MS. Holkham Gr. 32
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Diktyon no.: 48100
Cyril of Jerusalem, Nikolaos Cabasilas, (Niketas) Neilos of Rhodes.
Contents
Language(s): Greek
BHG 1076zm, inc. mut. ἡμῖν ἐξεγένετο … des. mut. τὰ δὲ νῦν, τέλος μὲν (= PG 147, 992C-993)
CPG 3585: i) fols 3r-6v: Catech. 1; ii) fols 6v-17r: Catech. 2; iii) fols 17r-25v: Catech. 3; iv) fols 25v-41r: Catech. 4; v) fols 41v-48v: Catech. 5; vi) fols 48v-66r: Catech. 6; vii) fols 66r-72v: Catech. 7; viii) fols 73r-75v: Catech. 8; ix) fols 76r-83r: Catech. 9; x) fols 83r-93r: Catech. 10; xi) fols 93r-103v: Catech. 11; xii) fols 103v-121v: Catech. 12; xiii) fols 121v-145r: Catech. 13; xiv) fols 145v-166v: Catech. 14; xv) fols 166v-191r: Catech. 15; xvi) fols 191v-214v: Catech. 16; xvii) fols 214v-244v: Catech. 17; xviii) fols 245r-272v: Catech. 18, eds W.C. Reischl and J. Rupp, Cyrilli Hierosolymorum archiepiscopi opera quae supersunt omnia, 2 vols., Munich, vol. 1, 1848; vol. 2, 1860 (repr. Hildesheim 1967), vol. 1, pp. 28–320; vol. 2, pp. 2–342.
CPG 3587, BHG 413, ed. E. Bihain, "L'épître de Cyrille de Jérusalem à Constance sur la vision de la Croix," Byzantion 43 (1973) 286–291.
⟨The Evlogetaria for the departed, Nekrosima⟩, Horologion 237–238.
BHG 1076 zm, inc. mut. ὁδός. Πρὸς ὃ καὶ τ’ἆλλα φέρεται. PG 147, 989Β-1016.
BHG 414g, ed. B. Pseutogkas, Νικολάου Καβάσιλα ἑπτὰ ἀνέκδοτοι λόγοι τὸ πρῶτον νῦν ἐκδιδόμενοι. Εἰσαγωγή, κείμενον, σχόλια, Thessaloniki, 1976, pp. 92–112.
ed. B. Pseutogkas, Νικολάου Καβάσιλα ἑπτὰ ἀνέκδοτοι λόγοι τὸ πρῶτον νῦν ἐκδιδόμενοι. Εἰσαγωγή, κείμενον, σχόλια, Thessaloniki, 1976, pp. 113–123.
BHG 1147n, des. mut. ἀλλὰ τὸν ἡλίου δίσκον ἔ<λαχε μόνον … ed. M. Jugie, Homélies mariales byzantines II [Patrologia Orientalis 19, fasc. 3. Paris 1926, pp. 495–501.1.
BHG 1950k, tit. Νείλου τοῦ πανιεροτ(ά)τ(ου) μ(ητ)ροπ(ο)λ(ί)τ(ου) ῥόδου· λόγος εἰς τὴν ὑπαπαντὴν τοῦ κ(υρίο)υ καὶ θ(εο)ῦ κ(αὶ) σ(ωτῆ)ρ(ο)ς ἡμῶν ἰ(ησο)ῦ χ(ριστο)ῦ. inc. Ἔπεισί μοι μετὰ Παύλου … des. σὺν τοῖς ἄνωθεν εὐηρεστηκόσιν αὐτῶ δόξης τε καὶ λαμπρότητος· ὅτι αὐτῶ πρέπει ... ἀμήν; unpublished; for some extracts see A. Panagiotou, Νικήτας Μυρσινιώτης εἶτα Νεῖλος μητροπολίτης Ρόδου. Βίος καὶ ἔργον, Athens 1995, unpublished PhD thesis, pp. 106–107.
tit. ὁμιλία εἰς τὴν παραβολὴν. τοῦ ἀσώτου, ed. D. Moniou, Οἱ Ὁμιλίες τοῦ Νείλου Μητροπολίτου Ρόδου. Μία προσέγγιση στὴν ὕστερη βυζαντινὴ ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ρητορική, Athens 2010, pp. 147–179.
eds R. Bornert, J. Gouillard, P. Périchon, and S. Salaville, Nicolas Cabasilas, Explication de la divine liturgie, Sources chrétiennes 4 bis. Paris 1967, pp. 56–307.
tit. λόγος εἰς τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν περικοπὴν ἥτις περὶ τῆς δευτέρας τοῦ Κυρίου παρουσίας διαλαμβάνει καὶ τῇ τῆς Ἀπόκρεω Κυριακῇ ἐπεκράτησεν ἀναγινώσκεσθαι, ed. D. Moniou, Οἱ Ὁμιλίες τοῦ Νείλου Μητροπολίτου Ρόδου. Μία προσέγγιση στὴν ὕστερη βυζαντινὴ ἐκκλησιαστικὴ ρητορική, Athens 2010, pp. 181–234.
⟨Τ⟩οῦ αυτοῦ ⟨λ⟩όγος περὶ τοῦ κόσμου γενέσεως καὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀν(θρώπ)ου δημιουργίας παραβάσεώς τε καὶ τῆς ἐκ τοῦ παραδείσου τῶν πρωτοπλάστων ἐκπτώσεως, inc. Ἐπὶ θύραις ἡμῖν ἤδη τῶν νηστειῶν ὁ καιρός ... des. πρὸς τὸ ἁμαρτάνειν ῥοπῆς, λαμβανούσης τὴν στάσιν; unpublished; for some extracts, see A. Panagiotou, Νικήτας Μυρσινιώτης εἶτα Νεῖλος μητροπολίτης Ρόδου. Βίος καὶ ἔργον, Athens 1995, unpublished PhD thesis, pp. 110–111.
Blank folios: 1v-2v; 40r-40v; 279r-280v; 315v-317v; 436r-439v; 440–441 (end leaves). MS. Holk. Gr. 70 was the last part of this manuscript.
Physical Description
Hand(s)
Various hands including (fols. 1–2, 281–94, 408–16) Γεώργιος Εὐγενικός, RGK 1. 62, PLP 91878.
Decoration
Various decorative head-pieces: fols 3r; 145v; 166v; 191r (end-piece); 191v; 214v; 245r; 273r.
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: / CYRILLI/CATECHESES/ GR.–//M.S./ SÆC. XV. / ; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. / 32.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership Notes: fol. 3r (top in grey ink): ἐκ τῶν μάρκου ἱερέως τοῦ μορζήνου
Old Catalogue Nrs: fol. ir Holkham Cat. No. 68/56 C2 A14 (in pencil); fol. 3r (upper right corner): ΙΓον (in brownish ink); handwritten note in black ink by B. de Montfaucon: 1698. codex. num. 1(9)/ Cyrilli Ieroso/ Catecheses/ annoru(m) circ./ 250; fol. 295r: handwritten note in black ink by B. de Montfaucon: Anno 1698./ Nicolai Cabasila/ Sermones Anno-/rum circiter 250. Morezenos 13. Giustiniani 19. Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 56.
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Last Substantive Revision
2018-08-21: Record fully revised: new description by Dimitris Skrekas.