MS. Barocci 141
Summary Catalogue no.: 141
Ioannes Climacus 13th cent.
Contents
pr. PG 88. 632–1161. Begins with (fol. 1r) part of the προθεωρία, pr. ibid., 629C7–D2; (fols. 1r–6r) vita auctoris, pr. ibid., 596 ff., breaking off with θεωρητικὰ περιεχούϲαϲ διδάγματα (sic), 605B13; (fols. 6r–9r) epistola Ioannis Rhaithou and the reply, pr. ibid., 624–8; (fols. 9r–10r) πρόλογοϲ and list of the gradus Paradisi, pr. ibid., 628–9. Main text starts on fol. 10r. Fairly numerous scholia (attributed by Hutter to Elias of Crete ), mostly numbered serially in vermilion, written by the same hand as the text; MS. title (fol. 1r) ἐξήγηϲιϲ εἰϲ τὴν ἁγίαν κλίμακα εἰτοῦν τὰϲ πνευματικὰϲ πλάκαϲ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ καθηγημένου τοῦ ἁγίου ὄρουϲ Ϲινᾶ τοῦ λεγομένου ϲχολαϲτικοῦ, πονηθεῖϲα τῷ εὐτελεῖ μητροπολίτῃ Κρήτηϲ Ἠλία, beg. αʹ. ἐξ ἀποκρίϲεωϲ ἤρξατο.
pr. PG 88. 1165–1208, with scholia partly corresponding to those pr. in PG.
additions by another scribe of much the same date.
anonymous collection of theological excerpts from various authors; those named are Isaac, Nicetas bp. of Serrae, ⟨Theodore⟩ Balsamon, Maximus ⟨Confessor⟩ , Neilus Monachus, Marcus ⟨Monachus⟩ Thalassius, Basilius Magnus (excerpts of the letters). Also there are some chapters from a Gerontikon and in the margin of fol. 248v a later owner wrote οἶμαι ὅτι τοῦ Νύϲϲηϲ.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
Ruling: 25 lines. Ruling type Leroy 46C1s.
Hand(s)
Text and scholia written by one scribe.
Decoration
Rubrication: initials, titles and simple penwork ornament in vermilion.
Ornamental headpieces, strips and decorated initials. (Hutter iii. 156, Abb. 558–560)
1 fol. iv ͵αφλβʹ μαρτίῳ εἰϲ τὰϲ βʹ ἐγήνηκε ϲϲειϲμοϲ πολα τα πλήθη τῶν ἐμῶν πτεϲμάτων Θεοτόκε πρὸϲ ϲε κατέφηγὸν ἀγνὴ δεώμενοϲ ἐπίϲκεψε τὴν ἀϲθενουϲα μου ψυχη· καὶ πρεβεβεβε τὸ υἱῶ ϲου καὶ Θεῶ ἡμῶν δῶθῆνε μοι τὴν ἄφαϲιν· ὃν ἔπραξαϲ δήνη· μόνη εὐλογη μοι.
2 fols. 251r–252r some prayers.
3 fol. 253r note beginning γεοργιὸν βήδοθε τόκη ἀντονη γεοργι κόλη κλονάρι. μάρκο κοκαμ.ρατο. This is repeated below at greater length, but the page is damaged.
Binding
Binding of blind-stamped brown leather over wood, in late Byzantine style, 15th–16th cent.; hunting-scene and fleur de lys stamps; clasps and numerous studs on front and back panels now missing.
History
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.