MS. Holkham Gr. 84
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Diktyon no.: 48152
Homer, Odyssey; c. 1460
Contents
Language(s): Greek
I 263-XXIV end with hypotheses.
inc. mut. … δῶκεν, ἐπεί ῥα θεοὺς νεμεσ(ίζετο α)ἰὲν ἐόντ(ας), Homer, Odyssey, I 263-end.
fol. 6r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς β ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. W. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca in Homeri Odysseam, 2 vols, Oxford, 1855 (repr. Amsterdam, 1962), vol. 1, p. 71. 19–22; fols 6v-19r: Book II, tit. ὀδυσσεί(ας) β ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 19r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς γ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 1, p. 118. 9–14; fols 19r-33r: Book III, tit. ὀδυσσείας Γ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 34r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς δ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 1, p. 168. 5–13; fols 34r-69r: Book IV, tit. ὀδυσσείας Δ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 69r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ε ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 1, p. 240. 16–23; fols 69r-73v: Book V, tit. ὀδυσσείας Ε ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 73v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ζ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 1, p. 293. 5–11; fols 73v-83v: Book VI, tit. ὀδυσσείας Ζ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 83v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς η ὀδυσσεί(ας), inc. Ἐκκλησία τῶν Φαιάκων γίνεται (γίνεται τῶν Φαιάκων ed.), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 1, pp. 320.24–321.3; fols 83v-93v: Book VII, tit. ὀδυσσείας η ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 94r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς θ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 1, pp. 355. 20–28; fols 94r-111r: Book VIII, tit. ὀδυσσείας Θ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 111r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ι ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. Dindorf, Scholia Graeca, vol. 2, pp. 403. 14–17; fols 111v-127v: Book IX. , tit. ὀδυσσείας ι ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 128r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς κ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, ‘Ζusätze zu den scholien der Οdyssee’, Philologus 19 (1863) 705; fols 128r-145r: Book X, tit. ὀδυσσείας κ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 145r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς λ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 19 (1863) 705–706; fols 145r-163v: Book XI, tit. ὀδυσσείας λ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 164r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς μ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 19 (1863) 706; fols 164r-177v: Book XII, tit. ὀδυσσείας μ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 177v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ν ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 19 (1863) 706–707; fols 177v-190v: Book XIII, tit. ὀδυσσείας ν ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 190v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ξ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 711; fols 190v-206v: Book XIV, tit. ὀδυσσείας ξ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 206v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ο ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 712; fols 206v-222v: Book XV, tit. ὀδυσσείας ο ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 223r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς π ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 712; fols 223r-237r: Book XVI, tit. ὀδυσσείας π ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 237r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ρ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 713; fols 237r-255r: Book XVII, tit. ὀδυσσείας ρ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 255r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς σ ὀδυσσεί(ας), inc. Πυγμομαχίαν (Πυγμαχίαν ed.) ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 714; fols 255r-267v: Book XVIII, tit. ὀδυσσείας ὁμήρου σ ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 268r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς τ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 714; fols 268r-286r: Book XIX, tit. ὀδυσσείας τ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 286r: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς υ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 715; fols 286r-297v: Book XX, tit. ὀδυσσείας υ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 297v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς φ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 715–716; fols 297v-310v: Book XXI, tit. ὀδυσσείας φ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 310v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς χ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 716; fols 310v-325v: Book XXII, tit. ὀδυσσείας χ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας.
fol. 325v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ψ ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 717; fols 326r-336v: Book XXIII, tit. ὀδυσσείας ψ ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας).
fol. 336v: Hypothesis, tit. ὑπόθεσις τῆς ω ὀδυσσεί(ας), ed. J. La Roche, Philologus 20 (1863) 717; fols 337r-353r: Book XXIV, tit. ὀδυσσείας ω ὁμήρου ῥαψωδί(ας). fol. 353r: τέλος τῆς ὁμήρου ὀδυσσεί(ας): τέλος.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
17 lines per page, Derolez 31 / Leroy 20D1.
Hand(s)
The same hand copied also MSS. Holkham Gr. 90 and 103. It has been proposed that this scribe was an anonymous Cretan, responsible for many other mss. belonging to Pietro da Montagnana. Cf. Gamba, Pietro Da Montagnana: La Vita, Gli Studi, La Biblioteca Di Un Homo Trilinguis, PhD. thesis, 29 January 2016, pp. 247–255. Also, an annotation on fol. 60r of Ms. Holkham gr. 84 has been identified as belonging to Ἰμμανουὴλ Ῥουσωτᾶς, (PLP X 24443; RGK I 154, RGK II 203, RGK III 255). See Gamba, Pietro Da Montagnana: La Vita, Gli Studi, La Biblioteca Di Un Homo Trilinguis, p. 64.
Decoration
Initials in red ink before each hypothesis and book.
fol. i(v): 353, leaves; several marginal and interlinear notes mainly in Latin and a few in Greek in hand of Pietro Floriani da Montagnana, fols 7r, 11v, 14v, 36v, 43v, 52r, 60r, 92v, 97r, 111v, 146r, 170r, 175r, 176r, 195r, 195v, 204v, 239r, 265r, 292v.
fol. 1r: (a later sign of hand, sketched in pencil (d. 19th c.?); in marg. ‘This is line 263 of Book I’; fol. 186v: the same symbol in pencil (a hand followed by ‘Ulysses’?) pointing to a formulaic expression of Book XIII, 311–315.
Binding
Holkham binding of green leather, with Coke family ostrich crest in gilt in the centre of the front cover; Date: early nineteenth century. Rebound by John Jones of Liverpool (worked for Holkham 1816–1823). The spine lettered in gilt: /HOMERI/ ODYSSEA/ GR.–//M.S./ SÆC. XII./ ; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 84/
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership Notes: paste down, upper, left side (in black ink): signature of Thomas William Coke, MS. Holkham Gr. 84. Latin notes passim, in hand of Pietro Floriani da Montagnana † 1478. This MS alongside MSS Holkham Gr. 90, 103 and BL Additional MS 47674 were bequeathed to the Monastery of San Giovanni di Verdara in Padua by Pietro da Montagana. See on BL Additional MS 47674, T. C. Skeat, 'Manuscripts and Printed Books from the Holkham Hall Library, part II: The Manuscripts', British Museum Quarterly 17 (1952) 25–33 (no. 8), R. W. Hunt, ‘Pietro da Montagnana: a Donor of Books to san Giovanni di Verdara in Padua’, Bodleian Library Record 9 (1973) 17–22 and N. G. Wilson, From Byzantium to Italy. Greek Studies in the Italian Renaissance, Second edition, London, 2017, p. 130. For a discussion of Montagana’s annotations on Holkham Gr. 84 see E. Gamba, Pietro Da Montagnana: La Vita, Gli Studi, La Biblioteca Di Un Homo Trilinguis, PhD. thesis, 29 January 2016, pp. 88–89, 95, 96, 125, 138, 244, 251, 284.
Catalogue Nrs: fol. i(r): No 264 265/ MS. Saec. XV.; fol. iir: D4 A4 Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 265.
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-08-04: New description by D. Skrekas.