Beta
Ra 1737
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Gr. 171 (olim Colbert. 5062). No diktyon: 49739.
s. XVI
| Paper, 36 ff., 220 × 160
mm,
1 col., 20 lines per page.
|
Minuscule.
| Scribe:
Κωνσταντῖνος Παλαιοκάππα (ff. 23v-36r)
VGH 247–250; RGK I 225; RGK II 316; RGK III 364.
| Provenance: Mount Athos.
Renaissance Hand
| Owners:
Jean-Jacques Mesmes (1490-1569)
The manuscript belongs to the Mesmes’ Collection as demonstrated by Roman numerals placed on the top of f. 1r (https://data.bnf.fr/de/10715225/jean-jacques_de_mesmes/),
Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683)
The manuscript arrived in the Colbert’s Collection after 1682 (https://data.bnf.fr/12428884/jean-baptiste_colbert/).
The manuscript contains a collection of eleven excerpta from John Chrysostom which is possible to found also in three other twin codices: Paris, BNF, Coislin 14; München, B.S.B., gr. 56; Wien, Ö.N.B., Theol. Gr. 325 (Cf. Pinakes).
| Content | |
| Ir–IIIv | Flyleaves |
| 1r–10r | Iohannes Chrysostomus, Prooemia in Psalmos 1-2 (CPG 4542; Aldama 252) |
| 10v | Blank |
| 11r–23r | Epigrams and various texts. Inc.: Ἄκουε Δαβὶδ τοῦ παρ' ἡμῖν Ὀρφέως· (https://www.dbbe.ugent.be/types/1865) |
| 23v–24v | Blank |
| 25r–34r | Cat. in Ps. fragm., Catena Nicetae, Typus VIII |
| 34v–36r | Cosmas Indicopleustes, Topographia Christiana (CPG 7468) |
| 36r | Prayers |
| 36v | Blank |
| I’r– VI’v | |
Bibliography
Catalogues
Karo G./Lietzmann, H.: Catenarum graecarum catalogus, Göttingen 1902 (Nachrichten von der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, Philologisch–historische Klasse), 34.
Omont, H.: Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale et des autres bibliothèques de Paris et des Départements, Paris 1886–1898, 20.
Online sources