Beta

Ra 1713

Oxford, New College, New College 31. No diktyon: 48713.
s. XVI | Paper, 440 ff.  The exact number of leaves is 444, since ff. 90, 100, 176 and 300 are double. ff. 62v-66v, 135, 320v are blank, 340 × 230 mm, 1 col., 30-38 lines per page  The number of the lines changes according to the scribe.. |  Minuscule (Renaissance Hands). | Scribes: Bερναρδῖνος ὁ Σάνδρος ο Κρεμοναῖος (s. XVI)  ff. 1r-22v, 147r-245v, 375r-440v – VGH:59; RGK I 40; RGK II 60; RGK III 76. Lobel (1931:99, pl. I); cf. Woolfson (2000:83); Pietrobelli (2013:142); Chatzopoulou (2021), Gentianus Hervetus (1499–1584)  ff. 22r-40v, 246r-374v – RGK I 47; RGK III 85. Lobel (1931:99-101, pl. II); cf. Woolfson (2000:82-83); Pietrobelli (2013:142), Βερνάρδος ὁ Φελικιανὸς (ca. 1490–1552)  ff. 41r-62v, 125r-146v – VGH:59; RGK I 39; RGK II 59; RGK III 75. Lobel (1931:98-99, pl. III); cf. Pietrobelli (2013:142), Κωνσταντῖνος Μεσοβώτης (s. XVI)  ff. 67r-124v. – VGH:241, 246; RGK I 224; RGK II 315; RGK III 363. Lobel (1931:99, pl. IV); cf. Pietrobelli (2013:142); Martinelli Tempesta (2020). | Owner: Reginald Pole card. (1500-1558)  Archbishop of Canterbury. After his death, all of his manuscripts were acquired by New College (Oxford); cf. Woolfson (200:79-95).
Catena in Psalmos. Catena Typus III, Karo-Lietzmann (1912:26-28, 65). Same as that of Ra 1133 (Cod. Parisinus gr. 139). CPG C16. Cf. Mühlenberg (1978: 23-25); Dorival (1986: 246); Vanderschelden (2018: 406-407). | First part of a manuscript divided into three volumes, while the third volume has been lost. Vol. I: Ra 1713, Cat. in Ps 1:1–68:7; vol. II: Ra 1702, Cat. in Ps 68:8–103:4a; vol. III: lost. Ra 1713 contains a Catena commentary on the Psalms (from Ps 1:1–67:8), which was written by different scribes identified in 1931 by Lobel. The quires of the manuscripts are indicated in a peculiar way (cf. Irigoin, Typologie et description codicologique, p. 98) and in some folios the names of the scribes, written in Latin characters, are visible on the edge of the lower margin (cf. Lobel, Cardinal Pole’s Manuscripts, p. 100). Some examples: f. 17 “Cremonini”; f. 31 “Genciani”; f. 59 “Bernardi”; f. 87 “Constantini”. The names of the exegetes are rubricated; ff. 041r-062v, 125r-146v (scribe C) have decorated and rubricated initial letters. | Text-type: L.
Content
Catena in Ps 1:1–68:7
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Catalogues
Coxe, H., O.: Catalogus codicum mss. qui in collegiis aulisque oxoniensibus hodie adservantur, Oxonii 1852, 8. 
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