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Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.1.7

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12177

Contents

Introduction: The manuscript contains a Collection of letters in Greek written by individuals who lived between the end of the 16th century and the beginning of the 17th. Sixteen of the letters are from the Orthodox Greek theologian Metrophanes Kritopoulos (1589-1639), who was later to become Patriarch of Alexandria. A monk on Mount Athos, he was sent to the West by the later Ecumenical Patriarch Kyril Loukaris (1572-1638); he studied in Oxford in the years 1617-1624. The letters contained in the manuscript date from this period and are addressed to English scholars, such as Andrew Downes (ca. 1549-1628), classical scholar, fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, and Patrick Young (1584-1652) , Scottish chaplain of All Souls’ College in Oxford and later royal librarian. Along with Kritopoulos' letters, the manuscript contains ten letters from the French classical scholar Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614). The letters date to the years between 1591 and 1614; they are addressed, inter alia, to the French theologian Denis Pétau (1583-1652) , and to English scholars, such as the aforementioned Andrew Downes, and Hugh Broughton (1549-1612) , fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 2r-2v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Andrew Downes [1623]
Incipit: f. 2r Μετροφάνης τῷ Δουναίῳ. Ἐπειδὴ οὔποτ' ἀντέγραψας πρὸς ἡμᾶς
Explicit: f. 2v ἵνα τὸν μαθησόμενον πρὸς ὑμᾶς πέμψωμεν. Ὁ τῆς σῆς σεμνότητος ἐραστὴς καὶ θαυμαστὴς Μετροφάνης ὁ Κριτόπουλος

Davey 1970, I, pp. 128-129. The editor dates the letter to August 1623 on the basis of its contents.

2. ff. 3r-4v
Downes, Andrew, 1549?-1628 , Letter from Andrew Downes to Metrophanes Kritopoulos [1623]
Incipit: f. 3r Τῷ γνησίῳ γένεσίν τε καὶ παίδευσιν Ἕλληνι Μετροφάνει τῷ πάνυ ὁ ἑλληνιστὴς Ἀνδρέας χαίρειν τε καὶ εὖ πράττειν. Ἡ ἐπιστολή σου φίλτατε ἀπροσδόκητως προσπεσοῦσά μοι
Explicit: f. 4v Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἀναλωμάτων οὐδὲν ἔγραψα, δηλώσεις γὰρ δηλονότι πῶς καὶ πόθεν χορηγηθήσονται.

Davey 1970, IΙ, pp. 129-131. The editor dates the letter to August/September 1623 on the basis of its contents.

3. ff. 5r-5v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Denis Pétau, 5 April 1602
Incipit: f. 5r Ισαάκος[sic] Κασαυβόνος Διονυσίῳ Παιτίῳ χαίρειν τε καὶ εὖ πράττειν. Θαυμάσας πολλάκις τί ποτ' εἴη
Explicit: f. 5v εἰς τοσοῦτον σοφίας προχωρεῖν, ὅσον ἀνθρώπῳ φύντι ἐστὶν ἐφικτόν. Ἔρρωσο ἐν Παρισίων Λουτεκείᾳ Ἀπριλλίου ἐνισταμένου τῇ πέμπτῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ θείου λόγου , ἔτει ˏαχβ΄.

Ed. T. Jansson ab Almeloveen, Isaaci Casauboni Epistolæ [...], Roterodami 1709 , nr. 1028.

4. ff. 6r-6v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Denis Pétau, 19 March [1602]
Incipit: f. 6r Τῷ αὐτῷ εὖ πράττειν χαίροντα. Ἀρχόμενος τῆς πρός σε γραφῆς μετὰ χρόνον ἤδη τοσοῦτον παλαιόν σοι
Explicit: f. 6v περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅλις. Ἔρρωσο καὶ ἡμᾶς φιλῶν διατέλει. Εν[sic] Παρισίων Λουτεκείᾳ Μαρτίου μεσοῦντος τῇ ἐννάτῃ.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 1034 (the printed text has the date 1602).

5. ff. 7r-8r
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Denis Pétau, 10 January 1605
Incipit: f. 7r Τῷ αὐτῷ. Πρῶτον μὲν δέομαί σου μίαν δέησιν
Explicit: f. 8r ὄναιο τῆς ἄγαν εὐτυχίας τῆςδε, ὦ φίλτατε, καὶ εὐημερῶν μήποτε διαλείποις. Ἔρρωσο ἐν Παρισίων Λουτεκείᾳ Γαμηλιῶνος ἔτοι Ιανουαρίου[sic] ἱσταμένου τῇ δεκάτῃ, ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ λόγου, ἔτει κατὰ Διονύσιον τὸν μικρὸνˏαχε΄.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 1038.

6. ff. 8v-9r
⟨Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639⟩ , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Patrick Young [1618-1620]
Incipit: f. 8v Τῷ Ιουνίῳ[sic] ^τῷ βασιλικῷ^ βιβλιοφύλακι. Θαυμάσεις ἴσως ἡμᾶς τῆς μακρᾶς καὶ ἀκαίρου σιωπῆς
Explicit: f. 9r ὡς δὲ καῖ ταύτης τῆς ἐλπίδος ἥμαρτε ||

The text of the letter is incomplete. At the end the scribe wrote ‘desunt reliqua’, indicating that the following part was evidently missing in his exemplar. The text is missing also in the edition, compiled on the basis of this manuscript

In the manuscript there is no explicit reference to the identity of the sender

Davey 1970, III, pp. 119-120. The editor dates the letter to the years 1618-1620 on the basis of its contents.

7. f. 9v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Patrick Young [1618-1620]
Incipit: f. 9v Τῷ αὐτῷ. Ἥκω σοι ἀπολογησόμενος τῆς βραδύτητος καί μου δέξαιο τὴν μετάνοιαν
Explicit: f. 9v ἐκεῖνο γὰρ μεστὸν τοιούτων ἁμαρτημάτων τυγχάνει ὄν.

Davey 1970, IV, p. 120. The editor assumes that the letter could be datable to the years 1618-1620.

8. ff. 10r-11r
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Denis Pétau [23 September 1610]
Incipit: f. 10r Ισαάκος[sic] ὁ Κασαυβόνος Διονυσίῳ τῷ Πεταυίῳ χαίρειν ἐν τῷ κυρίῳ. Τὸ ὑστερήμερον τῆς ἐμῆς γραφῆς θαυμάζειν σε
Explicit: f. 11r καὶ εἰς τὴν Ρωμαικὴν[sic] διάλεκτον μεταφρασθῆναι ποιησαίμην ἂν περὶ πλείστου. Ἔρρωσο.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 1044. The text of the letter is interrupted without the date, which appears in the edition (23 September 1610)

9. ff. 11v-12r
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, 24 June 1622
Incipit: f. 11v Τῷ Τυρνήρῳ υἱῶ[sic] μου ἐν Χριστῷ ποθεινοτάτῳ, Μητροφάνης ἱερομόναχος ὁ Κριτόπουλος, ἀπαλλαγὴν τῶν κατεχόντων νοσημάτων καὶ πᾶσαν εὐτυχίαν πρὸς τοῦ τῶν ὅλων Θεοῦ. Ανίας[sic] ἡμᾶς οὐ τῆς τυχούσης τὰ γράμματά σου ἐνέπλησεν
Explicit: f. 12r καὶ εὐτυχῶς ἀλλήλων ἀπολαῦσαι. Αμην[sic]. 1622 Εκατομβαιῶνος[sic] ἑβδόμη[sic] φθίνοντος. Ἐν Βαλιόλ.

Themelis 1909, pp. 292-293

10. ff. 12v-13r
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, 2 December 1623
Incipit: f. 12v Ὁ ἄστοργος πατὴρ τῷ φιλοστόργῳ υἱῷ εὖ πράττειν. Δίς που καὶ τρὶς γεγραφέναι πρὸς ἡμᾶς φής
Explicit: f. 13r ἢ ἀνιάσω σε πικρότερον. Ἔρρωσο. Ὁ παρά σου ἀδίκως ἐπ' ἀστοργίᾳ διαβαλλόμενος Μητροφάνης Ι. ὁ Κριτόπουλος. Ἐν Λονδόνῃ 1623 Ποσειδεῶνος δευτέρᾳ ἱσταμένου.

Davey 1970, VI, p. 131.

11. f. 13v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, 8 June 1623
Incipit: f. 13v Υἱέ μου περιπόθητε πολλῶν καὶ ἄλλων ἀπουσία καὶ χωρισμὸς τήκει με
Explicit: f. 13v ταῦτα πεμφθῆναι, δέομαι. Ἔρρωσο. Ὁ ἐξ εὐνοίας πατήρ σου, καὶ τὰ ἐξῆς[sic]. 1623 Ἑκατομβαιῶνος 8ῃ ἱσταμένου ἐν Λεμβήθῃ.

Davey 1970, VII, p. 125.

12. ff. 14r-14v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, 2 March 1624
Incipit: f. 14r Υἱέ μου ἀγαπητὲ, τέως μὲν ἐλπίσιν ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς ἐτρέφομεν
Explicit: f. 14v Φθάνοις οὖν ἤτοι πέμπων ἢ δηλῶν γέ τοι. Ὁ σὸς ὅλως Μητροφάνης Ι. ὁ Κριτόπουλος. Εν[sic] Λονδώνῃ 1624 Μουνιχιῶνος δευτέρᾳ ἱσταμένου.

Davey 1970, VIII, pp. 131-132.

13. ff. 15r-17v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner [1622-1623]
Incipit: f. 15r Τῷ περιποθήτῳ μοι υἱῷ εὐτυχεῖν. Τὴν ἐπιστολήν σου δεξάμενος φίλον κῆρ
Explicit: f. 17v Τοιαῦτα ἐγὼ ἑώρακα μέχρις ὀκτώ, καθ' ὅλον μου τὸν βίον. Ὁ σὸς ἐξ ἀγάπης πατήρ.

Davey 1970, IX, pp. 123-125. The editor dates the letter between November 1622 and the year 1623.

14. ff. 18r-18v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, [1624]
Incipit: f. 18r Τῷ υἱῷ. Τὸν μὲν λέοντα ἐκ τοῦ ὄνυχος φησὶν ἡ παροιμία
Explicit: f. 18v ὅτι δὲ ἀμείψομαί σε τοῦ πόνου καὶ τῆς προθυμίας οὐκ ἀμφισβητέον. Ὁ πατρὸς δίκην φιλῶν σε Μητροφάνης ὁ Κριτόπουλος.

Davey 1970, X, p. 133. The editor dates the letter to March/April 1624.

15. ff. 19r-19v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Andrew Downes, 14 April 1614
Incipit: f. 19r Ισαάκος[sic] ὁ Κασαυβόνος τῷ Δουναίῳ ἀνδρὶ σοφωτάτῳ χαίρειν ἐν κυρίῳ. Πολλὰ ἔχων σοι γράφειν ὦ προσφιλέστατε Δουναῖε
Explicit: f. 19v διὰ πλείονων πρὸς τὴν σὴν αἰδεσιμότητα μέλλω γράφειν. Ἔρρωσο, φίλτατε Δουναῖε, καὶ εὐημερῶν ἡμᾶς τε φιλῶν διατέλει, ἐν Λονδίνῳ μεσοῦντος Απριλλίου[sic] τῇ τετάρτῃ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνσαρκόσεως τοῦ θεανθρώπου ˏαχιδ΄.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 949.

16. ff. 20r-20v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Hugh Broughton, 4 September 1602
Incipit: f. 20r Ισαάκος[sic] ὁ Κασαυβόνος Ὕγωνι τῷ Βρωχθωνῷ χαίρειν καὶ εὖ πράττειν. Πολλὴν τῷ καλῷ Οὐοτόνου χάριν ὁμολογεῖν δίκαιός εἰμι
Explicit: f. 20v τῇ ἄγαν σου παιδείᾳ πρὸς οὐδὲν ἀγαθὸν παραχρᾶσθαι. Ἔρρωσο ἐν Παρι[sic] Λουτεκίᾳ Σεπτεμβρίου ἱσταμένου τῇ δ΄ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνσάρκου οἰκονομίας τοῦ θεοῦ ἔτει ˏαχβ΄.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 1032.

17. f. 21r
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, [1624 ?]
Incipit: f. 21r Μετροφάνης τῷ υἱῷ. Υἱέ μου φίλτατε, ἀσπάζομαί σε καρδίαθεν. Ἡ παροῦσά μοι ἐπιστολὴ καὶ ἀνιάσει
Explicit: f. 21r καλῶς ποιήσεις, εἴτε διὰ σαυτοῦ, εἴτε δι' ἄλλου τῶν φίλων. Ὁ σὸς ἐν πᾶσι Μητροφάνης ὁ Κριτόπουλος.

Davey 1970, XΙ, pp. 133-134. The editor dates the letter possibly to May/June 1624.

18. ff. 21v-22r
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Hugh Broughton, 29 November 1602
Incipit: f. 21v Ισαάκος[sic] ὁ Κασαυβόνος τῷ αὐτῷ \Ὕγωνι τῷ Βρωχθωνῷ/. Κομισάμενος τὰ παρά σου καὶ τοῦ κρατίστου Βογγαρσίου
Explicit: f. 22r κάλλιστον τοῖς πρότερον εἰκὸς ἐπιτιθέναι κολοφῶνα. Ἔρρωσο, προσφιλέστατε Βρωχθωνέ, ἐν Λουτεκείᾳ Παρισίων Νοεμβρίῳ[sic] φθίνοντος τῇ δευτέρᾳ ˏαχβ΄.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr.1033.

19. ff. 22v-25v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Andrew Downes, 17 March 1602
Incipit: f. 22v Ἰσαάκος ὁ Κασαυβόνος Ἀνδρέᾳ Δουναίῳ ἐπὶ παιδείᾳ περιβοήτῳ καὶ πολυμαθεστάτῳ χαίρειν τε καὶ εὖ πράττειν. Εἰσὶ καὶ φιλίας δίκαια ἄττα
Explicit: f. 25v καί σοι ὁ ὑπουράνιος πατὴρ δοίη ἐν παντοίων ἀγαθῶν ἀφθονίᾳ κρότωνος ὑγιέστερον εἰς βαθύτατον ἀφικέσθαι γῆρας. Ἐν Παρισίων τῇ πόλει Μαρτίου μενὶ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ ἐπὶ δεκάδι ˏαχβ΄ τοῦ σωτῆρος.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 1027.

20. ff. 26r-26v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Petrus Nebeletus, 24 August 1591
Incipit: f. 26r Ὁ αὐτὸς τῷ Πέτρῳ τῷ Νεβελέτῳ εὖ πράττειν. Εἷς, δύο, τρεῖς ἴσως δὲ καὶ τέσσαρες εἰσὶ μῆνες
Explicit: f. 26v Πάλιν ἔρρωσο καὶ ἡμᾶς φιλῶν διατέλει. Ἐν Γενεύῃ Αὐγούστου μηνὸς φθίνοντος ὀγδόῃ ἔτει ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνσαρκώσεως ἐννεκοστῷ πρώτῳ ὑπὲρ χίλια καὶ πεντακόσια.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 970.

21. ff. 27r-29v
Casaubon, Isaac, 1559-1614. , Letter from Isaac Casaubon to Andrew Downes, [17 March] 1595
Incipit: f. 27r Ἀνδρέᾳ Δουναίῳ τῷ πάνυ Ισαάκος[sic] ὁ Κασαυβόνος. Ἔμελλε μὲν καὶ ἄλλως ἡ παρά σου ἐπιστολὴ ἡδίστη
Explicit: f. 29v Πολλὰ κἀγαθὰ δοίη σοι ὁ ἐάων δωτὴρ θεὸς Δουναῖε προσφιλέστατε. Ἔρρωσο ἐν Γενεύῃ ˏαφϟε΄.

Jansson ab Almeloveen 1709 , nr. 994. The date is incorrrectly written in the manuscript; the year is to be corrected as 1595 (ˏαφθε΄).

22. ff. 30r-30v
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to Matthias Turner, 10 April 1622
Incipit: f. 30r Μετροφάνης τῷ υἱῷ. Πολλὰ εἶχον γράψαι πρὸς τὴν σὴν ἀγχίνοιαν
Explicit: f. 30v αὕτη γὰρ μοί ἐστιν τὸ τιμαλφέστατον τῶν ἀπὸ Λονδώνης ἀγωγίμων. Ἔρρωσο. Εν[sic] Βαλιὸλ 1622 Θαργηλιῶνος δεκάτῃ.

Davey 1970, XIΙ, p. 122.

23. ff. 31r-32r
Downes, Andrew, 1549?-1628 , Letter from Andrew Downes to Henry Savile
Incipit: f. 31r Ἀνδρέας ὁ Δουνῆς Ερρίκῳ[sic] Σαουλίῳ τῷ πάνυ χαίρειν. Ὦ θαυμάστε τῆς μεγαλονοίας σε θαυμάζω
Explicit: f. 32r οὐδ' ἀφ' ὧν εἰκὸς ἦν καὶ ἔδει μάλιστα.
24. ff. 32v-33r
Letter to Palmer
Incipit: f. 32v Τῷ κυρίῳ Παλμέρῳ. Ὅτι μὲν ἐξ εἰλικρινοῦς καρδίας, καὶ ἀνυποκρίτου προαιρέσεως ἥκω σοι γράψαι ταυτηνί
Explicit: f. 33r καὶ δύναται μὴ οὐχὶ παντὶ τρόπῳ τῆς σῆς φιλίας περιέχεσθαι. Ἔρρωσο. Σκιρροφοριῶνος τριακάδι τῇ παρ' Αθηναῖοις[sic] ἕνῃ καὶ νέᾳ.

The manuscript does not mention the sender of the letter.

25. ff. 33v-34r
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to William Turner
Incipit: f. 33v Τῷ Ιλέρμῳ[sic] τῷ Τυρνέρῳ. Ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ τὸ δένδρον πιστεύομεν διαγιγνώσκεσθαι
Explicit: f. 34r Ἐμπεδώσεις δὲ τοῦτο οὐκ ἄλλως εἰ μὴ δι' ἀμοιβαίων γραμμάτων. Ἔρρωσο.

Davey 1970, XIIΙ, pp. 119-120. The editor dates the letter possibly to 1622.

26. ff. 34v-36r
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to the teachers and students of the Balliol College [July 1623]
Incipit: f. 34v Τοῖς Βαλιολίταις. Ἐπ' ἀληθείας ἔργον ὑμεῖς ἐποιήσατε λίαν τῇ ὑμετέρᾳ χρηστότητι προσῆκον
Explicit: f. 36r δι' οὗ καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι πάντας ὑμᾶς εὔχομαι καθ' ἑκάτερον τὸν ἄνθρωπον.

Davey 1970, XIV, pp. 126-127. The editor dates the letter to July 1623 on the basis of its content.

27. ff. 36v-37r
Kritópoulos, Mētrophánēs, 1589-1639 , Letter from Metrophanes Kritopoulos to John Parchurst [July 1623]
Incipit: f. 36v Τῷ Ιωάννῃ[sic] Παρχουρστίῳ. Πολλάκις μὲν καὶ ἄλλοτε δαψιλῶς καὶ μεγαλοπρεπῶς ἐπεδείξω πρὸς ἐμὲ τὴν ἐνυπάρχουσάν σοι χρηστότητα καὶ φιλανθρωπίαν
Explicit: f. 37r Παρὰ πᾶσι γὰρ κατάδηλον ποιήσω τὴν ὑμετέραν πρός με εὔνοιαν καὶ πατρικὴν στοργήν. Ἔρρωσο.

Davey 1970, XV, p. 127. The editor dates the letter to July 1623 on the basis of its content

ff. 37v-40v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 1-40 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: Pitcher with handle, surmounted by a crown and a crescent ( ca. 62 × ca. 30 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to A Digital Catalogue of Watermarks and Type Ornaments Used by William Stansby in the Printing of The Workes of Beniamin Jonson (London 1616) 18 (but it is not possible to see the complete watermark), dated 1615-1617. Pitcher with handle, surmounted by clovers(?) ( ca. 42 × ca. 25 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to A Digital Catalogue of Watermarks and Type Ornaments Used by William Stansby in the Printing of The Workes of Beniamin Jonson (London 1616) 25 (but it is not possible to see the complete watermark), dated 1615-1617. ff. [i]-[vii], ff. [viii]-[xiv] Later western paper without watermarks.
Extent: Codex: vii + 40+ vii leaves., 195 × 145 mm.
Foliation: The leaves are foliated 1-40 in the top right hand corner recto, in modern pencil in Arabic numerals. The later guard-leaves are not numbered. The foliation is: [i]-[vii] + 1-40 + [viii]-[xiv].

Collation

It is not possible to determine with certainty the structure of the manuscript: the quires have been sewn very tightly and there is no numbering.

Condition

The codex is in good condition. The leaves are yellowed, and there are orange and yellow stains throghout the volume (see e.g. ff. [vii] verso-2r, ff. 40r-41r. The edges of the leaves are ruined, wrinkled and, sometimes, torn, see e.g. ff. 1r-2v 33r. Wormhole on ff. 1r-7v

Layout

ff. 2r-37r The layout is not regular. A single column of 20-27 lines. ca. 180 × ca. 130 mm.

Hand(s)

Hand A. All the texts have been written by the same hand. It is an informal minuscule characterised by contrasts between thinner and larger strokes. The script is irregular in both size and forms, flowing, slanting to the right, and shows "nervous" features. It is probably the script of a western European scribe, and can be dated to the 17th century.

The text is written in brown ink.

The scribe made corrections to the text.

Additions

On f. 1r, near the upper edge, is written the number indicating the codex in the list of John Moore's manuscripts published in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697): ‘663’

Binding

Modern western binding. Paper over couched-laminate boards. Leather spine tooled in gold with title ‘Epistolae M.S.’, and damaged leather labels with shelfmark.

209 × 156 × 16 mm.

History

Origin:

The text was copied probably in the 17th century, after 1624, the date of the most recent letter copied in the manuscript.

Provenance and Acquisition

John Moore (1646-1714) , bishop of Ely: no. 663 in the list of Moore's manuscripts published in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697).

Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I (1660-1727) : donation bookplate engraved by John Pine (1690-1756) in 1736 on f. 1v.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2019) draws partly on A catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, vol. 2, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1857, p. 290.

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