Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.26
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12209
Contents
Physical Description
Leaves are foliated in brown ink and in pencil in Arabic numerals in the top right-hand corner, recto, [i]-[iii] + 1-90 + [90a] + 91-181 + [iv]-[v].
A modern foliation in brown ink in Arabic numerals in the top right-hand corner, recto, from 1 to 172, has been replaced and supplemented by a pencil one from 55 onwards, due to its numerous inaccuracies (brown ink foliation: [i]-[iii] + 1-54, [54a], 55-62, 62, [62a], 63-87, 87, 88-112, 105, 104, 109, 106, 107-122, 124, 126-150, 152, 155, 154, 155-172 + [iv])
Collation
ff. [i]-[iii] | 16-1, 26, 3-44 | 5-98, 104 | 11-248, 258-1 | ff. [iv]-[v]
Condition
In poor condition. Extensive water and humidity stains throughout the manuscript, in particular near the edges of ff. 1r-19v and ff. 174r-[v] verso. The left board of the binding is detached from the spine.
Binding
Modern western binding. Paper and leather (from the spine) on couched-laminate boards, gold tooled leather spine with title ‘Analeel Graeca M.S.’ and shelfmark.
Gilded edges with a gauffered foliate design.
On the left pastedown is glued the Royal bookplate; above it, the shelfmark is written in black ink.
The left board is detached from the spine.
300 × 221 × 43 mm.
Accompanying Material
ff. [i] recto-[ii] verso, and [iv] recto-[v] verso, are paper endleaves bound respectively at the beginning and at the end of the manuscript. Watermark: Letters in a shield ( 23 × 20 mm. ) in the centre of the folio comparable to Briquet Lettres assemblées 9666 , which is dated to 1550 and localized in Paris..
On f. [i] recto there is a modern annotation in pencil by a librarian describing the collation of the manuscript.
A modern blank leaf, f. [iii], has been added before f. 1, probably in order to protect the decoration on this leaf.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Perhaps no. 12 in the list of manuscripts owned by Jérôme Fondule , which were sent to the Fontainebleau Library in 1529 (Omont 1889, p. 371). However, no. 12 is described as containing ‘Ἀριστείδου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων περὶ μουσικῆς’ (Aristeides and others on music), whereas this manuscript contains the work on music by Aristoxenus, not by Aristeides, so the possession of the manuscript by Fondule cannot be regarded as certain.
Owned by Francis I, King of France (1494-1547) , whose crest is present at f. 1r, with a dedication to him. The book was part of the Library of Fontainebleau and left the royal collection before 1622 (Jackson 2006, p.31).
John Moore (1646-1714) , bishop of Ely: no. 986 in the handwritten supplementary list of Moore's manuscripts, now MS Oo.7.50(2), compiled by Thomas Tanner (1674-1735) after the publication of Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (c. 1697).
Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I (1660-1727) : donation bookplate engraved by John Pine (1690-1756) in 1736 on the left pastedown.
Part 1 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.26, ff. 1r-19v]
Contents
Language(s): Greek
TLG 0088.001
ff. 18v-19v are blank
Physical Description
Collation
Part I consists of 2 ternions and 2 binions. The first quire lacks its first leaf, without loss of text.
- Quire 16-1 ff. 1-5 (first leaf excised, probably blank)
- Quire 26 ff. 6-11
- Quires 3-44 ff. 12-19
Condition
Layout
A single column of 36 lines 220 × 125 mm.
Hand(s)
Hand A: the text is written by Giovanni Onorio (1535-1563) , (RGK I, 174. See also RGK II, 232; RGK III, 286) in a minuscule, very regular and calligraphic.
The text is written in black ink, titles and initials in red and in gold.
The scribe wrote variants to the text in the margins throughout, often preceded by the indication ‘ ἐν ἄλλῳ’ in red ink, see e.g. f. 3r.
The titles are written in majuscule letters.
Decoration
On f. 1r there is a pyle with a golden contour; in the pyle, coloured in red, blue and green, there are gilded linear motifs, lilies, two cartouches, on which is written, in gold, the motto of Francis I of France ‘ Erit Christianorum lumen in igne at auro praestantior’.
On the lower part of f. 1r, Francis I's emblem is enclosed in a laurel crown, with two putti at its sides; beneath, the dedication to king Francis is written in gold on a blue band with gilded frame: ‘ Francisci regis bibliothecae dicatus’. The putti appear to belong to group "a" in Giovanni Onorio da Maglie's production (see Agati 2001, p. 106).
On f. 1r gilded initial on a coloured ground, divided in 4 squares, blue and red; in the ground, pen-flourished vegetal gilded decoration. On ff. 8r and 14v, initials in red ink decorated with a simple vegetal motif.
Around the titles on ff. 8r and 14v, three small vegetal motifs in red ink.
History
This part of the manuscript was copied by Giovanni Onorio in the first half of the 16th century, in the years 1524-1550, probably in Rome. The watermark of this part is identical with one present in Giovanni Onorio's manuscripts in that period.
Part 2 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.26, ff. 20r-63v]
Contents
Language(s): Greek
TLG 4371.002
Edition of the text in: Nicomachi Geraseni Pythagorei Introductionis arithmeticae libri II, ed. by R.G. Hoche (Lipsiae, 1866), pp. 152 l. 4-154
are blank.
There is a lacuna in the text before f. 50v, P. Tannery, Sciences exactes chez les Byzantins, in: Mémoires scientifiques 4 (1920), pp. 86-116 (p. 114 ll. 1-6).
The text is accompanied by tables
TLG 4371.001
Edition of the text in: Nicomachi Geraseni Pythagorei Introductionis arithmeticae libri II, ed. by R.G. Hoche (Lipsiae, 1866), pp. 149 l. 10-154
The attribution to the author is not certain
ff. 51v-52v are blank.
The text is incomplete, ending at Maxime Planude. Le Grand Calcul selon les Indiens, ed. by A. Allard (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1981), p. 73 l. 10
After the text, at f. 61r there are tables comparing the Attic numbers, the Greek numbers and numbers similar to those used by Planudes
TLG 4146.027
An extract from the text, P. Tannery, Sciences exactes chez les Byzantins, in: Mémoires scientifiques 4 (1920), pp. 86-116 (p. 114 ll. 1-17)
TLG 4371.001
After the text, the scribe wrote some abbreviations of mathematical terms with the corresponding word
ff. 63r-63v are blank
Physical Description
Collation
Part II consists of 5 quaternions and 1 binion.
- Quires 5-98 ff. 20-59
- Quire 104 ff. 60-63
- from A (f. 20r) to C (f. 36r)
- A1 (f. 44r)
- from A (f. 52r) to B (f. 60r.)
Condition
Layout
ff. 20r-30r, 44r-51r, 55r-62v: a single column of 32 lines 220 × 140 mm.
Hand(s)
ff. 20r-30r, 44r-51r Hand B: informal minuscule, fairly vertical, characterised by a striking contrast between the normal size of letters and some letters of bigger size, in particular, tau and gamma, especially when in the first line of the folio (see, for example, f. 46r ). Vertical lines tend to become oblique, to slant decidedly to the left and to expand below the line (see letters csi, ro, zeta).
The scribe does not write iota subscript.
The text is written in brown ink, titles and initials in red.
ff. 55r-62v Hand C: an informal minuscule, slanting to the left, characterised by a contrast between the normal size of letters and some letters of bigger size, such as tau, gamma. Forms of letters and ligatures are similar to those of hand B. Vertical strokes tend to become oblique, to slant decidedly to the left (see letters as zeta, delta, csi).
The scribe does not write iota subscript.
The text is written in brown ink, titles and initials in red.
Decoration
On ff. 20r and 53r there are rectangular headpieces in red ink; the first is filled with triangular motifs; the second is filled with a repetitive geometrical pattern.
Friezes in a rope motif in red ink are present on ff. 35r, 44r, and 50v. The rope on f. 44r has a dragon head at the right-hand end.
Thick red-ink initials in ekthesis with a vegetal decoration, see ff. 20r, 44r, and 55r. Minor initials in red ink, sometimes simply decorated, see e.g. ff. 34v-35r.
Additions
On the right margin of f. 20r there is an annotation by another hand.
History
This part of the manuscript was copied by two contemporary hands, between the third decade and the middle of the 16th century, as indicated by the watermarks.
Part 3 [Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.26, ff. 64r-181v]
Contents
Language(s): Greek
The text is followed by:
- f. 68r a list of Persian numbers (‘ Ἀριθμοὶ Περσικοί’)
- f. 68v a table of the square roots, incomplete (‘ Μοναχοῦ Ἰσαὰκ τοῦ Ἀργυροῦ κανόνιον περὶ τῆς τετραγωνικῆς πλευρᾶς’)
TLG 4355.004
The texts on ff. 69v l. 17-71v l. 12, which, in the title, are attributed to Michael Psellus (‘ Εἰς τοὺς ὅρους τοὺ ι΄ βιβλίου τοῦ Εὐκλείδου, τοῦ ὑπάτου τῶν φιλοσόφων Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ψελλοῦ)’, are the same as those found in MS Venezia, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. Z 333, ff. 86v-88r, where they have been copied by Bessarion and are also attributed to Psellos.
The text is not complete. It ends at: A. Rome, Commentaires de Pappus et de Théon d'Alexandrie sur l'Almageste, II (Città del Vaticano, 1936), p. 624 l. 18
The text is accompanied by diagrams
TLG 2033.001
f. 176v is blank
There is only a part of the text: Corpus hippiatricorum Graecorum, 1, ed. by K. Hoppe and E. Oder (Leipzig, 1924) (repr. 1971), pp. 1-17 l. 22
At f. 181r l. 7 there is a lacuna, καθ’ ἡμέραν μέχρι ἡμερῶν [...] ἧς καὶ σημεῖα φέρεται (Hoppe-Oder 1924), p. 16 l. 19-17 l. 2
The title was added by another hand; the text is attributed to Apsyrtus
TLG 0738.001
Physical Description
Collation
Part III consists of 14 quaternions, and 1 quaternion which has lost the last leaf without loss of text.
- Quires 11-248 ff. 64-174(α΄-ιδ΄)
- Quire 258-3 ff. 175-181(ιε΄) (last leaf excised, probably blank.)
Greek signatures in black or red ink, original to the production of this part of the manuscript from α΄ (1, f. 64r) to ιε΄ (15, f. 175r), on the lower margin, centre, recto, of the first leaf of each quire.
Later signatures in modern pencil, probably by a librarian, on the lower margin, right, recto, of the first leaf of each quire, from α΄ (1, f. 64r) to θ΄ (9, f. 127r). This same hand added a sign + on the lower margin, right, recto, of the 5th leaf of each quire.
Condition
Layout
A single column of 31 lines 200 × 120 mm.
Hand(s)
ff. 64r-176r, 177r-181r Hand D: the texts have been written in an informal minuscule, vertical, regular, of small size.
The text is written in black ink, titles and initials in red.
Decoration
Thick red-ink initials, decorated with vegetal motifs and pearls: see, for example, f. 64r, f. 72r.
Minor initials, thick, in red ink: see, for example, f. 101r.
The text is accompanied by geometrical illustrations, traced in black, with letters and terms in red (see, for example, ff. 82v, 84r).
Additions
On f. 177r, a later hand of the 16th century wrote a title for the work in the upper margin.
On f. 181v a later hand copied a short part of the last text of the manuscript, the Hippiatrica (Hoppe-Oder 1924, p. 10 ll. 16-18).
On the lower margin f. 181r, in modern pencil, a later hand added a reference to the edition of the preceding text ( Hippiatrica) by Ruel (Basel, 1537).
History
This part of the manuscript was copied around the middle of the 15th century, as suggested by the watermarks.
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The Polonsky Foundation
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