Beta
Ra 534
s. XI
| Parchment, 229 ff.
4 missing folios, see Content; last counted leaf: f. 230r
, 369 × 280
mm,
2 col., 50–53 lines per page.
|
Minuscule.
| Provenance: Cyprus (see Devreesse, Catalogue, pp. iv–vi). Father Athanasios Rhetor, a Cypriot priest who had lived in Paris for several years, was hired in 1642 to acquire manuscripts. In 1643, Athanasios sent a total of 46 manuscripts from Cyprus to Paris to Pierre Séguier (1588–1672), including Ra 534. These manuscripts came into Séguier’s possession at the beginning of 1646. After Séguier’s death, his library passed to his nephew, Henri-Charles du Cambout, Duke of Coislin. In 1735, the Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Germain took over the manuscript collection. Finally, between 1795 and 1796, the Coislin collection, along with the manuscripts from Saint-Germain, was transferred to the Bibliothèque Nationale.
Missions 2, S. 855; cf. Devreesse, Catalogue, xiv
| Owners:
Athanasios Rhetor (1571–1663)
see Omont, Missions, p. 20; Constantinides/Browning, Manuscripts, pp. 24–25; and the short autobiography of Athanasius in Cod. Paris. Suppl. gr. 1027, ff. 348v–350v,
Pierre Séguier (1588–1672),
Henri-Charles du Cambout de Coislin (1664–1732)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3130355,
Abbaye de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, between 1735–1795/96,
Bibliothèque nationale de France, since 1795/96.
Idt.; Mac I–IV; XVI proph.; Hexasophion; N.T. (without Gospels).
| According to Drevreesse, the codex originally comprised a total of 57 quires, with the quire numbers indicated at the beginning and end of each quire. However, 17 quires are missing, along with four individual leaves from within the codex. Regarding the textual character of Ra 534, it is notable that this manuscript in the prophetic books attests to unique readings (“Sonderlesarten”) that are also found in certain daughter versions. This suggests a great antiquity of the tradition underlying this manuscript. In the Minor Prophets, Ra 534 is a notable carrier of variant readings, serving as a witness to the Alexandrian text (Ziegler, Duodecim prophetae, 39), and in part aligns with the Catena group (ibid., 90f.), which at times has preserved the pre-Hexaplaric text (cf. ibid. 97 with the example of Os. 4:3). In the Book of Daniel, Ra 534 shows an affinity with the Arabic tradition. Ziegler lists a series of unique readings that are represented only by Ra 534 and Arab and concludes that Ra 534 and the Arabic version derive from the same source (see Munnich-Ziegler, Daniel, 142). In the Corpus Ieremiae, Ra 534 is considered the “most idiosyncratic” manuscript (Ziegler, Jeremias, 62). Ziegler notes that Ra 534 exhibits unique readings in Baruch and Epistula Ieremiae that it shares with the Old Latin, indicating a relationship with the Vetus Latina (Ziegler, Jeremias, 22). Additionally, Ziegler demonstrates close connections between Ra 534 and the Old Armenian, not only in the Book of Jeremiah but also particularly in the Book of Ezekiel, chapters 1–20 (Ziegler, Jeremias, 39; idem, Ezechiel, 21). Regarding the text type, Hanhart’s classification in Judith is not clear-cut: in his edition, he lists Ra 534 among the codices mixti, but in his text history (p. 57), he associates Ra 534 with the b-group. In the Wisdom books, Ra 534 forms a pair with Ra 613 (Ra 534′ = 534-613), which is related to the a-group in Sap. and Sir. In Iob, Ra 534 is not as strongly Lucianic as Ra 613. In the case of Sap., Ziegler points out many corruptions that suggest a majuscule Vorlage (Ziegler, Sapientia Salomonis, 9); he also identifies unique readings that Ra 534 shares with the Old Latin (ibid., 21). Gentry has classified Ra 534 within the Egyptian text-type for Ecclesiastes.
| Collation: Br.-M. (siglum “l”); LXXGot
| Text-type: codices mixti (Idt.); L (I–III Macc); θ′-text (Dan.); Q-text (Corpus Ieremiae); “Teilzeuge” of the Alexandrian text-type (Is.); cII (Ez.); Alexandrian text-type, partly close to the C-group (XII proph.); Egyptian text-type (Eccl.); Lucianic influence (Iob); related to the a-group (Sap. Sir.).
Bibliography
Constantinides, C.N./Browning, R. (eds.): Dated Greek Manuscripts from Cyprus to the Year 1570 (Texts and Studies of the History of Cyprus 18 = Dumbarton Oaks Studies 30), Washington 1993, 24–25 (Provenance).
Gentry, P.J.: Text History of the Greek Ecclesiastes. Introduction to the Göttingen Septuagint Edition of Ecclesiastes (De Septuaginta Investigationes 17), Göttingen 2022, 102 (on Eccl).
Hanhart, R.: Text und Textgeschichte des Buches Judith (AAWG.PH Dritte Folge, 109 = MSU 14), Göttingen 1979, 57 (on. Idt).
Omont, H.: Missions archéologiques françaises en Orient aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles vol. 1–2 (CDHF), Paris 1902, 20.
Rincel, Les collectionneurs français de manuscrits grecs du Moyen Age à la Révolution, 2022, 870–914 (Provenance).
Catalogues
Aland, K.: Kurzgefaßte Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin et al. 2nd ed. 1994, 182 (Nr. 2344).
Omont, H.: Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Nationale vol. 3, Paris 1888, 113.
Editions
Gentry, P.J. (ed.): Ecclesiastes (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI/2), Göttingen 2019, 5, 54 (Ra 534′ = 534-613; 68′ = 68-534; 68′’ = 68-534-613).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Iudith (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum VIII,4), Göttingen 1979, 10, 23 (collated from Idt. 3:10 onwards).
Hanhart, R. (ed.): Maccabaeorum liber III (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum IX/3), Göttingen 2nd ed. 1980, 7, 17.
Kappler, W. (ed.): Maccabaeorum liber I (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Litterarum Gottingensis editum IX/1), Göttingen 3rd ed. 1990, 26.
Kappler, W./Hanhart, R. (eds.): Maccabaeorum liber II, copiis usus quas reliquit Werner Kappler edidit Robert Hanhart (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum IX/2), Göttingen 4th ed. 2017, 7, 18.
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Duodecim prophetae (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIII), Göttingen 3rd ed. 1984, 9, 39, 53, 91 (Ra 534′ = 534-538).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Ezechiel. Mit einem Nachtrag von D. Fraenkel (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XVI/1), Göttingen 4th ed. 2015, 9, 21, 58 (cII = 130-233-534).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Iob (Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XI,4), Göttingen 1982, 13, 110 (Ra 534′ = 534-613).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Isaias (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XIV), Göttingen 3rd ed. 1983, 9, 21.
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Jeremias, Baruch, Threni, Epistula Jeremiae (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XV), Göttingen 3rd ed. 2006, 9, 22, 39, 59, 62.
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Iesu Filii Sirach (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/2), Göttingen 3rd ed. 2016, 7, 12, 56 (Ra 534′ = 534-613).
Ziegler, J. (ed.): Sapientia Salomonis (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XII/1), Göttingen 3rd ed. 2017, 9, 21, 48 (Ra 534′ = 534-613).
Ziegler, J./Munnich, O./Fraenkel, D. (eds.): Susanna. Daniel. Bel et Draco (Septuaginta. Vetus Testamentum Graecum auctoritate Academiae Scientiarum Gottingensis editum XVI/2), Göttingen 2nd ed. 1999, 122, 124, 142 (Ra 46’ = 46-534; 46′’ = 46-130-534).
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