Theological Polemics, ca. 1460–1475

Title

Theological Polemics, ca. 1460–1475

Shelfmark

Lincoln College MS. Gr. 7

Associated place

Cyprus

Date

ca. 1460–1475

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

Paper folded in 4° (ff. 1–82) and mostly in 8° (ff. 83–202). Watermarks of five different types: (ff. 1–8) scalessimilar to Piccard WaageV.244–245 (attested in 1471–1473), chain-distance 35 mm, (ff. 9–12) handsimilar to Mareş1615 (attested in 1513), chain-distance 40 mm, (ff. 12–82) scalessimilar to Piccard WaageVI.521 (attested in 1476), chain-distance 35 mm, (ff. 83–202) cartgenerally similar to Piccard on-line 122776(attested in 1458), chain-distance 39 mm, intermixed occasionally (e.g. ff. 93–94, folded in 4°) with bull’s head similar to Piccard OchsenkopfXIII.29 (attested in 1459–1461), chain-distance 33 mm.

Physical extent

i+202+i leaves (mistakenly counted in the past as 198)

Hands

Produced by three anonymous scribes A (ff. 13–82), B (ff. 1–8, 83–202), and C (ff. 9–12). There is no evidence of direct collaboration among them.

Decoration

Ornamented headpieces drawn in red ink on ff. 1r, 13r, 83r, and 155r.

Binding

Binding (probably eighteenth-century) of marbled paper over pasteboard. The endpapers and pastedowns contain no watermarks.

Acquisition

Bequeathed by Sir George Wheler (1651–1724), who acquired it during his journey to Greece (1675–1676).

Provenance

There are two notes of ownership: Ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Δενώρι Ἀντωνίου ἱερέωςon f. 2r infra and Ἰωάννου ἱερέως Δακύπρουon f. 13r supra. The Italian surnames De Nori and Da Cipro suggest that the manuscript was once in Cyprus.

An entry in the lower margin of f. 202r records a large delivery of cheese on 5 and 7 June 1523: Εἰς ͵αφκγ´ μινὶ ἰουν ίῳ εἰς τὰς ε´ ὑπίγα ἐγὼ ὁ ΚοσταςΧαιρετις τοῦ ἀφέντι μοῦ | τοῦ Κατερὶ τιρὴν κομάτια η´, λυτρες ρη´. | Ἀκόμα εἰς τὰς ζ´ τοῦ μινὸς θυλάκην α´, μιζίθραν λύτρες οβ´, ὅλα τοῦ Νικολ άου etc.

A single untrained hand has written four short entries, sketched a bird, and drawn two pieces of ornament on f. 82v. The most significant of the entries reads: Τῶ τιμοωτ άτῳ καὶ εὐλαβεστάτῳκαὶ θεοφιλεστάτ ῳ ἐν ἱερομοναχοῖς | καὶ πνευνατικὶς πατράσην ἡμῶν κυρίω Ἰωακὴμ ἐξ αιμοῦ | ἱερέ ως παπᾶ Διμιτρίου τοῦ Σηνίδου μετάνοιαν αἱδαφιαίανἀποναίμο | τὶ σὶ μεγήστη ἁγιωσίνι καὶ σὴν πάσις ἐν Χ ριστὼ ὑμῶν| ἁδελφότοιτος γεινοσκαι γοῦν π άτερ ἅγιαι ὅτι. At the bottom of the same page, another hand has written Βασιλευς υπαρχῶν ου ρανοῦ. Ἐτοῦ⟨το⟩ τὸ χαρ|τὴν ενε τοῦ Μιχελι τοῦ μ οναχου. I do not think that this is an actual ownership note.