Cambridge, University Library, MS Mm.1.11
Diktyon no.: Diktyon 12225
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Interlinear glosses supplied the text. On l. 3 a later hand added the incomplete formula ὦ Χριστέ βοήθει μοι τῶ σῶ
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f. [i] verso Note: ‘ Zuan Antonio Veso Anabonaventura amolere ’
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The main text is supplied by extensive scholia, and interlinear glosses in red ink
the top half of f. 6 has been torn away, with loss of text
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Followed by the list of characters of the play
παρ’ οὐδετέρῳ δὲ κεῖται ἡ μυθοποιία (Dindorf, Scholia II 1863, p. 5 ll. 3-4) is omitted. F. 30v begins at ἡ μὲν σκηνὴ, with a partially vanished decorated letter
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From f. 34r (l. 134) starts Hand B, without loss of text
the order of quires 6, 7, and 8 from ff. 41r to 68v is inverted; the right order of folios is: ff.
- 40v (ends l. 413 Diggle),
- 61r-68v (ll. 414-737),
- 53r-60v (ll. 738-1045),
- 41r-52v (ll. 1046-1600),
- 69r (starts l. 1601)
from f. 30v to 33v (ll. 1-133) the text follows the Moschopoulean recension; scholia as well are Moschopoulean (incipit on f. 30v Πάθος έπὶ σώματος τὸ τραῦμα καὶ ἡ πληγὴ Σ2 Dindorf, Scholia II 1863). From f. 34r to 70v the text follows the Thoman recension
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Originally a scholion (Σ50)
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Originally a scholion (Σ50)
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Originally a scholion (Σ291)
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Prefixed the list of characters of the play
the text follows the Thoman recension; scholia as well are Thoman (incipit on f. 71v ταῦτα πάντα πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον ἀποτείνει ἰοκάστη δυσχεραίνουσα διὰ τὰ συμβάντα Σ1 Dindorf III, 1863)
a portion of f. 105 was cut away, with loss of text on f. 105v (text integrated in margin on f. 105r)
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Physical Description
Collation
The manuscript consists of 13 quires: 11 quaternions, one quinion and one sexternion. The order of quires 6, 7, and 8 (ff. 41r-68v) is inverted (see above).
- 2 paper flyleaves (18th century)
- Quire 110 ff. [i] recto-24v
- Quire 2-58 ff. 9r-40v
- Quire 612 ff. 41r-52v
- Quires 7-138 ff. 53r-108v
Traces of some quire signatures:
- γον (f. 8v) by the hand of replacement (partially lost to trimming);
- δεύτερον in monocondylion (ff. 9r and 16v);
- τρίτον in monocondylion (f. 24v.
A discontinuous sequence of quire signatures in pencil in Arabic numerals is added in the bottom right-and corner of the first folio, recto of quires 2-3, 5-11:
ff. 9r, 17r, 33r, 41r, 53r, 61r, 69r, 77r, 85r. The sequence reflects the current state of the manuscript.
Condition
In generally fair condition. The top half of f. 6 is torn away, with loss of text; portion of the outer margin of f. 96r is cut away, with loss of scholia; f. 101r is torn in two and a portion of margin cut away, with likely loss of scholia; a scrap of f. 105r (height 40 mm, width 90 mm) is cut away, with loss of text (added in margin on f. 105r).
Due to a loss of original outermost bifolios of quires 1, 5, and 7, ff. [i] recto and 8r, 33r and 40r, 53r and 60r) were substituted in the mid-15th century with cleaner western paper.
There are occasional stains, worm holes, and some water damage.
Layout
Ff. 1r-108v: written space 175 × 115 mm. Main text between 15 and 24 lines per page. The scholia that accompany the main text have a very variable number of lines per page and the arrangement is rarely (e.g. f. 61r) disorganized, because of the overlap of interventions.
Hand(s)
Hand A: ff. 1r-33v, 40r-v, 53r-v, 60r-v.
The main text is a mixed minuscule in an upright, scribal hand, in brown ink script.
There is moderate variation in letter size. Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings usually appear only at the end of lines, but occasionally elsewhere (common abbreviation of μεν). Breathings are curved and mute iota is absent. The double grave accent is in frequent use.
The small majuscules beta, gamma, eta, phi are present. Ny is in modern shape, gamma is occasionally high. Theta is both in open and round form, with a point in the horizontal stroke. The sigma telikon is used along with regular sigma in end of words.
Ligatures of kappa with alpha or omega are from the bottom; tau rho ligature in three strokes and overlapping.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper point, lower comma and full stop.
The same hand has written the interlinear glosses and the name of characters in abbreviation in red ink.
Hand B: ff. 34r-39v, 41r-52v, 54r-59v, 61r-107v.
The main text is a mixed minuscule in an upright, scribal hand, in brown ink script. Letter size varies frequently. Syllabic abbreviations and superscript word endings are not limited to the end of lines.
Breathings are curved, circumflex accent is normaly not linked to omega, except in rare cases (e.g. f. 71r). Mute iota is absent.
The majuscules beta, gamma, kappa phi are widely used. Gamma is occasionally high. Beta and omega are large; sigma telikon is not used.
Phi and rho are ligated and overlapping (e.g. φορτίζων f. 70v l. 22). Inclusions of letters within omicron are present.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper point, lower comma and full stop.
Decoration
The tragedies and the argumenta are preceded by headpieces in red ink (f. 1v), with birds (f. 30r) or rectangular headpiece with vegetative ornament in red ink (f. 30v) or brown ink (f. 71v).
The thick red-ink major initials in floral pattern mark the start of a new work or argument, and of most of the scholia in ff. 1-33 (see f. 26v). In f. 30r an head replaces an omicron.
Minor initials written in a thin red-ink uncial within the body of the text.
The manuscript contains sketches drawn in pale brown or red ink in the margins of ff. 7v; human figures: 14r, 14v; birds: 24v; 26v, 30r, 55r.
Additions
The order of quires 6, 7, and 8 (ff. 41r-68v) is inverted, and an English hand tried to restore the order of lines referring to Joshua Barnes' edition (1694): ff. 40v, 41r, 52v, 53r, 60v, 61r, 68v, 69r.
Binding
18th-century binding with pale brown full velvet covering over couched-laminate boards, with plain pastedowns. There is decorative tooling; traces of decorative tooling are present on the board edge.
The title (Euripides Mss) and the classmark are tooled in gold on the spine.
218 × 154 × 33 mm.
History
The watermarks suggest that the core of the manuscript was produced in Italy in the middle of the 14th century, and that it was restored between the end of the 14th century and the first half of the 15th century.
The characteristics of the scripts indicate that it was produced during the later 14th or earlier 15th century.
Probably the manuscript was produced in different stages, as a working text, and the constituent parts mixed with replacements (cf. Günther 1995, p. 103).
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by Jean-Baptiste Hautin (b. 1580?, d. 1640), who added his ex libris on the front pastedown, and ‘ Euripides ’ and on the inner margin ‘ manuscrit oriental tres ancien ’. The manuscript had probably belonged to the French Royal collection, but it left the collection before 1622, when Nicolas Rigault compiled his catalogue.
The manuscript contains the bookplate engraved by John Pine in 1736, to commemorate the donation of books from the library of John Moore (1646-1714), bishop of Ely by George I . However, the manuscript has not been traced among records of Moore's library (either Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ (c. 1697) or the handwritten supplementary list of Moore's manuscripts, now CUL Oo.7.50.2, compiled by Thomas Tanner (1674-1735) ). A considerable number of books that bear Hautin's name were owned by Moore and came to the Library via George I, so, although conclusive proof is lacking, this seems the most plausible explanation of the book's history.
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Bibliography
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A catalogue of the manuscripts preserved in the library of the
University of Cambridge, (Cambridge, 4: Ll-Oo, Cambridge University Press, 1861)
The Byzantine manuscript tradition of the tragedies of
Euripides, Turyn, Alexander (Urbana, University of Illinois Press, 1957)
Observations on the activities of the Byzantine grammarians of the
Palaeologian era. II, the impact of Thomas Magistros's introductory matter (Vita,
hypotheseis) to the Euripidean Triad (including an excursus on Copenhagen, Gamle
Kongelige Samling 3549, 8°), Schartau, Bjarne (Odense, Odense University Press, 1973)
The textual tradition of Euripides' Phoinissai, Mastronarde, Donald J (Berkeley, University of California Press, 1983)
The manuscripts and the transmission of the Paleologan scholia on the
Euripidean triad, Günther, Hans Christian (Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 1995)
Byzantium and the revival of learning Greek Scripts: an illustrated introduction, Easterling, P. (London, 51-63, 2001)
The Greek Manuscripts of John Moore and Etienne Baluze Codices Manuscripti, Jackson, Donald F. (56/57, 29-42, 2006)
Funding of Cataloguing
The Polonsky Foundation
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