MS. Holkham Gr. 83

Ed. Van der Valk, M. Eustathii Archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, ad fidem codicis Laurentiani editi, vol. 1, Leiden, 1971, tit. (in red ink) + Εὐσταθίου μαΐστορος τῶν ῥητόρων. κ(αὶ) ἐκκλησιαστικοῦ ἐπὶ τῶν δεήσεων τοῦ ὕστερον θεσσαλονίκης, παρεκβολαὶ τῆς ὁμήρου ἰλιάδος: προοίμιον ἔχον καί τι ἐγκληματικὸν εἰς τ(ὸν) ποιητὴν: i) fols 1r-5r: inc. Τῶν ὁμήρου σειρήνων … des. οὐ δέοντι σοφίζεσθαι. ed. Van der Valk, pp. 1–9.6; ii) fols 5r-7v: inc. Ὅτι ἓν μέν τι σῶμα συνεχὲς … des. τοῖς μετιοῦσιν αὐτήν. ed. Van der Valk, pp. 9–13.10; iii) fol. 7v: inc. Ὅτι (δὲ ed.) συνεκφώνησις ἤτοι συνίζησίς ἐστιν (συνίζησις ἐστὶν MS) … des. ἀντὶ μιᾶς μακρᾶς. ed. Van der Valk, pp. 19.33–20.10; fol. 7v: inc. τὸ προΐαψεν, ἤγουν μετὰ βλάβης … des. πρὸ τοῦ μοιριδίου, (φασίν, ed.) ἔπεμψεν. ed. Van der Valk, p. 28.3–21.

Ed. C.G. Heyne, Homeri Ilias, vol. 1, Oxford, 1834, p. 2.

i) inc. Ἰστέον ὅτι τὸ τὸ ἄρθρον, οὐδέποτε κουφίζεται … des. θάτερος ἁμαρτάνει. ii) Inc. Τέσσαρα εἰσὶ τὰ χαρακτηρίζοντα … des. καὶ ποιὰ λέξις.

With interlinear glosses and marginal comments up to fol. 131. Sometimes the scholia are quite extensive, covering thus all the available space on paper. Also additional hand on supplementary scholia between fols 58–64.

i) fols 9r-25r: Book I; fol. 9r: Book epigram: + βίβλος ὁμήροιο μουσοπλόκου· κλῆσι(ν) ἰλιάδος ἐπωνυμίην φορέουσα; Cf DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/occurrences/23565, MS Vat. Gr. 915 , fol. 47v: + βίβλος ὁμήροιο μουσοπλόκου ἰδὲ ῥαψωδία· κλῆσ(ιν) ἰλιάδ(ο)ς ἐπωνυμίην δὲ φορέουσα. See also F. Pontani, ‘The World on a Fingernail: An Unknown Byzantine Map, Planudes, and Ptolemy’, Traditio 65 (2010) 180, on MS Vat. Gr. 915, fol. 417v: 'A third contemporary (or slightly later) hand added what could be taken as a very awkward hexametric couplet in between the astronomical text and the Vitae Homeri'; fol. 9r: (in red ink, and likewise all the Rhapsodies’ titles): + Ἰλιάδος α´ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:-); various comments: inc. Ἐναντία δοκεῖ λέγ(ειν) ὁ ποιητὴς … des. φθειρόμενοι ἐκαίοντο. ed. H. Schrader, Porphyrii quaestionum Homericarum ad Iliadem pertinentium reliquiae, fasc. 1, Leipzig, 1880, vol. 1, p. 4. Scholia on Verse 52; (in red ink) ἔμμετρος ἐπιγραφή: Ἄλφα λιτὰς χρύσου· λοιμ(ὸν) στρατοῦ. ἔχθος ἀνάκτων, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/4409; Πορφύριος μὲν ὄνομα λέγει … inc. Τὸ ἀείδειν κυρίως ἐπὶ ποιημάτων …

ii) fols 25r-46v: Book II; fol. 25r: ἄλλη ὑπόθεσις βῆτα ὁμήρου ἰλιάδος + ἰλιάδος βῆτα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας :- fol. 25v: ἔμμετρος ἡ ἐπιγραφή (in red ink) + Βῆτα δ’ ὄνειρον ἔχει· ἀγορὴν. καὶ νῆας ἀριθμεῖ:~, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6483; fol. 43v: in marg. in red ink: μ´/·ἡες (leg. νῆες) ᾳρ´π´ς´:-, that is the total number of the ships according to the catalogue. See G. Huxley, ‘Numbers in the Homeric Catalogue of Ships’, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 7, no. 4 (23 December 1966), 313–18 (esp. 315)

iii) fols 46v-57v: Book III; + ἰλιάδος γάμμα, ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:- Γάμμα δ’ ἄρ’ ἀμφ’ Ἑλένης οἴοις μόθος ἐστ(ὶν) ἀκοίταις :·, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6485;

iv) fols 57v-71r: Book IV; ἡ κοινὴ ἐπιγραφὴ:· ὁρκίων χύσις καὶ ἐπιπόλησις ἀγαμέμνονος:· Δέλτα· θεῶν ἀγορὴ· ὅρκων χύσις· ἄρεος ἀρχή:~, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6487;

v) fols 71r-92v: Book V; ἡ πεζὴ: Διομήδους ἀριστεία : – + Εἶ βάλλει κυθέρειαν Ἄρηά τε Τυδέος υἱὸς :+ ,⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6489;

vi) fols 92v-104r: Book VI; + ἐπιγραφὴ τῆς ζ: ἕκτορος καὶ ἀνδρομάχης ὁμιλία:+ ἔμμετρος δὲ, Ζῆτα δ’ ἄρ’ Ἀνδρομάχης καὶ Ἕκτορος ἔστ’ ὀαριστύς:+, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6491

vii) fols 104v-114v: Book VII; + ἰλιάδος ἦτα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας):- +Ἦτ’, Αἴας πολέμιζε μόνῳ μόνος Ἕκτορι δίῳ , ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6493

viii) fols 114v-126r: Book VIII; + ἰλιάδος θῆτα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:- θῆτα, θεῶν ἀγορὴ. Τρώων κράτος. ἕκτορος εὖχος :–, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6473

ix) fols 126r-141r: Book IX; + ἰλιάδος ἰῶτα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:- ·:·ἐξαισίη (sup lin παράκλησις) δ’ ἀχιλῆος ἀπειθέος, ἐστὶν Ἰῶτα:+, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6475

x) fols 141r-153r: Book X; + ἰλιάδος κάππα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:~ Κάππα δ’ ἄρ’, ἀμφότεροι σκοπιαζέμ(εν) ἤλυθον ἄνδρες:~, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6496; fol. 153r: +τέλος τῆς κάππα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας +

xi) fols 153v-171r: Book XI; + ἰλιάδος λάμβδα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:~ λάμβδα δ’, ἀριστῆας δαναῶν βάλον ἔκτορος ἄνδρες0, ⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6498

xii) fols 171r-182r: Book XII + ἰλιάδος μῦ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας:~ μῦ τρώων παλάμῃσι κατήριπε τεῖχος ἀχαιῶν :+ ,⟨Stephen the Grammarian⟩, metrical title in dactylic hexameter, see DBBE: https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/6500; fol. 181 pasted handwritten note which copies relevant sections from B. de Montfaucon, Diarium Italicum. Sive monumentorum veterum, bibliothecarum, musaeorum, &c. Notitiae singulares in itinerario Italico collectae. Additis schematibus ac figuris, Paris 1702, pp. 248–249, tit. Montfaucon Diarium Italicum cap: 5ii Venezia, inc. Decima nona … des. novum calculi genus, p. 69.8–14; tit. St maria Minerva Bibl(iotheca) Cap. 18 (leg. 17) inc. Ad haec MSS (manuscripti ed.) quidam … des. sunt, Diarium Italicum, p. 248. 35–37; fol. 181v: ……. Id est Mensis … exaratus codex fuit, Diarium Italicum, p. 249. 1–6. fol. 182r: + τέλος τῆς μυ ὁμήρου ῥαψῳδίας+;

With interlinear glosses, fol. 183r (sup lin): ὁ ὅμηρος ὁ πάνσοφος ἡ θάλασ(σα τ)ῶν λόγων; Ioannis Tzetzes, Alleg.Il. prooem. 51 = Hist. 13.620; fol. 189v (in red ink) : ἐν ημηα ἡμέρα ἐπράχθη τέλος/ αμην. See Ed. D. B. Monro, and T. W. Allen. Homeri Opera, vol. V, Oxford, 1912, p. 183 (siglum H2).