Introduction:
This manuscript, probably copied in the
11th century, contains a selection of works of
John Chrysostom, homilies from
various series delivered by the Patriarch of
Constantinople and leading patristic theologian (d.
407). It was originally the latter part of a large
manuscript later divided into two parts. The other
part is now
MS Nn.1.21
. One folio which became detached from this
portion has been erroneously bound into that
volume.
Notes in Nn.1.21 indicate that during the
early modern period the original, undivided manuscript was owned by one
Ioannes Porphiros Chalasophoures, who together with
his wife Anastasia Sophelia donated it to the
Monastery of the Panagia Pantochara. This fortified monastery is located on the tiny
island of Stamfani, larger of the two remote islands
of the Strofades or Strofadia, to the south of
Zakynthos.
It has since been rededicated to the Transfiguration of Christ
and
St Dionysios of Zakynthos
(1547-1622)
, once its abbot.
Dr Christopher Wright
Language(s): Greek
1. ff. 1r-5v
John Chrysostom,
De diabolo tentatore (homiliae
1-3)
Homily 3, defective at the beginning (PG 49, col.
269, line 43), continued from MS Nn.1.21.
Incipit: ||
f. 1r ἀγαθόν· οὐκ
ἤρκει ἡ ἀξιοπιστία τοῦ νομοθέτου
Explicit:
f. 5v μεθ'οὗ τῶ
Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα σῦν τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ
εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
TLG 2062.026
CPG 4332
BHGn 939q-s
PG 49, coll. 249-276
2. ff. 6r-13r
John Chrysostom,
Sermo cum presbyter fuit
ordinatus
Rubric:
f. 6r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ
ὁμιλία πρώτη ὅτε πρεσβύτερος προεχειρίσθη εἰς ἑαυτὸν
καὶ εἰς τὸν ἐπίσκοπον. καὶ εἰς τὸ πλῆθος τοῦ
λαοῦ
Incipit:
f. 6r Ἀρα ἀληθῆ τὰ
συμβάντα περὶ ἡμᾶς
Explicit:
f. 13r ὧι ἡ δόξα
καὶ τὸ κράτος καὶ ἡ προσκύνησις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν
αἰώνων ἀμήν
TLG 2062.496
CPG 4317
PG 48, coll. 693-700
3. ff. 13v-64r
John Chrysostom,
In illud: vidi Dominum (homiliae
1-6)
TLG 2062.498
CPG 4417
BHGa 129k-q; 124
PG 56, coll. 93-142
3.1. ff. 13v-24v
Homily 1
Rubric:
f. 13v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ
ἔπαινος ἀπαντησάντων ἐν τῆ ἐκκλησία· καὶ περὶ
ἐνταξίας τῆς ἐν ταῖς δοξολοίαις· καὶ εἰς τὸ εἶδον
τὸν Κύριον καθήμενον ἐπιθρόνον ὑψηλοῦ καὶ
ἐπηρμένου
Incipit:
f. 13v Πολλὴν ὁρῶ
τὴν σπουδὴν ἐνδεικνυμένους ὑμᾶς
Explicit:
f. 24v τῶ Πατρὶ
καὶ τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς
αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
3.2. ff. 25r-30v
Homily 2
Rubric:
f. 25r Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ῥητὸν τοῦ προφήτου τὸ λέγον· καὶ
ἐγένετο τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ οὗ ἀπέθανεν ὀζίας ὁ βασιλεὺς.
εἶδον τὸν Κύριον καθήμενον ἐπιθρόνου[sic]
ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἐπηρμένου λόγος πρῶτος
Incipit:
f. 25r Χαίρω
συντρέχοντας ὑμᾶς ὁρῶν πρὸς τὴν ἀκρόασιν
Explicit:
f. 30v σῦν τῶ
Ἁγίω Πνεύματι. νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν
αἰώνων ἀμήν
3.3. ff. 30v-39v
Homily 3
Rubric:
f. 30v Τοῦ
ἀυτοῦ εἰς τὴν πρώτην τῶν παραλειπομένων τὴν
λέγουσαν. ὑψώθη ἡ καρδία ὀζίου· καὶ περὶ
ταπεινοφρόσυνης· καὶ ὅτι χρὴ μὴ θαρρεῖν τὸν
ἐνάρατον. καὶ ὅσον κακὸν ἡ ἀπόνοια:- Λόγος
βʹ
Incipit:
f. 30v
Εὐλογητὸς ὁ Θεός· καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γενέας τῆς
ἡμετέρας
Explicit:
f. 39v χάριτι
καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὧ η
δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
3.4. ff. 40r-50v
Homily 4
Rubric:
f. 40r Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ῥητὸν τοῦ προφήτου Ἡσαΐου τὸ λέγον·
ἐγένετο· τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ οὗ ἀπέθανεν ὀξίας ὁ
βασιλεὺς. εἶδον τὸν Κύριον· καὶ ἔπαινος τῆς πόλεως
Ἀντιοχείας· καὶ κατὰ τῶν κωλυόντων τὸν γάμον
ἔνθεος ἀπόδειξις λόγος γʹ
Incipit:
f. 40r Λαμπρὸν
ἡμῖν τήμερον τὸ θέατρον γέγονεν
Explicit:
f. 50v τὴν
εἰωθυίαν δόξαν ἀναπέμψομεν τῶ Πατρὶ καὶ τῶ Υἱῶ καὶ
τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι. εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων
ἁμήν[sic]
3.5. ff. 50v-57r
Homily 5
Rubric:
f. 50v Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ ῥητὸν τοῦ προφήτου Ἡσαΐου εἶδον
τὸν Κύριον· καὶ ἡ ἀπόδειξις ὅτι δικαίως ἐλεπρώθη
ὀζίας ἀναξίως θυμιάσας ὅπερ οὐκ ἔξεστιν
βασιλεῦσιν. ἀλλιερεῦσιν λόγος δʹ
Incipit:
f. 50v Φέρε
τήμερον τοῖς κατὰ τὸν ὀζίαν διηγήμασιν
Explicit:
f. 57r ἅμα τῶ
Ἁγίω Πνεύματι· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν
αἰώνων ἀμήν
3.6. ff. 57r-64r
Homily 6
Rubric:
f. 57r Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ ὁμιλία εἰς τὰ σεραφίμ
Incipit:
f. 57r Μόλις
ποτὲ τὸ κατὰ τὸν ὀζίαν διεπλεύσαμεν
πέλαγος
Explicit:
f. 64r σῦν τῶ
Ἁγίω Πνεύματι τῶ ἀγαθῶ καὶ ζωοποιῶ· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ
καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
4. ff. 64v-72v
John Chrysostom,
De angusta porta et in orationem
dominicam
Rubric:
f. 64v Τοῦ αὐτοῦ
περὶ τοῦ κατα Θεὸν πολιτεύεσθαι. καὶ ἑρμηνεῖα τῆς
προσευχῆς
Incipit:
f. 64v Πάσης μὲν
θεοπνεύστου γραφῆς ἡ ἀνάγνωσις
Explicit:
f. 72v
εὐχαριστήσωμεν Χριστῶ τῶ Θεῶ ἡμῶν· ὧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς
αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
TLG 2062.141
CPG 4527
PG 51, coll. 39-48
5. ff. 73r-87v
Severianus of
Gabela
Attributed to John
Chrysostom.
In dictum Apostoli: Non quod volo
facio
Rubric:
f. 73r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ
ὁμιλία εἰς τὸ ῥητὸν τοῦ ἀποστόλου οὐχ'ὃ θέλω τοῦτο
ποιῶ. ἀλλ'ὃ μεσῶ τοῦτο πράσσω· καὶ πῶς ἐγένετο ὁ
Ἰακὼβ τύπος τοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἐν δε τω προοιμίω τοῦ
λόγου. κατὰ τῶν θεωρούντων τὰ θέατρα
Incipit:
f. 73r Ἐπαινῶ μὲν
ὑμῶν τὸν πόθον. καὶ θαυμάζω τὸν ζῆλον
Explicit:
f. 87v ὧι ἡ δόξα
καὶ τὸ κράτος. νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν
αἰώνων ἀμήν
TLG 4139.014
CPG 4203
PG 59, coll. 663-674
6. ff. 88r-106v
John Chrysostom,
In illud: in faciem ei
restiti
Rubric:
f. 88r Τοῦ αὐτοῦ
ὁμιλία εἰς τὴν ἀποστολικὴν ῥῆσιν· ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν
Πέτρος εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. καταπρόσωπον αὐτῶ ἀντέστην·
ὅτι οὐκ ἦν ἀντίστασις· ἀλλ'οἰκονομία τὰ γινόμενα
σοφωτάτη
Incipit:
f. 88r Μίαν ὑμῶν
ἀπελείφθην ἡμέραν· καὶ ὡς ἐνιαυτὸν
Explicit:
f. 106v δόξα
κράτος τιμὴ. νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν
αἰώνων ἀμήν
TLG 2062.084
CPG 4391
BHG 1488d
PG 51, coll. 371-388
7. ff. 107r-116v
John Chrysostom,
In illud: Domine, non est in
homine
Rubric:
f. 107r Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸ ῥητὸν τοῦ Ἰερεμίου Κύριε οὐχὶ τοῦ
ἀνθρώπου ἡ ὁδὸς αὐτοῦ. οὐδὲ ἄνθρωπος πορεύσεται καὶ
κατορθώσει τὴν πορείαν αὐτοῦ
Incipit:
f. 107r Τῆς
ὁδοῦ ταύτης τῆς αἰσθητῆς καὶ λεωφόρου
Explicit:
f. 116v χάριτι
καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. ὧ ἡ
δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
TLG 2062.149
CPG 4419
PG 56, coll. 153-162
8. ff. 116v-148r
John Chrysostom,
De prophetiarum obscuritate (homiliae
1-2)
Filiation: This manuscript has been used in the
preparation of Zincone's edition of the
text.
TLG 2062.150
CPG 4420
BHG 2356-2357
PG 56, coll. 163-192
8.1. ff. 116v-128v
Homily 1
Rubric:
f. 116v Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ ἀπόδειξις τοῦ χρησίμως τὰς περὶ Χριστοῦ καὶ
ἐθνῶν καὶ τῆς ἐκπτώσεως Ἰουδαίων προφητείας
ἀσαφεῖς εἶναι
Incipit:
f. 116v
Προφητικὴν ὑμῖν σήμερον παραθεῖναι βούλομαι
τράπεζαν
Explicit:
f. 128v δόξα.
τιμὴ. κράτος. εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων
ἀμήν
8.2. ff. 129r-148r
Homily 2
Rubric:
f. 129r Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ ἔτι εἰς τὴν ἀσάφειαν τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης.
καὶ εἰς τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν. καὶ περὶ τοῦ μὴ
κατηγορεῖν
Incipit:
f. 129r
Χαίρει μὲν βουκόλος. ἐπειδ'ἂν εὐπαθοῦσαν
αὐτῶ
Explicit:
f. 148r ἅμα
τῶ Ἁγίω Πνεύματι νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας
τῶν αἰώνων ἀμήν
9. ff. 148v-162v
John Chrysostom,
De diabolo tentatore (homiliae
1-3)
Homily 1
Rubric:
f. 148v Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ ὁμιλία πρὸς τοὺς λέγοντας ὅτι δαίμονες τὰ
ἀνθρώπινα διοικοῦσιν· καὶ δυσχεραίνοντας
ἐπιταῖς[sic] τοῦ Θεοῦ κολάσεσι· καὶ
σκανδαλιζομένους ἐπιταῖς[sic] τῶν φαύλων
εὐημερίαις. καὶ δυσπραγίαις τῶν δικαίων
Incipit:
f. 148v Εγὼ μὲν
ἤλπιζον τῆ συνεχεία τῆς διαλέξεως
Explicit:
f. 162v χάριτι
καὶ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. ὧ ἡ
δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν
There is a lacuna due to the loss of a folio after
f. 160. This
folio has been erroneously bound into MS Nn.1.21 as
f. 72.
TLG 2062.026
CPG 4332
BHGn 939q-s
PG 49, coll. 249-276
10. ff. 162v-166v
John Chrysostom,
In illud Isaiae: Ego Dominus Deus
feci lumen
Defective at the end.
Rubric:
f. 162v Τοῦ
αὐτοῦ ὁμιλία εἰς τὴν προφητικὴν ῥῆσιν τὴν λέγουσαν·
ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίη σαφῶς καὶ σκότος· ποιῶν
εἰρήνην καὶ κτίζων κακά
Incipit:
f. 162v Ὀλίγα
μὲν τὰ εἰρημένα. γλυκεία δὲ τοῦ μέλιτος ἡ
πηγή
Explicit:
f. 166v καὶ
οὐδὲν αὐτῶ πλέον ἐκ τῆς ἀκτῖνος ἐγένετο· ἡ τοίνυν
ποιοῦσα τὴν ἡμέραν χρήσιμον τῶ||
(PG 56, col. 145, line 51)
TLG 2062.148
CPG 4418
PG 56, coll. 141-152
Form: codex
Support:
Parchment (FHHF), of medium thickness and quite good
quality.
Extent:
Codex:
iii + 166 + iii
327 × 232 mm.
Foliation: The manuscript is
foliated with the numbers [i-iii] + 1-166 +
[iv-vi], in black ink, in Arabic numerals, recto,
upper right.
Collation
The manuscript consists of 21 quires, all of
which are quaternia.
- Quires 1-208
ff. 1-160
- Quire 218-2
ff. 161-166
The first and last folios have been lost,
with loss of text.
There are early quire signatures in Greek
numerals, in brown ink, at the end of each quire,
verso, lower right, probably original to the
production of the manuscript. Some have been lost
to cropping, though in these cases traces of their
decoration survive. This sequence evidently began
from number 25, reflecting the existence of what
is now the separate first volume. They survive in
whole or in part on Quires 7-20 (καʹ-μδʹ).
There are also modern quire signatures in Greek
numerals at the beginning of each quire, in
pencil, recto, lower right. The numbers are the
same as those of the first sequence, and have been
corrected. They appear on all quires.
Condition
The fore-edge margins of ff. 17 and 49 have been cut away.
There are occasional small tears to the edges,
mainly in the last few folios (ff. 163-166). There is
significant discoloration to the last few folios,
and some dirt and drops of wax elsewhere. Erasure
of a word on f.
60r has weakened the parchment and
resulted in holes through this folio. Small areas
of text have occasionally become abraded, and
these have sometimes been overwritten.
Layout
Two
columns of 30 lines.
242 × 157 mm.
Pricking does not survive.
Ruled in hardpoint, system
Leroy 1, type Leroy 31C2a. Text hangs from the lines or is
written along them.
Hand(s)
The manuscript was copied in a mixed minuscule Perlschrift,
slanting slightly to the right, in brown ink, with
limited variation in letter size and some
flourishing of tails into the lower margin. The
same hand has added the headings, in Alexandrine majuscule script,
in brown ink.
Syllabic abbreviations are not in use, apart from
the horizontal stroke for nu, which appears only at the end of lines,
while superscript word endings are also not used.
Breathings are both angular and round and mute iota is usually absent but
occasionally adscript. Use of the double dot is
functional only, and nomina
sacra are rarely accentuated, and
usually only when more than three letters long or
with enclitics. The double grave accent is in use.
Circumflexes very rarely appear above breathings.
Nomina sacra
strokes are often decorated with an X-shape.
Marginal quotation marks of different types are
used.
Most majuscule forms are in use in the minuscule
text, but not mu, upsilon or omega. The long-bowed beta is present, with a straight back and
often angular loops.
Punctuation used includes the lower, middle and
upper points, lower comma, question mark and full
stop. The lower comma is rarely used, small pauses
being indicated mostly by the lower point.
Decoration
Each homily begins with a major
initial in brown ink, usually slightly ornamented.
Enlarged minor initials in brown ink mark the
beginning of paragraphs.
Very simple vignettes,
line-fillers and other basic ornament in brown ink
accompany the beginning and end of
homilies.
Quatrefoil plaits in brown ink
outline, sometimes with red paint infill, have been
used to highlight certain points in the text (ff.
105v, 115v, 120v, 122v, 155r).
A rough outline for an image,
possibly of a head with a halo, has been placed on
f. 106v,
probably by a later hand, but has not been
completed.
Additions
The scribe has placed marginal homily numbers
alongside the beginning of each homily, forming a single
sequence continuing that found in
MS Nn.1.21
, and marginal ὅρα and ση(μείωσαι) marks to
highlight notable passages of text (e.g. ff.
15v,
21v,
29v). At the beginning of each homily a
later hand has placed homily numbers identical to those
used by the original scribe in the upper margin, while
another hand has placed counts of the number of folios in
each homily here. There are brief marginal annotations in
Greek by various later hands. A hand using black ink has
overwritten faded original text in places.
Binding
18th-century full leather binding over
couched-laminate boards, with marbled pastedowns
and outer endleaves. The edges have been marbled
in the same pattern as the pastedowns and
endleaves. There are decoratve gold-tooled borders
on both boards, with a crown motif, and gold
tooling on the edges of the boards. The spine
bears extensive decorative gold tooling, the
classmark on labels, and the title ‘Chrysostomi varia’ and ‘Tom. II. M.S.’ tooled
in gold on
black leather labels.
350 × 263 × 62 mm.
Accompanying Material
Numerous small marker slips of paper have been inserted
loose between folios at the head of the
manuscript.
Origin: The manuscript originally formed part of a single volume
with
MS Nn.1.21
. It was probably copied during the
11th century, on the
basis of the style of script.
Provenance and Acquisition
Owned by
Ioannes Porphiros
Chalasophoures
, and donated by him and his wife
Anastasia
Sophelia
to the Monastery of the Panagia Pantochara,
Strophades (founded 1241), in the
Ionian Islands, Greece, as indicated by his notes in
MS Nn.1.21
, f. i verso.
Owned by
Anthony Askew
(1722-1774)
.
After Askew's death, the
manuscript was sold by G. Leigh and J. Sotheby in the
auction of his library in 1785 (MS Nn.4.2, lot 613), and
eventually bought by
Richard Farmer
for Cambridge University Library.
