Patristic texts

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Title

Patristic texts

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 58

Date

16th c.

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

1. (fols 1r–286v) ⟨Michael Glykas⟩ ⟨Annales⟩

2. (fols 287r–290v) ⟨Proclus⟩ Acta seu peregrinationes S. Iohannis theologi ap.

3. (fols 290v–295v) John Chrysostom In Matthaeum homiliae 1–90

fols 291v–292r ⟨Mark the monk⟩ ⟨florilegium⟩

⟨Mark the monk⟩ ⟨florilegium⟩

fol. 293r: ⟨Germanos I of Constantinople⟩ Interpretatio orationis Pater noster

fol. 293r: PG 59, 627. 29–628.

fols 295r–295v: PG 59, 628.13–35.

4. (fols 295v–296v) Nikephoros of Constantinople Chapters on various liturgical issues and observances

5. (fols 296v–298r) Theodore the Studite Explicatio Divinae Liturgiae Praesanctificatorum

6. (fols 298r–299r) Nikephoros of Constantinople tit. Νικηφόρου Πατριάρχου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Κεφάλαιον περὶ τῶν λεγόντων ὅτι χρὴ καὶ μετὰ θάνατον εὐχέλεον ποιεῖν, ἐκ νεκρῶν, καὶ ὅτι μόνοι τινὲς δρᾶν τοῦτο· καὶ τελειοῦν σῶον, ὡς παρόντων καὶ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἱερέων. Inc. Οὐκ οἶδα ποίαν ἀβελτηρίαν … des. καὶ εἰς λόγον πρὸς ἀκοὴν εὐθείαν τε καὶ συνετοτάτη ὑπάρχει. Iuris ecclesiastici Graecorum historia et monumenta jussu Pii IX. Pont. Max. curante I. B. Pitra S. R. E. Card. typis collegii Urbani, 1868, 324–325, chapter η.

7. (fols 299r–300r) Basil of Caesarea? On monks and lay people

8. (fol. 300r) ⟨Niketas Stethatos⟩ (Maximos ⟨the Confessor⟩ MS), inc. Εἰ θέλης ἰδεῖν τὰ ἀγαθὰ κ(υρίο)υ … des. εἰς συνάφειαν θεοῦ προστεθήσεται. PG 120, 885, ch. οε´.

9. (fol. 300r) On the Seven Wonders

10. (fols 300r–300v) John the Faster, Ἰω(άννου)τοῦ νιστευτοῦ Περὶ τοῦ ἱεράρχου ἰάκώβου

11. (Fols 300v–301r) περὶ τῶν ιβ´ ἐκκλη(σιῶν)

12. (fols 301r–302r) Anastasios of Sinai ἐρώτησις πρὸς τὸν ὁσιώτατον πατέρα ἡμῶν ἀναστάσιον τοῦ ὄρους σινά· διατὶ τιμᾶται ἡ δη καὶ ἡ παρασκευή.

13. (fols 302r–302v) Diadochos ⟨Bishop of Photike⟩ extracts, inc. Ὃν τρόπον ὑπὸ πλήθους βρωμάτων … des. καὶ πληροφορία γευσόμεθα. Ch. 45, 47, 48, 44. J. Rutherford, One hundred practical texts of perception and spiritual discernment from Diadochos of Photike, vol. 8 [Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations 2000]: 12–154.

14. (Fols 302v–303r) Life of St John the Merciful

15. (fols 303r–303v) Fragments on Paradise:

16. (fols 303v–307v) Epitome de Fausto, patre Clementis papae

Fols. 85v, 87r, 308–310 blank.

Form

codex

Support

Paper

Physical extent

ii + 310 leaves

Hands

Change of ink on fol. 207r.

Decoration

Small decorative headpieces in red ink before certain sections, e.g. fol. 287r; fol. 290v; 295v.

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: / EXPLANATIONES/ IN/ HEXAMERON/ ET/ ALIA SS. PP./ GR.–//M[.S].SÆC. XIV./; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 58/

Provenance

1st paste down in its verso (in black ink): signature of Thomas William Coke

Old Catalogue Nrs: 1st pasted down in its verso (in the centre, in pencil): MS. Holkham Gr. 58; fol. i(r) (in pencil); Holk Cat. No 91 78 . 102 97 DI A.6.; fol. 1r: handwritten note in black ink by B. de Montfaucon: 1698· Codex 78 mutilus, Explanationes in Hexameron/ et alia SS. PP. · Codex 150 circa annorum; (in black, on top) ΚΒον= Morezenos 22; Giustiniani 78; Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 102.

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