plousiadenos (ca. 1429-1500) , in the late 15th century.

Part 4 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 2:1r-2:16v]

Language(s): Greek

45. ff. 2:1r-2:7r

Extracts dialect from Scholia Londinensia on Dionysius Thrax's Art of Grammar (ed. Hilgard, Grammatici Graeci, vol. 1.3, 1901, p. 464-468)

Rubric: f. 2:1r διάλεκτοι εἰσὶ πέντε· ἰὰς· ἀτθὶς· δωρὶς·, αἰολὶς καὶ κοινή. ἔχει δὲ ἑκάστη διάλεκτος οἰκεῖον ἰδίωμα· ὃ ἐν συνόψει καλῶς ὑποδείξομαι

Incipit: f. 2:1r Ἡ Ἰὰς τὰ εἰς ας λήγοντα ὀνόματα εἰς ης τρέπει· Ἑρμείας Ἑρμείης· Σωσίας Σωσίης

Explicit: f. 2:7r Τοὺς διὰ δύο σσ ἐκφερομένους ἐνεστῶτας διὰ τοῦ ζ προφέρουσι· τὸ γὰρ ἐμπήσσω ἐμπάζω λέγουσι, καὶ τὸ ἐπιπλήσσω ἐπιπλάζω· καὶ τὰ ὅμοια

Ionic dialect ff. 2:1r-2:2v (cf. Hildgard p. 467-468), synonyms in Ionic ff. 2:3r-2:3v, Attic dialect ff. 2:3v-2:4v (cf. Hildgard p. 464), Doric dialect ff. 2:4v-2:5r (cf. Hildgard p. 466-467), Aeolic dialect ff. 2:5r-2:7r (cf. Hildgard p. 466), mixed with extracts from Gregory of Corinth , De dialectis

The text is also in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Canon. gr. 13 , ff. 33v sqq., and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 57 , ff. 185r sqq

TLG 4175.006, cf. TLG 4092.001

46. ff. 2:7r-2:9v

Extracts on the rhapsody from Scholia Londinensia and Commentarius Melampodis seu Diomedis on Dionysius Thrax's Art of Grammar (ed. Hilgard, Grammatici Graeci, vol. 1.3, 1901, p. 28-30, 481)

Rubric: f. 2:7r Περὶ ῥαψωδίας

Incipit: f. 2:7r Τι ἐστὶ ῥαψωδίας· ποίημα ἐμπεριειληφός τινα ὑπόθεσιν. καὶ ἄλλως· μέρος τοῦ ὅλου ποιήματος περιλαβόν καὶ ἔχον ἐν ἑαυτῶ μικράν τινα περιπέτειαν

Explicit: f. 2:9v ἡ τοῦ Ὁμήρου σύνθεσις θειάζεται καὶ κυροῦται ὡς ἡ τοῦ ἡλίου φαιδρότης ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ αἰσθητὰ φῶτα

The text is also in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Canon. gr. 13 , ff. 37r sqq., and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 57 , ff. 190r sqq

TLG 4175.001, 4175.006

47. ff. 2:9v-2:12v

Pseudo-Arcadius, Extracts on the inflected forms from Pseudo-Arcadius' Epitome of Herodian's De Prosodia Catholica (ed. Schmidt, Ἐπιτομὴ τῆς καθολικῆς προσῳδίας Ἡρωδιανοῦ, 1860, p. 160-169)

Rubric: f. 2:9v Περὶ ἐγκλινομένων

Incipit: f. 2:9v Ἰστέον ὅτι τὰ ἐγκλινόμενα εὐρίσκεται ἐν ὀνόμασι καὶ ἀντωνυμίαις καὶ ῥήμασι, καὶ ἐπιρρήμασι· καὶ συνδέσμοις

Explicit: f. 2:12v τότε τὸν ἴδιον δέχεται τόνον, οὔτε δυνάμει οὔτε ἐνεργεία ἐγκλινόμενον ἤδη φαμέν· ὀξύνομεν γὰρ τὸ φαμέν· φίλοι εἰσίν· ὁμοίως καὶ τὸ ‘εἰσίν’ ὀξύνομεν

Edited by Aldus Manutius , Thesaurus Cornucopiae et horti Adonidis 1496, cc. 229v-232r

the text is also in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Canon. gr. 13 , ff. 38v sqq., and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Barocci 57 , ff. 192v sqq

TLG 2116.002

48. ff. 2:12v-2:14r

Gregorios, Metropolitan of Corinth, active 1092-1156, Extracts on barbarism and solecism from Gregory of Corinth's Περὶ συντάξεως λόγου (ed. D. Donnet, Le traité Περὶ συντάξεως λόγου de Grégoire de Corinthe 1967, p. 217-219)

Rubric: f. 2:12v Περὶ βαρβαρισμοῦ καὶ σολοικισμοῦ

Incipit: f. 2:12v Ἰστέον ὅτι ὁ βαρβαρισμὸς γίνεται ἐν λέξει ὅταν ἐξ ἀτεχνίας παραφθαρῆ ἡ ἑλληνικὴ λέξις καὶ ἄλλην ἄλλως ἐκφωνηθῆ

Explicit: f. 2:14r οὗτος ὀρθῶς καὶ ἀπταίστως τὸν κάνονα καὶ τὸν ὅρον τοῦ λόγου σαφηνιεῖ

TLG 4092.003

49. ff. 2:14r-2:14v

Notes on the intesive and negative prefixes

Rubric: f. 2:14r περὶ τῶν ἐπιτατικῶν μορίων

Incipit: f. 2:14r Ἐπιτατικὰ μόρια εἰσὶν ἑπτὰ

Explicit: f. 2:14v καὶ νόθος ὁ ξένος καὶ ἀλλότριος

50. ff. 2:14v-2:15r

Choeroboscus Georgius, Extracts from Georgius Choeroboscus' Epimerismi in Psalmos (ed. T. Gaisford, Georgii Choerobosci epimerismi in Psalmos, 1842, vol. 3 p. 41 line 30 -43,23)

Rubric: f. 2:14v Τὸ ως πόσα σημαίνει

Incipit: f. 2:14v Τὸ ως πόσα σημαίνει; λβʹ. Τὶ καὶ τί; Παραβολὴν, ὥστε λέων ἐχάρη, μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ σώματι κύρσας· ἀνταπόδοσιν

Explicit: f. 2:15r Τὴν ἐπὶ πρόθεσιν ὡς ἀεὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον ἄγει ὡς ἐπὶ τὸν ὁμοῖον

TLG 4093.008

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 2:1r-2:16v parchment, medium thickness, good quality, arranged flesh-to-flesh and hair-to-hair with flesh outermost (FHHF).

Extent: 230 × 133 mm.

Collation

Part IV consists of one quinion an one ternion: Quire 24¹⁰ ff. 2:1r-2:10v Quire 25⁶ ff. 2:1r-2:16v

Modern leaf signatures, in pencil on the first rectos, bottom right: f. 2:1r a1, f. 2:11r b1.

Condition

In good condition; some small holes in f. 2:1, two bigger holes repaired at the time of copying in ff. 2:13 and 2:15.

Layout

ff. 2:1r-2:15r: single column, 28 lines per page. 165 × 63 mm. Pricking marks do not survive. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 13, type Leroy 44D1q .

Hand(s)

Demetrios Moschos : this part of the manuscript was copied by Demetrios Moschos (RGK I 97), who was active in the second half of 15th century.

It is written in a scholarly-calligraphical minuscule script in black ink, related to the Druckminuskel; Moschos' hand is marked by verticality, clearness and letter division.

Breathings are curved; accents join to breathings, circumflex joins to ypsilon

ff. 2:14v, line 9 - 2:15r are copied by another contemporary hand in mixed minuscule, in black ink. The writing appears rigid and not inclined. The letters are separated and the use of ligatures and abbreviations is limited. The alpha is in two forms, the beta is heart-shaped, gamma is majuscule and high, the omega is in open and closed forms. The accents are not joined to letters or breathings.

Decoration

Thick red-ink major initials on ff. 2:1r 2:3v

Minor initials written in a thin red-ink uncial within the body of the text.

Additions

Title in Latin by an early modern western hand in brown ink on f. 2:1r: ‘Collectanea de linguarum differentia et aliis’, and a number, probably a former shelfmark: 81.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript was copied by Demetrios Moschos(?) and another contemporary hand in the late 15th century.

Part 5 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 3:1r-3:32v]

Language(s): Greek

51. ff. 3:1r-3:7v

Scholia B on Hephaestion's Enchiridion (books 1-3) In Hephaestionem scholia B (lib. I-III)

Rubric: f. 3:1r ἐκ τῶν Λογγίνου τοῦ φιλοσόφου τὰ προλεγόμενα εἰς τὸ τοῦ Ἡφαιστίωνος ἐγχειρίδιον

Incipit: || f. 3:1r ἀμφότερα καλεῖται μέδιμνος· καὶ αὖ πάλιν εἴποιμι, χόα τὸ σκεῦος· ἐν ὧ μετρῶ ποσότητά τινα

Explicit: f. 3:7v ἀποθέσεις δὲ τῶν δακτυλικῶν κοινῶν, ἀδιάφοροι μακραί τε βραχεῖαι ||

Book 1: ff. 3:1r-3:2v (TLG 2178.004; ed. Consbruch 1906, Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, pp. 84:7-89
Book 2: ff. 3:2v-3:5v (ed. Consbruch 1906, pp. 257-265)
Book 3: ff. 3:6r-3:7v (ed. Consbruch 1906, pp. 266-272,14)

52. ff. 3:8r-3:24v

Hephaestion, Enchiridion de metris

Rubric: f. 3:8r περὶ βραχείας συλλαβή. Ἡφαιστίωνος ἐγχειρίδιον

Incipit: f. 3:8r Βραχεῖά ἐστι συλλαβὴ ἡ ἔχουσα βραχὺ φωνῆεν, ἢ βραχυνόμενον· μὴ ἐπὶ τέλους λέξεως, οὕτως

Explicit: f. 3:24v Τοσαῦτα περὶ τῶν μέτρων· περὶ δὲ ποιήματος ἑξῆς ῥητέον

TLG 1402.001

ed. Consbruch 1906, Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, p. 1-58

Scholia A in margins

53. ff. 3:24v-3:26r

Hephaestion, Introductio metrica

Rubric: f. 3:24v Ἡφαιστίωνος περὶ ποιημάτων

Incipit: f. 3:24v Τῶν ποιημάτων, τὰ μέν ἐστι κατὰ στίχον. τὰ δὲ συστηματικά, τὰ δὲ μικτά, τὰ δὲ κοινά

Explicit: f. 3:26r οἷον εἰ μονοστροφικῶς γραφὲν δύναται τοῦτο καὶ ἐπωδικῶς γεγράφθαι δοκεῖν

TLG 1402.002

ed. Consbruch 1906, Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, p. 58-62

54. ff. 3:26r-3:29r

Hephaestion, De poematis

Rubric: f. 3:26r Ἡφαιστίωνος περὶ στίχων

Incipit: f. 3:26r Στίχος ἐστὶ ποσὸν μέγεθος μέτρου· ὅπερ οὔτε ἔλαττόν ἐστι τριῶν συζυγιῶν οὔτε μεῖζον τεσσάρων

Explicit: f. 3:29r τὸ καλούμενον ἀντεπίρρημα· ὅπερ ἦν, τῶν ἴσων κώλων τῶ ἐπιρρήματι

TLG 1402.003

ed. Consbruch 1906, Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, p. 62-73

55. ff. 3:29r-3:30v

Hephaestion, De signis

Rubric: f. 3:29r περὶ σημείων

Incipit: f. 3:29r Τὰ σημεῖα τὰ παρὰ τοῖς ποιηταῖς ἄλλως παρ’ ἄλλοις κεῖται

Explicit: f. 3:30v ἀμφότεραι μέντοι, ἔξω νενευκυῖαι· διὰ τούτων δηλούντων ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἀνταποδέδοται

Final rubric: f. 3:30v τέλος τοῦ Ἡφαιστίωνος ἐγχειριδίου

TLG 1402.004

ed. Consbruch 1906, Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, p. 73-76

56. ff. 3:30v-3:32v

Three texts περὶ κοινῆς συλλαβῆς, τί διαφέρει συνεκφώνησις συναλοιφῇ, τὰ τοῖς θεοῖς ἀνατιθέμενα ζῶα and περὶ ποδῶν

Rubric: f. 3:30v περὶ κοινῆς συλλαβῆς

Incipit: f. 3:30v Ἔστι κοινὴ συλλαβή, καὶ ὅταν βραχὺ φωνῆεν ἐπιφέρει δασὺ σύμφωνον

Explicit: f. 3:32v κρᾶσις τὰ ἐμὰ, τἀμὰ

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 3:1r-3:32v parchment, medium thickness, good quality, arranged flesh-to-flesh and hair-to-hair with flesh outermost (FHHF).

Extent: 220 × 140 mm.

Collation

Part V consists of two quinions and one sexternion: Quires 26-27¹⁰ ff. 3:1r-3:20v Quire 28¹² ff. 3:21r-3:32v

A leaf signature in Greek numerals (number of folio, followed by the number of quire) in light brown ink in the lower right-hand corner of the rectos, ended by the quire number on the last verso, e.g.:

f. 3:1r αʹ α^ου
f. 3:2r βʹ α^ου
f. 3:3r γʹ α^ου
f. 3:4r δʹ α^ου (εʹ α^ου in f. 3:5r lost in trimming)
f. 3:10v α^ον

In all likelihood contemporary with the writing of this part of the manuscript.

A bifolium signature (Latin letters for quires, followed by an Arabic numerals for bifolios) in pencil in the lower right-hand corner of the rectos was added by Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886), University Librarian 1867-1886: a, b, c.

Condition

In good condition.

Layout

ff. 3:1r-3:32v: 27 lines per page. 140 × 70 mm. Pricked survives on external and lower edges. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 2, type Leroy 02D1 .

Hand(s)

Demetrios Damilas : the manuscript part was copied by Demetrios Damilas (RGK I 93) in a minuscule script in black ink and red ink for scholia and glossae.

Decoration

Headpiece on f. 3:8r

Thick red-ink major initial on ff. 3:8r, 3:9v, 3:10r, 3:10v, 3:11v, 3:12r, 3:13v, 3:14r, 3:15v, 3:16r, 3:17r, 3:18r, 3:18v, 3:19v, 3:24r, 3:24v, 3:26r, 3:29r

Minor initials written in a thin red-ink uncial within the body of the text.

History

Origin: The manuscript part was copied by Demetrios Damilas , active in Florence in the 1480-90s.

Provenance

Along with the scholia to Sophocles in Part II, Part V is present on the list of the books Janus Lascaris (c. 1445-1535) brought to Florence in 1492 (see above). In Hannover, Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek, MS XLII 1845 , ff. 107r-111r the Enchiridion of Hephaestion is recorded on f. 107r line 9 as ‘Expositio in ephestione demetrii’, where "demetrii" stands for "de metris" (see Jackon 1998, p. 94).

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Description (2020) draws on A catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, vol. 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1856, p. 460-466

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Bibliography

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Hephaestionis Enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus edidit Maximilianus Consbruch. Accedunt variae metricorum graecorum reliquiae., Consbruch, Maxmilianus (Lipsiae, Teubner, 1906)

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The Byzantine manuscript tradition of the tragedies of Euripides, Turyn, Alexander (Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1957)

Scholia metrica anonyma in Euripidis Hecubam, Orestem, Phoenissas, Smith, Ole Langwitz (København, Museum Tusculanum, 1977)

Specimen eines Repertoriums der griechischen Kopisten Jahrbuch der österreichischen Byzantinistik, Gamillscheg, ErnstHarlfinger, Dieter (27, 293-322, 1978)

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Il punto su Demetrio Mosco Bollettino della Badia Greca di Grottaferrata, Formentin, Maria Rosa (52, 235-257, 1998)

A New Look at on Old Booklist Studi Italiani di Filologia Classica, Jackson, Donald F. (ser. 3 vol. 16, 83-107, 1998)

Demetrio Triclinio. Scolii metrici alla tetrade sofoclea. Demetrii Triclinii Scholia metrica in Sophoclis tetradem, Tessier, Andrea (Alessandria, Edizioni dell'Orso, 2005)

The Greek Manuscripts of John Moore and Etienne Baluze Codices Manuscripti, Jackson, Donald F. (56/57, 29-42, 2006)

La fraintesa enunciazione di un metodo filologico: la praefatio al Sofocle (1502) e i suoi problemi Manuciana Tergestina et Veronensia Graeca Tergestina. Studi e testi di Filologia greca, Tessier, Andrea (Trieste, 163-196, Edizioni Università di Trieste, 2015)

Triclinio dopo Triclinio: la sopravvivenza della mise en page tricliniana nelle prime edizioni a stampa (fine XV-fine XVI sec.) Medioevo greco, Proietti, Isabella (18, 217-238, 2018)

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Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 1:2r-1:25v]

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Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 1:26r-1:228v]

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Part 3 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 1:229r-1:244v]

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Part 4 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 2:1r-2:16v]

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Part 5 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Dd.11.70, ff. 3:1r-3:32v]

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