Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.5.35
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12213
Contents
- Cambridge, University Library, MS Kk.6.23
- Cambridge, University Library, MS Ll.2.13
- Cambridge, University Library, MS Nn.4.2
- Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 224
Language(s): Greek
TLG 0031.001
f. 124v blank
TLG 0031.002
TLG 0031.003
ff. 310r-311v blank
TLG 0031.004
cf. DBBE Type 2217
TLG 2702.015
cf. DBBE Type 2216
TLG 2022.059
f. 403r blank
Physical Description
Collation
The manuscript consists of 52 quires, all quaternions except those at the end of Matthew, Luke and John, wich have only four leaves:
- Quire 18-1 ff. 2r-8v
- Quires 2-158 ff. 9r-120v
- Quire 164 ff. 121r-124v
- Quire 178 ff. 125r-132v
- Quire 188-1 ff. 133r-139v (after f. 137v one folio was cancelled by the scribe)
- Quires 19-398 ff. 187r-307v
- Quire 404 ff. 308r-311v
- Quires 41-518 ff. 312r-399v
- Quire 524 ff. 400r-403v
A general note on collation on right cover, inner, written by Henry Bradshaw (1831-1886), University Librarian 1867-1886.
Vertical catchwords in the hand of the scribe placed along the inner bounding line, underlined, reading from top to bottom. Original quire signatures in Greek numeral in red ink from αον (f. 8v) to νβον (f. 400r) remain in the middle of the lower margin of recto of the first folio and the verso of the last folio of each quire, except for αον only on the last verso, and νβον only on the first recto. A leaf signature in Greek numerals in dark brown ink in the lower margin of the rectos, from f. 2r φύλλ. βον τοῦ αου to f. 400r φύλλ. αον τοῦ νβου.Condition
Layout
One column of 14 lines; written space 135-140 × 80-85 mm.
Hand(s)
Georgios Hermonymos : the four Gospels are written by the 15th-century Greek scholar and scribe (RGK I 61) in a minuscule script in pale brown ink.
Slanting slightly to the right, Hermonymos' hand shows cursive-like ductus without variation in letter size. Ligatures and abbreviations are rare. His script is characterized by the minuscules gamma, eta, xi, rho. Sigma telikon is in Z-shape and is found sometimes in the middle of the word.
Breathings are curved; accents do not join to letters or breathings.
For further details on Georgios Hermonymos' script, see Kalatzi 2009, pp. 111-132.
Decoration
Empty space left for initials of Gospels and a minature on f. 193r which were never executed.
Sample initials of the paragraphs are outlined in red ink.
Additions
Corrections and translations into Latin of some word have been added by a western hand on ff. 127r, 312r-313v, a manicula on f. 317v, and the final note on f. 403v: ‘Τέλος τῶν δ ευανγελιων’ (sic)
Binding
Couched-laminate board binding covered in quarter mid-brown tanned calfskin with stamped ornamentation and marbled paper on the sides. The title is tooled in gold on the spineEvang. Grec. M.S.. The edges are gilded and gauffred. Left inner joint is partially split, the right inner one is completely split; the rear board is loose. The spine is broken in correspondence with f. 171 and the textblock is divided in two parts. 249 × 169 × 78 mm.
History
The codex was copied by Georgios Hermonymos in all likelihood during his stay in Paris in the late 15th century.
Provenance and Acquisition
John Moore (1646-1714) , bishop of Ely: no. 999 (f. [i] verso) 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). A further number, 665, is also noted on f. [i] verso, however this has since been identified as MS Hh .
Presented to the University Library in 1715 by George I (1660-1727) : donation bookplate engraved by John Pine (1690-1756) in 1736 on the front pastedown.
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Bibliography
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A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the library of the
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Die griechischen Schreiber des Mittelalters und
der Renaissance, Vogel, MarieGardthausen, Victor (Leipzig, O. Harrassowitz, 1909)
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his life, activities and manuscripts, Kalatzi, Maria P. (1998, unpublished PhD dissertation)
The Greek Manuscripts of John Moore and Etienne
Baluze Codices Manuscripti, , (56/57, 29-42, 2006)
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teaching activities in the fifteenth and early sixteenth
centuries Studies in palaeography, Kalatzi, Maria
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La France des humanistes. Hellénistes
II, Maillard, Jean-FrançoisFlamand, Jean-Marie (Turnhout, Brepols, 2010)
Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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