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Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 81

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  • MS 081
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Date
  • 1400 - 1499
Language
  • Greek
  • Latin
Title
    • Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 081: Homer, Iliad, Odyssey. Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica
    • Homer, Iliad, with intermittent scholia
    • Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica
    • Homer, Odyssey, with intermittent scholia
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Description

  • Summary: CCCC MS 81 is a large and handsomely decorated paper manuscript of the mid-fifteenth century, copied by Demetrios Xanthopoulos, who worked in the circle of Cardinal Bessarion (1403-72). It contains Homer, Iliad, Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica and Homer, Odyssey. There are intermittent Homeric scholia in the hand of Demetrios Chalkondyles, the scholar who supervised the production of the editio princeps of Homer in 1488; some of the scholia on Odyssey yield new textual evidence. A circular cartouche on p.1 with the name 'Theodoros' in gold letters is probably a sign of Theodore Gaza's (c.1400-1475) ownership, but may have led to the belief that the book (along with CCCC MSS 224 and 248 and six other Cambridge MSS) came from Theodore of Tarsus (602-690). Notes by Parker and others suggest that the book was found at Canterbury, possibly as part of the library of St Augustine's Abbey.


    Contents :


    1-457 - Homer, Iliad, with intermittent scholia

    Note: Title of cent. xvi

    rubric: (1) ΤΗ̑Σ ὈΜ́ΗΡΟΥ ἸΛΊΑΔΟΣ ἡ ά̓λφα ῥαψῳδία

    Note: (1) Below in Roman characters: Matthaeus Cantuar

    Note: (1) Then in a hand not that of the main scribe

    Note: (1) ὑπόθεσια (-ις) . α

    rubric: (1) ́Ἀλφα λιτ̀ας χρ́υσου λοιμ̀ον στρατου̑ έ̓χθος ἀνάκτων

    Note: (1) The initial M of the text is in gold, surrounded by white branch-work (Florentine) on pink, blue, and greenish grounds

    Note: (1) In the lower margin within a green wreath the name ΘΕΟ|ΔΩ|ΡΟΣ| in gold capitals. Probably not by the artist of the initial

    Note: (19) Liber B has the beginning of an initial in ink. No more occur until Χ, (p. 393) Ψ (p. 408) which have them sketched in ink. Ω has none

    Note: (457) The Iliad ends on p. 457


    457-714 - Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica

    Note: Title of cent. xvi

    rubric: (457) Quintus Calaber. Paraleipomena in libros Homeri in quatuordecim libros distincta

    Note: (457) Old title in red

    rubric: (457) Κοί̈ντου

    incipit: (457) Εύ̑θ' ὑπ̀ο πηλείωνι δάμη θεοείκελος έ̔κτωρ

    Note: (457) Initial in outline, and some to subsequent books

    Note: Ends p. 713. p. 714 blank


    715-1070 - Homer, Odyssey, with intermittent scholia

    rubric: (715) ὀδυσσείας ά̓λφα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας

    rubric: (715) Ά̓λφα θεω̑ν ἀγόρη ὀδυσηίδη παλλάδι θάρσος

    Note: (715) Initial to text in outline

    Note: Ends p. 1068 (really 1070)

    explicit: (1068) ἠδ̀ε κὰι αὐδήν

    Note: Below, in a later hand

    rubric: (1068) ὁμήρου ἐπιτάφιον

    incipit: (1068) ἐνθάδε τ̀ην ἱρ̀αν κεφάλην κ. τ. λ.

    Note: (1068) Under this in a green wreath a bust of Homer(?), a turbaned bearded man in red buttoned coat with green collar facing L.: ground blue with red border

    Note: (1068) Below this the Epitaph again in another hand in red: below it a medallion like the first with similar ground: Athene full-face with helmet, spear, and shield. These are by the artist of the Θεοδω̑ρος on p. 1

    Note: pp. 1069-1070 (1071-1072) blank; quire b (ff. viiir-xvv) blank

    Note: The Scholia are sparse in the Iliad and only more copious in the Odyssey. They are very likely not by the scribe of the text: but I am not sure of this

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