Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries: Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.4.29

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12175

Introduction: This manuscript, probably copied in the first half of the 12th century, is a large Canon law collection. The texts it contains include the so-called Apostolic canons, decrees of the Ecumenical Councils of the Church and of various other synods, and canonical letters and decrees by Fathers of the Church and later prelates. The latest of its contents is a decree by the Patriarch of Constantinople Sisinnios II, issued in 998. A few original folios lost from the parchment manuscript were later substituted with paper leaves, probably in the 15th century (ff. 121-125). Six folios detached from the right-hand end of the manuscript appear to have been missed when it was most recently rebound, and are now bound separately as MS Ee.4.29*. Dr Christopher Wright

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: Codex: iii + 353 + iii leaves. 270-277 × 200-207 mm.

Foliation: The fragment is foliated in Arabic numerals with the numbers [i-iii] + 1-353 + [iv-vi], in pencil, recto, upper right.

Foliation: There is also foliation in Greek numerals, with the numbers θʹ-ρκηʹ, ρλζʹ-σμϛʹ, σμεʹ-σξηʹ, σξζʹ-τξʹ (9-128, 137-246, 245-268, 267-360), in brown ink, recto, upper right.

Foliation: There is also foliation in Arabic numerals with the numbers 1-207, 207*, 208-286, 286*, 287-315, 306-325, 354-369, in red crayon, recto, upper right.

Collation

Part I consists of 44 quires, Part II of 1 (Quire 16): 1-15⁸, 16^8-3, 17-28⁸, 29⁶, 30⁸, 31⁶, 32-45⁸.

Binding

18th-century binding with brown reverse leather covering over couched-laminate boards, attached with laced-in slips, with plain pastedowns. Sewn with cord on single raised supports. There is decorative blind tooling on the boards and gold tooling on the spine, along with the title ‘Tractatus MS’ tooled in gold and the classmark on labels. Thread from page markers, either in red or natural colour, survives on the foredge of the first folio of some texts.

298 × 230 × 137 mm.

The right board is loose and the inner joints are split. The left outer joint is splitting and the right is almost completely split. There are two breaks in the headband and the tailband is partially detached from the spine. There are splits in the spine and both endcaps and some of the leather covering material has been lost.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Owned by John Moore (1646-1714), bishop of Ely : number 12 in the handwritten supplementary list of Moore's manuscripts, now MS Oo.7.50(2), compiled by Thomas Tanner after the publication of Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697).

Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I .

Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.4.29, ff. 1-353]

Language(s): Greek

1. f. 1r, lines 1-17

Photios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820-c. 891), Nomocanon

Excerpt; defective at the beginning: ed. Rhalles and Potles, vol. 1, p. 9

Incipit: || f. 1r παράθεσιν ἀτιμάσας ταῖς ἱερολογίαις συνέταξε

Explicit: f. 1r τὴν προκειμένην πρᾶξιν προήνεγκεν

TLG 4040.013

2. ff. 1r-2r

Apostolic Constitutions

Excerpt: Book 8, chapter 32

Rubric: f. 1r Παύλου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀποστόλου διατάξεις κανόνων ἐκκλησιαστικῶν

Incipit: f. 1r Οἱ πρῶτος προσιόντες τῶ μυστηρίω τῆς εὐσεβείας

Explicit: f. 2r καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἐπιστολαῖς διετάξαμεν

TLG 2894.001

3. ff. 2r-4r

Apostolic Constitutions

Excerpt: Book 8, chapters 33, 34, 42, 43-46

Rubric: f. 2r Πέτρου καὶ Παύλου τῶν ἀποστόλων διατάξεις περὶ τοῦ φυλάττειν ἕκαστον τάξιν καὶ λειτουργίαν

Incipit: f. 2r Ἐγὼ Πέτρος καὶ Παῦλος διατάσσομεν ἐργάζεσθαι τοὺς λαοὺς

Explicit: f. 4r ἀθετεῖ τὸν ἀποτείλαντά με· καὶ τὰ ἕξης

TLG 2894.001

4. ff. 4r-24v

Photios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c. 820-c. 891), Nomocanon

Excerpt: ed. Rhalles and Potles, vol. 1, pp. 13-29

Rubric: f. 4r Περὶ θεολογίας καὶ ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως καὶ κανόνων καὶ χειροτονιῶν

Incipit: f. 4r Περὶ θεολογίας καὶ ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως· καὶ κανόνων καὶ χειροτονιῶν· Περὶ θεολογίας καὶ ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως

Explicit: f. 24v καὶ διὰ τοῦτο θέλοντος ἄλλην λαβῆν· Τιμοθέου κεφάλαιον ιεʹ

TLG 4040.013

5. ff. 25r-26v

Stylianos Mappa, De sancta Trinitate

Rubric: f. 25r Περὶ τῆς Ἁγίας Τριάδος τοῦ κυροῦ Στυλιανοῦ

Incipit: f. 25r Εἰ καὶ λόγου τυχεῖν καταλλήλου τοῖς περὶ Θεὸν νοουμένοις ἀδύνατον

Explicit: f. 26v ἰδιοτρόπως τῶν τριῶν ἀποφέρεται

Ed. Bernard de Montfaucon, Bibliotheca Coisliniana, olim Segueriana; sive manuscriptorum omnium Graecorum, quae in ea continentur, accurata descriptio, ubi operum singulorum notitia datur, aetas cujusque manuscripti indicatur, vetustiorum specimina exhibentur, aliaque multa annotantur, quae ad palaeographiam Graecam pertinent: Accedunt anecdota bene multa ex eadem bibliotheca desumta cum interpretatione Latina (Paris 1715), pp. 88-90

6. ff. 26v-29v

Michael, synkellos (761-846), Libellus de orthodoxa fide

Rubric: f. 26v Μιχαὴλ συγγέλου[sic] Ἱεροσολιμιτοῦ λίβελλος περὶ τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως

Incipit: f. 26v Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα ἀγέννητον· καὶ εἰς ἕνα Υἱὸν γεννητὸν

Explicit: f. 29v καὶ ἅπερ ἀπηγόρευσαν. ἀπαγορεύω· καὶ οὗς ἀνεθεμάτισεν. ἀναθεματίζω

7. ff. 29v-31v

Theodore of Scythopolis, Libellus de erroribus Origenianis

Rubric: f. 29v Λίβελλος Θεοδώρου ἐπισκόπου Σκυθοπόλεως· τῶ εὐσεβεστάτω καὶ θεοφυλάκτω μετὰ Θεὸν δεσπότω Ἰουστινιανῶ καὶ τοῖς μακαριωτάτοις πατριάρχοις· Εὐτυχίω· Ἀπολιναρίω· Δομνίνω· καὶ Εὐτυχίω. Θεόδωρος ἐλέει Θεοῦ ἐπίσκοπος τῆς Σκυθοπολιτῶν

Incipit: f. 29v Ἐπειδὴ πρώην ὡς ἄνθρωπος τινὰ τῶν εἰρημένων

Explicit: f. 31r-31v πεποίημαι τὸν προκείμενον λίβελλον ὁλόγραφον ἐν χειρὶ ἐμῆ

CPG 6993

PG 86, coll. 232-236

8. ff. 31v-37v

Chronology of the first six Ecumenical Councils

Rubric: f. 31v Περὶ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκουμενικῶν ἓξ συνόδων πότε ἑκάστη τούτων γέγονεν

Incipit: f. 31v Πρώτη σύνοδος γέγονεν οἰκουμενικὴ ἐν Νικαία

Explicit: f. 37r-37v ἢ τὰ Διοσκόρου δεχόμενοι δόγματα ἀκέφαλοι καλοῦνται

9. ff. 37v-41v

Definition of the Council of Chalcedon

Excerpts: ed. Schwartz, vol. 2.1.2, pp. 126-130, 155-156

Rubric: f. 37v Ὅρος τὴς ἁγίας καὶ οἰκουμενικῆς ἐν Χαλκηδόνι συνόδου

Incipit: f. 37v Ἡ ἁγία μεγάλη καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ σύνοδος

Explicit: f. 41v καὶ τὴν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν εἰρήνην ἡμῖν παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ δωρηθήσεσθαι

TLG 5000.003

10. ff. 41v-45r

Decree of the synod of Constantinople against Severos and Peter

Rubric: f. 41v Ὅρος τὴς ἁγίας καὶ μεγάλης συνόδου τῆς κατὰ την[sic] βασιλίδα συνελθούσης· πόλιν κατὰ τοῦ δυσσεβοῦς Σευήρου καὶ τῶν τὰ ὅμοια αὐτῶ φρονησάντων αἱρετικῶν

Incipit: f. 41v Ὁ αγιώτατος[sic] καὶ μακαριώτατος πατριάρχης Μηνᾶς εἶπεν· ἡ συμπαροῦσα ἡμῖν ἁγία σύνοδος

Explicit: f. 45r τὸν ἐν Τριάδι Θεὸν ἡμῶν ἀπαύστως δοξαζομεν·[sic] νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν

Ed. Giovan Domenico Mansi, Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio: in qua praeter ea quae Phil. Labbeus et Gabr. Cossartius et novissime Nicolaus Coleti in lucem edidere ea omnia insuper suis in locis optime disposita exhibentur, 56 vols. (Florence, Venice and Paris 1759-1798, 1901-1927), vol. 8, coll. 1138-1142

11. ff. 45r-50r

Canons of the Third Council of Constantinople (680)

Excerpts: ed. Mansi, vol. 11, coll. 632-633, 636-640, 656, 657

Rubric: f. 45r Ὅρος τὴς ἁγίας καὶ οἰκουμενικῆς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἕκτης συνόδου

Incipit: f. 45r Ἡ ἁγία μεγάλη καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ σύνοδος· ἡ κατὰ Θεοῦ χάριν καὶ πανευσεβὲς θέσπισμα

Explicit: f. 50r πρεσβείας τῆς ἁγίας δεσποίνης ἡμῶν Θεοτόκου· καὶ ὑμῶν εὐχαῖς, λήψεσθαι

12. ff. 50r-54v

Canons of the Second Council of Nicaea

Excerpts: ed. Lamberz, pp. 820-856

Rubric: f. 50r Ὅρος τὴς ἁγίας καὶ οἰκουμενικῆς ἐν Νικαία συνόδου τὸ δεύτερον

Incipit: f. 50r Ἡ ἁγία μεγάλη καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ σύνοδος ἡ κατὰ Θεοῦ χάριν καὶ θέσπισμα

Explicit: f. 54v καὶ πάντων αὐτοῦ τῶν ἁγίων. γένοιτο ἀμήν

TLG 5000.11

13. ff. 54v-60r

Oratio de festo restitutionis imaginum a Michaele Cerulario

Rubric: f. 54v Ἐπιστολὴ τὴς ἁγίας καὶ μεγάλης καὶ οἰκουμενικῆς ἐν Νικαία συνόδου πρὸς τὴν Ἀλεξανδρέων ἁγιωτάτην ἐκκλησίαν

Incipit: f. 54v Ἐποφειλομένη πρὸς Θεὸν αἰτήσιος εὐχαριστεία καθ'ἣν ἡμέραν ἀπελάβομεν

Explicit: f. 60r τῶν θεοειδῶν ἀγγέλων· καὶ πάντων τῶν ἁγίων. ἀμήν

TLG 4408.001

BHG 1392

14. ff. 60v-65r

Tome of Union of the synod of Constantinople (920)

Rubric: f. 60v Ἔκθεσις ἤτοι ἀναμνησις[sic] τῆς γενομένης τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἑνώσεως ἐπὶ Κωνσταντίνου καὶ Ῥωμανοῦ· τοῦ μὲν βασιλεύοντος· τοῦ δὲ το[sic] τηνικαῦτα τῶι τοῦ βασιλεοπάτορος ἀξιώματι διαπρέποντος

Incipit: f. 60v Ὁ Κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς καὶ Θεὸς τοῖς ἑαυτου [sic] μαθηταις[sic] καὶ ἀποστόλοις

Explicit: f. 65r καὶ πάντων οἷς ἐξ αἰῶνος εὐαρεστούμενος ὤφθης ἁγίοις, ἀμήν

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 5, pp. 4-10

15. ff. 65r-73r, col. a, line 2

Pope Leo I (d. 461), Epistula Leonis ad Flavianum Constantinopolitanum

Rubric: f. 65r Ἐπιστολὴ ἐγκύκλιος ἤγουν συνοδικὴ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ῥώμης Λέοντος· γραφεῖσα πρὸς Φλαβιανὸν ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως

Incipit: f. 65r Τῶ ἁγιωτάτω ἀγαπητῶ ἀδελφῶ Φλαβιανῶ Λέων

Explicit: f. 73r ὁ Θεὸς ἐρρωμενον[sic] σε διαφυλάξει ἀδελφὲ θεοφιλέστατε

CPG 8953

16. f. 73r, col. a, line 2-col. b, line 1

Summary of appeal by Eutyches

Rubric: f. 73r Σχόλιον

Incipit: f. 73r Ὅτε μὲν ὁ μακάριος Φλαβιανὸς· τῶ τρισκαταράτω καὶ δυστυχεῖ Εὐτυχεῖ, ἔλεγεν

Explicit: f. 73r καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καθαιρεθεὶς ἀνεθεματίσθη

17. f. 73r, col. b, line 2-f. 83v

Constitutiones apostolorum

Excerpt: ed. Metzger, Book 8, chapters 47-48

Rubric: f. 73r Κανόνες τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων

Incipit: f. 73r Ἐπίσκοπος χειροτονείσθω ὑπὸ ἐπισκόπων δύο ἢ τριῶν

Explicit: f. 83v Θεῶ Πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίω Πνεύματι· τῶ παρακλητῶ· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν

TLG 2894.001

18. ff. 83v-86v, col. b, line 21, f. 87v, col. a, line 24-f. 89v

Canons of the First Council of Nicaea

Rubric: f. 83v Κανόνες τῶν ἁγίων πατέρων τῶν ἐν Νικαία συνελθόντων τιηʹ ἐν ὑπατεία Παυλίνου καὶ Ἰουλιανοῦ τῶν λαμπροτάτων· ἔτους χλϛʹ ἀπὸ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἐν μηνὶ Δεσίω· ἐννεακαιδεκάτω πρὸ ιγʹ καλανδῶν Ἰουλιῶν

Incipit: f. 83v Εἴ τις ἐν νόσω ὑπὸ ἰατρῶν ἐχειρουργήθη

Explicit: f. 89v ἐστῶτας ἔδοξε τῆ ἁγία συνόδω τὰς εὐχὰς ἀποδιδόναι τῶ Θεῶ

TLG 5346.001

19. f. 86v, col. b, line 22-f. 87v, col. a, line 23

Dionysios of Alexandria (d. 265), Epistula ad Colonem

Rubric: ff. 86v-87r Διονυσίου ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας· περὶ τὸν χρόνον τῆς ἐν Νικαία γενομένον συνόδου ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Κόλωνα ἐπιστολῆς περὶ τῶν παραπεσόντων ἐν διωγμῶ· καὶ πρὸς τῆ ἐξόδω τοῦ βίου αἰτούντων τυχεῖν ἀφέσεως· τουτέστι κοινωνίας μεταλαβεῖν· καὶ μετὰ τὸ μεταλαβεῖν ἐπιζησάντων

Incipit: f. 87r Καὶ τοὺς πρὸς τῆ ἐξόδω γενομένους τοῦ βίου

Explicit: f. 87v τότε δὴ τοῦτο ἔγκλημα ἔσται αὐτῶ ἱκανὸν πρὸς ἀφορισμὸν δεύτερον

CPG 1561

20. ff. 89v-93r

Canons of the synod of Ankyra

Rubric: f. 89v Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Ἀγκύρα συνελθόντων μακαρίων πατέρων· οἵτινες προγενέστεροι μὲν εἰσὶ τῶν ἐν Νικαία ἐκτεθέντων κανόνων δευτερεύουσι δὲ διὰ τὴν τῆς οἰκουμενικῆς συνόδου αὐθεντίαν

Incipit: f. 89v Πρεσβυτέρους τοὺς ἐπιθύσαντας· εἶτα ἐπαναπαλαίσαντας

Explicit: f. 93r ἐνδεκαετία δεχθῆναι εἰς τοὺς συνεστῶτας· κατὰ τοὺς ὡρισμένους βαθμούς

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 21-68

21. ff. 93r-94v

Canons of the synod of Neokaisareia

Rubric: f. 93r Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Νεοκαισαρεία συνελθόντων ἁγίων πατέρων· οἵτινες δεύτεροι μέν εἰσι τῶν ἐν Ἀγκύρα τῶν δὲ ἐν Νικαία προγενέστεροι· διὰ δὲ σεβασμιότητα προτέτακται· αὐτῶν. ἡ ἐν Νικαία

Incipit: f. 93r Πρεσβύτερος ἐὰν γήμη, τῆς τάξεως αὐτὸν μετατίθεσθαι

Explicit: f. 94v πεισθήση δὲ, ἀπο[sic] τῆς βίβλου τῶν Πράξεων

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 70-94

22. ff. 94v-98v

Canons of the synod of Gangra

Rubric: f. 94v Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Γάγγρα συνελθόντων ἁγίων πατέρων. οἵτινες μετὰ τὴν ἐν Νικαία σύνοδον ἐξετέθησαν

Incipit: f. 94v Κυρίοις τιμιωτάτοις ἐν Ἁρμενία συλλειτουργοῖς

Explicit: f. 98v ἐν τῆ ἐκκλησία γίνεσθαι εὐχόμεθα

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 100-118

23. ff. 98v-105r

Canons of the synod of Antioch

Rubric: f. 98v Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Ἀντιοχεία συνελθόντων ἁγίων πατέρων

Incipit: f. 98v Ἡ ἁγία καὶ εἰρηνικωτάτη σύνοδος ἡ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ συγκροτηθεῖσα ἐν Ἀντιοχεία

Explicit: f. 105r τὸ πρέπον δοκιμαζούσης τῆς ἁγίας συνόδου

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 123-168

24. ff. 105r-110v

Canons of the synod of Laodikeia

Rubric: f. 105r Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Λαοδικεία τῆς Φρθυγίας συνελθόντων μακαρίων πατέρων

Incipit: f. 105r Ἡ ἁγία σύνοδος ἡ κατὰ Λαοδικείαν τῆς Φρυγίας Πακατιανῆς[sic] συγκροτηθεῖσα

Explicit: f. 110v Πρὸς Τίτον αʹ Πρὸς Φιλίμονα[sic] αʹ

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 171-226

25. ff. 110v-114v

Canons of the First Council of Constantinople

Rubric: f. 110v Κανόνες τῶν ρνʹ ἁγίων πατέρων τῶν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει συνελθόντων. ἐν ὑπατεία Φλαβίου· Εὐχερίου· καὶ Φλαβίου Εὐαγρίου τῶν λαμπροτάτων· πρὸ ἑπτὰ εἰδῶν Ἰουλίων

Incipit: f. 110v Προσφωνητικῶς τῆς αὐτοῦ ἁγίας συνόδου

Explicit: f. 114v καὶ τότε αὐτοὺς βαπτίζομεν

TLG 5346.002

26. ff. 114v-117v

Canons of the Council of Ephesos

Rubric: f. 114v Κανόνες τῶν διακοσίων πατέρων τῶν ἐν Ἐφέσω συνελθόντων μετὰ τὴν ὑπατείαν Φλαβίου· Θεοδοσίου τὸ τρισκαιδέκατον· καὶ Φλαβίου Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ τὸ τρίτον· τῶν αἰωνίων Αὐγούστων· πρὸ δέκα καλανδῶν Ἰουλίων

Incipit: f. 114v Ἡ ἁγία καὶ οἰκουμενικῆ σύνοδος ἡ ἐν Ἐφέσω συγκροτηθεῖσα

Explicit: f. 117v ἄκυρον τοῦτον εἶναι ἔδοξε τῆ ἁγία πάση καὶ οἰκουμενικῆ συνόδω

TLG 5000.001

27. ff. 117v-120r

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 370-444), Epistulae ad Nestorium

Letter 4

Rubric: f. 117v Ἀντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆς γραφεῖσης παρὰ τοῦ θεοφιλεστάτου ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας Κυρίλλου· πρὸς Νεστόριον ἐπίσκοπον· μηνι[sic] Μεχὶρ. ἰνδικτιῶνος τρισκαιδεκάτης

Incipit: f. 117v Καταφλυαροῦσι μὲν ὡς μανθάνω τινὲς τῆς ἐμῆς ὑπολήψεως

Explicit: f. 120r καὶ τῆς ὁμονοίας καὶ ἀγάπης ὁ σύνδεσμος, ἀρραγὴς διαμένη τοῖς ἱερεῦσι τοῦ Θεοῦ

CPG 5304

PG 77, coll. 9-40

28. f. 120r-120v

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 370-444), Letter to John of Antioch

Preserved in the canons of the Council of Ephesos (ed. Lamberz, vol. 1.1.4, pp. 15-16)

Defective at the end

Rubric: f. 120r Ἐπιστολὴ γραφεῖσα τῶ θεοφιλεστάτω ἐπισκόπω Ἀντιοχείας Ἰωάννη· παρὰ τοῦ ὁσιωτάτου Κυρίλλου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας

Incipit: f. 120r Κυρίω μου ἀγαπητῶ ἀδελφῶ καὶ συλλειτουργῶ Ἰωάννη

Explicit: f. 120v καὶ φρονεῖν καὶ λαλεῖν· ἥσθημεν τοίνυν ἐπὶ τῆ||

TLG 5000.001

29. ff. 122v-132r

Canons of the Council of Chalcedon

Incipit: f. 122v Ἡ ἁγία τετάρτη σύνοδος οἰκουμενικῆ γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις τῆς βασιλείας Μαρκιανοῦ

Explicit: f. 132r καὶ γράμματα πρὸς πάσας τὰς τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐκκλησίας περὶ τῶν πραχθέντων. διαπέμπονται

TLG 5000.003

30. ff. 132r-141v

Canons of the synod of Sardika

Rubric: f. 132r Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Σαρδικῆ συνελθόντων ἁγίων πατέρων· Ἡ ἁγία σύνοδος ἡ ἐν Σαρδικῆ συγκροτηθεῖσα ἐκ διαφόρων ἐπαρχιῶν· ὥρισε τὰ ὑποτεταγμένα

Incipit: f. 132r Ὅσιος ἐπίσκοπος πόλεως Κορδούβης, εἶπεν

Explicit: f. 141v ἅπαντες εἶπον· ὁρίζέσθω καὶ τοῦτο

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 228-282

31. ff. 141v-210r

Canons of the synod of Carthage

Rubric: f. 141v Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Καρθαγένη συνελθόντων σιζʹ μακαρίων πατέρων

Incipit: f. 141v Μετὰ τὴν ὑπατίαν τῶν ἐνδοξοτάτων βασιλέων Ὀνωρίου[sic] τὸ δωδέκατον καὶ Θεοδοσίου τὸ ὄγδοον

Explicit: f. 210r Ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν τὴν ἁγιωσύνην ὑμῶν ἐπιμήκιστον χρόνον φυλάξει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν εὐχομένην κύριε ἀδελφέ

Ed. G.A. Rhalles and M. Potles, Σύνταγμα τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν κανόνων..., 6 vols. (Athens 1852-59), vol. 3, pp. 228-282

32. ff. 210r-212r

Acts of the synod of Constantinople (394)

Rubric: f. 210r Ἐκ τῶν πραχθέντων ὑπομνημάτων ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει περὶ Ἀγαπίου καὶ Βαγαδίου ἑκατέρου ἀντεχομένου τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς Βόστρης

Incipit: f. 210r Ὑπατείας τῶν εὐσεβεστάτων βασιλέων ἡμῶν. Φλαβίου Ἀρκαδίου· Αὐγούστου τὸ τρίτον καὶ Ὀνορίου[sic] τὸ δεύτερον

Explicit: f. 212r καὶ στέργωμεν πάντες οἱ ἐκκλησιαστικοὶ

33. ff. 212r-247r

Canons of the Quinisext Council (691/2)

Rubric: f. 212r Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει ἐν τῶ Τρούλλω τοῦ βασιλικοῦ παλατίου

Incipit: f. 212r Προσφωνητικὸς τῆς αὐτῆς ἁγίας συνόδου· πρὸς τὸν εὐσεβέστατον βασιλέα Ἰουστινανὸν

Explicit: f. 247r τὰ τῶν δυσσεβῶν εἰκονομάχων ἐμφράττεται στόματα

5000.010

34. ff. 247r-257r

Canons of the Second Council of Nicaea

Rubric: f. 247r Κανόνες τῶν ἐν Νικαία πατέρων συνελθόντων τὸ δεύτερον ἔτους ͵ϛσϙϛʹ. τῆς τοῦ κόσμου κτίσεως· ἰνδικτιῶνος πρώτης· εὐσεβῶς βασιλευόντων. Κωνσταντίνου καὶ Εἰρήνης τῆς αὐτοῦ μητρός

Incipit: f. 247r Ὅτι δεῖ τοὺς θείους κανόνας κατὰ πάντα φυλάττειν

Explicit: f. 257r ὡς τῆς χρείας κατεπηγούσης

5000.011

35. ff. 257r-263r

Tarasios, Patriarch of Constantinople (730-806), Letter to Pope Hadrian

Preserved in the canons of the Second Council of Nicaea (ed. Lamberz, Document 8, pp. 932-944)

Rubric: f. 257r Τῶ τὰ πάντα ἁγιωτάτω καὶ μακαριωτάτω ἀδελφῶ καὶ συλλειτουργῶ κυρίω Ἀδριανῶ πάπα· τῆς πρεσβυτέρας Ῥώμης· Ταράσιος ἀνάξιος ἐπίσκοπος· ἐν Κυρίω χαίρειν

Incipit: f. 257r Πολυμερῶς καὶ πολυτρόπως εὐαγγελικῶς ἀποστολικῶς τὲ καὶ πατρικῶς διδασκόμεθα

Explicit: f. 263r καὶ μακαρίας ζωῆς κληρονόμους ἀναδεκνύοντες

TLG 5000.011

36. ff. 263r-271v

Canons of the First-Second Synod of Constantinople (861)

Rubric: f. 263r Κανόνες ἐκτεθέντες παρὰ τῆς ἁγίας καὶ μεγάλης ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει· πρώτης καὶ δευτέρας συνόδου τῆς συστάσης ἐν τῶ πανσέπτω ναῶ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων: κεφάλαια ιζʹ

Incipit: f. 263r Πρᾶγμα σεμνὸν οὕτω καὶ τίμιον· καὶ τοῖς μακαρίοις καὶ ὁσίοις πατράσιν ἡμῶν

Explicit: f. 271v ἐν ἑκάστω τάγματι τὸν νενομισμένον χρόνον ἀποπληροῦν

Ed. Giuseppe Alberigo and Alberto Melloni, Conciliorum Oecumenicroum generaliumque decreta, vol. 4.1, The Great Decisions of the Orthodox Churches Decisions and Synodika (Turnhout 2016), pp. 9-22

37. ff. 271v-272v

Canons of the Synod of Constantinople (879/80)

Rubric: f. 271v Κανόνες ἐκτεθέντες παρὰ τῆς ἁγίας συνόδου τῆς ἐν τῶ περιωνύμω ναῶ καὶ ἐπωνύμω τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγου συστάσης· τὴν ζʹ καὶ οἰκουμενικὴν σύνοδον ἐπιβεβειωσάσης· πᾶσαν δὲ σχιματικὴν[sic] καὶ αἱρετικὴν πλάνην ἀπελασάσης

Incipit: f. 271v Ὥρισεν ἡ ἁγια[sic] καὶ οἰκουμενικὴ σύνοδος· ὥστε εἴ τινες τῶν ἐξ Ἰταλίας κληρικῶν ἢ ἐπισκόπων ἐν τῆ Ἀσία

Explicit: f. 272v ὁ τοιοῦτος ἀνάθεμα ἔστω

5000.012

38. ff. 272v-275v

Dionysios, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. c. 265), Epistula ad Basilidem

Rubric: f. 272v Τοῦ μακαρίου Διονυσίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας Διονύσιος· Βασιλείδη τῶ ἀγαπητῶ μου υἱῶ· καὶ ἀδελφῶ συλλειτουργῶ καὶ θεοπρεπεῖ ἐν Κυρίω, χαιρεῖν

Incipit: f. 272v Ἀπέστειλάς μοι πιστότατε καὶ λογιώτατε υἱέ μου

Explicit: f. 275v ἐν εἰρήνη λειτουργοῦντα τα[sic] τῶ Κυρίω εὔχομαι

CPG 1569

39. ff. 275v-283v

Peter, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 311), Epistula canonica (e Περὶ μετανοίας) (canones 1-14)

Excerpts: PG 18, coll. 468-505

Rubric: f. 275v Τοῦ ἁγίου Πέτρου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας καὶ μάρτυρος· κανόνες φερόμενοι ἐν τῶ περὶ μετανοίας αὐτοῦ λόγω

Incipit: f. 275v Ἐπεὶ τοίνυν τέταρτον ἤδη Πάσχα ἐπικατείληφε τὸν διογμὸν

Explicit: f. 283v ἐνώπιον πολλῶν μαρτύρων

TLG 2962.004

CPG 1639

PG 18, coll. 468-508

40. f. 283v, col. a, line 18-col. b. line 11

Peter, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 311), De Paschate ad Tricentium

Rubric: f. 283v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ εἰς τὸ Πάσχα

Incipit: f. 283v Οὐκ ἐγκαλέσει τίς ἡμῖν παρατηρουμένοις τετράδα καὶ παρασκευήν

Explicit: f. 283v ἐν ἧ οὐδὲ γόνατα κλίνειν παρειλήφαμεν

TLG 2962.006

CPG 1640.2

41. ff. 283v-286v

Gregory Thaumatourgos (c. 213-c. 270), Epistula canonica

Rubric: f. 283v Ἐπιστολὴ κανονικὴ τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Καισαρείας τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ· περὶ τῶν ἐν τῆ καταδρομῆ τῶν βαρβάρων· εἰδωλόθυτα φαγόντων· ἢ καὶ ἕτερά τινα πλημμελησάντων

Incipit: f. 283v Περὶ τῶν μηαροφαγησάντων[sic] ἐν τῆ τῶν βαρβάρων καταδρομῆ: Οὐ τὰ βρώματα ἡμᾶς βαρεῖ ἱερὲ πάπα

Explicit: f. 286v ἢ ὧ ὀνόματι καλοῦσιν, ἀπαιτοῦντας

TLG 2063.005

CPG 1765

PG 10, coll. 1020-1048

42. ff. 286v-289r

Athanasios of Alexandria (c. 295-373), Epistula ad Amun

Rubric: f. 286v Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ἀμμοῦν μονάζοντα

Incipit: f. 286v Πάντα μεν[sic] καλὰ καὶ καθαρὰ τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ποιήματα

Explicit: f. 289r μεθ'οὗ τῶ Πνεύματι δόξα καὶ κράτος σὺν εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν

TLG 2035.013

CPG 2106

PG 1169-1176

43. ff. 289r-291r

Athanasios of Alexandria (c. 295-373), Epistulae festales: Epistula XXXIX in collectione canonum

Rubric: f. 289r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς τριακοστῆς ἐνάτης ἑορταστικῆς ἐπιστολῆς

Incipit: f. 289r Ἀλλ'ἐπειδὴ περὶ μὲν τῶν αἱρετικῶν

Explicit: f. 291r ἐκ τούτου τοὺς ἀκεραίους

TLG 2035.014

CPG 2102.2

PG 26, coll. 1176-1180

44. ff. 291r-299r

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 1-85

First canonical epistle (Letter 188)

Rubric: f. 291r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Βασιλιείου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Καισαρείας Καππαδοκίας· Ἀμφιλοχίω ἐπισκόπω Ἰκονίου. περὶ κανόνων, ἐπιστολὴ πρώτη

Incipit: f. 291r Ἀνοήτω φησὶν ἐπερωτήσαντι σοφιαν[sic]

Explicit: f. 299r καὶ αὐτόθεν εὑρήσεις τὴν λύσιν τοῦ ζητήματος

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.01

45. ff. 299r-305v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 1-85

Second canonical epistle (Letter 199)

Rubric: f. 299r Τῶ αὐτῶ περὶ κανόνων ἐπιστολὴ. δευτέρα

Incipit: f. 299r Πάλαι πρὸς τὰ παρὰ τῆς εὐλαβείας

Explicit: f. 305v ὡς τῆς ἀνειμένης πορνείας αἰρετώτερα

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.01

46. ff. 305v-311r

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 1-85

Third canonical epistle (Letter 217)

Rubric: f. 305v Τῶ αὐτῶ περὶ κανόνων ἐπιστολὴ γʹ

Incipit: f. 305v Ἐκ ταύτης καὶ τῆς πρὸ αὐτῆς ἀνελήφθησαν

Explicit: f. 311r τῆς αἰωνίου κατακρίσεως περισώσασθαι

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.01

47. ff. 311r-311v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 86-90

Letter to Amphilochios (Letter 236) (fragment)

Rubric: f. 311r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς πρὸς τὸν αὐτὸν μακάριον Αμφιλόχιον[sic] γραφείσης περὶ τοῦ μὴ ἀγνοεῖν τὸν Κύριον τὴν ἡμέραν τοῦ τέλους καὶ τὴν ὥραν ἐπιστολῆς

Incipit: f. 311r Τοῖς δε[sic] κομψοῖς ἐγκρατίταις· πρὸς τὸ σεμνὸν αὐτῶν πρόβλημα

Explicit: f. 311v ὥστε ὁ φαγὼν οὐκ ἠνόμησεν

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.02

48. ff. 311v-314v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 86-90

Letter to Diodorus Tarsensis (Letter 160)

Rubric: f. 311v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Διώδωρον[sic] τὸν Ταρσοῦ κατὰ τῶν δύο ἀδελφὰς γαμούντων· ἢ ἀδελφοῖς δυσὶ γαμουμένων

Incipit: f. 311v Ἀφίκετο ἡμῖν γράμματα τὴν ἐπιγραφὴν ἔχοντα Διοδώρου

Explicit: f. 314v ἀλλ'ἐν οἷς ἂν ἐτολμήθη τόπους ἐν ἀπομεῖναι

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.02

49. ff. 314v-315v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 86-90

Letter to Gregory, a priest (Letter 55)

Rubric: f. 314v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Γρηγόριον πρεσβύτερον· ὥστε χαρισθῆναι αὐτὸν τοῦ συνοίκου γυναίου

Incipit: f. 314v Ἐνέτυχόν σου τοῖς γράμμασι μετὰ πάσης μακροθυμίας

Explicit: f. 315v τῆς τοιαύτης ἀργίας ἀδιόρθωτος μένων

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.02

50. ff. 315v-316v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 86-90

Letter to chorepiskopoi (Letter 54)

Rubric: f. 315v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ χωρεπισκόποις ὥστε μὴ γίνεσθαι χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ὑπηρέτας παρὰ τοὺς κανόνας

Incipit: f. 315v Πάνυ με λυπεῖ ὅτι ἐπιλελοίπασι λοιπὸν οἱ τῶν πατέρων κανόνες

Explicit: f. 316v ἡμετέρας γνώμης, εἰς ὑπηρεσίαν δεχθείς

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.02

51. ff. 316v-317v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), Appendix: canones e variis epistulis: Canones 86-90

Letter to bishops (Letter 53)

Rubric: f. 316v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς ὑφ'ἑαυτὸν ἐπισκόποις ὥστε μὴ χειροτονεῖν ἐπὶ χρήμασιν

Incipit: f. 316v Τὸ τοῦ πράγματος ἄτοπον περὶ οὗ γράφω

Explicit: f. 317v τῶν τοὺς κάρπους τούτους δεχομένων. ἀκέλδαμα κληθήσονται

TLG 2040.004

CPG 2901.02

52. ff. 317v-320v

Basil of Caesarea (c. 329-379), De Spiritu Sancto

Excerpts: ed. Pruche, chapter 27, section 66-chapter 29, section 71

Rubric: f. 317v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ κζʹ κεφαλαίου τῶν τοῦ περὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος πρὸς τὸν μακάριον Ἀμφιλόχιον γεγραμμένον

Incipit: f. 317v Τῶν ἐν τῆ ἐκκλησία πεφυλαγμένων δογμάτων

Explicit: f. 320v τῆ ἀρχαιότητι τὸ αἰδέσιμον ἔχοντα

TLG 2040.003

CPG 2839

PG 32, coll. 68-217

53. ff. 320v-329r, line 15

Gregory of Nyssa (c. 335-c. 394), Epistula canonica ad Letoium

Rubric: f. 320v Ἐπιστολὴ κανονικὴ τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης· πρὸς τὸν ἐν ἁγίοις Λητόϊον ἐπίσκοπον Μελιτηνῆς

Incipit: f. 320v Ἓν καὶ τοῦτο τῶν εἰς τὴν ἁγίαν ἑορτὴν συντελούντων

Explicit: f. 329r καὶ διάδοχον ἐσχηκὼς Θεόφιλον

TLG 2017.076

CPG 3148

PG 45, coll. 221-236

54. f. 329r, col. a, line 16-col. b, line 19

List of Bishops of Alexandria

Incipit: f. 329r Ἰστέον ὅτι μετὰ Διονύσιον τὸν μέγα

Explicit: f. 329r καὶ διάδοχον ἐσχηκῶς Θεόφιλον

55. ff. 329r-331v

Timothy, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 477), Responsa Canonica

Excerpts: PG 33, coll. 1296-1305

Rubric: f. 329r-329v Ἀποκρίσεις κανονικαὶ Τιμοθέου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας ἑνὸς τῶν ρνʹ ἁγίων πατέρων τῶν ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει· πρὸς τὰς προσενεχθείσας αὐτῶ ἐπερωτήσεις παρά τινων ἐπισκόπων καῖ κληρικῶν

Incipit: f. 329v Ἐὰν παιδίον κατηχούμενον ὡς ἐτῶν ἑπτὰ

Explicit: f. 331v κατὰ δὲ πνευματικὴν ἀπόφασιν, οὐκ ὀφείλει

CPG 2520

PG 33, coll. 1296-1308

56. f. 331v, col. a, line 17-col. b, line 26

Theophilos, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 412), Cum sancta theophania in die dominico instarent

Rubric: f. 331v Θεοφίλου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας· τῶν Θεοφανίων ἐπιστάντων ἐν Κυριακῆ. προσφώνησις

Incipit: f. 331v Καὶ τὸ ἔθος καὶ τὸ πρέπων ἡμᾶς ἀπαιτεῖ

Explicit: f. 331v συναχθῶμεν τοἰνυν ἀπὸ ὥρας ἐννάτης ἐνταῦθα

CPG 2678.01

PG 65, col. 33

57. ff. 331v-333v

Theophilos, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 412), Commonitorum quod accepit Ammon propter Lyco

Rubric: f. 331v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὑπονμηστικὸν ὅπερ ἔλαβεν Ἀμμῶν διὰ τὴν Λυκῶ πόλιν· τῆς Αἰγύπτου

Incipit: f. 331v Περὶ τῶν κοινωνησάντων τοῖ Ἀρειανοῖς καὶ μέχρι νῦν τὰς ἐκκλησίας κατεχόντων

Explicit: f. 333v ἀφιλάργυρον εἶναι γὰρ δεῖ. τὸν λειτουργὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ

CPG 2678.02

PG 65, coll. 36-44

58. f. 333v, col. a, line 23-col. b, line 13

Theophilos, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 412), Narratio de iis qui dicuntur cathari

Rubric: f. 333v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀφυγγίω περὶ τῶν λεγομένων καθαρῶν

Incipit: f. 333v Δεδηλωκέν μοι ἠ σὴ εὐλάβεια

Explicit: f. 333v καὶ μὴ δὲν τούτοις ἀντίκειται

CPG 2678.03

PG 65, col. 44

59. ff. 333v-334r

Theophilos, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 412), Agathoni episcopo

Rubric: f. 333v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀγάθω ἐπισκόπω

Incipit: f. 333v Ἀγνοῶν τοὺς τῆ ἐκκλησίας νόμους Μάξιμος διϊσχυρίσατο

Explicit: f. 334r τὰς γνώμας αὐτῶν μᾶλλον εἰδέναι δύναται

CPG 2678.04

PG 65, coll. 44-45

60. f. 334r, col. a, line 22-col. b, line 18

Theophilos, Patriarch of Alexandria (d. 412), Menae episcopo

Rubric: f. 334r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Μηνᾶ ἐπισκόπω

Incipit: f. 334r Νόμιμον πρᾶγμα πεποιήκασι οἱ ἐν πρεσβύτεροι οἱ ἐν Γεμήνω τῶ κώμη

Explicit: f. 334r ἐπιτρέψης αὐτῆ μετὰ τῶν λαῶν συνάγεσθαι

CPG 2678.05

PG 65, col. 45

61. ff. 334r-336r

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 370-444), Epistula canonica ad Domnum (Letter 78)

Rubric: f. 334r Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις Κυρίλλου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας Κύριλλος Δόμνω

Incipit: f. 334r Ἕκαστα τῶν καθ'ἡμᾶς πραγμάτων· ὅταν εὐθὺ φέρωνται κανονικῆς εὐταξίας

Explicit: f. 336r ἡ σὺν ἡμῖν ἐν Κυρίω προσαγορεύει

TLG 4090.162

CPG 5378

PG 77, coll. 361-364

62. f. 336r-336v

Cyril of Alexandria (c. 370-444), Ad episcopos qui sunt in Libya et Pentapoli (Letter 79)

Rubric: f. 336r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῖς κατα[sic] Λιβύην καὶ Πεντάπολιν ἐπισκόποις

Incipit: f. 336r Παντὸς τοῦ χρησίμου καὶ ἀναγκαίου πρὸς οἰκοδομὴν τῶν λαῶν

Explicit: f. 336v ὑμᾶς ἡ σὺν ἡμῖν ἐν Κυρίω προσηγορεύει

TLG 4090.163

CPG 5379

PG 77, coll. 364-365

63. ff. 336v-339r

Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 471), Epistula encyclia

Rubric: f. 336v Ἐγκύκλιος ἐπιστολὴ Γενναδίου τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως καὶ τῆς σὺν ἀυτῶ ἁγίας συνόδου· πρὸς ἅπαντας τοὺς ὁσιωτάτους μητροπολίτας· περὶ τοῦ μὴ ἐπὶ χρήμασι χειροτονεῖν

Incipit: f. 336v Τῶ θεοφιλεστάτω καὶ ὁσιωτάτω συλλειτουργῶ τῶδε

Explicit: f. 339r Ὁμοίως καὶ οἱ ὀγδοήκοντα ἐπίσκοποι

TL 2762.012

CPG 5977

PG 85, coll. 1613-1621

64. ff. 339v-340r

Epistula de eis qui ad Ecclesiam accedunt

Traditionally attributed to Gennadios I, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 471)

Rubric: f. 339v Ἐπιστολὴ γραφεῖσα ἀπὸ Κωνσταντινουπόλεως πρὸς Μαρτυρίω ἐπισκόπω Ἀντιοχείας· περὶ τοῦ ὅπως χρὴ δέχεσθαι τοὺς αἱρετικοὺς προσερχομένους τῆ ἁγία καὶ καθολικῆ ἐκκλησία

Incipit: f. 339v Τινὰ διηλέχθη μοι ὁ θεοφιλέστατος πρεσβύτερος Ἀντώνιος

Explicit: f. 340r ταῦτα ὡς ὑμέτερος ἐσπούδασα σιμάναι

TLG 2762.014

CPG 5983

65. ff. 340r-341v

Athanasios of Alexandria (c. 295-373), Epistula ad Rufinianum

Rubric: f. 340r Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας· περὶ τῶν δι'ἀνάγκην ὑποσυρέντων μὲν· μὴ φθαρέντων δὲ ἐν τῆ κακοπιστία: Ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Ῥουφινιανὸν ἐπίσκοπον

Incipit: f. 340r Κυρίω υἱῶ καὶ ποθεινοτάτοω συλλειτουργῶ Ῥουφινιανῶ

Explicit: f. 341v σὲ ἡ σὺν ἡμῖν ἐν Κυρίω προσαγορεύει

TLG 2035.015

CPG 2107

PG 1180-1181

66. ff. 341v-342r

Sisinnios II, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 998), Tomus vel decisio ne duo fratres accipiant duas consobrinas

Rubric: f. 341v Τοῦ μακαριωτάτου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Σισιννίου, τόμος συνοδικός

Incipit: f. 341v Οὗτος ὁ τόμος ὁ γεγονὼς κατὰ τὸν Φευρουάριον μῆνα τῆς δεκάτης ἰνδικιῶνος

Explicit: f. 342r καθαιρέση τελεία ὑποπεσεῖται

TLG 3356.001

PG 119, coll. 728-741

67. ff. 342r-343r

Emperor Justinian I (482-565), Corpus iuris civilis

Novel 77

Rubric: f. 342r Διὰ τοὺς φύσιν ἀσελγαίνουντας καὶ τοὺς ὁμνύοντας κατὰ τριχός τε καὶ κεφαλῆς καὶ τῶν τοιούτων. κελεύει ταῖς ἐσχάταις ὑποβάλλεσθαι τιμωρίαις

Incipit: f. 342r Πᾶσιν ἄνθρώποις τοῖς εὖφρονοῦσι[sic] πρόδηλον εἶναι νομίζομεν

Explicit: f. 343r ἐπειτα[sic] δὲ καὶ τὴν ἐξ'ἡμῶν αγανάκτησιν[sic] ὑποστήσεται[sic]

TLG 2734.013

CPG 6893

68. ff. 343r-353v

Ioannes III Scholastikos, Patriarch of Constantinople (525-577), Collectio LXXXVII capitulorum

Defective at the end: ends, ed. Pitra, p. 394; this text is continued in MS Ee.4.29*

Rubric: f. 343r Ἐκ τῶν μετὰ τὸν κωδικαθείων νεαρῶν διατάξεων τοῦ τῆς θείας λήξεως Ἰουστινιανοῦ διάφοροι διατάξεις συνάδουσαι ἐξαιρέτως τοῖς θείοις καὶ ἱεροῖς κανόσι· καὶ ἐκ περιουσίας τὴν οἰκείαν ἰσχὺν νέμουσαι· αἷς τάξιν τινὰ καὶ ἀριθμὸν ἐπεθήκαμεν πρὸς σύντομον εὕρεσιν τοῦ ἐπιζητουμένου κεφαλαίου· διὰ τὸ ὡς εἴρηται ἐκ διαφόρων διατάξεων εἶναι τὰ συνταχθέντα ὡς ὑποτέτακται

Incipit: f. 343r Τῆς ἐγκειμένης μετὰ τοὺς κανόνας τῶν συνόδων διατάξεως· τὰ κεφάλαια: Περὶ τῶν πρώτων καὶ μεγίστων Θεοῦ δωρεῶν

Explicit: f. 353v ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ οἰκονόμου εἰ δὲ ξενὼν ἢ πτωχεῖον

TLG 5358.002

CPG 7551

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: Parchment (FHHF), of variable thickness and medium quality.

Collation

This part consists of 44 quires, of which two are ternia and the rest quaternia. The signatures indicate that one more quire has been lost at the beginning of the manuscript, and two more after Quire 15, whose loss has been substituted by the present Quire 16 (Part II).

Quires 1-15⁸ ff. 1-120
Quires 17-28⁸ ff. 126-221
Quire 29⁶ ff. 222-227
Quire 30⁸ ff. 228-235
Quire 31⁶ ff. 236-241
Quires 32-45⁸ ff. 242-353

There are quire signatures in Greek numerals at the beginning of each quire, in brown ink, recto, upper right, in a sequence in which the first surviving quire would have borne the the number 2, reflecting the loss of the first original quire. Some have been lost to cropping or faded into illegibility. They survive in whole or in part on Quires 2-13, 15, 17-18, 20-36, 38, 40 (γʹ-ιδʹ, ιηʹ-ιθʹ, καʹ-λζʹ, λθʹ, μαʹ). There are also quire signatures in Arabic numerals at the beginning of each quire, in pencil, recto, lower right, beginning from the number 1. They survive on all quires (1-45).

Condition

The outer margins of ff. 139, 267, 277 and 288 have been cut away. Tears have developed along ruling lines in some folios (e.g. ff. 274, 276, 278-279, 281, 301, 303). There are occasional small tears to the edge of folios, some of which have been repaired with Japanese paper, and a few small holes. There is water staining and areas of dirt, and there has been abrasion of the ink in places (e.g. ff. 1r, 2r, 345v-364r, 353v).

Layout

Two columns of 29 lines. 85 × 54 mm. Pricking sometimes survives in the lower margin, but much has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 01C2c. Text sometimes hangs from the lines and is sometimes written along them.

Hand(s)

The original portion of the manuscript was copied by Hand A in Mi-Fettaugen-style mixed minuscule script, in brown ink, with significant variation in letter size and some flourishing of tails into the margin.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines. Breathings are both angular and round and mute iota is usually absent but occasionally adscript (e.g. f. 60v, col. a, line 6). Use of the double dot is functional only. Accents are sometimes joined to abbreviations.

The flat-bottomed omega is present, often tapering to an angle at the right-hand side. The loop of alpha is often very long and narrow. There are inclusions of letters within omega.

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

Decoration

Sections begin with simple minor initials in red ink.

Additions

Occasional scholia have been added in the margins, notably on ff. 73r, 300v-301r, 302v-303v, 306v-308v, 310r-310v, by a 12th-century hand.

A later hand has added folio numbers to the texts on ff. 4r-24v, using the extant foliation in Greek numerals to indicate where texts cited here appear in this manuscript.

Running headers in Greek indicating the current text have been added in the upper margins of recto folios, ff. 25r-342r.

There are other occasional brief marginal annoations in Greek , by various hands (e.g. ff. 60r, 106r, 235v).

There is a modern note in English on f. 353r, regarding anomalies in the pagination.

History

Origin: The manuscript was probably copied in the first half of the 12th century, as suggested by the style of script.

Part 2: replacement leaves [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.4.29, ff. 122-125]

Language(s): Greek

29. ff. 122v-132r

Canons of the Council of Chalcedon

Incipit: f. 122v Ἡ ἁγία τετάρτη σύνοδος οἰκουμενικῆ γέγονεν ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις τῆς βασιλείας Μαρκιανοῦ

Explicit: f. 132r καὶ γράμματα πρὸς πάσας τὰς τῆς οἰκουμένης ἐκκλησίας περὶ τῶν πραχθέντων. διαπέμπονται

TLG 5000.003

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: ff. 121-125 Western paper, folded in folio. Watermark: Unidentified motif ( 40 × 40 mm. ) in the centre of the folio.

Collation

This part consists of a single quire, a quaternion.

Quire 16^8-3 ff. 121-125 The last three folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.

There is a quire signature in Arabic numerals at the beginning of the quire, in pencil, recto, lower right, forming part of the sequence running throughout the manuscript.

Layout

ff. 121-125 A single column of 24 lines. 196 × 130 mm.

Hand(s)

The replacement quire ff. 121-125 was copied by Hand B in mixed minuscule script, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.

Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are round and mute iota is subscript. Use of the double dot is functional only and there is accentuation of all nomina sacra . Accents are sometimes joined to letters and nomina sacra strokes.

The modern eta, modern nu, small x-shaped kappa and sigma telikon are in use.

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

Decoration

Sections begin with simple minor initials in red ink.

History

Origin: This quire was added to replace lost original folios, probably in the 15th century, as suggested by the style of script.

Additional Information

Availability

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Bibliography

A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the library of the University of Cambridge, (Cambridge, 2: Ee-Ff, Cambridge University Press, 1857)

Documents inédits d'ecclésiologie byzantine, Darrouzès, Jean (Paris, Institut français d'études byzantines, 1966)

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

Gregorii Nysseni Epistula canonica Gregorii Nysseni Opera, Mühlenberg, E. (Leiden, Boston, Brill, 2008)

Repertorium der Handschriften des byzantinischen Rechts., Burgmann, LudwigSchminck, AndreasGetov, Dorotei (Frankfurt am Main, 3, Löwenklau-Gesellschaft, 2017)

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Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.4.29, ff. 1-353]

Contents

Physical Description

Collation

Condition

Layout

Hand(s)

Decoration

Additions

History

Part 2: replacement leaves [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ee.4.29, ff. 122-125]

Contents

Physical Description

Collation

Layout

Hand(s)

Decoration

History

Additional Information

Availability

Bibliography

Funding of Cataloguing

Digital Images

Abbreviations

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