Introduction:
This manuscript was written entirely by Thomas
Stanley (1625-1678), and contains his notes, collations
and conjectures relating to various authors and texts, all brought
together under the title Adversaria. Stanley was an
English author and translator, and in all likelihood he is also the
copyist of CUL
MS Kk.6.27 (Sophocles, Ajax), among the Greek manuscripts
at Cambridge University Library.
The verso side of each leaf was intended to receive the
notes or variant readings to the relevant texts on the facing
rectos, but few of them actually contain notes: see, for example,
ff. 50v, 54v, 60v,
95v, 134v, 182v
and 300v. From f. 167r to f. 170v the text runs on both rectos and
versos.
Folios 326r-420v
are all blank leaves: ff. 329r-417v were not photographed during the
manuscript's digitisation and consequently are not displayed on the
Digital Library.
Dr Matteo Di Franco
Language(s): Greek and Latin
1. ff. 1r-1v
Title and Table of contents
Rubric:
f. 1r Adversaria. Pars prima
Coniectura
Incipit:
f. 1v Sophocles
Euripides
Explicit:
f. 1v Nicomachi Arithmetica
Etymologicum magnum
2. ff. 2r-5r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Life of Sophocles
Rubric:
f. 2r Sophoclis vita
Incipit:
f. 2r Sophocles Sophili
f(ilius) Atheniensis e Colono oriundus
Explicit:
f. 5r Athenis est mortuus
cumque Sophoclem inaudisset patrio sepulchro inferri prolixissime
libentissimeque concedit
3. ff. 6r-7r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
List and notes of tragedies of Sophocles omitted
by van Meurs
Rubric:
f. 6r Sophoclis Tragaediae quae
a Iohanne Meursio praetermissae sunt
Incipit:
f. 6r ΑΧΑΪΔΕΣ Erotian: Lexic:
p. 123.c.
Explicit:
f. 7r in illa quae extant
fabula nusquam comparere
Reference in rubric to Johannes van Meurs, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides sive de tragoediis erorum libri
III, Leiden 1619 (see pp. 33-94).
4. ff. 8r-10r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on the De vita Euripidis by Manuel
Moschopulus
Rubric:
f. 8r In vitam Euripidis
authore Manuele Moschopulo
Incipit:
f. 8r Apud Suidam habetur hac
vita, in v. Ευριπιδης
Explicit:
f. 10r Sepulchri eius
meminit et Plinius, lib. 31. cap: 2.
cf. Suda, ε 3695 Adler (TLG 9010.001).
5. f. 11r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
List and notes of the tragedies of Euripides
omitted by van Meurs
Rubric:
f. 11r Euripidis Tragaediae
quae a Johanne Meursio praetermissae sunt
Incipit:
f. 11r ΑΙΓΙΣ Harpocrat:
Lexic: pag: 228.
Explicit:
f. 11r γεμουσαν κυματος
θεοσπορου του κατα συλληψιν
Reference in rubric to Johannes van Meurs, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides sive de tragoediis erorum libri
III, Leiden 1619 (see pp. 95-127).
6. ff. 16r-166r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on the tragedies of Euripides
Rubric:
f. 16r Euripidis
Hecuba
Incipit:
f. 16r v. 1. Ηκω,
νεκρων κευθμωνα και σκοτου πυλας λιπων, ιν’ αδης χωρις ῳκισται
θεων] Ennium hanc Euripidis Tragaediam transtulisse
discimus ex Agellio
Explicit:
f. 166r v. 954 Solonis
dictum; quo et saepius hic utitur, et Sophocles et Aeschylus.
dicique beatus etc.
- Hecuba ff. 16r-35r
- Orestes ff. 36r-41r
- Phoenissae ff. 42r-47r
- Medea ff. 48r-61r
- Hippolytus coronatus ff. 62r-76r
- Alcestis ff. 77r-79r
- Andromache ff. 80r-83r
- Supplices ff. 84r-94r
- Iphigenia in Aulide ff. 95r-98r
- Iphigenia in Tauris ff. 100r-105r
- Rhesus ff. 106r-114r
- Troades ff. 115r-121r
- Bacchae ff. 122r-127r
- Cyclops ff. 128r-141r
- Heraclidae ff. 142r-145r
- Helena ff. 146r-153r
- Ion ff. 154r-160r
- Hercules furens ff. 161r-163r
- Electra ff. 165r-166r
7. ff. 167r-170v
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Collation of Stephen of Byzantium’s Ethnica from
Vat. Pal. gr. 57 and 253
Rubric:
f. 167r Ex MSS Palat: Bib:
Vat: Stephani de urbibus A antiquior R recentior Mss uterque ms
Incipit:
f. 167r Αβυδοι ... ἔρυμα
mss ὅρμον ... πευκτίοις ms A πευκετιοις
Explicit:
f. 170v Ωπιαι ... τειχος
βασι* ms A τειχος βασιληϊ
Final rubric:
f. 170v τελος mss
τελος τῶν τοπικῶν Στεφάνου
Manuscript A (antiquior) is
Vatican City, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus
Palatinus gr. 253
, R (recentior) is
Vatican City, Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus
Palatinus gr. 57
. The collation is dated 1653
on f. 167r
cf. TLG 4028.003, 4028.004, 4028.005, 4028.006, 4028.007
8. ff. 171r-255r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Juvenal's Satires
Rubric:
f. 171r Iuvenalis
Incipit:
f. 172r Sat: 1 v. 1
reponam] vicissim scribam, et mores corruptos
publicos referam
Explicit:
f. 255r v. 45
ponente lacernas] An est allusio ad morem ponendi
praetextam, ante pronunciationem sententiae, de quo Val. Max. lib. 9
ubi de Cic.
- Sat. 1 ff. 171r-176r
- Sat. 2 ff. 177r-181r
- Sat. 3 ff. 182r-191r
- Sat. 4 ff. 192r-196r
- Sat. 5 ff. 197r-200r
- Sat. 6 ff. 201r-211r
- Sat. 7 ff. 212r-219r
- Sat. 8 ff. 220r-224r
- Sat. 9 ff. 225r-227r
- Sat. 10 ff. 228r-236r
- Sat. 11 ff. 237r-238r
- Sat. 12 ff. 239r-241r
- Sat. 13 ff. 242r-245r
- Sat. 14 ff. 246r-250r
- Sat. 15 ff. 251r-252r
- Sat. 16 ff. 253r-255r
9. ff. 257r-279r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Persius' Satires
Rubric:
f. 257r Prolog:
Incipit:
f. 257r v. 1. Nec
fonte] vide Turneb: lib: 10.13
Explicit:
f. 279r v. 79
redit] et in vc ibid. depunge] vc.
depinge
- Prologus f.
257r
- Sat. 1 ff. 258r-262r
- Sat. 2 ff. 261r-265r
- Sat. 3 ff. 266r-268r
- Sat. 4 f. 269
- Sat. 5 ff. 270r-276r
- Sat. 6 ff. 277r-279r
10. ff. 281r-292r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and
Clitophon
Rubric:
f. 281r Achilles Tatius de
Clitophontis et Leucippae amoribus
Incipit:
f. 281r Lib: 3. pag: 153
descriptio tempestatis
Explicit:
f. 292r pag: 471. de
fistula est sermo, quod instrumenti genus si apud vos Byzantios in
usu est; ει μεν ουν το οργανον και παρ’ ημιν [l. υμιν]
επιχωριαζει τοις Βυζαντιοις
- Book 3 ff. 281r-283r
- Book 4 ff. 284r-285r
- Book 5 ff. 286r-287r
- Book 6 ff. 288r-289r
- Book 7 ff. 290r-291r
- Book 8 f. 292r
cf. TLG 0532.001
11. ff. 293r-294r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Longus' The Story of Daphnis and
Chloe
Rubric:
f. 293r Longi
Poemenica
Incipit:
f. 293r Lib: 1. pag: 3
διειληπται γαρ ευριποις. Iugermannus vertiti,
Distincta namque est et divisa euripis
Explicit:
f. 294r pag: 64. Is
igitur actutum die subsequente e portu solvit et in altum evectus
cum militibus qui remigum via ipsi fungebantus, etc. ο δε
ευθυς της επιουσης αναγομενος αυτερεταις στρατιωταις
etc. f. αυτερεταις
cf. TLG 0561.001
12. ff. 295r-296r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Partheius of Nicaea' Suffrings in
Love
Rubric:
f. 295r Parthenii
Erotica
Incipit:
f. 295r In Epistola d
Corn: Gallum: τα γαρ παρα τισι των ποιητω κειμενα, τουτων μη
αυτοτελως λελεγμενων
Explicit:
f. 296r cap. 12. φαγων τε
ο καλχος (pharmacum (ircaum) ευθεως παραπληξ ἴστα. l. ἱσταται, vel
ἐστη
cf. TLG 0655.004
13. ff. 297r-300r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Zenobius' Proverbs
Rubric:
f. 297r Zenobii
Proverbia
Incipit:
f. 297r Centur: 1. Prov:
41 Αϊδος κυνη. unam e Phorci filiis Μεμφηδην, qua rectius
Πεμφρεδω
Explicit:
f. 300r απο αυχενος αχρι
σφυρων κατατεινουσαν. De unico hac vena cogita. non recte
Schottus
cf. TLG 0098.001
14. ff. 301r-302r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Theocritus' Idyls
Rubric:
f. 301r Theocritus
Incipit:
f. 301r Idyll. 1. v. 36 -
οι δ' υπ' ερωτος δηθα κυκλοιδιοωντες ετωσια μοχθιζοντι
Explicit:
f. 302r Blandus in
extincto suspirat Adonide Moschus, Flebiliusque ipsa Cypride fata
gemit
notes on versos from f.
300v
cf. TLG 0005.001
15. ff. 303r-304r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Antigonus of Carystus' Collection of
Wonderful Tales
Rubric:
f. 303r Antigoni Carystii
ιστορίων παραδοξων συναγωγη
Incipit:
f. 303r Cap: 103. Των ζωων
τα μακρα, αρσενα ειναι τα δευτερα θηλεα
Explicit:
f. 304r Interpri Hyeme
ita defcere ut tingere quoque non sit facile. Immo, ut non facile
inde aquam haurias
cf. TLG 0568.001
16. ff. 305r-306r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Aelius Aristides' Speeches
Rubric:
f. 305r Aristidis
Orationes
Incipit:
f. 305r Tom: 1. Orat. 1
qui hymnus in Iovem: pag. 5.a. δοτε μοι μανικον γενεσθαι τον
λογον
Explicit:
f. 306r Ibid. pag: 39.
αλλα τε και η καταιρουσα προς ημας εκειθεν θαλαττα. f. καταρεουσα
sed ne sic locum hunc intelligo
cf. TLG 0284
17. ff. 307r-320r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Theophrastus' Characters
Rubric:
f. 307r Theophrasti
characteres
Incipit:
f. 307r 1. περι ειρωνειας
η μεν ουν ειρωνεια] Causb: Cavillatio. malim simulatio
Explicit:
f. 320r 16. περι
δεισιδαιμονας
cf. TLG 0093.009
18. ff. 322r-324r
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678),
Notes on Hesychius' Lexicon
Rubric:
f. 322r Hesychii
Lexicon
Incipit:
f. 322r Απαγωγη· η των
κακουργων προς τους εν δικαστηριω παραδοσις
Explicit:
f. 324r κρατινο εριφιοις
εικασι φευγοντες αϊδρυτον κακον. αλλοις κακοϊδρυτον, etc.
cf. TLG 4085.002
on f. 325r only the title of
Etymologicum magnum is present: ‘Etymologicum magnum v.
ἀγαθη’
Origin:
The manuscript was written by
Thomas Stanley (1625-1678)
, and according to the note on f. 167r (‘Anno 1653’), it was copied the in
1650s.
Provenance and Acquisition
John Moore (1646-1714)
, bishop of Ely:
no. 668 in Bernard, Catalogi librorum
manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (1697).
Presented to the University Library in 1715 by
George I
:
donation bookplate engraved by
John Pine (1690-1756)
in 1736
on the left pastedown.
