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John of Damascus, Constantine I, Epictetus, Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite — c. 1500

MS. D'Orville 113

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Title

John of Damascus, Constantine I, Epictetus, Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite — c. 1500

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 113

Date

c. 1500

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

1. (fol. 1) John of Damascus Carmen in Theophaniam
2. (fol. 8) John of Damascus Carmen
3. (fol. 15) John of Damascus Carmen in Pentecosten
4. (fol. 22v) John of Damascus Expositio fidei
5. (fol. 156) Constantine I Edictum De Pontifice Romano
6. (fol. 157) Epictetus Enchiridion
7. (fol. 168v) Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite De caelesti hierarchia
8. (fol. 207) Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite De ecclesiastica hierarchia
9. (fol. 245v) Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite De mystica theologia
10. (fol. 249) Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite Epistulae
11. (fol. 265) Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite De diuinis nominibus
12. (fol. 317) Rubric: Όρας τής οίκουμενικής Συνόδου, τής έν Φλωρεντία γενομένης

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

i + 336leaves

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804

Provenance

Breda, Illustre College

The library of the House of Orange-Nassau: recorded in the 1686 catalogue and included in the 1749 auction at The Hague (see A. D. Renting, A. S. Korteweg, et al., The seventeenth-century Orange-Nassau library: the catalogue compiled by Anthonie Smets in 1686, the 1749 auction catalogue, and other contemporary sources (Utrecht, 1993), p. 192 no. 568); bought by:

Pieter de Hondt (1696–1764), printer, publisher, and bookseller of The Hague.

Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)

Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent

Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent

Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian

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Title

Theological pieces

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 113

Summary

Comprises:

(fol. 1) '... 'Ιωάνναν ... τού Δαμασκηνού Κάνων είς τά άγια θεοφάνια, partly acrostic, and partly in Latin and with Latin interlinear glosses

(fol. 8) 'Τού αύτού έτερος Κάνων όμοιος είς τά άγια φώτα.'

(fol. 15) ''Ετερος Κάνων όμοιος είς τήν άγίαν Πεντηκοστήν... '

(fol. 22v) '.. 'Ιωάννου ... τού Δαμασκηνόν 'Εκδοσις άκριβής περί τής όρθοδόξου πίστεως 'in 101 chapters, and one περί θείων όνομάτων added

(fol. 156) 'θέσπισμα τού μεγάλου Κωνσταντίνον περί τού Πάπα 'Ρώμης.'

(fol. 157) 'Εγχειρίδιου 'Επίκτήτου.'

(fol. 168v) '... Διονυσίου ('Αραοπαγίτου) περί τής ούρανίου ίεραρχίας κεφάλαιου ά', κ.τ.λ., preceded by some short pieces. But the ascription of any work to Dionysius is doubtful

(fol. 207) 'Διονυσίου Άρεοπαγίτου ... περί τής έκκλησιαστικής ίεραρχίας.'

(fol. 245v) 'Διονυσίου 'Αρεοπαγίτου ... περί μυστικής θεολογίας.'

(fol. 249) 'Τού αύτόν 'Επιστολαί διάφοροι.'

(fol. 265) (Τού αύτού) 'Περί τών θείων όνομάτων different from the chapter in art. 4

(fol. 317) 'Όρας τής οίκουμενικής Συνόδου, τής έν Φλωρεντία γενομένης', July A.D. 1439.

Date

written in about 1500

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

336 Leaves

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Collection contents

Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville

Theological pieces

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  • Hondt, Pieter de, 1696–1764

  • Orville, Jean d', 18th century

  • Constantine, I, Emperor of Rome, -337

  • Orville, Jean d', 1734-

  • Banks, Rev. John Cleaver, approximately 1766-1845

  • Epictetus

  • Johannes, Damascenus, 675-749

  • Dionysius, the Areopagite, pseudo

  • Orville, Jacques-Philippe d', 1696-1751

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