Libanius, Synesius. Early 14th cent.

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Title

Libanius, Synesius. Early 14th cent.

Shelfmark

MS. Barocci 219

Place of origin

Byzantine, Thessalonica

Date

c. 1320

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

1. (fols. 1r–108v) ⟨Libanius⟩ Orationes

1a. (fols. 1r–5r) or. 24, de ulciscenda Iuliani nece, pr. R. Foerster, Libanii opera, vol. ii, Leipzig 1904, pp. 514–33.

1b. (fols. 5r–13v) or. 12, panegyricus Iuliano dictus, ibid., pp. 9–45.

1c. (fols. 13v–17v) or. 13, prosphoneticus ad Iulianum, ibid., pp. 63–82.

1d. (fols. 17v–22v) or. 2, ad eos qui molestum eum appellabant, vol. i, Leipzig 1903, pp. 239–62.

1e. (fols. 22v–28v) or. 14, pro Aristophane ad Iulianum, vol. ii, pp. 87–113.

1f. (fols. 28v–36v) or. 15, pro Antiochenis ad Iulianum, ibid., pp. 120–54.

1g. (fols. 36v–39v) or. 16, ad Antiochenos de Iuliani ira, ibid., pp. 160 ff.; breaks off at 174. 12 φροντιζόντων.

1h. (fols. 40r–45v, 62rv, 46r–61v, 63r–68r) or. 18, ⟨epitaphius in Iulianum⟩, ibid., pp. 236–371; three leaves lost, beg. only at 252. 11 ἐπιθυμεῖν. In the margin of fol. 68r the scribe wrote a note on ϲκόλιον, = Suda C 643, cf. Photius s.v.

1i. (fols. 68v–91r) or. 59, ⟨laudatio Constantii et Constantis⟩, lacking the προθεωρία, pr. ibid., vol. iv, Leipzig 1908, pp. 209–96.

1j. (fols. 91r–108v) or. 64, pro saltatoribus, pr. ibid., pp. 420–98. In the margin of fol. 104r the scribe wrote a note on βάρβιτοϲ, cf. Et. Mag. s.v.

2. (fols. 109r–246r) Synesius Cyrenensis

2a. (fols. 109r–122v) Synesius ad imperatorem de regno

2b. (fols. 122v–134r) ⟨encomium calvitii⟩

2c. (fols. 134r–146v) ⟨Dion⟩

2d. (fols. 146v–165v) Synesius ⟨Aegyptii, sive de providentia⟩

2e. (fols. 165v, 175r–177v) Synesius ⟨ad Paeonium de dono astrolabii⟩

2f. (fol. 178r) Synesius ⟨de insomniis⟩

2g. (fols. 179r–180v, 166r–174v, 181rv) Synesius ⟨de insomniis⟩

2h. (fols. 182r–231v) Synesius epistulae

2i. (fols. 231v–234r) Synesius catastasis secunda

2j. (fols. 234r–237v) Synesius epistulae

2k. (fols. 237v–238v) Synesius catastasis prima

2l. (fols. 238v–239r) Synesius homilia prima

2m. (fol. 239rv) Synesius homilia secunda

2n. (fols. 239v–246r) Synesius epistulae

3. (fol. 246r) ‡Amasis epistula no. 1

4. (fols. 246r–255r) Iulianus Imperator epistulae 23

5. (fols. 255r–255v) Rubric: περὶ ἰδιότητοϲ φύϲεων παραδόξων

6. (fols. 256r–267r) ‡Diogenianus proverbia

7. (fol. 267v) Verses

Form

codex

Support

Paper, watermarked with designs similar to Mošin–Trajlić nos. 3084 (AD 1312–35), 3534 (AD 1317) and 3553 (AD 1319).

Physical extent

ii + 269 leaves.

Decoration

Rubrication: A few headings and initials in faded carmine.

Ornamental headpieces and decorated initials. (Hutter iii. 145, Abb. 529–530) [Internet Archive]

Binding

Binding of two plain wood panels with leather spine; on the book panel a metal fitting for a clasp, embossed; on the front panel a small piece of paper with 15th cent. note: Rasius κδ.

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