Various works by Nikephoros Blemmydes, Michael Psellos, Nikomachos Gerasinos, Anatolios, Porphyry and Aristotle

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Title

Various works by Nikephoros Blemmydes, Michael Psellos, Nikomachos Gerasinos, Anatolios, Porphyry and Aristotle

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 71

Date

15th c. for replacement folios: 107r-114v, 127r-139v, 147r-149v and 151r-157v.

late 13th c.;

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Latin

1. (fol. 1r) Additional parchment leaf with table of contents in Latin and various ownership notes in Greek, see below. The Latin text was possibly written by Marcus Musurus (ca. 1470–1517). See M. Verhelst, Le “Traité de l'âme” de Nicéphore Blemmyde. Histoire du texte, édition critique, traduction et analyse du contenu doctrinal, vol. 1, Louvain, 1976, p. 74 (unpublished Ph D thesis) and E. Gielen, Nicephori Blemmydae De virtute et ascesi, Iosephi Racendytae De virtute (Corpus Christianorum, series graeca 80), Turnhout, 2016, p. xxxv

2. (fols 2r–232v) Nikephoros Blemmydes:

2.i. fols 2r–70v: ⟨Nikephoros Blemmydes⟩ ⟨Introductio I: Epitome logica⟩

2.ii. fols 70v–157v: Nikephoros Blemmydes Introductio II : Epitome physica

2.iii. fols 158r–165r: Nikephoros Blemmydes Ad monachos monasterii ab ipso extructi ex tertio ipsius libro de fide sermo

2.iv. fols 165–175v: Nikephoros Blemmydes De virtute et ascesi

2.v. fols 175v–185: Nikephoros Blemmydes De anima

2.vi. fols 185–205v: Nikephoros Blemmydes Curriculum vitae I

2.vii. fols 204v–205v: Nikephoros Blemmydes Epistula universalior

2.viii. fol. 205v: Table of contents (being inserted by the scribe in the available space here): tit. Ἡ πυκτὶς αὕτη περιέχει ἐκτὸς τῶν ἐν τοῖς πίναξι διειλημμένων, ταῦτα. For the full text see ed. J. Munitiz, p. xiii;

2.ix. fols 206r–219r: Nikephoros Blemmydes Curriculum vitae II

2.x. fols 219r–232v: Nikephoros Blemmydes De corpore

3. (fol. 233r–264v) Michael Psellos Synopsis legum, Iter Psellianum [1060], poema 8

4. (fols 265r–294r) Nikomachos Gerasenos Arithmetica introductio

5. (fols 294–296v) Anatolios (of Alexandria) De Denario

6. (fols 297r–310r) Porphyry Isagoge siue quinque uoces

7. (fols 310r–349v) Aristotle:

7.1. fols 310r–334v: Aristotle Categoriae

7.ii. fols 335r–349v: Aristotle De interpretatione

8. (fol. 350v) A diagram of the winds, tit. + Ἔκθεσις τῶν ἀνέμ(ων) ὅθεν ἕκαστο(ς) αὐτῶν ἔχει τ(ὴν) ἀρχ(ὴν) καὶ τίνα τ(ῶν) ἄλλ(ων) αὐτ(ῶν) ἐναντιοῦ(ν)ται

Form

codex

Support

paper (fol. I parchment)

Physical extent

ii + 349 leaves (numbered as 2–351; fol. 191 has been displaced after fol. 192; fol. 264 has been omitted) + ii flyleaves at the end (numbered as fols 352 and 353).

Hands

Mainly written in Fettaugen style: A) fols 2r-106v, 115r-126v, 140r-146v, 150r-150v, 158r-242v; B) fols 233r-263v; C) fols 265r-296v; D) fols 297r-349v and 350v; E) Ἀνδρόνικος Κάλλιστος (15th c., fl. between 1476 and 1478), RGK I, n. 18. RGK II, n. 25, RGK III, n. 31, fols 107r-114v, 127r-139v, 147r-149v and 151r-157v.

Decoration

Various decorative head-pieces, preceding beginning of sections: fols 1v: (red ink); 70r, 158r, 206r, 219r (black ink); 233r, 265r, 279r, 294r (black and red ink); 297r (red ink). fol. 232v: the text ends in cruciform style.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding of brown leather, with Coke family ostrich crest in gilt in the centre of the cover; Date: early nineteenth century. Rebound by John Jones of Liverpool (worked for Holkham 1816–1823. The spine lettered in gilt: NICEPHORI ET ALIORUM OPERA GR.–M.S. SÆC. XIV.; in pasted black leather: MS. HOLKHAM Gr. 71

Provenance

Ownership Notes: 1st paste down on the verso (in the centre, in pencil): MS. Holkham Gr. 71. 663a. (bottom left) ???; fol. ir: (in pencil); Holk Cat. No. 90 103 CI B.18 ; Various ex-libris: i) fol. 1r: Ἀλβέρτου πίου καρπαί(ων) ἄρχοντ(ος) κτῆμα. = Alberto Pio of Carpi (+1531); in different hand at the end of page, d. 1553: Νῦν Κλαυδίου Βέτου καὶ τῶν φίλων αὐτῶν. ᾳφ,νγ´. = Claudio Betti, professor in Bologna (1520–1589), fol. 1v: Γεωργίου τοῦ Βάλλα ἔστι τὸ βιβλίον = humanist Giorgio Valla (1447–1500)

Old Catalogue Nrs: Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 103

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