Medieval Manuscripts in Cambridge Libraries

A catalogue of Western manuscripts and papyri at Cambridge University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum and selected Cambridge colleges

Cambridge, University Library, MS Gg.1.2

Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12190

Contents

Introduction: The manuscript is a Greek rhetorical, musical, grammatical miscellany from the 15th century. Although the manuscript has been copied almost entirely by the same scribe (hand A), three parts can be distinguished,on the basis of the original numbering of quires and of the type of paper which was used. Dr Erika Elia

Physical Description

Form: codex
Extent: Codex: 1 + 326 + 1 leaves. 213 × 140 mm.
Foliation:

Early modern foliation in brown ink, in Arabic numerals, in the upper margin right; two endleaves are unnumbered (ff. [i], [ii]); in the numbering, 180 is missing (without loss of a leaf), and 221 is repeated twice (ff. 221, 221[a]): [i] + 1-179, 181-221, 221[a], 222-326 + [ii].

Collation

f. [i] | 1-38, 4 8-1, 512, 6-78, 810-1, 94 | 10-368, 376, 388 | 39-418 | f. [ii]

Modern, Greek signatures in pencil, on the lower corner, right, of the first recto of the quires, from γ΄ (3, f. 25r), to μ΄ (40, f. 319r).

Condition

The manuscript is in fair condition. The leaves are yellowed and stained, but the text is always readable.

Additions

On f. [i] recto the shelfmark is written in black ink ‘ Gg-1-2’.

On f. [i] verso there is a title in French, written in a grey ink by a hand recurring in the manuscripts owned by J.-B. Hautin (see History).

Binding

Modern western binding. Paper and bookcloth (on the spine) cover over couched-laminate boards. Gold tooling on spine with shelfmark ‘ Gg.I.2’ and title ‘ Graeca’. 230 × 153 × 55 mm.

The cover is stained and worn.

Accompanying Material

On f. [i] verso has been pasted a small paper leaf ( 210 × 95 mm. ) containing an index written in light brown ink by a hand recurring in the manuscripts owned by J.-B. Hautin, writing that name and the manuscripts' content. In this codex this hand wrote also a title on f. [i] verso, ‘ Recueil de | plusieurs autheurs grecs’. The index has been implemented by at least another hand, which also added folio numbers.

Another fragment of a paper leaf is loose between ff. 128v and 129r containing a list of Greek words with numbers, perhaps part of an index, in the same ink and hand. The verso contains part of a text in French.

History

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscript, like many others at the University Library, was owned by a certain J.-B. Hautin, probably to be identified with Jean Baptiste II Hautin, son of the French scholar and numismatist Jean-Baptiste Hautin (approximately 1580-1640) (on this matter see Jackson 2006, pp. 38-40 with bibliography; on this manuscript see p. 33 in particular). On f. [i] verso has been pasted a paper sheet with an index written by a hand recurring in the manuscripts owned by J.-B. Hautin; moreover the same hand wrote a title on f. [i] verso.

Owned by John Moore (1646-1714) , bishop of Ely: no. 1047 under 'Alia Addenda', following the the concordance of Bernard / Tanner numbers with the new Library classmarks, compiled by Thomas Goodall, with annotations by Stephen Whisson in 1753, now MS Oo.7.56. According to an inscription by Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886), University Librarian 1867-1886, the items listed in this section are 'certainly not all Bishop Moore's'. However Moore's possession of other Hautin manuscripts suggests that this had been part of his collection.

Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I : donation bookplate engraved by John Pine (1690-1756) in 1736 on f. f. [i] recto.

Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Gg.1.2, ff. 1-72]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. ff. 1r-8v
Koukouzelēs, Iōannēs, Interpretatio Modulationis Rotae Introduction to the Papadike
Rubric: f. 1r Ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῶ ἁγίω[sic] τῶν σημαδίων τῆς παπαδικῆς τέχνης· τῶν τὲ ἀνιόντων καὶ κατιόντων· σωμάτων τε καὶ πνευμάτων καὶ πάσης χειρονομίας καὶ ἀκολουθίας συντεθεμένων εἰς αὐτὴν, παρὰ τῶν κατὰ καιροὺς ἀναδειχθέντων ποιητῶν παλαιῶν τε καὶ νέων
Incipit: f. 1r Ἀρχὴ μέση τέλος καὶ σύστημα πάντων τῶν σημαδίων

ff. 5v-6r are blank: the scribe probably, while copying, took two leaves at a time

On f. 7v there is the parallage tree

2. ff. 9r-15r
Koukouzelēs, Iōannēs, Texts on music
Rubric: f. 9r Τῆς μουσικῆς σύνοψις ἠκριβομένη
Incipit: f. 9r Ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῷ ἁγίῳ τῆς μετροφωνίας καὶ τῆς παραλλαγῆς καὶ τῆς μεθόδου τῆς ψαλτικῆς περιέχον ἅπασαν τῶν ὀκτὼ ἦχων τὴν διάλεξιν [...] καὶ διερμηνεύει τούτους ὁ μαίστωρ ὁ Κουκουζέλης ἐν τῷ σοφωτάτῳ αὐτοῦ μεθόδῳ

ff. 5v-6r The text is preceded, on f. 9r ll. 1-2, by a definition of music, possibly from the previous work (see Giannopoulos 2008 p. 295): Ὅρος μουσικῆς. Μουσικὴ ἐστι γνῶσις τρόπου διωρισμένου σχέσιν ἔχουσα ἑτέρου πρὸς ἕτερον

3. ff. 15v-16r
Rubric: f. 15v Ὅρος κανόνος συνοπτικός
Incipit: f. 15v Ἀπὸ τὸν α΄ ἦχον ἑὰν ἀναβεῖς μίαν φωνήν

The text is accompanied by a diagram on f. 15v

4. ff. 16r-18r
Metrophonia

  • f. 16v Μετροφωνία μετὰ τῆς παραλλαγῆς ἦχος α΄ καὶ παλ., inc. Χορὸς τετραδεκαπυρσευτός
  • f. 17r Μετροφωνία ὀφελημωτάτη[sic] ἦχος α΄ καὶ παλ. δ΄ , inc. Ἐν τῷ θλίβεσθαι

The text is preceded by the parallage tree on f. 16r

5. ff. 17v-18v, 20r
Koukouzelēs, Iōannēs, Mega Ison
Incipit: f. 17v Ἴσον ὀλίγον ὀξεῖα

In the lower margin of f. 18v the scrive wrote a note signalling that the cotinuation of the text was to be found later in the manuscript, where a certain sign was present, ‘ Ζήτε ἔμπροςθεν τὸ τέλος σημείον ’. The text ends on f. 20r

Ed. M. Akexandru, Koukouzeles' Mega Ison. Ansätze einer kritischen Edition, in: Cahiers de l'Institut du Moyen-Âge grec et latin, 66 (1996), pp. 3-23

6. ff. 19r-19v
Definitions of φωνή and φθόγγος
Incipit: f. 19r \ Ὅρος φωνῆς/. Τί ἐστι φωνή· ἀποτέλεσμα τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν ἀποτεθησαυρισμένου πνεύματος
Explicit: f. 19v καὶ ταῦτα περὶ φθόγγων ἐν τύποις
7. ff. 21r-24r
Extracts from Nicomachus of Gerasa , Introductio arithmetica, books 1-2
Rubric: f. 21r Περὶ ἀριθμετικῆς ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Νικομάχου μερικὴ ἐκλογή
Incipit: f. 21r Ἰστέον ὅτι ὁ δύο ἀριθμὸς λέγεται ἄρτιος
Explicit: f. 19v Τὸ γὰρ ταυτὸ ἀδιαίρετον

The text is accompanied by diagrams

8. f. 24v
Small set of lexical definitions
Rubric: f. 24v Συλλογῆ λέξεων ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου
Incipit: f. 24v Βρεβείω κατὰ λατίνους τὸ τέμνω
Explicit: f. 24v ἐγκωμιασθῆναι ὡς λόγιος

For the first term see J.F. Boissonade, Anecdota Graeca e codicibus Regiis, 1, Parisiis 1829, p. 410

9. ff. 25r-28v
Scale of Pythagorean numbers

On f. 28v the table has been left blank

10. f. 29r
Pythagoras, table
Rubric: f. 29r Καὶ νῦν καὶ ἀεί

Ed. P. Tannery, Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques, 31,.2, p. 251 (= J.-L. Heiberg, H.-G. Zenthen (eds.), Paul Tannery, Mémoires scientifiques, 9, p. 38)

11. ff. 29r-30v
Epistula ad Teleaugem (astrological text)
Rubric: f. 29r Πυθαγόρου ⟨ περὶ⟩ νίκης καὶ ἧττας[sic]. Πυθαγόρας Τηλαύγῃ χαίρειν
Incipit: f. 29r Πολλὰ παθῶν καὶ πολλὰ πειράσας
Explicit: f. 30v l. 10 ὁ ἐγκαλούμενος

The text is attributed to Pythagoras , but it is spurious

Ed. (from MS Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional, gr. 4616) C.O. Zuretti, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum, 11.2, pp. 139-141 l. 3

12. ff. 29v-30v
Various astrological (onomantical) texts

  • 29v Περὶ κοινωνίας
  • 29v Περὶ κλέπτης
  • 29v Περὶ ἀποδημίας
  • 29v Περὶ προτελευῶντος ἀδελφοῦ
, see C.O. Zuretti, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum, 11.2, pp. 143 l. 10-144 l. 21

29v Περὶ δὲ τῶν ἀσθενούντων ψηφήζειν[sic] χρὴ οὕτως, see C.O. Zuretti, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum, 11.2, pp. 148 ff.

  • 30r Περὶ προτελευτώντων ἀδελφοῦ καὶ ἀδελφῆς
  • 30r ⟨ Ψ⟩ῆφος ἑτέρα τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου. ⟨ Π⟩υθαγόρας (The text is attributed to Pythagoras , but it is spurious)

30r Ὁ δὲ ψῆφος τῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν ἐστι οὕτως, see C.O. Zuretti, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum, 11.2, p. 125; P. Tannery, Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale et autres bibliothèques, 31,.2, p. 258 (= J.-L. Heiberg, H.-G. Zenthen (eds.), Paul Tannery, Mémoires scientifiques, 9, p. 47)

30r Περὶ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου, see C.O. Zuretti, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum, 11.2, pp. 148 l. 30-149 l. 11

30v ⟨ Ἄ⟩λλως περὶ ζωῆς καὶ θανάτου, see C.O. Zuretti, Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum Graecorum, 11.2, pp. 149 l. 12-150 l. 12

30v Εἰς κλέπτην, accompanied by magical symbols

ff. 31r-31v are blank

13. ff. 32r-43v
Lexicon
Rubric: f. 32r Λέξεις βραχείαι ἔκ τε τῆς τῶν Χοιροβόσκου καὶ Μαξίμου καὶ Μαγίστρου Θωμᾶ γραμματικῆς, λογιωτάτου Βάρδου καὶ ἑτέρων
Incipit: f. 32r Ἀκρασία· πᾶν τὸ περιττόν· ἀκρασία καὶ ἡ ἀνωμαλία
Explicit: f. 43v ὦκα ταχέως

The lexicon has been supplemented on the page and in the margins by other hands

The letters of the alphabet have been written in ekthesis at the beginning of the series, and have been repeated in the upper margin, in the external part by another hand

The Greek title was added later in the upper margin

14. ff. 44r-44v
De prosodiis
Incipit: f. 44r Περὶ γραμματικῆς γράφειν προθέμενος
Explicit: f. 44v l. 22 οὕτω τὴν προσωδίαν[sic] ὁρίζεται

The text is an extract from the scholia to the Grammatic by Dionysius Thrax, see A. Hilgard, Scholia in Dionysii Thracis Artem grammaticam, Lipsiae 1901, p. XLIII and IX n. 1; the text is on pp. 28-29, and notes 1-2; the text has been edited also by Bekker, Anecdota Graeca, III, pp. 1168-1169 (from MS Vat. gr. 1751)

15. ff. 44v-50r
Quaestiones grammaticales
Rubric: f. 44r Θεοδοσίου γραμματικοῦ Ἀλεξανδρείας περὶ προσωδιῶν[sic]
Incipit: f. 44r Προσωδίαι[sic] εἰσὶ ι΄
Explicit: f. 50r τὴν ἐπιφορὰν τῶν δύο συμφόνων

The text is attributed to Theodosius Alexandrinus, but it is a part of the scholia to the Grammatic by Dionysius Thrax, see A. Hilgard, Scholia in Dionysii Thracis Artem grammaticam, Lipsiae 1901, pp. 565-586 (but the text in the manuscript differs); on the text and its tradition, pp. XXXVII-XLI

16. f. 50v
Note on Dionysius Thrax
Incipit: f. 50v Διονύσιος γέγονεν υἱὸς Διονυσίου Ἀλεξανδρέως
Explicit: f. 50v κατὰ μέρος δεικνύει
17. f. 51r
List of the names of Roman, Egyptian, Macedonian, Cappadocian months and of Greek, Hebrew, Bithynian, Cyprian months
Rubric: f. 51r Ὀνομασία μηνῶν ὅντοι ἄρχονται ἀπὸ Ἰανουαρίου
Rubric: f. 51r Οὕτοι ἄρχονται ἀπὸ Μαρτίου

See (the Macedonian months are not present) J.A. Cramer, Anecdota graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum oxoniensium, 3, Oxonii 1836, pp. 402, 403

18. ff. 51v-62r
Choeroboscus, Georgius, De spiritibus (excerpta)
Rubric: f. 51v Λεξικὸν περὶ πνευμάτων ἐκλεγὲν ἐκ τῶν περὶ πνευμάτων· Τρύφωνος· Χοιροβόσχου· Θεοδορίτου[sic] καὶ ἑτέρων καὶ ἀντιγράφοις διαφόροις· ἀντικληθὲν καὶ ὀρθωθέντων[sic]
Incipit: f. 51v Άρχὴ τοῦ Α στοιχείου. Τὸ Α πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ψιλοῦται· ἀεί
Explicit: f. 62r l. 24 καὶ οὐ, τὸ ἀρνητικὸν μόριον, ψιλοῦται.

The text ends at L.C. Valckenaer, Ammonius. De differentia adfinium vocabulorum, Leipzig 1822, pp. 188-215: 215 l. 8

The text is immediately followed by 3 lines Περὶ κλίσεων ὀνομάτων ῥημάτων ...

TLG 4093.009

19. ff. 62r-64v
Epimerismi
Incipit: f. 62r l. 25 Ἐπιμερισμοὶ δὲ συνετέθησεν κατὰ στοιχεῖον
Explicit: f. 64v πλὴν οὐ κατὰ στοιχεῖον.
20. ff. 65r-70v
Grammatical text on orthography
Rubric: f. 65r Παραγγέλματα ἰδικὰ συντελοῦντας εἰς ὀρθογραφίαν
Incipit: f. 65r Βάλλω· στέλλω· τίλλω διὰ δύο λλ ἐπὶ ἐνεστῶτος
Explicit: f. 64v τὴν ἐπιφορὰν τῶν δύο συμφόνων

The first paragraph is published in A. Hilgard, Grammatici Graeci, 1.3, Leipzig 1901 (repr. Hildesheim 1965) [TLG 4175.006], pp. 463 l. 31-464 l. 5, among the Commentarie in Dionysii Thracis Grammaticam, Scholia Londinensia, although the text is signalled as to be excluded

ff. 71r-72v are blank

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff.1-72 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: ff. 1-24 Gothic letter L/R(?) with a Latin cross ( ca. 20 × ca. 25 mm. ) in the gutter, not clearly discernible. ff. 25-31 Crescent surmounted by two horses' heads, ( ca. 45 × 52 mm. ) in the gutter, no precise parallels found in the main repertoires. This type of watermark is datable to the 15th c. ff. 32-43 Anvil surmounted by a Latin cross, in the gutter ( ca. 55 × 35 mm. ) in the gutter, no precise parallels found in the main repertoires. This type of watermark is datable in the 15th c. ff. 44-51 Footprint, in the gutter ( ca. 35 × 10 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Wasserzeichen des Mittelalters Schuh/Schuhsohle WZMA AT8500-5125_440 , which is dated to the 3rd/4th decade of the 15th c. ff. 52-68 Cloverleaf, with stem ( ca. 50 × 40 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Briquet Fleur no. 6306 , which is dated to 1438/1455. ff. 70-71 Horn, with stem ( ca. 55 × 80 mm. ) in the gutter, no exact parallels were found in the main repertoires.

Collation

The quires are mainly quaternions. The last leaf of the fourth quire is missing without loss of text.

  • Quires 1-38 ff. 1-24 (α΄-β΄)
  • Quire 4 8-1 ff. 25-31
  • Quire 512 ff. 32-43
  • Quires 6-78 ff. 44-59
  • Quire 810-1 ff. 60-68
  • Quire 94 ff. 69-72

Three Greek signatures, original to the production of the manuscript, in brown ink, in the lower margin, right:
  • α΄ (1) on f. 1r
  • α΄ (1) on f. 9r
  • β΄ (2) on f. 17r.

Condition

The leaves are yellowed and stained by humidity and water. There are also brown stains. Damages on ff. 23-24 have been repaired by pasting on small paper strips. Paper strips have been glued along the upper edge of ff. 25-28, 31, probably in order to adapt them to the dimension of the other leaves.

Layout

ff. 1r-16r A single column of 21 lines. 140 × 80 mm.

ff. 19r-70v A single column of 27-30 lines. 155-160 × 80-90 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 1r-17v l. 2, 19r-19v, 20v-30v, 31v-70v Hand A: minuscule script slanting to the right, characterized by a strong emphasis in tracing oblique strokes, rather regular in size, with the exception of some enlarged letters, such as phi, omicron, alpha, and ligatures, such as epsilon-csi, epsilon-ypsilon, the compendium for καὶ. From f. 19r the script becomes smaller, the differences in the size of letters become less evident, as well as the emphasis on the oblique strokes. The script appears less regular and more nervous, but its charatcteristic forms are still recognizable, such as majuscule beta with irregular lobes, the lower going under the line, zeta in form of a '2', high tau in a 'flag'-form.

The text is written in a brown ink, titles and initials in red. Sometimes round parts of letters are filled with red ink.

ff. 17v l. 3-18v, 20r Hand B: the texts with musical notations in these leaves were written by another, probably contemporary hand.

Musical Notation:

ff. 16v-18v, 20v Middle-byzantine melodic notation

Decoration

On f. 1r there is a rectangular headpiece filled with branches and scrolls, coloured in red.

Small flourishings, rinceaux in red ink are traced near some titles, see e.g. ff. 64v-65r.

Initials in ekthesis, in red ink, are decorated with a simple vegetal motif, see e.g. f. 1r.

There are also smaller thick initials in ekthesis in red ink, see e.g. f. 2v.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript, on the basis of the script and of the watermarks, can be dated in the 15th c., probably around the middle of the century.

Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Gg.1.2, ff. 73-302]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

21. ff. 72r-232v
Moschopoulos, Manuel, approximately 1265?-, Erotemata grammaticalia
Rubric: f. 27r ⟨Ἀ⟩ρχὴ σὺν θεῷ τῶν ἐρωτημάτων τῶν ἐπιδιορθωθέντων παρὰ κυροῦ Μανουὴλ τοῦ Μοσχοπούλου
Incipit: f. 27r Τί ἐστι προσῳδία ποία τάσις ἐγραμμάτου φωνῆς ὑγιοῦς
Explicit: f. 232v ὁ ψόγος καὶ ἡ σύγκρισις

The rubric has been written in the upper margin of . f. 73r

Ed. Grammaticae Artis Graecae Methodus, Manuele Moschopulo Authore, Basle, ex officina Ioan. Vualder, 1540

21.1. ff. 72r-91r l. 9
Beginning of the Erotemata
21.2. ff. 91r l. 10-128v
Masculine names
Final rubric: f. 128v Τέλος τοῦ ἀρσενικοῦ ὀνόματος
21.3. ff. 129r-136v l. 8
Feminine names
Rubric: f. 129r Ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῷ τοῦ θηλυκοῦ ὀνόματος
21.4. ff. 136v l. 9-140v
Neutral names
Rubric: f. 136v Ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῷ τοῦ \οὐδετέρου/ ὀνόματος

The title has been corrected in black ink, probably by another hand: the word ἀρσενικοῦ has been corrected in οὐδετέρου

21.5. ff. 141r-178v
Verb
Rubric: f. 141r Ῥῆμα ὁριστικὸν ἐνεργητικὸν, ἁπλοῦν προτότυπον[sic] συζυγίας α΄ τῶν περισπομένων
Final rubric: f. 178v Τέλος
21.6. ff. 179r-232v
Inflections
Final rubric: f. 232v Τέλος

The end does not coincide with the printed edition

22. ff. 233r-245v
⟨ Gregorios, Metropolitan of Corinth, active 1092-1156⟩ , De syntaxi
Rubric: f. 233r Τοῦ περιτίμου ἐν φιλοσόφοις κυρίου Μιχαὴλ σύντομος ἐξήγησις περὶ συντάξεως· ἢ περὶ τοῦ μὴ σολοικίζειν·καὶ περὶ βαρβαρισμοῦ· ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ τούτων καὶ περὶ συντάξεως προθέσεων καὶ ῥημάτων
Incipit: f. 233r Ὀκτώ εἰσι πάντα τὰ μέρη τοῦ λόγου
Explicit: f. 245v l. ἐν τῇ τελείᾳ μάθῃς γραμματικῇ.

In the margin has been added, by the scribe, in black ink, τοῦ Ψελλοῦ, attributing the text to Michael Psellus , but the author is actually Gregorios Pardos, Metropolitan of Corinth

TLG 4092.003

23. ff. 246r-248v
Various grammatical texts and epimerisms

  • f. 246r , inc. Πρῶτον πρόθεσις οἵον θέλω ἔθελω The text is to be read in the order ll. 13-25, 1-12, as indicated by the scribe in the upper margin and in the last line of the leaf
  • f. 246v ll. 1-15, inc. Ἰστέον δὲ πὰν ἀρσενικὸν ἑλληνικὸν ὄνομα εἰς ἕν τῶν ε΄
  • f. 246v l. 16-248v l. 9, epimerisms, inc. Ὁ Λάζαρος τέθνηκε φύσεως νόμῳ
  • f. 248v ll. 10-18, inc. Εὑρίσκεται δὲ ἐν τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ

24. ff. 249r-249v
Definitions (ὅροι) from Aphthonius' Progymnasmata
Rubric: f. 249r Ἀφθονίου σοφιστοῦ προγυμνάσματα ὧν αἱ ἀρχαὶ μόνον ᾧδε
Incipit: f. 249r Ὅρος μύθου. Μύθος ὁ τῶν τεττίγων καὶ τῶν μυρμήκων προτρέπων τοὺς νέους εἰς πόνους
Explicit: f. 249v ἔστι μὲν σχεδὸν ὅλη ὑπόθεσις.

The text consists of a series of 14 very brief 'definitions' (ὅροι), numbered in the margin, from the Progymnasmata by Aphthonius

24. f. 250r
Hermogenes, Περὶ στάσεων
Rubric: f. 250r l. 27 Ἀφθονίου σοφιστοῦ προγυμνάσματα ὧν αἱ ἀρχαὶ μόνον ᾧδε
Incipit: f. 250r Πολλῶν ὄντων καὶ μεγάλων, ἃ τὴν ῥητορικὴν συνίστησι
Explicit: f. 250r l. 30 κἀν τοῖς δικαστηρίοις ||

Only the first lines of the text are present in the manuscript, afterwards, ff. 250v-256v are blank

TLG 0592.002

24.1. f. 250r
Planudes, Maximus, approximately 1260-approximately 1310, Prolegomena
Incipit: f. 250r l. 1 Ὁ τὸ τῶν ῥητορικῶν βιβλίον σθντεταχθὲν, Ἑρμογένης ἐστὶν ὁ Ταρσεύς
Incipit: f. 250r l. 8 Πῶς ἐπιγνωσόμεθα τὰς στάσεις

They are two excerpts from the Prolegomena to Hermogenes' Περὶ στάσεων by Maximus Planudes, ed. C. Walz, Rhetores Graeci, 5, Stuttgartiae et Tubingiae, Londini, Lutetiae, p. 222 ll. 2-9 and p. 231

25. ff. 257r-261r
⟨ Gregorios, Metropolitan of Corinth, active 1092-1156⟩ , Περὶ λογογραφίας
Rubric: f. 257r Περὶ λογογραφίας
Incipit: f. 257r Πᾶσα λόγου ἰδέα, ἐκ μερῶν ὀκτὼ σύγκειται
Explicit: f. 261r l. 11 καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.
26. ff. 261r-262v
Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403, De mensuris et ponderibus (excerptum Graecum 3)
Rubric: f. 261r l. 11 Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἐπιφανίου περὶ μετρῶν καὶ σταθμῶν
Incipit: f. 261r Κόρος σίτου μόδια λ΄, ὃ λέγεται χώρ
Explicit: f. 262v l. 5 ἐκείρετο τὴν κεφαλήν, σίκλους ρκεʹ.||

The text ends at I. Sakkelion, Πατμιακὴ βιβλιοθήκη, Ἀθήνα 1890, pp. 131-133: p. 132 l. 37

TLG 2021.037; CPG 3746

26. ff. 262v-264v
⟨ Sextus Julius Africanus⟩ , Cesti (fragmenta)
Incipit: f. 262v l. 6 Ἐπειδὴ πολλαχοῦ σταθμῶν

J.-R. Vieillefond, Les "Cestes" de Julius Africanus, Florence 1970, Book 4

TLG 2956.002

27. ff. 265r-267v
Grammatical text on prepositions
Incipit: f. 265r Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι ἡ ἐξ καὶ ἡ ἐκ καὶ ἡ ἀπό
Explicit: f. 267v καὶ ὑπὲρ τοὺς ὑπηκόους ὁ ἄρχων.
28. ff. 268r-269r
Grammatical text on persons
Incipit: f. 268r Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι πάντα τὰ ὀνόματα καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ ἀντωνυμίαι
Explicit: f. 269r καὶ σύνθετοι τρές.
29. ff. 269v-270v
Grammatical text
Rubric: f. 269v Ἐπίλυσις τῶν στεριτικῶν[sic] μορίων καὶ τῶν ἐπιτατικῶν
Incipit: f. 269v Δεῖ γινώσκειν, ὅτι ὠκτώ[sic] εἰσι πάντα τὰ μέρη τοῦ λόγου· καὶ πᾶν ὅπερ διὰ λόγου
Explicit: f. 270v καὶ τὰ ὅμοια.
30. f. 271r
Grammatical text
Incipit: f. 271r l.1 Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι ἐννέα μόρια ὑποτάσσονται
Explicit: f. 271r l. 21 ἐπιστρέψει εἰς κρίσιν.
31. ff. 271r-271v
Grammatical text
Incipit: f. 271r l. 22 Ἰστέον δὲ ὅτι ὑποτακτικὰ ῥήματα
Explicit: f. 271v l. 6 καὶ τὰ λοιπά.
32. ff. 271v-276v
Grammatical text
Rubric: f. 271v l. 7 Ἑρμενεία περί τινων λέξεων
Incipit: f. 271v Τὸ α σημαίνει ὀκτώ, στέρησιν
Explicit: f. 276v καὶ προσδοκῶ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα.
33. ff. 277r-278r
Grammatical text
Incipit: f. 277r Διὰ τί εἰσι ι΄ προσῳδίαι
Explicit: f. 278r εἰς τὸ ἀποτελέσαι φωνὴν ἔγγραφον.
34. ff. 278v-279v
Grammatical text on verbs
Rubric: f. 278v Περὶ ῥημάτων αὐθυποτάκτων
Incipit: f. 278v Ἰστέον ὅτι ὧν μὲν τὸ ῥῆμα βαρύνεται
Explicit: f. 279v τῶν βαρυτόνων.

More grammatical excerpts follow on ff. 280r-280v:

  • inc. ⟨Ἰ⟩στέον ὅτι τῆς ἀποδεικτικῆς
  • inc. Ἄλλο ἀπόδειξις καὶ ἄλλο ἀποδεικτική
  • inc. Κατάφασις δὲ ἄνθρωπος περιπατεῖ

35. ff. 281r-289v
Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais, Letters Epistulae
Rubric: f. 281r Συνεσίου Κυρηναίου ἐπισκόπου Κυρίνης
Incipit: f. 281r Παῖδας ἐγὼ λόγους ἐγεννησάμην
Explicit: f. 289v καὶ νόμιζε καὶ πρός σε||

The letters are A. Garzya, Synésios de Cyrène, Correspondance: Lettres I-CLVI, vols. 2-3, Paris 2000: 1:1-79; 2:173-307, no. 1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 12, 13, 14, 28, 30, 32, 37, 49, 51, 53, 96, 60, 156, 63, 64, 112, 115, 121, 128; the text ends abruptly at ep. 128 l. 4

TLG 2006.012; CPG 5640

36. ff. 290r-291r
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379; Libanius, Letters Epistulae
Incipit: f. 290r Βασίλειος Λιβανίῳ. Πολλοὶ περιτυχόντες ἡμῖν τῶν αὐτόθι
Explicit: f. 291r l. 10 τῶν λόγων πηγάς.

The correpondence between Basil of Caesarea and Libanius has been published among the works of both authors, Y. Courtonne, Saint Basile. Lettres, 3 vols., Paris 1957-1966 (TLG 2040.004; CPG 2900.d) R. Foerster, Libanii opera, 11, Leipzig 1922 (repr. Hildesheim 1997), pp. 572-597 (TLG 2200.003); the manuscript contains letters:

  • 351 Courtonne = 17 Foerster
  • 352 Courtonne = 18 Foerster
  • 353 Courtonne = 19 Foerster
  • 354 Courtonne = 20 Foerster
  • 356 Courtonne = 22 Foerster
  • 355 Courtonne = 21 Foerster
  • 359 Courtonne = 26 Foerster

37. f. 291r
Psellus, Michael, Letters Epistulae
Rubric: f. 291r l. 11 Τοῦ ὑπερτίμου προέδρου τῶν φιλοσόφων κυρίου Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ψελλοῦ
Incipit: f. 291r Τῇ νοητῇ ἀμπέλῳ
Explicit: f. 291r l. 10 ἐκ μέσης αὐτῆς τῆς ψυχῆς.

The letters are S. Papaioannou, Michael Psellus, Epistulae, I-II, Berlin-Boston 2019, no. 80, 156

TLG 2702.051

38. ff. 291v-293r
Letters Epistulae

Various letters, and model incipits as rhetorical exercises; among others:

  • Μετροφάνῃ μετροπολίτῃ Σμύρνης
  • Ἰωάννης Κυρίλλῳ
  • Ἰωάννης Ἀντονίῳ
  • Διογένης Άντιπάτρῳ
  • Ἀρχιεπίσκοπος πρὸς ἐπίσκοπον
  • Ἐπίσκοπος πρὸς ἐπισκόπους
  • Πρὸς πάπαν
  • Πατριάρχης πρὸς πάπαν
  • Βασιλεὺς πρὸς πάπαν
  • Βασιλεὺς πρὸς τὴν αὐτοῦ μετέρα

f. 293v is blank

39. f. 294r
Apollonius, of Tyana , Letters Epistulae
Rubric: f. 294r Ἀπολλωνίου φιλοσόφου ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς τοὺς Ἐφεσίων γραμματέας
Incipit: f. 294r Οἱ παῖδες ὑμῶν πατέρων δέονται
Explicit: f. 294r l. 7 τὰ παρόντα μισεῖτε.

The letters are C.L. Kayser, Flavii Philostrati opera, 1, Leipzig 1870 (repr. Hildesheim 1964), no. 33

TLG 0619.003

40. f. 294r
Libanius, Letters Epistulae
Rubric: f. 294r l. 7 Ἰουλιανῷ Λιβάνιος
Incipit: f. 294r Τὶ[sic] ταῦτα γλώττης ἀργοτέρας
Explicit: f. 294r l. 15 ὅ τι ἂν γνῷς στέρξομεν.

The letter is R. Foerster, Libanii opera, 10-11, Leipzig 1921-1922 (repr. Hildesheim 1997), no. 760

TLG 2200.001

41. f. 294r
Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363, Letters Epistulae
Rubric: f. 294r l. 16 Ἰουλιανὸς Λιβανίῳ
Incipit: || f. 294r Ἀνέγνων χθὲς τὸν λόγον πρὸ ἀρίστου
Explicit: f. 294r l. 23 ὢ συνθήκη.

The letter is J. Bidez, L'empereur Julien. Oeuvres complètes, 1.2, Paris 19602 , no. 97; only the last 6 lines of the letter

On f. 294v the scribe wrote two brief texts, with titles:

  • Πρόλογος διαθήκης
  • Πρὸς Ἰουδαίους ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ αἰωνίου θεοῦ

TLG 2003.013

42. ff. 295r-300r
Pseudo-Nonnos, Scholia mythologica
Rubric: f. 295r Συναγωγὴ καὶ ἐξήγησις ὧν ἐμνήσθη ὁ θεόλογος Γρηγόριος ἱστοριῶν· ἐν τῷ εἰς τὸν ἐπιτάφιον Βασιλείου λόγον
Incipit: f. 295r Οἱ τῶν ἔξω ῥήτορες
Explicit: f. 300r l. 4 ὁ ἀνδριὰς καὶ ἀξιοθαύμαστος.

TLG 3127.001

43. f. 300r
Lexicon in orationes Gregorii Nazianzeni (= Λέξεις ἐκ τοῦ Θεολόγου) (e cod. Barocciano 50)
Incipit: || f. 300r l. 5 Κολοφῶνα τὸ ἀκρότατον καὶ τὸ κεφάλαιον
Explicit: f. 300r l. 18 ὁ ἀνδριὰς καὶ ἀξιοθαύμαστος.||

J. Sajdak, Lexica Graeca minora (ed. K. Latte, H. Erbse), Hildesheim 1965, p. 179 ll. 10-20

TLG 4303.001

44. ff. 300r-300v
Photius I, Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople, approximately 820-approximately 891, Lexicon
Incipit: || f. 300r l. 19 Ἀλκύων ὄρνεον θαλάσσιον ἥτις τίκτει κατὰ τὸν Ἀριστοτέλην
Explicit: f. 300v l. 3 Φιλόχορος θ΄ .||

C. Theodoridis, Photii patriarchae lexicon (Α—Δ), 1, Berlin 1982, entries 980-981 (until l. 4)

TLG 4040.029

45. ff. 300v-301r
Plato, Respublica (excerptum)
Rubric: f. 300v l. 18 Ἱστορία Ἀλκίμου ἀπὸ τῆς ι΄ τῶν πολιτείων Πλάτωνος
Incipit: || f. 300r l. 19 Ἀλκίμου μὲν ἀνδρὸς ἠρὸς τοῦ Ἀρμενίου
Explicit: f. 300v l. 18 ἐπειδὴ ἐγγὺς τοῦ στομίου ἦμεν||

Only an excerpt: S.R. Slings, Platonis Rempublicam, Oxford 2003, pp. 614 b 4-615 d 5 (Stephanus) entries 980-981 (until l. 4)

At the end of the leaf the scribe indicated that the text was incomplete, writing λείπει

TLG 0059.042

46. ff. 301v-302r
Renderings in Greek of proper names from the Old Testament
Rubric: f. 301v Ἑρμηνεῖαι τῶν παλαιῶν ὀνομάτων
Incipit: f. 301v Ἀδὰμ ἑρμηνεύεται, γῆ σαρκουμένη
Explicit: f. 302r ἢ φοίνιξ ἢ πικρασμός.
47. f. 302v
Hebrew names
Incipit: f. 302v Τὰ εἰς ε οἷον Ὤσηέ
Explicit: f. 302v l. 19 κατὰ κόσμον.
48. f. 302v
The ten commandments
Rubric: f. 302v l. 20 Ἡ δεκάλογος Μωυσέως
Incipit: f. 302v Ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός σου
Explicit: f. 302v l. 26 οὐδ' ὅσα ἐστὶν ἐν αὐτῷ

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 73-302 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: ff. 73-136 Mountain in a circle ( ca. 30 × ca. 30 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Harlfinger Monts 71, 72, 77, 78, which are dated to 1431, 1439 and 1440, 1442, 1445. ff. 137-144 Letter R ( ca. 35 × ca. 25 mm. ) (but it is not completely visible) in the gutter, comparable to Harlfinger Lettre 34, 37, which are dated to 1407/8, 1431. ff. 145-160 Mountain possibly surmounted by a Latin cross, ( ca. 20 × ca.25 mm. ) in the gutter, the watermark is not entirely visible due to its position, it is nevertheless comparable to the type Harlfinger Monts 17, 25ab, 27, 43, 44, which are dated to 1431, 1435/1437, 1442, 1455, 1461. ff. 161-193 Crescent, in a circle ( ca. 35 × ca. 40 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to the type Briquet Croissant 5198 , which is dated to 1413 and 1431. ff. 194-248, 281-294 Anvil ( ca. 25 × ca. 30 mm. ) in the gutter, it is the same watermark which recurs in ff. 303-326, no precise parallels were found in the main repertoires. ff. 249-250, 255-256 Crown, under it monogram ( ca. 30 × 25 mm. ) in the gutter, similar to Harlfinger Couronne 31 , which is dated to 1463. ff. 251-254 Bull's head, with nostrils and eyes, surmounted by letter ‘ S’ ( ca. 55 × 28 mm. ) in the gutter, no precise parallels were found in the main repertoires. ff. 257-264 Cloverleaf, with stem ( ca. 50 × 40 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Briquet Fleur 6306 , which is dated to 1438/1455, and to Harlfinger Fleur 80 , which is dated to 1446. ff. 265-280 Footprint ( ca. 30 × 10 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Harlfinger Semelle de soulier 11 , which is dated to 1435/1437. ff. 295- Two crossed arrows ( ca. 55 × 32 mm. ) in the gutter, comparable to Harlfinger Flèche 12 , which is dated to 1468.

Collation

Part II consists of quaternions.

  • Quires 10-368 ff. 73-288
  • Quire 376 ff. 289-294
  • Quire 388 ff. 295-302

Greek signatures, original to the production of the manuscript, in brown ink, are visible throughout in the upper or lower margin, right, of the first leaf recto of the quire, and in the lower margin, right, of the last verso:
  • ζ΄ (7) on f. 121r
  • ια΄ (11) on f. 153r
  • ιβ΄ (12) on f. 161r
  • ιγ΄ (13) on f. 169r
  • ιδ΄ (14) on f. 177r
  • ιϛ΄ (16) on ff. f. 194r and 201v
  • ιζ΄ (17) on ff. 202r and 209v
  • ιη΄ (18) on ff. 210r and 217v
  • ιθ΄ (19) on ff. 218r and 224v
  • κ΄ (20) on ff. 225r and 232v
  • κα΄ (21) on ff. 233r and 240v
  • κβ΄ (22) on ff. 241r and 248v
  • κγ΄ (23) on ff. 265r and 272v
  • κδ΄ (24) on ff. 273r and 280v
  • κε΄ (25) on ff. 281r and 288v
  • κϛ΄ (26) on f. 289r
  • μβ΄ (42) on ff. 295r and 302v
The series of signatures shows that quires 32 (ff. 249-256) and 33 (257-264), which are now unnumbered and placed between quire 31 (ff. 241-248), with signature κβ΄ (22) and quire 34 (ff. 265-272), with signature κγ΄ (23), seem to have been inserted there after the origial signatures were written. The last quire of this part, quire 38 (ff. 295-302), with signature μβ΄ (42), comes after quire 37 (ff. 289-294), with signature κϛ΄ (26).

Layout

ff. 73r-178v, 192r-193v A single column of 21 lines. 145 × 90 mm.

ff. 179r-191v Four columns of 21 lines. 150 × 95 mm.

ff. 194r-232v Three columns of 30-31 lines. 150 × 85 mm.

ff. 233r-245v A single column of 22 lines. 150 × 90 mm.

ff. 246r-250r, 290r-294v Irregular layout, a single column of 11-31 lines. 155 × 80-90 mm.

ff. 257r-279v A single column of 26-30 lines. 145-150 × 80 mm.

ff. 281r-289v A single column of 23 lines. 150 × 80 mm.

ff. 295r-302v A single column of 30 lines. 150 × 85 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 73r-250r, 257r-302v Hand A

The text is written in a brown ink, titles and initials in red. Sometimes round parts of letters are filled with red ink.

Decoration

On f. 73r there is a rectangular headpiece filled with branches and scrolls, and 6 wheels, coloured in a now faded red ink.

A small linear frieze in brown ink with clovers at both ends is used as line-filler to signal the beginning of the part dedicated to the masculine names, f. 91r.

Small flourishings, rinceaux in red ink are traced near some titles, see e.g. ff. f. 129r, 136v, f. 179r, f. 249r.

Initials in ekthesis, in red ink, decorated with a simple vegetal motif, see e.g. f. 136v.

There are also smaller thick initials in ekthesis in red ink, see e.g. f. 73r.

Accompanying Material

In the manuscript is preserved a loose small paper leaf (here f. [228a]; western paper, no watermark is visible, 170 × 90 mm. ) with a list of words in Greek, beginning with α and β, accompanied by an Arabic number: it is probably the beginning of an alphabetical index, it does not seem to refer to this manuscript; it was probably written by a western European hand. On the verso there are traces of script, in Latin.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript, on the basis of the script and of the watermarks, can be dated to the 15th century., probably around the middle of the century.

Part 3 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Gg.1.2, ff. 303-326]

Contents

Language(s): Greek

49. ff. 303r-310v
Collection of short memoirs of historical and mythological persons and facts
Incipit: f. 303r Μενίππος ὁ Λύκιος γνώρισμος
Explicit: f. 310v ἀλληγορεῖν παρεργότερον.
50. ff. 311r-319v
⟨ Nicephorus Basilaces 1115-1180⟩ , Progymnasmata

Ed. A. Pignani, Niceforo Basilace. Progimnasmi e monodie, Naples 1983

TLG 3087.003

Two brief definitions were added by the scribe on f. 319v, after the end of the text:

  • ll. 23-25, Περὶ βάκχων, inc. Αἱ βάκχαι δὲ χορὸς ἦσαν γυναικῶν
  • ll. 26-29, Περὶ ἀεθλίου, inc. Μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμὸν (excerpt from Etymologicum genuinum, TLG 4097.001, s.v. ἆθλος

50.1. f. 311r
Progymn. 18 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 311r l. 1 Διήγημα τὸ κατὰ τὸν Δαίδαλον
Incipit: f. 311r Δαίδαλον σοφία μὲν καὶ τέχνη
Explicit: f. 311r l. 26 κηρὸν ἐπαιδεύετο.
50.2. ff. 311r-311v
Progymn. 19 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 311r l. 27 Τὸ κατὰ τὴν Πασιφάην
Incipit: f. 311r Ἔρως καὶ Πασιφάην
Explicit: f. 311v l. 27 ἀπογεννᾶται Μινώταυρος.
50.3. ff. 311v-312r
Progymn. 20 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 311v l. 27 Τὸ κατὰ τὸν Ἴκαρον
Incipit: f. 311v Ἐνόσει Πασιφάη
Explicit: f. 312r l. 27 ἀνθρώποις ἐγνώρισεν.
50.4. ff. 312r-312v
Progymn. 21 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 312r l. 27 Τὸ κατὰ τὴν ἅλωσιν τῆς Τροίας
Incipit: f. 312r Ὁ τὴν ἅλωσιν τῆς Τροίας
Explicit: f. 312v l. 22 τὰς οἰκίας εἰργάσαντο.
50.5. ff. 312v-313r
Progymn. 8 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 312v l. 22 Τὸ κατὰ Θάμυριν.
Incipit: f. 312v Θάμυρις καλὸς
Explicit: f. 313r l. 16 στέρησιν ὄψεως.
50.6. ff. 313r-313v
Progymn. 8 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 313r l. 16 Τὸ κατὰ τὴν Δανάην.
Incipit: f. 313r Οὐδὲν ἄρα πατρὸς
Explicit: f. 313v l. 8 Περσέα κομίζεται.
50.7. ff. 313v-316r
Progymn. 27 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 313v l. 9 Ἀνασκευὴ τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἀταλάντην.
Incipit: f. 313r Οὐ ζηλῶ τοῦ ψεύδους
Explicit: f. 316r l. 5 οὐκ ἔχοντος νοῦν.
50.8. ff. 316r-319v
Progymn. 28 (Pignani)
Rubric: f. 316r l. 5 Κατασκευὴ τὰ κατὰ τὴν Ἀταλάντην.
Incipit: f. 316r Εἰ μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων
Explicit: f. 319v l. 22 τὸν ἄρτον ἰσχυριζόμενοι.
51. ff. 320r-324v
Metrical texts
Incipit: f. 320r Περὶ μέτρου ἡρωικοῦ. Ὁ μὲν ἡρωικὸς
Explicit: f. 324v καὶ έπὶ χθονὶ βαίνει.

In the upper margin of f. 320r the scribe wrote: Μέτρῳ γὰρ καὶ τὸν θεὸν ὁρῶμεν στοιχειῶσαι τὸ πᾶν

52. ff. 325r-325v
Vita Aristotelis
Rubric: f. 325r Περὶ γένους Ἀριστοτέλους
Incipit: f. 325r Ὁ Ἀριστοτέλης τῷ μὲν γένει ἦν Μακεδών
Explicit: f. 325v l. 27 γίνεται ξγ΄.

See V. Rose, Aristotelis qui ferebantur librorum fragmenta, Lipsiae 1886, pp. 437-441 with some differencies

53. ff. 325v-326v
De Homero, 2
Incipit: f. 325v l. 27 Ὅμηρον τὸν ποιητὴν χρόνῳ μὲν τῶν πλείστων
Explicit: f. 325v l. 27 τέρπεσθαι ῥᾳδίως.

The text ends at J.F. Kindstrand, [Plutarchi] De Homero, Leipzig 1990, p. 9 l. 62

The text is traditionally attributed to Plutarch , but the attribution is disputed

TLG 1805.012

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: ff. 303-326 Western paper, folded in quarto. Watermarks: ff. 303-326 Anvil ( ca. 25 × ca. 30 mm. ) in the gutter, it is the same watermark which recurs in ff. 194-248, 281-294, no precise parallels were found in the main repertoires.

Collation

Part III consists of quaternions; in quire 8, the first and the last leaves are missing, resulting in loss of text:

  • Quires 39-418 ff.303-326

Greek signatures, original to the production of the manuscript, in red ink, in the lower margin, right, of the first leaf recto of the quires, from α ( f. 303r) to γ ( f. 319r).

Layout

A single column of 30 lines. 150 × 85 mm.

Hand(s)

ff. 73r-250r, 257r-302v Hand A

The text is written in a brown ink, titles and initials in red. Sometimes round parts of letters are filled with red ink.

Decoration

Small flourishings, rinceaux in red ink are traced near some titles, see e.g. f. 320r.

Initials in ekthesis, in red ink, are decorated with a simple vegetal motif, see e.g. f. 320r.

There are also smaller thick initials in ekthesis in red ink, see e.g. f. 319v.

History

Origin: This part of the manuscript, on the basis of the script and of the watermarks, can be dated to the 15th century, probably around the middle of the century.

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description (2020) draws partly on: A catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the Library of the University of Cambridge, vol. 3: Gg-Kk, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1858, pp. 8-14.

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