Lives of Susinnius and Susinnodorus — 15th century
MS. D'Orville 110
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Lives of Susinnius and Susinnodorus — 15th century
Cyranides — 15th century
Life of Pindar — 15th century
Treatise on scholastic philosophy (?) — 15th century
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 110
Date
15th century
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Physical extent
i + 138leaves
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
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
Four greek pieces
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 110
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1) 'Βίος καί πολιτία τών άγίων τού Χρίστου Συσιννίου καί Συσιννοδώρου τών αύταδελφων τής άγίας Μελετίνης.'
(fol. 4) 'Πίναζ τής παρούσης πυκτίδος περιέχων θεραπείας διαφόρους όλου τού σώματος καί πάντος πάθους' διά λίθων καί βοτανών ζώων τε τετραπόδων πετεινών καί ίχθύων θαλασσίων.'
(fol. 124) 'Περί τού γένους Πινdάρον', a life of Pindar: beg. 'Πίνδαρος τό μέν γένος', ends (imperfect) 'τής ποιητικής γραφής καί'
(fol. 133) A fragment of a treatise stated to be about scholastic philosophy: beg. 'To μέν στενόν τής διανίας', ends 'έστί τικόν.
The list is incomplete at end: the body of the work begins on fol. 25 with two prologues (begg. θεού δώρον μέγιστον, and τή οίκεία θυγατρί, connecting the book with Hermes Trismegistus and Harpocration): the text beg. ''Αρχή τού αλφα στοιχίου. Κεφαλαίου πρώτον, περί άμπέλων ...': ends (some leaves lost) 'φοβήθητε τόν είπόντα in chap. 216, out of 231, but 230-31 are on fols. 22v-24v.
This treatise is very similar to one described in Harles's Fabricius Bibl. Græca i. 70 (from a Madrid MS. Greek no. 110, very fully catalogued in Iriarte's Catalogue [1769] p. 431), entitled Kυρανίς, and stated to be translated from the Syriac: it belongs to the series of mystic works attributed to Hermes Trismegistus. In both MSS. besides the four books of the Kνρανίς there are added other kindred chapters.
Date
written in the 15th cent.
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
138 Leaves
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