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Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, suppl. gr. 690

Additional Information

  • Appr. Date: 11th c. (11th c. (ca. 1075-1085))
  • Genres: Varia
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

A medley of heterogeneous items by various authors, ranging from ancient aenigmata to oneirocritica to hymns to excerpts from ancient poems to Physiologus.
For a detailed list of contents, see Catalog and Online Resources (esp. detailed description by M.D. Lauxtermann).

Not listed in Pinakes:
Psellus, Michael. Poems. Ed. Westerink 1992.
Fols. 70r-73v: [POE.17, 10, 91].
Fol. 79r-v: [POE.123].
Fols. 112v-113r: [POE.62].

Inside the front cover (in different hands): +Τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον ὑπάρχει Φιλήμωνος ἱερομοναχοῦ.
Κωνσταντίνου (?) πρωτοσυγκέλλου τῆς Μεγάλης Ἐκλισίας (sic) [...].
+Τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον ὑπάρχει Μαξίμου ἱερομοναχοῦ [...].

Inside the back cover: A signature "Μαξίμου ἱερομοναχοῦ καὶ πρωτοσυγκέλλου τῆς Μεγάλης Ἐκκλησίας" written two times, as if the scribe made a mistake and started again below.

Includes an index on 13 leaves preceding fol. 1, written in the handwriting of M[inoide]. Mynas of Paris. suppl. gr. 655. See also Paris. suppl. gr. 1226-1251.

Bibliography

  • Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale (Open in Zotero)
  • Iter Psellianum: A Detailed Listing of Manuscript Sources for All Works Attributed to Michael Psellos, Including a Comprehensive Bibliography (Open in Zotero)
  • Byzantine Poetry from Pisides to Geometres: Texts and Contexts (Open in Zotero)

External Online Resources