Uppsala University Library, Gr. 28B
Composite manuscript with mainly epistolographic contents, in two volumes (together with Gr. 28A) (‘Codex Rolambianus’)
Constantinople, mid 14th c.
paper
ii, 225, ii' leaves
220 × 145 mm
8 units
Greek
Unit 7
1
(ff. 226r–260v)
Georgii Lacapeni et Andronici Zaridae epistulae
Ἐπιστολαὶ τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ καὶ τοῦ Ξαρίδη ἀμοιβαῖαι
With interlinear glosses. Epp. 14, 16, 18, and 20 are addressed simply to Zarides in the manuscript, without indicating the forename). This could, thus, in theory, point to either of the two brothers. For the interpretation of Andronicus as addressee, cf. Tinnefeld (2000), , n. 22.
b,
Lindstam (1924).
U,
Lindstam (1910).
1.7
(ff. 247v–249r)
Epistulae ad Georgium Lacapenum
Ep. 13, ad Georgius Lacapenus
Τοῦ Ζαρίδη τῷ Λακαπηνῷ
1.8
(ff. 249r–250v)
Epistulae ad Andronicum Zaridem
Ep. 14, ad Andronicus Zaridas
Τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ τῷ Ζαρίδῃ
1.9
(ff. 250v–251v)
Epistulae ad Georgium Lacapenum
Ep. 15, ad Georgius Lacapenus
Τοῦ Ζαρίδη τῷ Λακαπηνῷ
1.10
(ff. 251v–254r)
Epistulae ad Andronicum Zaridem
Ep. 16, ad Andronicus Zaridas
Τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ τῷ Ζαρίδῃ
1.11
(ff. 254r–255r)
Epistulae ad Georgium Lacapenum
Ep. 17, ad Georgius Lacapenus
Τοῦ Ζαρίδη τῷ Λακαπηνῷ
1.12
(ff. 255r–256r)
Epistulae ad Andronicum Zaridem
Ep. 18, ad Andronicus Zaridas
Τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ τῷ Ζαρίδῃ
1.13
(ff. 256v–257r)
Epistulae ad Georgium Lacapenum
Ep. 19, ad Georgius Lacapenus
Τοῦ Ζαρίδη τῷ Λακαπηνῷ
1.14
(ff. 257v–260v)
Epistulae ad Andronicum Zaridem
Ep. 20, ad Andronicus Zaridas
Τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ τῷ Ζαρίδῃ
At the end of this letter, the scribe has indicated that Ep. 21 is to be found above (ζήτει τὴν καʹ ἐπιστολὴν πρόσθεν ἤγουν ὄπισθεν).
2
(ff. 260v:8–260v:32)
Epistulae
Ep. 406, ad Ioasaph Monachus
Τοῦ Κυδώνη
Loenertz (1956–1960), vol. 2, pp. 361–362.
Unit 8
1
(ff. 261r–313v)
Epimerismi
Γραμματικὴ τοῦ Λακαπηνοῦ ἣν εἰς τὰς ἐπιστολὰς αὐτοῦ ἐποίησε
Τέλος τοῦ Λεκαπηνοῦ
2
(ff. 313v:25–313v:30)
De adverbis perpauca
None
Ἰστέον ὅτι καθ’ ὁμοιότητα τῶν ἐπιρρημάτων
ἐν ταῖς Ἀθήναις
3
(ff. 314r–315v)
Grammatica
(Technologiae, excerpta)
Ἐκ τοῦ Γρηγορᾶ τῶν τεχνολογιῶν
Ἰστέον ὅτι πλείστας λέξεις εὕροι ἄν τις σκοπῶν
εὐθὺς δὲ ἀντὶ τοῦ παρ’ αὐτίκα
With lemmata in the margin. For a more detailed account with reference to corresponding passages in Hermann’s and Cramer’s editions, see Karlsson (1981), pp. 15–16.
Hermann (1801), pp. 319–352;
Cramer (1839–1841), vol. 4, pp. 245–264.
4
(ff. 316r–316v)
Epimerismi
Excerpta
Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ κυροῦ Μαξίμου Πλανούδη
Φοινίκη ἡ Συρία. καὶ φοίνιξ ὁ σύρος
ἁλουργὸν δὲ χρῶμα
With lemmata in the margin.
Lindstam (1919–1920), pp. 65–70.
Unit 9
1
(ff. 317r–377r)
Encomium in Gregorium Nazianzenum
(Laudatio S. Gregorii Theologi) (BHG0724)
Τοῦ σοφωτάτου ῥήτορος κυροῦ Θεοδούλου μοναχοῦ τοῦ Μαγίστρου λόγος εἰς τὸν ἐν ἁγίοις πατράσι ἡμῶν ἀρχιεπίσκοπον Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Γρηγόριον τὸν θεολόγον
PG, vol. 145, cols. 216–352;
Norrmann (1691–1694), pp. 2–164.
2
(f. 378v)
Formula venditionis aedium
Ἐν ὀνόματι τοῦ πατρὸς κτλ. ἡμεῖς οἱ καὶ ἄνωθεν
ἐνώπιον καὶ τῶν ὑποτεταγμένων μαρτύρων. μηνὶ ἰαννουαρίῳ ἰνδικτιῶνος ιαʹ
In the upper left margin: two crosses with the accompanying text σίγνον θυγατέρος τοῦ δεῖνος, σίγνον Ἄννης τῆς συμβίου . For a similar formula in Par. gr. 2509, , see Sathas (1872–1894), vol. 6, pp. 612–613.
Unit 10
1
(ff. 379r–381r)
Ad Angelus Stratopedarcha
Προσφωνητικὸς τῷ μεγάλῳ στρατοπεδάρχῃ τῷ Ἀγγέλω· τοῦ Μαγίστρου
Norrmann (1691–1694), pp. 170–176;
PG, vol. 145, cols. 373–380.
2
(ff. 381r:29–384r)
Ad Theodorus Metochita
Προσφωνητικὸς τῷ μεγάλῳ λογοθέτῃ τῷ Μετοχίτῃ
Norrmann (1691–1694), pp. 178–186;
PG, vol. 145, cols. 381–388.
3
(ff. 384r–386v)
Ad Niphon Patriarcha
Λόγος προσφωνητικὸς εἰς τὸν παναγιώτατον καὶ οἰκουμενικὸν πατριάρχην κυρὸν Νίφωνα
Norrmann (1691–1694), pp. 186–194;
PG, vol. 145, cols. 389–396.
4
(ff. 386v:17–386v:30)
Epistula
None
ἀπεδεχάμην σου τὴν ἐπιστολὴν
καὶ προξένει σεαυτὸν πράγματα
Karlsson (1981), p. 61.
5
(ff. 387r–394v)
Epistulae
Τοῦ σοφωτάτου Μαγίστρου ἐπιστολαί
The letters were edited by Lars Norrmann on the basis of this manuscript.
PG, vol. 145, cols. 404–425;
Norrmann (1691–1694), pp. 202–226.
Unit 11
1
(ff. 395r–396r)
Laudatio regis Cypri (Hugues IV de Lusignan King of Cyprus)
Εἰς τὸν ῥῆγα τῆς Κύπρου
The text was edited under the name of Thomas Magister by Lars Norrmann.
Q,
Leone (1981).
2
(ff. 396v–398v)
Epistulae
Ep. 108, ad ⟨Athanasius Palaeologus⟩
Τοῦ Γρηγορᾶ τῷ Καβάσιλᾳ (!)
Σὲ δὲ θαυμάθειν οὐ χρή
Q,
Guilland (1927), pp. 87–89.
Leone (1982–1983), vol. 2, no. 108.
3
(ff. 398v–399r:2)
Epistulae
Ep. 119a, ad Alexius Apocaucus
Τοῦ αὐτοῦ τὼ παρακοιμωμένῳ κυρῷ Ἀλεξίῳ τῷ Ἀποκαύκῳ
The last couple of lines were first written at the bottom of the page, but the scribe must have chosen to instead add them on top of the scratched-out title of the next text in an attempt to cover the erasure of a risky reference to a deposited ruler.
Leone (1982–1983), vol. 2, no. 119a.
4
(ff. 399r–402r)
Encomium in Matthaeus Cantacuzenus Emperor of Byzantium
Τοῦ σοφωτάτου κυροῦ ... ἐγκώμιον ...
Ἄλλος μὲν ἄν τις κράτιστε βασιλεῦ μεγίστην περὶ λόγους κεκτημένος ἰσχύν
μάλα κράτει τῷ σῷ ἔστ’ ἂν ὕδωρ τὲ ῥέῃ καὶ δένδρεα μακρὰ τεθήλῃ
Only traces remain of the erased rubric. See further the commentary to Gustav H. Karlsson’s edition of the text. The conjecture that Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria would be the author depends both on the composition and wording and on the fact that its title was camouflaged. It apparently entailed some danger to the person producing the book.
Karlsson (1981), pp. 85–88.
5
(ff. 402r:19–402r:28)
Encomium in Johannes VI Cantacuzenus Emperor of Byzantium
Τοῦ αῦτοῦ εἰς τὸν εὐσεβέστατον βασιλέα κυρὸν Ἰωάννην τὸν Καντακουζηνόν
Ἥκομεν αὖθις τὰ σὰ θαυμασόμενοι
μοίρας τῷ τῆς δουλείας ὑποζεύξῃς ζυγῷ, πῶς [mut.]
The text breaks off abruptly at the foot of the page.
f. 402v is blank.
Karlsson (1981), p. 93.
Unit 12
1
(ff. 403r–437r:12, 403r:16–437r:29)
Florentius
Τοῦ σοφωτάτου Νικηφόρου τοῦ Γρηγορᾶ διάλογος Φλωρέντιος ἢ Περὶ σοφίας. τὰ τοῦ διαλόγου πρόσωπα· Κριτόβουλος, Φλωρέντιος, Ξενοφάνης, Νικαγόρας, Ξενοκράτης
The text ends with the scholion that is put as a prelude to the dialogue in Pietro Luigi M. Leone’s edition.
Leone (1975), pp. 53–130.
2
(ff. 403r:12–437r:15, 437v–440v)
Libanii ac Basilii epistulae mutuae XXIII
Τοῦ μεγάλου Βασιλίου καὶ τοῦ Λιβανίου πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἐπιστολαὶ αἳ καὶ ἀμοιβαῖαι καλοῦνται
Ζήτει ἑτέραν ἐπιστολὴν ὀπίσω πρὸ τῶν δ’ φύλλων
All in all, the order of the mutual letters are: Ep. 22, 1–16, 23, 17–21. The final rubric at the end refers to the fact that Ep. 22 was added in a small blank space within the preceding text.
Ups,
Foerster (1903–1927), vol. 9, pp. 145–146.
Foerster (1903–1927), vol. 11, pp. 572–595.
2.1
(ff. 437r:12–437r:15, 437v:1–437v:11, 438r:11–438r:20, 438v:1–438v:21, 439r:6–439r:14, 439r:17–439r:22, 439v:23–440r:3, 440r:12–440r:22, 440r:28–440v:8, 440v:16–440v:23)
Epistulae ad Libanius
(CPG2900.d)
Epp. 22, 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 14, 16, 17, 19
The numbering is given according to Richard Foerster’s edition.
2.2
(ff. 437v:11–438r:10, 438r:21–438r:37, 438v:22–438v:39, 439r:1–439r:5, 439r:15–439r:16, 439r:23–439v:5, 439v:6–439v:15, 439v:16–439v:22, 440r:4–440r:11, 440r:23–440r:27, 440v:9–440v:15, 440v:24–440v:29, 440v:30–440v:35)
Epistulae ad Basilius Caesariensis
Epp. 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 23, 18, 20, 21
Numbering according to Richard Foerster’s edition. Ep. 9 lacks a few words at the end: expl. καθ’ ἡμέραν ἀρδοίμεθα.
Unit 13
1
(ff. 441r–448v)
Dialogus inter Gregorius Palamas et Nicephorus Gregoras
Τοῦ Φακρασῆ κυροῦ Γεωργίου τοῦ πρωτοστράτορος Διήγησις ἐπίτομος παρόντος καὶ αὐτηκόου γεγονότος τῆς ἐπὶ τοῦ παλατίου γενομένης διαλέξεως τοῦ Θεσσαλονίκης τοῦ Παλαμᾶ καὶ φιλοσόφου Νικηφόρου τοῦ Γρηγορᾶ
Ὁρισθεὶς παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἤρξατο ὁ Θεσσαλονίκης λέγειν
ἀφίημι τὴν διήγησιν
Unit 14
1
(ff. 449r–449v, 450r:32–450r:33, 452v:25–452v:38)
Argumenta dogmatum Hesychastarum, e scriptura sacra et patribus petita
Μερικαὶ θεολογίαι
Ὅτι Ἡσαίας ὁ προφήτης προέφησε περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος
The text written crosswise in the outer margin of f. 452v is also part of this item. The excerpts include passages from Basilius Caesariensis, Johannes Chrysostomus, and Isidorus I Patriarch of Constantinople.
2
(ff. 450r–452v:25)
Epistulae
Ep. 3
Τῷ ὁσιωτάτῳ
Q,
Guilland (1927), p. 6.
Karlsson (1981), pp. 70–75;
Leone (1982–1983), vol. 2, no. 3.
3
(ff. 453:1–453:12)
Index argumentorum praedictorum
Πίναξ
Περὶ τοῦ ὅτι εἰσὶ πολλαὶ αἱ ἐνέργειαι τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος
μετέχεσθαι ὁ θεὸς παρὰ τῆς λογικῆς κτίσεως
A brief summary of the Hesychast arguments assembled on the preceding pages.
4
(ff. 453r:13–453r:34)
Excerpta patristica
Μαρτυρίαι ἁγίων, ὅτι οὐ χρὴ προσέχειν λέξεσιν ἀλλὰ πράγμασι καὶ τὸν σκοπὸν ἐξετάζειν τοῦ πρὸς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ γράφοντος
The excerpts include brief passages from Gregorius Nazianzenus, Athanasius Alexandrinus, Basilius Caesariensis, Cyrillus hierosolymitanus, Maximus Confessor, and Johannes Damascenus.
5
(ff. 453v–454v)
Sermo Ad Chionas Impios
Excerptum
Διάλεξις τοῦ Παλαμᾶ πρὸς τοὺς Ἰσμαηλίτας ὅτε αἰχμάλωτος ἐγένετο περὶ πίστεως ...
Ἐμοὶ οὐκ ἔδει ἀπολογηθῆναι νῦν
Alkibiadēs I. Sakkeliōn’s edition was not available to us for comparison. The rubrics are partly erased. All in all, the text is in rather bad shape due to wear and paper restoration.
8
(ff. 455r:19–455r:25)
Epistulae
Excerptum ex Ep. 842, ad Theodorum
None
[mut.] εἰ μὲν οὐδεὶς ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς
ἀλλήλων ἀγαθοῖς ἡδόμεθα [mut.]
9
(ff. 455v–456r)
Carmina
Excerpta e cap. 5, Carmen 7
Στίχοι τοῦ Φιλῆ εῖς τοὺς λόγους τοῦ θεολόγου τοὺς ἀναγινωσκομένους
Comprises sixteen excerpts from Carmen 7, namely the following tetrastichoi according to Emmanuel Miller’ edition: No. 1, 45, 44, 41, 15, 24, 19, 38, 43 (lines 10–13), 39, 40, 11, 21, 42, 14, 16 (lines 1–8).
f. 456v is blank.
Miller (1855–1857), vol. 2, chapter 5.
Support
Binding/Endleaves
ff. LCI, SL1r–SL2v, SR1r–SR2v, RCI
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
Unit 1
ff. 226r–260v
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
In Q29 and Q31–32: the same
Watermark 10
as in Q12, unit 3, i.e. in Cod. Ups. 28A, . In Q30: the same
Watermark 9
as in Q11 (unit 3). On f. 259 in Q33: the same
Watermark 6
as in Q9 (unit 2); also present in Q18 (unit 4), and in Q22–23 (unit 6).
Watermark 10
Crescent
very similar to
Mošin-Traljić, Croissant 3446
1356–1358
similar to
Briquet, Croissant 5216
1351
Watermark 9
Sword
very similar to
Mošin-Traljić, Coutelas 3343, Coutelas 3344, Coutelas 3345
1360–1370
similar to
Briquet, Coutelas 5112
1345–1350
Unit 2
ff. 261r–316v
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
In Q34:
Watermark 20
. In Q35–38: the same as
Watermark 13
in Q14 (i.e. in unit 3 of Cod. Ups. 28A, and in unit 11, below. In Q39–40: the same as
Watermark 2
in Q1, unit 1 of Cod. Ups. 28A, .
Unit 3
ff. 317r–378v
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
In Q41–48: the same as
Watermark 1
in Q1, unit 1 of Cod. Ups. 28A, (also present in Q14, unit 3).
Watermark 1
Bell
very similar to
Briquet, Cloche 3936
1347
Mošin-Traljić, Cloche 2840, Cloche 2841
1347–1348
Unit 4
ff. 379r–394v
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
In Q49–50: the same
Watermark 3
as in Q2, unit 1 of Cod. Ups. 28A, .
Watermark 3
Ram head
of the same kind as
Mošin-Traljić, Bélier 1124, Bélier 1127, Bélier 1129
1350–1368
Unit 5
ff. 395r–402v
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
In Q51: the same
Watermark 13
as in Q14 (i.e. in unit 3 of Cod. Ups. 28A, ) and also in unit 8, above.
Watermark 13
Unit 6
ff. 403r–440v
Western paper
220 ×
145 mm
Quarto
In Q52–55: the same
Watermark 17
as in Q19, i.e. in unit 5 of Cod. Ups. 28A, . In Q56:
Watermark 21
.
Watermark 21
Key
very similar to
Mošin-Traljić, Clef 2652, Clef 2653
1340–1346
similar to
Briquet, Clef 3781
1340–1341
Foliation
Foliation partly in ink, partly in pencil: 226–456.
Collation
Binding/Endleaves
1/2f.ii
2/1f.ii’
Unit 1
Q29–324.IVf.257 + Q33(II-1post f.258)f.260
none
none
Unit 2
Q34–407.IVf.316
In the upper right margin of the first recto and, a couple of times also in the lower right margin of the last verso. In red ink on f. 269r
βʹ; in brown ink on the following pages: γʹ
f. 277r
δʹ
f. 285r
εʹ
ff. 293r, 300v
ϛʹ
ff. 301r, 308v
ζʹ
ff. 309r, 316v
none
Unit 3
Q41–477.IVf.372 + Q48IIIf.378
Traces of quire signatures on f. 332v (lower right margin, in brown), and on f. 355r (upper right margin, in red).
none
Unit 4
Q49–502.IVf.394
none
none
Unit 5
Q51IVf.402
none
none
Unit 6
Q52–554.IVf.434 + Q56IIIf.440
For the most part given in the lower center margin of last verso and first recto; the Gamma also in the upper right margin of the first recto: βʹ
ff. 411r, 418v
γʹ
ff. 419r, 426v
δʹ
ff. 427r, 434v
εʹ
f. 435r
none
Unit 7
Q57IVf.448
none
none
Unit 8
A quaternion pieced together from restored leaves.
none
none
Layout
Unit 5
Unit 6
Script
Unit 1
Hand 1
(ff. 226r–260v) Scribe A, ⟨Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria⟩ (PLP, no. 29896), who is the main scribe and the organizer of this volume as well as of its sister volume, Codex Upsaliensis graecus 28A. Writes in a distinct digraphic way, with one more calligraphic variant, suggestive of the Metochitesstil, and one more narrow and cursive minuscule.Unit 2
Hand 1
(ff. 261r:1–261:6, 277r–316v) Scribe A, Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria. Responsible for the first few lines and the second half of the unit, as well as marginal lemmata in the quires composed for the rest by Scribe C. His initiating the text in his spruce minuscule on (ff. 261r–261) would seem to indicate a tutor-pupil, or supervisor-subordinate, relationship between the two scribes.Hand 3
(ff. 261r:7–276v) Scribe C, another collaborator of Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria, as is also evident from marginal notes by the latter, present on the same pages. The hand is a mid-fourteenth century ornate cursive minuscule, with a tendency to let the up- and downstrokes colonize the margins and the space between lines. The impression is a densely woven fabric.Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5
Hand 1
(ff. 395r–396r, 399r–402r) Scribe A, Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria. The rubrics on (f. 396v) and (f. 398v) are also in his hand. (f. 402v) is blank.Hand 2
(ff. 396v–398v) Scribe B, collaborator to Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria. Displays a cursive minuscule script is not altogether different from the cursive variant of the main hand. Scribe B has contributed also in quires Q9, Q13–14, and Q18 in Gr. 28A, .Unit 6
Hand 4
(ff. 403r–437r) Scribe D, collaborator to Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria, with the exception of the first title and a few lines on the last page. Writes in so-called Metochitesstil. Resembles Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria’s more calligraphic variant of writing.Hand 1
(ff. 437v–440v) Scribe A, Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria. He also contributed the title on (f. 403r) and added a few lines mid-page on (f. 437r).Unit 7
Unit 8
Additions
Decorations
Unit 1
Titles, initials, marginalia and a plethora of interlinear glosses in red ink. Most initials are plain or with just a small flourish. On (f. 226) a simple headpiece made up from a couple of lines and two trefoils.
Unit 2
Titles, initials, and marginal lemmata in red ink. Little or no flourish at all on initials.
Unit 3
Decoration sparse: on the first page, (f. 317r), a title in red ink, a headpiece in the form of a single wavy line with dots and end flowers, and the only more ornamented initial, six lines in height. Otherwise, red initials are fairly plain. The triangular-shaped text ending on (f. 377r) is accompanied by a couple of red crosses. Paragraph numbers have been added secondarily in the margins, in a pale brown ink (αʹ–ρλδʹ). No glosses.
Unit 4
Titles and plain red initials in red ink. A few reading signs in the margins, written in the same dark brown ink as the main text.
Unit 5
Some titles and initials in red ink. The greenish-brown ink which Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria used for everything on (ff. 395r–396r) was also employed for the replacement title on (f. 399r).
Unit 6
Titles, initials, and marginalia in red ink. A headpiece in red on (f. 403r), displaying a double frame, a wavescroll in the space left blank, and corner beads.
Unit 7
Unit 8
Titles, initials, and marginalia in red ink; in some places faded and rewritten.
Binding
Inboard binding covered in stained brown calfskin. Sewn on five supports. Stuck-on endbands in brown and reddish-brown. Blue edges. Binding title on spine: CODEX MS. GRAECUS. Gold-tooled decorations on spine compartments, bands, and board edges. The same kind of tooling is found on books bound by Johan Nilsson Norman, who was active as a bookbinder in Stockholm 1693–1723 and was employed as bookbinder to the King’s Library 1700–1714. Cf. Hedberg (1949–1960), vol. 1, pp. 301–303, plate 102.
230 ×
170 ×
60 mm
Origin
The volume was, together with its sister volume, Ups. Gr. 28A, , written in the mid 14th c., based on the watermarks and the handwriting (partly in ‘Metochitesstil’). As it is an extensive composite of several autonomous units, it is not unlikely that the production was stretched out over a longer period of time. The following units were, according to Dieter Harlfinger, probably the earliest (1440s): units 1 and 5 in Ups. Gr. 28A, together with units 9 and 12 in Ups. Gr. 28B, ; cf. Karlsson (1981), pp. 24–28. Dieter Harlfinger has suggested that, on the basis of the contents as well as the handwriting, the main scribe is likely to have been a pupil of Thomas Magister and Nicephorus Gregoras; he first proposed that Scribe A might be Demetrius Cydones, in which case we would have a geographical connection to Constantinople. In an addendum, though, this assumption was corrected into an identification of Scribe A as Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria (Karlsson (1981), p. 32). This still supports a close connection to the intellectual milieu around Nicephorus Gregoras, to whom Philotheos Metropolitan of Selymbria supposedly was a pupil but later turned against (cf. the anathema preserved in autograph in the Register of the Patriarchate, Vindob. Cod. Hist gr. 47, ).
Provenance
The manuscript was acquired in Istanbul by Claes Rålamb, who was the Royal Swedish ambassador there in 1657–1658. Before that acquisition, the codex/codices (28A and 28B) had probably been in Europe for some time, judging from marginalia and Latin titles added in the fifteenth century. In the late sixteenth century it was part of Mattias I Corvinus King of Hungary’s library in Poland, according to the very accurate description of its contents given in a letter from 1573 (Karlsson (1981), p. 30). How and when it returned to Istanbul in between is not known.
Acquisition
Claes Rålamb’s library came into the hands of Charles XI King of Sweden as part of the payment of a debt. The library, including codex Ups. Gr. 28A–B, was thereafter donated to Uppsala University Library in 1693.
Former shelfmarks
Benzelius 2
- Norrmann (1691–1694).
- Foerster (1877).
- Graux (1889), pp. 53–55.
- Foerster (1903–1927), vol. 9, pp. 145–146.
- Lindstam (1910), pp. LIV–LX.
- Hermelin (1934).
- Karlsson (1981).
- Harlfinger (1996), pp. 47–48, plates 10–12.
- Gastgeber (2010), pp. 419–421.
- Kotzabassi (2010), p. 479.
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https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100029
