Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.1.30
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12180
Contents
Physical Description
Binding
Quarter-leather binding by J.P. Gray and Son of Cambridge, with marbled paper covers and plain pastedowns, dated 1961 by a note on the left pastedown, accompanying a stamp identifying the binder. The classmark and the title ‘Photius in Epistolas Pauli’ are tooled in gold on the spine. The title ‘Photius in Epistolas’ has been written on the fore-edge.
310 × 243 × 68 mm.
Accompanying Material
A label from a previous binding with the title ‘Photius Graece’ is pasted to the left pastedown.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Presented to the University Library in 1574 by Matthew Parker (1504-1575), archbishop of Canterbury. No. 7 in the list of 25 'Libri Scripti in pergameno' published to commemorate Parker's gift (see Early catalogues of manuscripts, up to c. 1600).
Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.1.30, ff. i-iii]
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Fragments
Ed. Édouard A. Jeauneau and Andrew J. Hicks, Iohannis Scotti seu Eriugenae Homilia super "In principio erat verbum"; et Commentarius in Evangelium Iohannis (Turnhout 2008), Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis 166
ff. ii verso-iii recto are blank.
Physical Description
Condition
Layout
ff. i recto-i verso, ii recto, iii verso Two columns of at least 22 lines. 212 Ruled in leadpoint. Text stands on the lines.
Hand(s)
The Latin manuscript from which this endleaf came was copied by Hand C, in brown ink. The heading was written partly in red ink.
Decoration
The heading and the text begin with initials in red ink, with brown ink ornament (ii recto).
Additions
History
Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Ff.1.30, ff. 3-172]
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Gregory-Aland 1907; Von Soden Οπ 104; Scrivener Paul. 27
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam II ad Corinthios (in catenis) (TLG 4040.016)
ff. 1r-2v are blank apart from a later note on f. 2v
Ed. von Soden, pp. 342-343 [140]
TLG 0031.009
Ed. von Soden, p. 343 [140]
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Galatas (in catenis) (TLG 4040.017)
Ed. von Soden, p. 343 [140]
TLG 0031.010
Ed. von Soden, pp. 343-344 [140]
Only Phi 1:1-1:7 and the accompanying catena are present; these have been struck through, along with the other texts on this page, and the text begins again on f. 57v
TLG 0031.011
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Ephesios (in catenis) (TLG 4040.018)
Ed. von Soden, pp. 343-344 [140]
TLG 0031.011
Ed. von Soden, p. 344 [140]
Only Col 1:1-1:2 and the accompanying catena are present; these have been struck through, and the text begins again on f. 71v
TLG 0031.012
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Philippenses (in catenis) (TLG 4040.019)
TLG 0031.012
Only a portion of the text is present; this have been struck through, and the text begins again on f. 81v
Ed. von Soden, pp. 344-345 [140]
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Colossenses (in catenis) (TLG 4040.020)
Ed. von Soden, pp. 344-345 [140]
TLG 0031.013
Only a portion of the text is present; this have been struck through, and the text begins again on f. 92v
Ed. von Soden, pp. 345-346 [140]
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam I ad Thessalonicenses (in catenis) (TLG 4040.021)
Ed. von Soden, pp. 345-346 [140]
TLG 0031.014
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam II ad Thessalonicenses (in catenis) (TLG 4040.022)
TLG 0031.015
Ed. von Soden, pp. 348-349 [140]
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam I ad Timotheum (in catenis) (TLG 4040.023)
f. 111v is blank apart from lection notes
TLG 0031.016
Ed. von Soden, p. 349 [140]
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam II ad Timotheum (in catenis) (TLG 4040.024)
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Titum (in catenis)
TLG 0031.017
TLG 0031.018
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Philemonem (in catenis) (TLG 4040.025)
Ed. von Soden, p. 346 [140]
TLG 0031.019
Chiefly from Photios, Fragmenta in epistulam ad Hebraeos (in catenis) (TLG 4040.026)
f. 172r-172v is blank apart from a later note on f. 172r
Physical Description
Collation
The main body of the manuscript consists of 38 quires, of which 16 consist of inserted folios. The 22 composed of original folios belong to 15 original quires, some of which have been divided by the insertion of folios; these 15 comprised two binia, one ternion, eleven quaternia and one quinion. Some may remain intact structures, with the inserted folios added within them, but the appearance of an early quire signature on Quire 17 (f. 80r) suggests that folios were detached from at least some original quires. For clarity, the separated portions have all been treated as distinct entities, with notes specifying their relationship to one another.
The first 21 quires of this manuscript are now Oxford, Magdalen College, MS gr. 7.
- Quire 18 ff. 3-10 Inserted
- Quire 28-1 ff. 11-17 Inserted The seventh folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 32 ff. 18-19 Inserted
- Quire 48 ff. 20-27
- Quire 54-1 ff. 28-30 See Quire 8; the fourth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 68-1 ff. 31-37 Inserted; the sixth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 71 f. 38 Inserted
- Quire 84 ff. 39-42 Originally the last four folios of Quire 5, separated when Quires 6 and 7 were inserted.
- Quire 98 ff. 43-50
- Quire 104-1 ff. 51-53 Inserted; the last folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 118 ff. 54-61 Inserted
- Quire 128-3 ff. 62-66 The first three folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 132-1 f. 67 The second folio has been cancelled, without loss of text; its stub appears after the inserted Quire 14
- Quire 144 ff. 68-71 Inserted
- Quire 158-1 ff. 72-78 The first folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 161 f. 79 Originally the first folio of Quire 18, separated when Quire 17 was inserted.
- Quire 172 ff. 80-81 Inserted
- Quire 188-1 ff. 82-88 See Quire 16
- Quire 191 f. 89 Originally the first folio of Quire 21, separated when Quire 20 was inserted.
- Quire 204-1 ff. 90-92 Inserted; the first folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 218-4 ff. 93-96 See Quires 19 and 23; the sixth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 222 ff. 97-98 Inserted
- Quire 232 ff. 99-100 Originally the last two folios of Quire 21, separated when Quire 22 was inserted.
- Quire 248-1 ff. 101-107 See Quire 26
- Quire 254 ff. 108-111 Inserted
- Quire 261 f. 112 Originally the last folio of Quire 24, separated when Quire 25 was inserted.
- Quire 278-2 ff. 113-118 See Quire 29
- Quire 286-2 ff. 119-122 Inserted; the first two folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 292 ff. 123-124 Originally the last two folios of Quire 27, separated when Quire 28 was inserted.
- Quire 308-5 ff. 125-127 See Quire 32 The fourth folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 312-1 f. 128 Inserted; the second folio has been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quire 324 ff. 129-132 Originally the last four folios of Quire 30, separated when Quire 31 was inserted.
- Quire 3310-2 ff. 133-140 The fourth and eighth folios have been cancelled, without loss of text.
- Quires 34-358 ff. 141-156
- Quire 366 ff. 157-162
- Quire 378 ff. 163-170 Inserted
- Quire 381 f. 171 Inserted
Condition
Layout
ff. 3r-19r, line 29, 31r-36v, 51r-57v, line 19, ff. 68r-71v, line 14, ff. 80r-81v, 90r-92v, 97r, line 8-f. 98v, line 10, ff. 108r-111v, 119r-122v, 128r, line 5-f. 128v, ff. 163r-171v A single column of 42 lines. 252 × 168 mm. Pricking survives in the upper and lower margins, but much has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 10C1. Text has a variable relationship to the lines and often ignores them.
f. 19r, line 29-f. 19v, ff. 37r-38v, 57v, line 10-f. 61v, f. 71v, lines 15-21, f. 97, lines 1-7, f. 98v, lines 8-18, f. 128r, lines 1-4 The main text forms a single column of 3-15 lines on the inner side of the folio. The catena occupies the broad upper, outer and lower margins of the main text, with up to c. 48 lines. The ruling pattern is of standard type, not adapted to this text layout. 253 × 170 mm. Pricking survives in the upper and lower margins, but much has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 10C1. Text has a variable relationship to the lines and often ignores them.
ff. 20r-30v, 39r-50v, 62r-67v, 72r-79v, 82r-89v, 93r-96v, 99r-107v, 112r-118v, 123r-127v, 137r-162v The main text forms a single column of 5-23 lines on the inner side of the folio. The catena occupies the broad upper, outer and lower margins of the main text, with up to c. 48 lines. 260 × 170 mm. Pricking does not survive. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type unclassified by Leroy. Text has a variable relationship to the lines and often ignores them.
Hand(s)
ff. 20r-30v, 39r-50v, 62r-67v, 72r-79v, 82r-89v, 93r-96v, 99r-107v, 112r-118v, 123r-127v, 137r-162v were copied by Hand A, in mixed minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with modest variation in letter size.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear only at the end of lines in the main text but throughout the line in the catena. Breathings are angular and mute iota is absent. There is occasional decorative use of the double dot. Nomina sacra are accentuated only when more than three letters long or with enclitics. Accents are small. The double grave accent and marginal quotation marks are present.
All majuscule letter-forms are present except gamma, upsilon, psi, omega.
Punctuation used includes the lower, middle and upper points, lower and middle commas, question mark and full stop.
Chapter headings are written in Alexandrine majuscule script in brown ink.
ff. 3r-19v, 31r-38v, 51r-61v, 68r-71v, 80r-81v, 90r-92v, 97r-98v, 108r-111v, 119r-122v, 128r-136v, 163r-171v were copied by Hand B, in mixed minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with moderate variation in letter size.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings appear throughout the line. Breathings are usually round but occasionally angular, and mute iota is in a transitional form, below and to the right of the letter. Use of the double dot is functional only, and there is accentuation of all nomina sacra . The double grave accent is present.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper points, lower and middle commas and full stop.
Headings are written in the same style in red ink.
Decoration
Sections begin with simple initials in red ink.
Some texts are preceded by simple vignettes in red ink.
Additions
As part of the production of the original portion of the manuscript, Hand A has marked the main text in the margin with κεφάλαιον (chapter) numbers in brown ink, with headings in the outer margin. The catena is marked in the margin with section numbers in brown ink.
A later hand has added interlinear numbers in brown ink to the main text, identifying the correspondence of passages with the sections of the catena. Another has added lection notes in the outer margins in brown ink. Much of these have been lost to cropping.
Hand B has marked the inserted portion of the catena in the margins with section numbers in red ink, and added corresponding numbers, in red ink, in the margins of the original portion of the manuscript, together with lection notes (including ἀρχή and τέλος marks), also in red ink.
Running headers in Latin in the upper margin, in brown ink, identify the current Epistle of the original portion of the manuscript. Modern chapter numbers in Arabic numerals, in brown ink, have been added in the margin, with running numbers for the current chapter in the upper right-hand corner.
On f. 2v is a note on content: ‘Desideratur expositio Photii usque ad hunc versum. ἐλπίζωδε quam si lector legere desiderat, consulat Graeca Scholia collecta ab Oecumenio et Aretha super librum Novi testamenti in hanc ad Corinthios Epistolam secundam, quae Scholia reperiet inter libros a Matthaeo Cantuariensis donatos. XV’. Another by the same hand appears on f. 172r: ‘Quod reliquum est huius expositionis muenies in Graecis Scholiis collectis ab Oecumenio et Aretha super librum novi Testamenti in hanc ad Hebraeos Epistolam. Quae Scholia reperies inter libros a Matthaeo Cantuariensis donatos. XV.’. There are other occasional headings and notes on content in Latin and Greek by this hand.
A heading in Latin in red crayon, by the hand responsible for the pagination, appears on f. 129r.
The former classmark 250 is marked on f. 3r.
History
Additional Information
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