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MS. Barocci 192

Summary Catalogue no.: 192

Vitae Sanctorum 14th cent.

Physical Description

Composite: fols. 3–321 (main MS.) || fols. 322–5 (flyleaves)
Form: codex
Support: Paper (except fols. iv and 322–5), of Western manufacture (except probably fols. 1–2), watermarked (designs not identifiable).
Extent: iv + 328 leaves.
Dimensions (leaf): 290 × 200 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): 215 × 140 mm.
Foliation: Foliated (i–iii) (iv) (1–2) 3–151, 152ab, 153–9, 160ab, 161–321, (322–5) (326–8).

Collation

(fol. 3) i–v 8, (fol. 43) vi 10 (4 canc.), (fol. 52) vii–viii 8, (fol. 68) ix 10 (8 canc.), (fol. 77) x–xvii 8, (fol. 141) xviii 10 (5 canc.), (fol. 150) xix 12, (fol. 160b) xx 9, (fol. 169) xxi–xxxii 8, (fol. 273) xxxiii 10, (fol. 283) xxxiv–xxxvi 8, (fol. 307) xxxvii 10 (1 canc.), (fol. 316) xxxviii 6. Quires numbered on bottom of last verso. Fol. 75 is probably a substitute leaf, 14th cent.

Layout

Ruling: 38 lines.

Hand(s)

Two scribes, A fols. 3r–48r, 118v–306r, 316r–321v; B fols. 48r–188v, 306v–315r.

Decoration

Rubrication: simple penwork ornament in vermilion and brown; some initials in vermilion.

Binding

Blind-stamped brown leather, 17th - 18th cent.

Accompanying Material

Flyleaves:

1 fol. iv: parchment; some notes on recto, perhaps accounts; note on verso: εἰϲ τὸν μήναν τὸν λεγόμενον νοέμριον εἰϲ τεϲ ὑκοϲὴ πέντε ἐπήγα οἰϲ τὸ.βὴδ̣άλετάτουλου ζευγαρηα ιγʹ γροϲαθ α̣κ̣ο̣μη ὰργά̣ π̣ϲ̣ εʹ προϲϲὸλδια. ἀκ̣ομη ζευγάρηα β .. β . 14th–15th cent. (?).

2 fols. 1–2, paper, 14th cent., fragments from a lectionary.

3 fols. 322–5: see part 2 below

MS. Barocci 192 – Part 1

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1. (fols. 3r–184v)
menologion for December 15–31
1a. (fols. 3r–31v)
vita S. Pauli Latrensis

BHG 3 1474, pr. H. Delehaye, Analecta Bollandiana xi (1892), pp. 19–74, 136–81 and in Th. Wiegand, Der Latmos, Berlin 1913, pp. 105–35.

1b. (fols. 31v–37r)
passio S. Eleutherii

BHG 3 571, pr. PG 115. 128–41.

1c. (fols. 37r–48r)
commentarius de propheta Daniel et tribus pueris

BHG 3 485, pr. PG 115. 372–404.

1d. (fols. 48r–53v)
passio S. Bonifatii

BHG 3 281–2, pr. PG 115. 241–57.

1e. (fols. 53v–62v)
passio S. Sebastini et sociorum

BHG 3 1620, pr. PG 116. 793–816.

1f. (fols. 62v–68v)
passio S. Ignatii

BHG 3 815, pr. PG 114. 1269–85.

1g. (fols. 68v–73v)
passio S. Iulianae

BHG 3 963, pr. PG 114. 1437–52.

1h. (fols. 73v–86r)
passio S. Anastasiae

BHG 3 82, pr. PG 116. 573–609.

1i. (fols. 86r–88v)
passio X martyrum Cretensium

BHG 3 1197, pr. PG 116. 566–73.

1j. (fols. 88v–100v)
passio S. Eugeniae et sociorum

BHG 3 608, pr. PG 116. 609–52.

1k. (fols. 100v–102r)
Gregorius ep. Nyssenus, de nativitate Christi

BHG 3 1915, pr. PG 46. 1128–49; breaks off at 1132A ad fin., ὅτι οὔπω τῆϲ Ϲοδο[μιτικῆϲ. Fol. 102v blank.

1l. (fols. 103r–107v)
Basilius Magnus, de nativitate Christi

BHG 3 1922, pr. PG 31. 1457–76; breaks off at 1473C1, διὰ τὴν μεγάλην τοῦ δεϲπότου φι[λανθρωπίαν.

1m. (fols. 108r–112v)
‡ Athanasius ep. Alexandrinus, de descriptione in Bethlehem

BHG 3 1161k, pr. PG 28. 944–57.

1n. (fols. 112v–118v)
Gregorius ep. Nyssenus, oratio de S. Stephano

BHG 3 1654, pr. PG 46. 701–21; breaks off at 720C2 τῆϲ τοῦ [Υἱοῦ.

1o. (fols. 119r–127r)
⟨vita S. Theodori Grapti⟩

BHG 3 1746, pr. PG 116. 653–84; beg. at 656B7 ὅϲην ἐκ πρώτηϲ; omits 669B1 ϲυναθλοῦϲιν ἀρχέτυπον – 672B5 λε]γόμενα τε καὶ ἀκουόμενα; the scribe left fol. 123r blank, began after the lacuna at the top of fol. 123v, decided that he had not left enough space, and began the text again half way down the page.

1p. (fols. 127r–141r)
passio SS. Iudae et Domnae cum sociorum viginti milibus

BHG 3 823, pr. PG 116. 1037–81.

1q. (fols. 141r–151v)
vita S. Marcelli archimandritae

BHG 3 1028, pr. PG 116. 705–45.

1r. (fols. 151v–152b recto)
‡ Ioannes Chrysostomus, oratio de innocentibus martyribus

BHG 3 827b, pr. PG 61. 699–702.

1s. (fols. 152b verso–163r)
vita S. Melaniae

BHG 3 1242, pr. PG 116. 753–93.

1t. (fol. 163rv)
Asterios ep. Amasenus, oratio de Daniele

BHG 3 488c, pr. PG 40. 240 ff.; breaks off at 241B5 ἐκεί[νηϲ ἔργον ἐγεγόνει.

1u. (fols. 164r–168r)
Fragment

a text incomplete at both ends

Incipit: ⟨ἀ⟩πειρόγαμον ἄφθορον οἶδεν ὀνομάζειν ἡ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ϲυνήθεια
Explicit: τῆϲ ἀφθαρϲίαϲ ἄρξαϲθαι· τὴν γὰρ ἀ-

Fol. 168v blank. Perhaps a disordered fragment of Greg. Nyssenus, Oratio in diem natalem Christi (? = De virginitate, recensio altera), CPG 3194.

1v. (fols. 169r–184v)
Ephraem Syrus, Laudatio Ioseph patriarchae

BHG 3 2200, pr. Assemani, S. Ephraem Syri opera omnia, vol. ii, Rome 1743, pp. 21–41.

2. (fols. 185r–321v)
menologion for January 20–31
2a. (fols. 185r–225v)
vita S. Euthymii

BHG 3 649, pr. PG 114. 596–733.

2b. (fols. 225v–229v)
passio S. Timothei apostoli

BHG 3 1848, pr. PG 114. 761–73.

2c. (fols. 229v–241v)
passio S. Anastasii Persae

BHG 3 85, pr. PG 114. 773–812.

2d. (fols. 241v–265v)
passio S. Clementis Ancyrani

BHG 3 353, pr. PG 114. 816–93.

2e. (fols. 265v–271r)
vita S. Eusebiae seu Xenae

BHG 3 723, pr. PG 114. 981–1000.

2f. (fols. 271v–286v)
⟨Gregorius Presbyterus⟩, vita S. Gregorii theologi

BHG 3 723, pr. PG 35. 244–304.

2g. (fols. 286v–296r)
vita S. Xenophontis

BHG 3 1878, pr. PG 114. 1014–43.

2h. (fols. 296r–301v)
commentarius de translatione reliquiarum S. Ioannis Chrysostomi

BHG 3 887.

2i. (fols. 301v–306r)
vita S. Ephraem Syri

BHG 3 584, pr. PG 114. 1253–68.

2j. (fols. 306r–315r)
⟨Ioannes ep. Euchaita⟩, laudatio trium hierarcharum

BHG 3 747, pr. P. de Lagarde, Abh. Göttingen 28 (1881), pp. 106–19. Fol. 315v blank.

2k. (fols. 316r–321v)
vita SS. Cyri et Ioannis

BHG 3 471, pr. PG 114. 1232–49.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Ornamental headpieces and decorated initials in penwork at the beginnings of Lives and homilies.(Hutter iii. 164, Abb. 581–2) [Internet Archive]

History

Origin: 14th century, second half (Hutter)

MS. Barocci 192 – Part 2

Contents

Language(s): Greek

1.
Lectionary

Fragment, with passages for reading from the Gospels and hymns (stichera and kontakia) for Maundy Thursday.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 12th century

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Nigel Wilson, c. 1970; supplementary information from Hutter (1982). Previously described in the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens, Quarto Catalogues I, 1883, repr. with corrections 1969).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 8
Quarto Catalogue, Col. 324
Quarto Catalogue, Cols. 325–326
Quarto Catalogue, Cols. 327–328

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.