Various Theological Treatises

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Title

Various Theological Treatises

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 43

Date

14th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

1. (fols 1r–112v) Anastasios of Sinai Quaestiones et responsiones (1–21)

2. (fols 112v–117v; 119r) ⟨? Ephrem the Greek⟩ tit. Λόγος κ(α)τ(α)νυκτικὸς περ(ὶ) ψυχῆς καὶ σώμ(α)το(ς) καὶ εἰς τ(ὸ) προσφέρειν δώρα εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησ⟨ίαν⟩ εὔχρηστον κ(αὶ) εἰς τὴν στάσιν τῆς ὑποκρίσεως ἀλλήλους γνωρίσωσιν. inc. Δεῦτε τὸ ἐκλεκτὸν καὶ ἠγαπημένον χ(ριστο)ῦ ποίμνιον … des. τοιαύτης εὐλογημ(ένης) φωνῆς εὐξώμ(ε)θ(α) … νῦν κ(αὶ) ἀεὶ κ(αὶ) εἰς. Cf. Sermo Adhortatorius de Patientia, CPG 4006.

3. (fol. 118v) Sirach

4. (fols 119v–121v) Gregory the Great Dialogorum liber iv, de vita et miraculis Patrum Italicorum et de aeternitate animarum

5. (fols 122r–123v) Life of St Ephrem the Syrian

6. (fols 123v–128r) ⟨Ephrem the Greek⟩ De caritate

7. (fols 128r–148r) ⟨Peter the hieromonk⟩ Life of St Nephon, Bishop of Constantia, Capitula excerpta

8. (fols 148r–155v) ⟨Menander the protector⟩ Visio Constantini, inventio crucis et clavorum

9. (fols 156r–166v) Physiologus

10. (fols 167r–171v) John Chrysostom De ieiunio et eleemosyna

11. (fol. 171v) Note on etymologies of the verb θαυμάζω and the adjective ἅγιος, inc. Ἐτυμολογεῖται δὲ ἐκ τοῦ ἁγιάζω … des. καὶ ὁ ἁγιαζόμενος λέγεται ἅγιος.

12. (fols 172r–181r) Didascalia de Orthodoxiae festis

13. (fols 181r–186v) ⟨John Chrysostom⟩ De annuntiatione et Christi nativitate

14. (fols 186v–187v) Miraculum de baptizato Iudaeorum filio

15. (fols 188r–217r) Homilies on the days of Holy Week

16. (fols 219v–266r) Various extracts: i) fols 219v-264v: 82 extracts from works of John Chrysostom, tit. ἐκλογὴ διαφόρων βιβλίων ἔχουσα κεφάλαια ἐκ τοῦ ἁγίου ἰωάννου τοῦ χρυσοστόμου: ρ´. inc. ἀναγινώσκεται τὰς τοῦ σωτῆρος διδασκαλίας … des. καὶ συμβασιλεύσει τῷ θεῷ, εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. ii) fols 264v-266r: extracts from the Apophthegmata Patrum, Gerontikon, tit. ἕτεροι λόγοι, ἐκ τοῦ γεροντικοῦ, inc. Εἶπεν ὁ ἀβὰς βησαρίων· τεσσαράκοντα νυχθήμερα … des. ἐπιλαθώθεμα τῆς ἔνδων φυλακῆς.

17. (fols 266v–270r) John Chrysostom De paenitentia sermo 3

18. (fols 270v–279v) Sermons on the Beheading of St John the Baptist

19. (fols 279v–293r) Works by Joseph Bryennios

20. (fols 294r–301r) John Chrysostom In Iohannem homilia 13

21. (fols 301v–323r) Life of St Philaretos eleemosynarius

22. (fols 323v–359v) Life of Sts Constantine and Helen

23. (fols 360r–365r) ⟨Ps.⟩Eusebius of ⟨Alexandria⟩ De ieiunio sermo i

24. (fols 365r–372r) Leontios of Constantinople Homilia in ramos palmarum (hom. iii)

25. (fols 372v–374r) tit. Περὶ ἀφορισμ(ὸν) ὃν ἀφόρης(εν) ἐπίσκοπ(ος) πρεσβύτερον· ὕστερον ἔλαβεν κ(αὶ) τ(ὴν) ἐν χ(ριστ)ῶ μαρτυρί(αν), inc. Ἐπίσκοπό(ς) τίς ἡφόρησεν πρεσβύτερον … des. πρὸ(ς) τὸ συμφέρων τ(ῆ)ς ἑαυτῶν σ(ωτη)ρίας· ὅτι αὐτῶ πρέπει … τῶν αἰώνων.

26. (fols 374r–375r) ⟨Narrationes a. Paulo ep. Monembasiae, VIII.⟩

27. (fols 375v–380v) ⟨Narrationes animae utiles: 1y.⟩

28. (fols 380v–392v) John Chrysostom In ss. Petrum et Heliam

29. (fols 392v–409r) ⟨Symeon Metaphrastes⟩ Passion of St Catherine

30. (fols 409r–410r) Theodore the Studite Catechesis 38: De vita patrum imitanda ac de permanendo in quo vocati sumus apud deum

31. (fols 410r–412r) Lausiac History

32. (fols 412r–414v) inc. Διηγήσατο ὁ ἀββὰς Ἰω(άννης) ὁ καισενούφιος (leg. καὶ Βαρσανούφιος) περί τινος μοναχοῦ· ὃς τὴν πόρρω ἔρημον κατειληφῶς … des. τῶ θ(ε)ῶ δια π(αν)τὸς εὐχαριστῶν. ed. A.-J. Festugière, Historia monachorum in Aegypto, Brussels: Société des Bollandistes, 1971: 4–138, Vita 1, 291–391.

33. (fols 414v–415r) Apophthegmata Patrum

34. (fols 415r–415v) inc. Ἀναχωρητὴς ἐκάθητο εἰς τὴν ἐσωτέραν ἔρημον … des. ἐκαρτέρησεν ἐκεῖ τ(ὸν) χρόν(ον) τῆς ζωῆς αὐτοῦ.

35. ( Fols 415v–416r) Ἦν τις γέρων καθ’ ἑκάστην ἐσθίων τρεῖς παξαμάδας … des. ἐνισχύουσα τὸν ἄν(θρωπ)ον. ed. F. Nau, "Histoires des solitaires égyptiens," Revue de l'Orient Chrétien 12 (1907) 56, apophth. 20.

36. (fol. 416r) John Climacus Scala Paradisi

37. (fol. 416r) tit. Ἡσαΐου· inc. Εἶπεν οὖν ὁ ἀββὰς ἡσαΐας· ὅτι ὁ κόπος … des. ἡ ἀποταγή, ed. J.-C. Guy, Les apophtegmes des pères. Collection systématique, chapitres i-ix, Sources chrétiennes 387, Paris 1993, ch. 1. paragraph 9. pp. 102–122

Apophthegmata Patrum

39. (fols 424r–426v) ⟨Leontios of Constantinople⟩ Homilia in transfigurationem domini (hom. xiv)

40. (fols 427r–441v) John Chrysostom Quod nemo potest salvare hominem non facientem paenitentiam

41. (fols 442r–444r) ⟨Anastasios of Sinai (?)⟩ Disputatio adversus Iudaeos

42. (fols 445r–450v) Life of St Philotheos, son of Justus

43. (fols 450v–464v) ⟨?⟩John of Damascus Oratio de his qui in fide dormierunt

44. (fols 465r–467v) ⟨Ephrem τhe Greek⟩ Sermo in pulcherrimum Ioseph

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

ii + 469 leaves. Blank fols: 6v; 293v.

Hands

Several scribes.

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: ANASTASII/ ET VARIORUM/ PATRUM/ OPUSCULA/ GR. – /M. S./ SÆC. XIV./ in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 43

Provenance

Ownership Notes: fol. 1r (at the bottom): handwritten note in black ink by B. de Montfaucon: 1698· Cod. num. 57. annorum circ./ 300· Anastasii Sinaita quæstiones/ et variorum patrum opuscula. fol. 118r: + ἠ πάρουσα βήβλὸς εστὴ της κηρήας της οδη/γητρήας του Βαρσαμονερου και απου/θε ταναλόση Ραχη Βησαριας … + ὰφέντη Γούμενε χερης εν/ κυρίο τη αγηωσοῖνη σου πολα χερε/ται. This note was misread by Barbour (1960) 600 as ‘ The wife of Demetrius Barsamonero [Crete]’.

Old Catalogue Nrs: 1st paste-down (left bottom corner, written in pencil): 663 b.; fol. ir: (in pencil); Holk Cat. No. 57 81 CI.B7/; fol. 1r (at the bottom, in grey ink): ΜΗον = Morezenos 48, Giustiniani 57, Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 81.

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