MS. Holkham Gr. 29
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Diktyon no.: 48097
Patristic texts
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Later addition with names of months and their meanings.
tit. περὶ διαιρέσεων inc. διαιρεῖται ἡ ψυχὴ εἰς τρία … des. τάδε πρὸς ὠφέλειαν εἰσὶ καλά; cf MS Plut. 10. cod. 26, fols 176r-182r.
inc. Ψυχὴ διαιρεῖται εἰς δύο … des. εἰς πάντα διατρέχουσα. Cf. MS Plut. 10, cod. 26, fols 176–182.
cf. Vat. gr. 680, fols 390r-392v.
Wrongly attributed here to M. Psellos, ed. P. Joannou, ‘Aus den Unedierten Schriften des Psellos: Das Lehrgedicht zum Messopfer und der Traktat gegen die Vorbestimmung der Todesstunde’, Byzantinische Zeitschrift 51 (1958) 10–14. On the attribution, see C. Astruc, ‘Une fausse attribution pérarée (l'opuscule de «Psellos» εἰς τοὺς λέγοντας ὅρον εἶναι θανάτου restitué à Théophylacte Simokattès)’, Travaux et Mémoires 5 (1973) 357–361.
Excerpt. ed. de Boor, 510, 13–516. tit. Παρεκβολὴ ἀπὸ τῆς συγγραφῆς τοῦ ἐκτεθέντος χρονικοῦ παρὰ Γεωργίου μοναχοῦ· ἥτις παραινεῖν, μὴ πιστεύειν ὡς ἔτυχε ταῖς διαβολαῖς· ἡ δὲ συγγραφὴ ἐξενωήθη, ὅτε ὁ ἅγιος ἀθανάσιος οὐκ ἐπέθετο τῷ ἐν ἁγίοις κωνσταντίνῳ τῷ βασιλεῖ, παραδέξασθαι τὸν ἄρειον εἰς κοινωνίαν ὡς τάχα μετανοήσαντα, δι᾽ὃ καὶ ἐξωρίσθη τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ· πιστεύσαντος τοῦ βασιλέως ἀβασανίστως οὕτω καὶ ἀνεξετάστως. καὶ τὰς κατὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ἀθανασίου ἐπὶ τῇ ἐξορίᾳ γενομένας ὑπὸ τῶν ἀρειανῶν λοιδορίας· συγγνωμονεῖ οὖν ὁ συγγραφεὺς τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ λέγει. Inc. καὶ οὐ θαῦμα πολλάκις γὰρ καὶ θεῖοι ἄνδρες … des. τῷ δὲ ἐλέγχῳ ἡ ψῆφος ἡ πρὸς τὴν ποιότητα τοῦ ἁμαρτήματος τὴν τιμωρίαν ὁρίζουσα.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Lake I, 26c. Text block: 98–102 × 80 mm. , 19 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Written by Γρηγόριος Μοναχός before 1238. See RGK I, 84. Fol.141v: subscription, + ἐγράφ(η) διὰ Γρηγ(ο)ρ(ίου) μοναχοῦ μην(ὶ) ἀπριλλ(ίῳ), ἰν(δικτιῶνος) γ´/ […]. This subscription, being at the bottom, has been cut/trimmed, but another hand copied the text above.
Decoration
fols 1r, 92r: decorative headpieces. See Hutter, CBM III, p. 156.
fol. 141v, memoire of an earthquake of 16. 9. 1237: + μηνὶ σεπτεβρίω ις´ ἰνδ. ιγ´ ἔτει/ ιςψμς´ ἐπὶ τ(ῆς) βασιλίας ἰω(άννου) κ(αὶ) εἰρήν(ης)· κ(αὶ) ἁγιωτάτου κ(αὶ) οἰκου/μενηκοῦ π(ατ)ριἄρχου τοῦ κυρ γερμανοῦ/ ἐγένετο ὁ μέγας, σισμό(ς).
+ Επαρελαβόθην ἡ πόλ(ις) ἔτει/ ιςψξθ´. See P. Ioannou, 10 (fn 1), Hutter, CBM III, 155. The entire memoire is repeated on fol. 142r.
fol. 142r: Two unidentified later texts, ca 16th c.: inc. + ἐκ λευκῆς πέτρας … des. ἀναστήσονται. inc. τῆ καλοῦνται … des. τουτ(ου) τὴν […]
fol. 142v: Beginning of an imperfect epistle to a Bishop, inc. Τολμῶν ὄλου … des. ἠ γραφή σου συμ(.)ναξ(ει) […]
Binding
Typical Holkham binding of brown leather, with Coke family ostrich crest in gilt in the centre of the upper cover; Date: early nineteenth century. Rebound by John Jones of Liverpool (worked for Holkham 1816–1823). The spine lettered in gilt: S. ATHANASII/ QUÆSTIONES/ ET/ RESPONSIONES /DE/ REBUS SACRIS./ M S./ G R. in pasted black leather(?): MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 29
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership Notes: 1st pasted down in its verso: Th. William Coke.– (in pencil): Scriptus ~1 1261, 663a (on the left side, in pencil); fol. ir: Holk Cat No- 62 DIAI (written in pencil). fol. iiiv: ex-libris Seidel: ἐν τῇ μονεμβασίᾳ τῇ γ´/ τοῦ Σεπτ. ᾳχϟ/Ἀνδρέας Ἔρασμος ὁ Σεϊδέ-/λιος. fol. 1r: (with help of UV) ca. 15th c.: + τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον ἐστὶ του Κωνστ(αντίν)ου του Κοτρικου (or Κοτοριλου):- Old Catalogue Nrs: A. E. Seidel from Monemvasia in 1690, sale 1718, no. 26. Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 52
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Last Substantive Revision
2018-07-31: Record fully revised: new description by Dimitris Skrekas.