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  • VGQ 54
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  • Parts 1-11: Middle East?, 15th century or 16th century, first half
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  • Ancient Greek
Title
  • Composite manuscript, eleven parts (Greek)
  • Theological miscellany, VGQ 54
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Description
  • Form:
    1 volume 463 leaves : pen-flourished and painted ornaments, pen-flourished initials ; c.210x140 mm
    Content:
    Two leaves precede part 1, containing in Greek: (f. 1r) Grammatical notes: excerpt from John VI Kantakouzenos, Orationes quatuor contra Mahometem, 1.3 and owner inscription: "Christiani Ravii Berlinatis". - (f. 1v) Table of contents. - (f. 2r) Epitaphium in Demetrium Cydonem / Manuel Calecas. - (f. 2r-v) Oraculum de restitutione Constantinopolis / Leo VI. - (f. 2v) Capita practica / Niketas Stethatos. - (f. 2v) Capita ascetica (CPG 7869) / Isaac of Nineveh (Isaac Syrus).
    Part 1 contains excerpts from ascetic works and other texts, in Greek: (ff. 3r-19r) Sermones ascetici. - (ff. 19r-26r) Asceticon / Isaiah of Gaza (Isaia Abbas). - (ff. 26v-34v) Doctrinae diversae I-XVII / Dorotheus of Gaza. - (ff. 35r-49r) Canones apostolorum. With explanations ascribed to Macarius Chrysocephalus. - (ff. 49r-58r) Concilii Nicaeni (I) canones. Preceded by prologue (49r-v). - (f. 58r-v) Concilii Constantinopolitani (II) canones. Incomplete (only can. 1-2, due to missing leaves). Preceded by a prologue, with explanations by Theodore Balsamon and Joannes Zonaras (58r). - (ff. 59r-67r) Dicta patrum contra blasphemiam Latinorum. Includes: Symbolum synodi Constantinopolitanea (III, 60v-61r), adnotatio ad symbolum (61r), De septem synodis (61v-62r), commentarius in symbolum (62r-66v), De divinis nominibus (CPG 6602) / Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite. Excerpt (66v-67r). - Empty: ff. 67v-68v.
    Part 2 contains excerpts from various church fathers, in Greek: (ff. 69r-70v) In Joannem homiliae 1-88 / John Chrysostom. - (ff. 70r-71v) In Acta Apostolorum homiliae 1-55 / John Chrysostom. - (ff. 71v-75v*) Dialogi de Sancta Trinitate / Maximus the Confessor. - (ff. 75v) Capita XV / Maximus the Confessor. - (ff. 75v-76v) Orationis Dominicae expositio / Maximus the Confessor. - (ff. 76v-78v) Expositio fidei / John of Damascus. - (ff. 78v) Pseudo-Clementina 6: Epitome de gestis Petri praemetaphrastica, dicta "altera". - (ff. 78v-79r) Pandectes / Nikon of the Black Mountain. - (ff. 79r-83r) Theologica 5 : De Spiritu Sancto (or. 31) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (f. 83r-v) In Matth. 19, 1-12 (or. 37) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (ff. 83v) Apologetica vel De fuga (or. 2) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (f. 85r-v) De moderatione in disputando (or. 32) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (ff. 85r-v,100-101v) Ep. 26 ad Evagrium monachum / Gregory of Nyssa. - (ff. 85v-87r) In Heronem (or. 25) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (f. 87r) De dogmate (or. 20) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (f. 87r-v) In sancta Lumina (or. 39) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (ff. 87v-88r) In sanctum baptisma (or. 40) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (ff. 88r-89v) De vita S. Gregorii Thaumaturgi / Gregory of Nyssa. - (f. 88r-v) In Basilium (or. 43) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (f. 88v) Supremum vale (or.42) / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (ff. 89v-93v) Adversus Eunomium 1-5 / Basil of Caesarea. - (ff. 93v-95r, 201v-202v) De Spiritu Sancto / Basil of Caesarea. - (f. 95r-v) Enarratio in prophetam Isaiam / Basil of Caesarea. - (ff. 95v-97r) Prologus 8 (De fide) / Basil of Caesarea. - (f. 97r) Regulae brevius tractatae / Basil of Caesarea. - (f. 97r-v) De Spiritu Sancto a-b (homilia) / Basil of Caesarea. - (f. 98r-v) Contra Sabellianos, et Arium, et Anomoeos (homilia) / Apollinaris of Laodicea. - (ff. 99r-100v) Expositio rectae fidei / Theodoret of Cyrus (or Justin Martyr?). - (ff. 101r-102v) Ad Ablabium quod non sint tres dii / Gregory of Nyssa. - (ff. 102v-103r) Ad Petrum fratrem de differentia essentiae et hypostaseos / Gregory of Nyssa (codex: Basil of Caesarea). - (f. 103r-v) Testimonia adversus judaeos / Gregory of Nyssa. - (ff. 103v-104r) Adversus Macedonianos de Spiritu sancto / Gregory of Nyssa. - (ff. 104r-106r) Contra Eunomium / Gregory of Nyssa. - (f. 106r-v) Tunc et ipse Filius / Gregory of Nyssa. - (ff. 106v-107r) Encomium in S. Stephanum protomartyrem I / Gregory of Nyssa. Excerptum (90, 5-15). - (f. 107r-v) Refutatio syllogismorum Camateri / John XI Bekkos. - (ff. 107-109r) Quaestiones et responsiones / Pseudo-Caesarius. - (f. 109r-v) De diebus faustis et infaustis / Pseudo-Esdras propheta. - (f. 109v) Anathemata (confessio fidei ad Paulinum) / Pope Damasus I. - (f. 109v) De Fide Ad Petrum / Augustine of Hippo. - (f. 110r) Precationes / Pope Gregory I. - (ff. 110r) Epistulae / Jerome. - (ff. 110r-111r) Epistula Synodica (CPG 9418) / Pope Agatho. - (ff. 111r-112r) Epistula Synodica Ad Sergium Cpl / Sophronius of Jerusalem. - (ff. 112v-113r) In Ps 32 (homilia) / Basil of Caesarea. - (ff. 113v-114r) Explanatio XII Capitulorum / Cyril I of Alexandria. - (f. 114r-v) Epistulae (1-92) / Cyril I of Alexandria. - (f. 115r-v) Carmina dogmatica / Gregory of Nazianzus. - (f. 116r) Epistulae / Nikephoros I of Constantinople. - Empty: ff. 116v-121v.
    Part 3 contains, in Greek: (ff. 122r-126v) Theological treatise. - (ff. 126v-137v) Sacrum armamentarium / Andronikos Kamateros. Incomplete (pars 1: praefatio, exhortatio, florilegium).
    Part 4 contains, in Greek: (ff. 138r-145v) Enchiridion / Epictetus. Christianized paraphrase. Incomplete (chapter 1-31).
    Part 5 contains, in Greek: (ff. 146r-153v) Divisiones Aristoteleae / Laërtius Diogenes.
    Part 6 contains various theological texts, in Greek: (ff. 155r-167r) Epistula archiepiscopo Aquileiae de erroribus ecclesiae Occidentalis (seu Epist. 291) / Photios I of Constantinople. - (ff. 167r-170r) Epistula encyclica ad sedes archiepiscopales Orientis (seu Epist. 2) / Photios I of Constantinople. Excerpt. - (ff. 170r-177v) Epistula ad Clementem papam de azymis / John II of Kiev. - (f. 177v-201) Liber de pane azymo / Simeon II of Jerusalem. Actually four separate treatises, the second (191r-v) identified as: De azymis / John of Damascus. - (f. 201r-v) De recta sententia liber / John of Damascus. Excerpt. - (f. 201v-202v) De spiritu sancto / Basil of Caesarea. Excerpt. - (ff. 202v-206v) De sancta Trinitate liber / Cyril of Alexandria. - (f. 207r-v) Unidentified excerpt. - Empty: ff. 154r-v, 208r-v.
    Part 7 contains, in Greek: (ff. 209r-213v) Book of Job. Excerpts. - (f. 214r-v) Prologus libri synaxariorum / Petrus synaxarista. - (ff. 215r-228v) De utilitate mathematicae / Theon of Smyrna. Incomplete (due to lost leaves after f. 228).
    Part 8 contains, in Greek: (ff. 229r-254v) De syntaxi / John XIII of Constantinople (John Glycis).
    Part 9 contains, in Greek: (ff. 255r-273v) Lexicon: "Τεχνολογία γραμματικῆς". Incomplete. With inserted leaf (265r-v) Vitae sophistarum / Flavius Philostratus. Excerpt. - (ff. 274r-315r) Epimerismi / Georgius Lacapenus. Incomplete (lacks beginning). - (ff. 315r-316r) Opera / Michael Psellos (codex: Hypatos). - (ff. 316r-357r) De constructione verborum / Michael Synkellos. - (ff. 357v-359v) De passionibus dictionum / Tryphon of Alexandria. - (ff. 359v-361r) "Τεχνολογία γραμματικῆς". - (f. 361r-v) Scholia on Plato's Euthydemus, added in a later hand.
    Part 10 contains, in Greek: (ff. 362r-366v) In thermas Pythicas / Paul the Silentiary. With scholia (365r-366v). - (ff. 366v-388v) Epigrams (36) from the Anthologia Palatina (selected from books 9-11). With interlinear glosses and marginal scholia. - (ff. 389v-392v) "Τεχνολογία γραμματικῆς". - (ff. 392v-393v) Lexicon / Maximus Planudes. Excerpts. - (ff. 394r-430v) Epiperismi / Maximus Planudes.
    Part 11 contains, in Greek: (f. 431r-v) Vitae philosophorum / Laërtius Diogenes. Excerpt (from Vita Platonis). - (ff. 431v-460r) Excerpts from works by Plato: De justo, Axiochus, Definitiones, a.o. - (f. 460r) De specialibus legibus / Philo of Alexandria (Philo Judaeus). Excerpts. - (ff. 460v-461r) Homilia de legislatore / Severian of Gabala. Excerpts. - (f. 461r-v) Poemata / Michael Psellos. Fragment.
    Two leaves follow part 11, containing in Greek: (ff. 462r-463r) Theologica / Michael Psellos. Excerpt. - (f. 463v) Pen trials.
    Note:
    Volume consists at least of eleven parts: Part 1 (ff. 3-68). - Part 2 (ff. 69-121). - Part 3 (ff. 122-137). - Part 4 (ff. 138-145). - Part 5 (ff. 146-153). - Part 6 (ff. 154-208). - Part 7 (ff. 209-228). - Part 8 (ff. 229-254). - Part 9 (ff. 255-361). - Part 10 (ff. 362-430). - Part 11 (ff. 431-461).
    Script: Written by at least eight scribes (A-H). - The main scribe (A) wrote parts 1-2, 4-5, 11, and part 6 together with scribe C. - Scribe B wrote part 3. - Scribe C wrote part 6 together with A. - Scribe D wrote part 7. - Scribe E wrote part 8. - Scribe F wrote most of parts 9-10. - Scribe G wrote the last leaves of part 9, scribe H the last leaves of part 10. - Other hands added texts on remaining blank leaves: ff. 1r-2v, 361r-v, 460r-463v.
    Binding: Post-medieval binding.
    Textual: (f. 2v) CPG 7869. - (ff. 3r-19r) CPG 7868.1. - (ff. 19r-26r) CPG 5555. - (ff. 26v-34v) CPG 7352. - (ff. 49r-58r) MPG 137: 220.D ff. - (f. 58r-v) MPG 137: 309.D7-312.A5, 317.A3-7. - (ff. 66v-67r) CPG 6602. - (ff. 69r-70v) CPG 4425. - (ff. 70r-71v) CPG 4426. - (ff. 71v-75v*) cf. MPG 28: 1120D-1121A. - (ff. 75v) CPG 7695. - (ff. 75v-76v) CPG 7691. - (ff. 76v-78v) CPG 8043. - (ff. 78v) CPG 1015.6; BHG 0342-0344b, 0351a-0351b. - (ff. 78v-79r) BHG 1450rn. - (ff. 79r-83r) CPG 3010.31. - (f. 83r-v) CPG 3010.37. - (ff. 83v) CPG 3010.02 (BHG 0730c). - (f. 85r-v) CPG 3010.32. - (ff. 85r-v,100-101v) CPG 3222. - (ff. 85v-87r) CPG 3010.25. - (f. 87r) CPG 3010.20. - (f. 87r-v) CPG 3010.39; BHG 1938-1938b. - (ff. 87v-88r) CPG 3010.40; BHG 1947. - (ff. 88r-89v) CPG 3184; BHG 0715-715b. - (f. 88r-v) CPG 3010.43; BHG 0245. - (f. 88v) CPG 3010.42; BHG 0730b. - (ff. 89v-93v) CPG 2837. - (ff. 93v-95r, 201v-202v) CPG 2839. - (f. 95r-v) CPG 2911. - (ff. 95v-97r) CPG 2886. - (f. 97r) CPG 2875.b. - (f. 97r-v) CPG 2926; BHG 1934m-n. - (f. 98r-v) CPG 3674, 2243, 2869. - (ff. 99r-100v) CPG 6218). - (ff. 101r-102v) CPG 3139). - (ff. 102v-103r) CPG 3196. Author (Gregory of Nyssa) identified by Pinakes (codex: Basil of Caesarea; cf MPG 32: 329C-32A). - (f. 103r-v) CPG 3221. - (ff. 103v-104r) CPG 3142. - (ff. 104r-106r) CPG 3135. - (f. 106r-v) CPG 3151. - (ff. 106v-107r) CPG 3186; BHG 1654-1654b. - (ff. 107-109r) CPG 7482. - (ff. 110r-111r) CPG 9418. - (ff. 111r-112r) CPG 7635. - (ff. 112v-113r)CPG 2836.032. - (ff. 113v-114r) CPG 5223. - (f. 115r-v) CPG 3034. - (ff. 126v-137v) RAP 11349. - (ff. 155r-167r) MPG 102: 793.D-821.B; RAP 20123. - (ff. 167r-170r) MPG 102: 725.D-732.B; RAP 20001. - (ff. 170r-177v) RAP 5507. - (f. 177v-201) RAP 9189; second (191r-v) MPG 95: 389.B9-396.D; CPG 8116. - (f. 201r-v) MPG 94: 1421.B5-1424.B8; CPG 8046. - (f. 201v-202v) MPG 32: 149.A12-152.B9. - (ff. 202v-206v) MPG 75: 1152.A3-1156.D6, 1176.C3-1177.D5; CPG 5432. - (f. 214r-v) BHG 1615z. - (ff. 315r-316r) Author (Michael Psellos) identified by Pinakes (codex: Hypatos). - (ff. 362r-366v) CPG 7516. - (ff. 460v-461r) CPG 4192. Author (Severian of Gabala) identified by Pinakes (De Meyier 1955: John Chrysostom). - (f. 461r-v) MPG 122: 1075-1076. - (ff. 462r-463r) Interpretation of "Domine... miserere nobis"; cf. Moore 2005, p. 214.
    Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
    Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
    Description (De Meyier 1955): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:111485
    Also described by Pinakes.
    Part of the library of Isaac Vossius, which was bought from his heirs in 1690.
    Part of:
    Vossius, I. (1618-1689)
    Ownership:
    Owned by: Christian Rau (f. 1r). - [Patricius Junius]. - Isaac Vossius.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    15th century
    16th century
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