Uppsala University Library, Gr. 8
Composite manuscript with miscellaneous contents
Crete, El Escorial, 1480s
paper
iii, 342, iii' leaves
135 × 90 mm
17 units
Greek
Unit 1
Unit 2
1
(ff. 1r–86v)
Stephanites et Ichnelates
None
⟨Ἀ⟩νακεφαλαίωσις τῆς παρούσης πραγματείας
ἐλεημοσύνην τε καὶ εὐεργεσίαν, ἀμήν
This text version belongs to recension B, which means that it reads closer to Vittorio Puntoni’s older edition than to the more recent one by Lars-Olof Sjöberg; cf. Niehoff-Panagiotides (2003), pp. 38–42. Lars-Olof Sjöberg’s edition focuses on recension A, i.e. Symeon Seth’s adaptation of Kalīla wa-Dimna (Sjöberg (1962)).
On ff. 87r–87v notes were added secondarily on the previously blank pages: a petition draft concerning a land dispute, dated 1546-09-10; notes on a bishop’s benediction of land, dated 1546-12-09; a doxology, followed by pen trials at the bottom of the page.
Unit 3
2
(ff. 98r:13–98r:17)
On the soul and its faculties
Αἱ πέντε δυνάμεις τῆς ψυχῆς
Νοῦς, διάνοια, δόξα
ἀκοή, γεῦσις καὶ ἁφῆ
Nyström (2009), p. 265.
3
(ff. 98v–99r)
Ep. 114, Ad Celeusium (CPG3032)
Βασιλείου τοῦ μεγάλου πρός τινα Γρηγόριον καὶ οὐ τὸν μέγαν
Ἐπειδή μοι τὴν σιωπὴν ἐγκαλεῖς
ὅταν κολοιοὶ σιωπήσωσιν
Erroneously attributed to Basilius Caesariensis in the manuscript.
Gallay (1964–1967), vol. 2, pp. 8–9;
PG, vol. 37, pp. 209–212.
4
(ff. 99r–100r)
Epistulae
(Ep. 8, 9, 1)
Ups,
Sakalēs (1989), p. 95, 250–252, 262.
Sakalēs (1989), pp. 297–302;
Smith (1990), pp. 48–55.
5
(ff. 100r–103r)
Epistulae
(Ep. 1–8)
Ἐπιστολαὶ Ἀναχάρσιδος Σκύθου
8,
Reuters (1957), p. 23, 42, 51.
Reuters (1957), pp. 55–63.
6.1
(ff. 103r:13–103v:14)
Historia Alexandri Magni
Five sayings from the Alexander Romance
Thiel (1959), pp. 40–41.
6.2
(f. 103v:15)
Declamationes
(Declamatio 6, excerptum)
‘Πρέπων γυναικὶ κόσμος οὐ τὸ κάλλος, ἀλλ’ ἡ σωφροσύνη’
The excerpt is from Declamatio 6. 2, 35.
6.3
(ff. 103v:16–103v:17)
Septuaginta
(Proverbia, excerptum)
‘Ὡσπερ ἐνώτιον χρυσοῦν ἐν ῥινὶ ὑός οὕτω κακόφρονι γυναικὶ κάλλος’
The excerpt is from Prov. 11:22.
Unit 4
1.1
(ff. 104r–118v)
(De alimentorum facultatibus)
Παύλου Αἰγινήτου τοῦ περιοδευτοῦ περὶ τῶν ἐν ταῖς τροφαῖς δυνάμεων
i.e. Epitome medica, liber 1, cap. 73–99
1.2
(ff. 118v–122v:1)
(Epistula ad Antigonum regem)
Διοκλέους ἐπιστολὴ προφυλακτική
i.e. Epitome medica, liber 1, cap. 100
2
(ff. 122v–127r)
Lexicon botanicum
Λεξικὸν τῆς τῶν βοτανῶν ἑρμηνείας κατὰ στοιχεῖον
ἀκτέα· ἡ κουφοξυλέα
ὤκυμον· τὸ βασιλικόν
Nyström (2009), pp. 265–270.
3
(ff. 127r–127v)
Libri medicinales
(Iatricorum liber XV, excerptum)
Τὼ Δαμοκράτου (!), σφόδρα ἀγαθῆ
διαφοροῦσα χοιράδας
οὐ ποιοῦν ψυδράκια
Zerbos (1909), p. 99.
4
(ff. 127v:7–127v:9)
On contraceptives
‘Κυκλάμινον βασταζόμενον ἀτοκίαν παντελῆ ποιεῖ· πολλάκις δὲ καὶ ἔμβρυα φθείρει. ἢ μυρίκην καρπὸς καὶ φύλλα πινόμενος μετὰ οἴνου, ἀτοκίαν καὶ αὐτὸ ποιεῖ.’
Nyström (2009), p. 270.
5
(ff. 127v:10–127v:16)
De Septimanis
None
Ἰστέον ὡς Ἱπποκράτης ἑπτὰ ἡλικίας
τὸ ἐντεῦθεν βουγέρον
See De Septimanis, 5; cf. also Scholia vetera in Hesiodi Opera et dies 447a, and Philo Judaeus, De Opificio Mundi 105.
Roscher (1913), pp. 9–10;
Pertusi (1955), no. 447a.
Unit 5
1
(ff. 128r–132r)
Disputatio De Anima ad Tatianum (CPG1773)
Τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου τοῦ Θαυματουργοῦ περὶ ψυχῆς
Λόγος περὶ ψυχῆς ἀκολουθίᾳ τινὶ καὶ τάξει
ἐδείχθη ἄρα λογικὴ ἡ ψυχή
PG, vol. 10, pp. 1137–1145.
2
(ff. 132r–134r)
In Aristotelis De Anima commentarius
Excerpta
Εἰ σῶμά ἐστιν ἢ ἀσώματος
Ἔτι ἡ ψυχὴ ἀσώματος; πᾶν σῶμα κατὰ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ φύσει
κατ’ οὐδένα τρόπον ἄρα φθείρεται
Nine excerpts from John Philoponus’ commentary, woven together to create a coherent text. The incipits and explicits for each specific excerpt are described in Nyström (2009), p. 300.
Hayduck (1897), pp. 12–16, 46.
3
(ff. 134r–137r)
On the three states in life
Περὶ τὰς τρεῖς ἀποκαταστάσεις τοῦ βίου
Τρεῖς ἀποκαταστάσεις τοῦ βίου οἶδεν
δυνατὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ
Nyström (2009), pp. 270–272.
4
(ff. 137r–138v)
On the three stages of spiritual life
None
Τρεῖς εἰσὶ τάξεις ἐν τοῖς ποιουμένοις τὰς προκοπάς
τῆς σοφίας καὶ τῆς θεολογίας
Nyström (2009), pp. 272–273.
5
(ff. 138v–147r)
Lamentatio super insperata Constantinopoleos expugnatione
Τοῦ σοφοῦ καὶ λογίου καὶ διδασκάλου κῦρ Μανουὴλ τοῦ Χρηστονύμου Μονῳδία ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπροσδοκήτῳ ἁλώσει τῆς Κωνσταντίνου πόλεως
Ο,
Lampros (1908), p. 199, 227.
Lampros (1908), pp. 227–240, 190–269.
6
(ff. 147r–151v)
Respublica Florentina
Λεονάρδου Ἀρετίνου πολιτεία Φλορεντίνων
U,
Moulakis (1986), p. 166, 173.
Moulakis (1986), pp. 174–178.
7
(ff. 151v:15–151v:17)
Septem mirabilia mundi
‘Αἱ πυραμίδαι τοῦ Ἰωσήφ, Βαβυλώνια τείχη, Ἑκατοντάπυλαι Θήβαι, Μαυσώλου Καρικὸς τάφος, Κολοσσὸς Ῥόδου, Ναὸς Κυζίκου, Θέατρον Ἡρακλέως’
Cf. Brodersen (1992), p. 142, no. 28. A similar enumeration is found in, e.g., a scholion to Aristophanes’ Nubes; see Koster (1974), no. 598b.
Unit 6
1
(ff. 152r–162v)
De Virtutibus
Τοῦ σοφωτάτου καὶ λογιωτάτου κυροῦ Γεωργίου τοῦ Γεμιστοῦ λόγος περὶ ἀρετῶν, ὅρος ἀρετῆς
ζʹ χρηστότης, ϛʹ πραότης, αʹ κοσμιότης
The text is complete and is followed at the end by a diagram illustrating the cardinal virtues and the qualities associated with each of them.
Tambrun-Krasker (1987), pp. 1–15;
PG, vol. 160, pp. 865–882.
2
(ff. 162v–163r)
Contra Scholarii defensionem Aristotelis
Γεωργίου τοῦ Γεμιστοῦ πρὸς Γεώργιον τὸν Σχολάριον
Ἐγὼ μὲν οὐκ ὀψέ
αὐτίκα ἂν ῥᾷστα ἄλλως ἔσται (!) ψευδόμενος
Only the introductory part of the treatise is included; ch. 1, line 1–14.
Maltese (1988), pp. 1–46;
PG, vol. 160, cols. 980–981.
4
(ff. 167v–173r)
Epistula Ad Andronicum Callistum
Ἐπιστολὴ Νικολάου τοῦ Σεκουνδινοῦ πρὸς Ἀνδρόνικον τὸν Κάλλιστον
Ἀνδρωνίκῳ τῳ Καλλίστου Νικόλαος ὁ Σεκουνδινὸς εὖ πράττειν
καὶ λέγειν καὶ πράττειν τὰ δυνατά· ἔρρωσο
Boissonade (1829–1833), vol. 5, pp. 377–387;
PG, vol. 161, cols. 691–696.
5
(ff. 173r–186v)
Declamationes
(Declamatio 26)
Λιβανίου πρὸς λάλον γυναῖκα· Δύσκολος γήμας λάλον γυναῖκα ἑαυτῷ προσαγγέλλει
Foerster (1903–1927), vol. 6, pp. 494–544.
6
(ff. 186v–189v)
In decollationem sancti Joannis (CPG4570)
Λόγος τοῦ μεγάλου Χρυσοστόμου κατὰ Ἡρωδιάδα καὶ περὶ γυναικῶν πονηρῶν
[mut.] Οὐδὲν τοίνυν θηρίον ἐφάμιλλον
γυνὴ πονηρὰ ἀνδρὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ δοθήσεται [mut.]
The text does not include the full introduction and breaks off early.
PG, vol. 59, cols. 486–488a.
7
(ff. 189v–190v)
Sermo Anepigraphus (de Lepra) (CPG4878)
Τοῦ αὐτοῦ
Διὰ τὴν ἀκρασίαν τῶν ἀπαραφυλάκτων
οὐχ ἥμαρτον οἱ γονοῖς αὐτοῦ
Nyström (2009), pp. 186–188.
8
(ff. 190v–192v)
De Uitae Termino Ad Isidorum Monachum
Γνώμαι τοῦ ἁγίου Μάρκου τοῦ Ἐφεσίων περὶ ὅρου ζωῆς καὶ περὶ τῆς αἰωνίου κολάσεως
Περὶ μὲν τοῦ προορισμοῦ
οὕτως ὁ τοῦ δικαίου σώζεται λόγος
Nyström (2009), pp. 274–275.
9
(ff. 192v–193r)
De correspondentia pœnae ac culpae
τοῦ αὐτοῦ· Ἀναλογίαι τῶν ἀπειλουμένων κολάσεων πρὸς τὰ ἁμαρτήματα
Σκότος ἐστὶ βαθὺ
ὥσπερ ἡ νόσος τοῦ σώματος
Nyström (2009), p. 275.
10
(ff. 193r–193v)
Erotapocrisis
None
Ἀπορία πῶς ἀνέχεται ὁ θεὸς
ἑκουσίως ἑαυτὴν χωρίσασαν
Nyström (2009), pp. 275–276, 163.
11
(ff. 193v–194v)
Ad Deiparam
Εὐχὴ εἰς τὴν ὑπεραγίαν δέσποιναν ἡμῶν θεοτόκον
Παντάνασσα, πανύμνητε
εἰς πάντας τοὺς αἰῶνας
Nyström (2009), p. 276.
12
(ff. 194v–195r)
De virtutibus et vitiis (CPG8111)
(Excerptum)
Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ Δαμασκηνοῦ περὶ τῶν ηʹ λογισμῶν δι’ ὧν πᾶσα ἁμαρτία τελεῖται
[mut.] Ὀκτώ εισι πάντες οἱ περιεκτικοί
πάλη ἡ ἀντίστασις τοῦ λογισμοῦ [mut.]
PG, vol. 95, cols. 92C–93B.
13
(ff. 195v–196r)
Sayings by Maximos, Demosthenes, et al.
Τοῦ ἁγίου Μαξίμου περὶ τῶν τριῶν μερῶν τῆς ψυχῆς
ὑποτάσσεσθαι εἰς ἃ δεῖ
Nyström (2009), p. 277.
15
(ff. 196v:15–196v:17)
Three short sayings
None
‘Τύχης γὰρ μὴ παρούσης δυστυχοῦσιν αἱ φρέναι. Μνήμη θανάτου χρησιμεύει τῷ βίῳ. Ὅρος φιλοσοφίας· μελέτη θανάτου.’
16
(ff. 197r–199v)
A gnomology derived from Constantine Manasses’ Synopsis Chronike
None
For similar gnomologies in other manuscripts, see Lampsidis (1985).
On ff. 199v:13–199v:17 perhaps an owner’ note? A name, διμος πετζαλης φρυσαληοτης and the phrase αρχη πιστεος μου η εικ... σταυρος can be seen. Cf. f. 331v.
Nyström (2009), pp. 277–280;
Lampsidis (1996).
Unit 7
1
(ff. 200r–206v:1)
De Processione Spiritus Sancti
Τοῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ Λατίνων
Τὸ ὑπὲρ Λατίνων βιβλίον
τὰ κράτιστα ἡμῖν βουλευσαμένοις ἑλέσθαι
The rubric was originally not filled in – a reader has simply copied the incipit in the intended space. In the upper margin Nicholas de la Torre later supplied a title. The expression τοῦ αὐτοῦ is in fact not applicable here; the pinax seems to indicate Marcus Eugenicus as the author (cf. f. L1v).
PG, vol. 160, pp. 975–980.
2
(ff. 206v–207v)
Opera Uaria Aduersus Latinos
(De Processione Spiritus Sancti)
Ἀπόφασις τοῦ πατριάρχου
Ἐκπορεύεται μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ
τὸ μὲν γεννητῶς, τὸ δὲ ἐκπορευτῶς
The heading Μαρκος ὁ φεσηος· ἀποφαση του πατριαρχου was added by a later hand.
Nyström (2009), pp. 280–281.
Unit 8
1
(ff. 208r–223v)
Historiarum Variarum Chiliades
(Chiliades, Excerpta)
None
⟨Γ⟩ύγης τὸ πρότερον ποιμὴν
ἀστεΐσμασι τὸ σκυθρωπὸν ἐλάσω
The excerpts correspond to the following passages in Pietro Luigi M. Leone’s edition: Chil. I, hist. 3, 140–159; Chil. X, hist. 316, 167–177; Chil. X, hist. 361, 962–987; Chil. XI, hist. 368, 90–101; Chil. II, hist. 34, 65 and 68–105; Chil. I, hist. 27, 703–808; Chil. I, hist. 32, 851– II, 18; Chil. I, hist. 28, 809–814; Chil. IV, 471–779 (Ep. ad Ioannem Lachanam).
Unit 9
1
(ff. 224r–231v)
Epistulae
None
Τέττιξ ὁ μουσικὸς ἦρος φανέντος
ἀφροδίσιον βέλος οὐχ ἅπτεται [mut.]
The twenty letters included are: Epp. 1, 3–4, 9–10, 13–19, 26, 29, 34, 37, 46, 60–61, 66.
2
(ff. 232r:1–232r:12)
Septuaginta
(Deuteronomium, excerptum)
The Decalogue. Cf. LXX, Deut. 6:5; Exod. 20.
3
(ff. 232r–233v)
Chronica brevia
None
⟨Π⟩ρῶτος Ἀβραάμ Ἰσαὰκ Ἰακώβ
Κώνστας ὁ τοῦ μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνου πατήρ. Ἐντεῦθεν οἱ τῶν Χριστιανῶν βασιλεῖς.
The lists include Jewish patriarchs and kings; Chaldean, Persian, and Assyrian kings; Egyptian kings; Roman emperors.
4
(ff. 234r–237v)
Carmen Paraeneticum
(Carmen Paraeneticum Typus II)
None
Ὁ βασιλεῦς ὁ Σολομὼν εἴρηκεν πάλαι λόγον
ὅταν ποικίλοις πειρασμοῖς ἐμπέσει παρ’ ἐλπίδα [mut.]
Stanzas included: 1–20 (line 6). One stanza, n:o 17, appears yet again in the manuscript, on f. 253v. The anonymous poem is sometimes attributed to Spaneas, or Pseudo-Spaneas. See also Danezis (1987), pp. 209–214, where our manuscript correlates with the text version of ‘Gruppe IV’. In Mitylenaeus Bibl. Gymn. 37, , the poem bears the title Στίχοι ὡραιότατοι; only one manuscript mentions Spaneas: Στίχοι πολιτικοὶ τοῦ Σπανία (Vat. Barb. 278, ).
u,
Lundström (1902).
Lundström (1902), pp. V–VII, 1–14.
Unit 10
1
(ff. 238r–247r)
Florilegium
None
Ἀλέξανδρος ἐρωτηθείς, πῶς τοσούτων ἐθνῶν
οὕτω καὶ τοῖς ἀδικουμένοις οἱ νόμοι
Nyström (2009), pp. 282–290, 169.
2
(ff. 247r:16–247r:18)
Chronicon breve
None
‘Τῶν Τρωϊκῶν ὕστερον γεγέννηται Ὅμηρος ἔτεσιν ἑξήκοντα καὶ ὀκτώ· ἀφ’ οὗ δὲ Ὅμηρος ἐγένετο ἔτη εἰσὶν χκβʹ μέχρι τῆς Ξέρξου διαβάσεως.’
3
(ff. 247v–253r)
Lexicon synonymorum
Ἀλαλάξατε· ὑψώσατε τὴν φωνήν
ὥρα· ὁ καιρός, καὶ ὥρα ἡ εὐμορφία
4
(ff. 253r–253v)
Elegia de Athenis
(Carmina, Versus in Athenas)
Στίχοι τοῦ σοφωτάτου μητροπολίτου Ἀθηνῶν κῦρ Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Χωνιάτου ἐπὶ τῇ ἀρχετύπῳ ἀνιστορήσει πόλεως Ἀθηνῶν
Mercati (1935);
Lampros (1879–1880), vol. 2, pp. 397–398.
5
(ff. 253v:13–253v:19)
Carmen Paraeneticum
None
[mut.] οἵδασιν οἱ φιλόσοφοι
τοῦ λόγου κινηθέντος [mut.]
Lundström (1902), p. 9.
Unit 11
1
(ff. 254r–256v)
Views on the soul
None
Ἃς μὲν ἔχομεν δόξας περὶ ψυχῆς
εἰ δὲ μὴ κρούσῃς οὐκ ἀνοιγήσεται
Nyström (2009), pp. 290–293.
2
(ff. 256v:16–256v:17)
Two short sayings
None
‘Μνήμη θανάτου χρησιμεύει τῷ βίῳ. Ὅρος φιλοσοφίας· ἡ τοῦ θανάτου μελέτη.’
Cf. also f. 196v.
3
(ff. 257r–261v)
Carmina moralia
A prose paraphrase of Gregory of Nazianzos’ Carm. mor. I. 2, 9
None
Πόθος μὲν ἐμοὶ τῆς ἀρετῆς
ἡμέρας ἐκείνης φωτὶ διαλυθήσεται
Searby (2003), pp. 344–353.
Unit 12
1
(ff. 262r–278r)
Graecarum Affectionum Curatio
(Excerpta)
None
[mut.]
⟨Ξ⟩ενοφάνης μὲν οὖν ὁ Ὀρθομένους
παντὸς οἰάκων ἐπειλημμένον [mut.]
Four longer excerpts: Thdt, Affect 4.5–16; 4.32–42; 5.8–52; and 6.11–26.
2
(ff. 278r–278v)
On entelechy
Ἐντελέχεια μὲν προηγουμένως
ἤγουν ἁπλῶς ἐνέργεια
Nyström (2009), p. 293.
4
(ff. 279r:11–279r:15)
Apophthegmata Septem Sapientium
η λογη τον σοφον αντρον
⟨Β⟩ίας ὁ Πριηνεύς· οἱ πλείονες κακοί
⟨ὁ⟩ρᾷν τέρμα βιώτιον
Cf. Tziatzi-Papagianni (1994), p. 444. The rubric is a later addition.
5
(ff. 279r:15–279v)
Pythagorean categories
⟨Ἔ⟩τι συστοιχίας τινὰς ἐξεῦρον
ῥόμβος, τραπέζιον, ⟨κ⟩ύκλος
Similar enumerations of opposites are found in many works and commentaries in the Aristotelian tradition. Cf. also Arist. Metaph. 986a, 22–26; Hero, Geom. 3, 18–22.
Nyström (2009), pp. 293–294, 156.
6
(ff. 279v–280v)
Lexicon synonymorum
⟨Τ⟩οῖαι γλῶσσαι καταπόλεις, αὗται καλοῦνται γλωσσήματα
⟨Ἀ⟩θηναῖων· ἄγαν· λίαν
σπορτατεύεται· ἤγουν ἐξορίζεται
Lists of synonyms assorted according to Greek dialects. Each list is arranged alphabetically except for the list of Roman loanwords at the end.
Nyström (2009), pp. 294–295.
7
(ff. 281r–282v)
Notitiae episcopatuum
τα πατριαρχεία ολη καὶ η μητροπόλεις καὶ η αρχιεπησκοπές
Παλαιὰ Ῥώμη, Νέα Ῥώμη
καὶ Σελευκία Ἰσαυρίας
For similar lists, see Darrouzès (1981). The rubric is a later insertion.
8
(ff. 283r:1–283r:12)
Enumeratio inventorum
η τέχνες τον σοφον αντρον
Ζεῦς ἐξεῦρε πλευτικήν
Τυρσινοὶ τυχείζει πόλις
The rubric is a later insertion.
9
(ff. 283r:13–283v:3)
Chronicon breve
(Ab Adam usque ad Iustinianum)
Ἔστιν απὸ Ἀδᾶμ ἕως τοῦ κατακλυσμοῦ
τοῦ μεγάλου Ἰουστινιανοῦ ἔτη σκδʹ
10
(ff. 283v:4–283v:13)
Chronicon breve
Palaiologan emperors and sultans
None
Πρῶτος Παλαιολόγος Μιχαήλ
ὃς ἐφονεύθη ὑπὸ τῶν Ἀγαρινῶν
11
(f. 283v)
Chronicon breve
None
ὁ ἔννατος ὁ σουλτα Παγιάζητη
το αφκϛʹ ετος ἀπο Χριστοῦ ἀγουστου κθʹ ὁ πολεμος
A later addition in the margin to the preceding list of sultans. Part of the text is missing due to trimming of the page, see transcription.
Nyström (2009), p. 296.
12
(ff. 283v–285v)
Tractatus geomantiae
The method of ramplion
None
Τοῦ ῥαμπλίου ἡ μέθοδος
ταὐτὸν δὲ καὶ περὶ γυναικῶν [mut.]
Nyström (2009), pp. 218–223.
Unit 13
1
(ff. 286r–290v)
Epistulae (CPG2900)
(Ep. 2, Ad Gregorius Nazianzenus
) (CPG2900.002)
Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Βασιλείου ἁρχιεπισκόπου Καισαρείας Καππαδοκίας τοῦ μεγάλου ὁμιλία πρὸς Γρηγόριον τὸν Θεόλογον· Περὶ βίου καταστάσεως
Ἐπέγνων σου τὴν ἐπιστολήν
PG, vol. 32, col. 223;
Courtonne (1957–1966), vol. 1, pp. 5–13.
2
(ff. 290v–297r)
Libanii ac Basilii epistulae mutuae XXII
Ἐπιστολαὶ ἀμοιβαῖαι τοῦ Λιβανίου πρὸς τὸν μέγαν Βασίλειον
All in all, the correspondence includes Epistulae Lib.–Bas. 7; 1; 15–22; 2–6; 8–9; 13–14; 10–12.
Foerster (1903–1927), vol. 11, pp. 572–595.
2.1
(ff. 290v–291r:2, 291r:18–291v:5, 292r:12–292r:20, 292r:20–292v:2, 292v:2–292v:10, 292v:10–292v:19, 292v:24–293r:20, 293v:12–294r:15, 295r–295v:1, 295v:16–295v:20, 295v:20–296r:2, 296v:2–297r:9, 297r:9–297r:18)
Epistulae ad Basilius Caesariensis
Epp. 7, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 11, 12
The numbering is given according to Richard Foerster’s edition. Ep. 2 is incomplete: expl. δυναμένους δεικνύναι πολίτην. Ep. 19 (inc. ἀνέγνων τὸν λόγον) is attributed to Libanius in our manuscript but to Basilius in the edition.
U,
Foerster (1903–1927), p. 9, 221.
2.2
(ff. 291r:2–291r:18, 291v:5–291v:19, 291v:19–292r:12, 292v:19–292v:24, 293r:20–293v:12, 294r:15–294v, 295v:1–295v:16, 296r:2–296r:17, 296r:18–296v:1)
Epistulae ad Libanius
(CPG2900.d)
Epp. 1, 16, 17, 22, 3, 5, 8, 14, 10
Numbering according to Richard Foerster’s edition.
3
(ff. 297r:18–297r:20)
Epistulae (CPG3032)
(Ep. 236, ad Libanius
)
Λιβανίῳ Γρηγόριος
Gallay (1964–1967), vol. 2, p. 127.
4
(ff. 297r:20–297v)
Epistulae (CPG2900)
(Epp. 330, 332, 186, 187)
Courtonne (1957–1966), vol. 2, pp. 119–120, vol. 3, p. 200.
5
(ff. 297v–299v)
De bello Judaico
(Duo excerpta e lib. 3)
Pelletier (1975–1982), vol. 2, pp. 177–179, 164–167.
5.1
(ff. 297v–298v)
(De Bello Judaico 3, 471–484)
Δημηγορία Τίτου υἱοῦ Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
[mut.] ἐν ἐπηκόῳ στὰς· ἄνδρες, ἔφη, Ῥωμαῖοι
πλέον τι κατορθώσομεν [mut.]
5.2
(ff. 298v–299v)
(De Bello Judaico 3, 361–382)
Δημηγορία Ἰωσήπου
[mut.]
⟨Δ⟩είσας δὲ τὴν ἔφοδον
νίκης μείζων ἀποφέρων παραμύθιον [mut.]
6
(ff. 299v–301v)
Byzantina Historia
(Excerptum e lib. VIII: Ep. ad Theodorus Metochita
)
Ἐπιστολὴ Γρηγορᾶ πρὸς τὸν σοφώτατον μέγαν λογοθέτην παρακλητικὴ περὶ τῆς ἀστρονομίας
[mut.]
⟨ε⟩ἰ μὲν ἐπίσης ἅπαντα
ἥκουσιν ἡμῶν αἱ παρακλήσεις [mut.]
The excerpt is from lib. VIII, 7 – VIII, 8.
Schopen (1829–1855), vol. 1, pp. 322–327.
Unit 14
1
(ff. 302r–303v)
Canticum compunctionis
None
Ἆρα τίς γῆθεν ἀείρας
ὡς ἄχυρον ἀπειλεῖ με
Ciccolella (1989);
Matranga (1850), vol. 2, pp. 683–688.
2
(ff. 303v–305r)
Carmina Anacreontica
None
Ἀπὸ μουσικῶν μελάθρων
ὡς Δημοφόων νόστον ἀλύξω
On ff. 305v–307v some pen trials and an owner’s note; cf. Nyström (2009), pp. 101–102.
Monaco (1951);
Matranga (1850), vol. 2, pp. 689–692.
Unit 15
1
(ff. 308r–314v)
Psalmi
(Excerpta tria)
The psalms are in Latin with the Greek version added above each line.
2
(ff. 315r–315v)
De institutione viri boni
(De viro bono)
(Πυθαγορικὴ ἀκρόασις)
None
Vir bonus et sapiens
palmam et praemia victis (!)
In the blank space on f. 315v another microtext was added secondarily: ‘ἡδὼρ μὲν γὲν καὶ τρεφην [...] καθάπερ καὶ το πρωτον’.
Clausen (1966), pp. 165–168;
Prete (1978), pp. 95–97.
3.1
(f. 316r)
(Ave Maria)
4
(ff. 318v–319v)
Psalmi
Ps. 6, in Latin and supralinear Greek
Domine ne in furore tuo (Κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ)
5
(ff. 320r–323r)
A formulary, in Latin and supralinear Greek
Papae (τῷ πάπᾳ)
honorato viro domino (ἐντίμῳ ἀνδρὶ κυρίῳ)
Nyström (2009), pp. 242–245.
6
(ff. 323v:9–323v:13)
Mathematica, Varia
(Problema arithmeticum)
εἰσὶν μήλοι (!) τρεῖς
ἔχω μόδια ιγʹ· εἰπέ μοι [mut.]
The text was added secondarily.
Unit 16
1
(ff. 324r–328r)
Mathematica, Varia
(Problemata arithmetica, Pars 1)
None
[mut.] εἶτα πολλαπλασίασον τὰ 9 μετὰ τῶν 10
εὕρεις ἀσφαλῶς τὴν ζημίαν ἑνὸς ἑκάστου
Searby (2003), pp. 692–699.
2
(ff. 328r:2–329r)
Later additions
Pen trials; a jestful (indecent?) microtext; a proverb on friendship.
3
(ff. 329v–331r)
Mathematica, Varia
(Problemata arithmetica, Pars 2)
⟨Π⟩ολλαπλασιασμὸς τζακισμάτων
⟨ε⟩ἰ θέλεις μαθεῖν νὰ ὁμαδιάσεις
εἰ μὲν ἐξηβεῖ ἑπτὰ ἀκέραια ἔνι ἀληθές
Searby (2003), pp. 699–702.
Unit 17
1.1
(ff. 332r:1–332r:12)
Vita Aesopi
(Vitae minores: Vita 1a)
None
This corresponds to Vita III in Eberhard’s edition.
Eberhard (1872), pp. 309–310;
Perry (1952), pp. 212–213.
1.2
(ff. 332r:13–332r:22, 332v:13–336v)
Fabulae
Fabulae 59, alphabetice distributae A–L
None
Ἀετὸς καὶ ἀλώπηξ
ζῶα ἐπισκέψεως χάριν συλλα⟨μβάνων⟩
[mut.]
The following fables are included: Fab. 1 (first half), inc. Ἀετὸς καὶ ἀλώπηξ, expl. θυόντων δὲ τινῶν. Mistakenly inserted here by the scribe: a section from Vita W, 93–100 (see further below). Fab. 1 (second half), inc. ἀετὸς καταπτάς, expl. τιμωρίαν οὐ διαφεύξονται. Fab. (Hausrath and Hunger) 2–4; 9–10; 16–20; 22–23; 27; 284; 283; (Perry) 275; (Hausrath and Hunger) 42; 29; 24; 11; 21; 28; 12–13; 44; 43; 45; 47; 49–50; 60; 57; 52–53; 58; 64; 66–67; 69; 239; 270; 184; 81; 76; 208; 100; 103; 289; 285; 115; A1; 116–117; 120; 126; 288; 146–147. The last fable (inc. λέων γηράσας) is truncated.
1.3
(ff. 332r:22–332v:12)
Vita Aesopi
(Vita Westermanniana (excerptum))
None
ὅμως συνεῖδον καὶ τὸν Αἴσωπον ἐρωτῆσαι
μέχρι νῦν ἀναγινωσκομένους κατελείπετο
The excerpt comprises Vita W, 93–100.
Perry (1952), pp. 99–100.
Support
Unit 2
ff. 1r–87v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
Two different watermarks. The first one is present with both its twin variants in Q2–11. The second one appears only in Q13, but the paper quality indicates that the same kind of paper is used also in Q12.
Unit 3
ff. 88r–103v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
One watermark, present in both quires of unit 3.
Watermark 3
Scissors
similar to
Harlfinger, Ciseaux 68
1473–1474
Anonymus 12
On the scribe Anonymus 12, see Harlfinger (1971), pp. 417–418.
Unit 4
ff. 104r–127v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
One watermark, present in all quires of unit 4.
Watermark 3
Scissors
similar to
Harlfinger, Ciseaux 68
1473–1474
Anonymus 12
On the scribe Anonymus 12, see Harlfinger (1971), pp. 417–418.
Unit 5
ff. 128r–151v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
One watermark, present in all quires of unit 5.
Watermark 3
Scissors
similar to
Harlfinger, Ciseaux 68
1473–1474
Anonymus 12
On the scribe Anonymus 12, see Harlfinger (1971), pp. 417–418.
Unit 6
ff. 152r–199v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
One watermark present in all quires of unit 6; the same watermark is found in the preceding units 3–5.
Watermark 3
Scissors
similar to
Harlfinger, Ciseaux 68
1473–1474
Anonymus 12
On the scribe Anonymus 12, see Harlfinger (1971), pp. 417–418.
Unit 8
Unit 9
ff. 224r–237v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
No watermark in Q31, but the laid pattern matches the paper of Q28 (unit 7) with the watermark Anchor. In Q32 we find the same watermark as in the main part of unit 2 and in units 8, 10–12, 14–15.
Unit 13
ff. 286r–301v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
No watermark visible in Q39, but the paper quality equals the one in the next quire. Part of what could be a Crown watermark in Q40, but not enough to identify it.
Unit 15
ff. 308r–323v
Western paper
135 ×
90 mm
Octavo
The same watermark again, present in both quires, Q42–43.
Foliation
Collation
Binding/Endleaves
IIf.iii
IIf.iii’
none
none
Unit 1
Q1(II-1ante f.I)f.III
The first leaf of Q1 is cut out. The last two leaves of the binion used to be glued together; adhesive residues remain.
none
none
Unit 2
Q2IIIf.6 + Q3(V-2post f.12)(f.7–12, f.12a, f.12b): ff.12a–12b are sown in at the wrong place and should be read as the first two leaves of this quire + Q4–118.IVf.75 (f.34 numbered twice) + Q12IVf.83 + Q13IIf.87
none
none
Unit 3
Q14–152.IVf.103
none
none
Unit 4
Q16–183.IVf.127
none
none
Unit 5
Q19–213.IVf.151
none
none
Unit 6
Q22–276.IVf.199
none
none
Unit 7
Q28IVf.207
none
none
Unit 8
Q29–302.IVf.223
none
none
Unit 9
Q31IIIf.229 + Q32IVf.237
none
none
Unit 10
Q33–342.IVf.253
none
none
Unit 11
Q35IVf.261
none
none
Unit 12
Q36–383.IVf.285
none
none
Unit 13
Q39–402.IVf.301
none
none
Unit 14
Q41(IV-2post f.306)f.307
none
none
Unit 15
Q42–432.IVf.323
none
none
Unit 16
Q44IVf.331
none
none
Unit 17
Q45(III-1post f.336)f.336
none
none
Layout
Unit 2
Unit 15
1
18
103 ×
70 mm
On the last three folios there is more variation in number of lines and their length, but the basic pattern seems to be the same.
Script
Unit 1
Hand 1
(ff. L1r–L3r) ⟨Nicholas de la Torre⟩; a skilled but personal hand, a right-sloping, ornate, even somewhat turgid minuscule. Letters and spiritus often connected with the accents. Extended, upright grave and acute accents. Iota subscriptum. See also RGK, vol. 1, no. 319, vol. 2, no. 438.Unit 2
Hand 2
(ff. 1r–86v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 3
(ff. 87r–87v) Notes and pen trials by a sixteenth-century hand: a skilled, fluent, but not very carefully executed minuscule.Unit 3
Hand 2
(ff. 88r–103v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 4
Hand 2
(ff. 104r–127v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 5
Hand 2
(ff. 128r–151v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 6
Hand 2
(ff. 152r–199v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 4
(ff. 197r–199v) Scattered notes and pen trials by a later owner? (an unskilled minuscule hand revealing poor spelling). On (f. 199v) a name: Διμος πετζαλης φρυσαληοτης.Unit 7
Hand 2
(ff. 200r–207v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 1
(f. 200r) ⟨Nicholas de la Torre⟩ has in the upper margin added the rubric Τοῦ αὐτοῦ κατὰ Λατίνων, in his rather sweeping sixteenth-century minuscule.Unit 8
Hand 2
(ff. 208r–223v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 9
Hand 2
(ff. 224r–237v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 10
Hand 2
(ff. 238r–253v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 11
Hand 2
(ff. 254r–261v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 12
Hand 2
(ff. 262r–285v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 3
(f. 283v) Additions in the margin by a sixteenth-century minuscule hand. Probably the same hand as on (ff. 87r–87v).Unit 13
Hand 2
(ff. 286r–301v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Unit 14
Hand 2
(ff. 302r–305r) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 5
(ff. 305v–307r) Scribblings, computations, and an owner’s note in an unskilled minuscule hand. The owner’s name seems to read Kaloiannis Antiochou, protopapa of Palea; cf. (f. 307r).Unit 15
Hand 2
(ff. 308r–323r) The supralinear Greek in this unit was probably written in the hand of ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩, based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 3
(f. 315v) The microtext was added by the same sixteenth-century minuscule hand responsible for the notes on (ff. 87r–87v) and (f. 283v).Hand 7
(f. 323v) Part of a mathematical problem was put in by a reader using a plain, angular minuscule.Unit 16
Hand 2
(ff. 308r–323r) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Hand 3
(ff. 329r–329v) Notes in a sixteenth-century minuscule hand; cf. (ff. 87r–87v). Also some later copying of these notes in a coarser, unskilled hand.Unit 17
Hand 2
(ff. 332r–336v) ⟨Theodoros Ky...kos⟩ based on comparison with Par. gr. 3045, , in which there is a subscription. He uses an upright or slightly right-sloping minuscule, in general neat and plain but with some larger letters interspersed (e.g. majuscule gamma, tau, and also nu when first in a line). See also RGK, vol. 2, no. 176.Additions
Decorations
Unit 1
Plain red initials. Small wisps in black or red after some of the pinax entries.
Unit 2
The spaces left by the main scribe for rubricated titles and initials were in some cases filled in later, in red or brownish-black, by an unskilled hand. One larger initial, on (f. 13v), is ornamented with palmettes.
Unit 3
Unit 4
Flourished initials, titles, and marginalia in red ink. A few line fillers in the same flourished style, or with a strapwork pattern ((f. 104r)).
Unit 5
Unit 6
Rubricated titles accompanied by floriate decorations ((f. 152r)), or followed by floriate initials of varying size, from 5 to 1 line in height. A diagram decorated in red and black ink, on (f. 162v), and a headpiece in strapwork design on the same page. The last text ((ff. 197r–199v)) was left untitled and got no rubrications by the main scribe; initials were later filled in with light brown ink.
Unit 7
No rubrications by the main scribe. Some initials and a couple of titles added later in light brown or red ink.
Unit 8
Rubrication of title and initials planned but not executed by the main scribe; some were added later in various shades of red, brown, and black ink.
Unit 9
Plain initials in brown ink are secondary.
Unit 10
Plain initials in brown ink are secondary.
Unit 11
Unit 12
Unit 13
A strapwork knot and an ornamented initial on (f. 286r). Some of the plain initials were put in secondarily.
Unit 14
No decorations. Title missing on (f. 302r). Plain initials in brown ink, put in secondarily.
Unit 15
Large initials in the Latin text are written in the same ink as the main text, except for one that is missing, on (f. 315r). No rubrications or decorations.
Unit 16
No titles. The larger initials are secondary.
Unit 17
One ornamented initial, 5 lines in height. Small but elegant initials at the beginning of each fable; all initials are in black ink with tiny dots of gold attached.
Binding
The binding is probably of late seventeenth century Spanish origin.
Yellowish parchment laced-case binding over paper board. Sewn on three supports. Endbands oversewn with hemp cord. Two pairs of alum-tawed ties at foredge.
145 ×
100 ×
45 mm
Gilt edges; a gauffered pattern on foredge.
The bookblock has suffered moderate damage due to moisture and wear. Traces of singeing seen at the edges of some units. The last quire shows severe damage due to burn and water. Ties partially missing.
Origin
The codex was written by Theodoros Ky...kos in the 1480s, possibly in Crete, according to the watermark evidence.
Unit 1
This binion was added to the rest of the codex after its arrival at El Escorial in 1576. Nicholas de la Torre wrote the table of contents and added the foliation throughout.Provenance
Based on marginal notes, it was owned by various Greek-speaking persons until at least the mid-sixteenth century.
Donated to El Escorial in 1576. Number 16 on the fore-edge is probably part of the old Escorialensis shelfmark Alfa. VI. 16. The manuscript went missing after the fire in El Escorial in 1671.
Acquisition
Former shelfmarks
Sparwenfeldt 49
Scorialensis Alfa. VI. 16.
- Benzelius (1706), pp. 55–61.
- Graux (1889), pp. 34–41.
- Lundström (1897).
- Rudberg (1960).
- Sjöberg (1960).
- Carter (1970), p. 37.
- Torallas Tovar (1994), pp. 224–242.
- Nyström (2009).
Statement of Responsibility
External Identifiers
Internal Identifiers
https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100008
