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London, British Library, Add. 36749

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Additional Information

  • Appr. Date: 15th c., 10th c. (10th & 15th c.)
  • Genres: Letters
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

For an overview, see Richard, pp. 65sq. (in bibliography) and Pinakes (in online resources). For a fuller description, list of contents and partial bibliography, see Catalogue of Additions for years 1900-1905 (pub. 1907, repub. 1969), pp. 206-208 (not online). As of the writing of this entry, this manuscript has not yet been digitized and put online; see however the library’s manuscript division page in online resources for any updated information.

Fols. 2sqq. Epistulæ Gregori Nazianzeni et (fol. 129) ejusdem carmina.

131v- 134r Greek Anthology Appendix, epigram no. 75 (στίχοι ἡμίαμβοι, ἤτουν διάμετροι ἀκατάληκτοι), given by Cougny’s edition (TLG 7052.004) as being by Paul the Silentiary, but by the manuscript as by Chœrosphactes (Λέοντος Μαγίστρου· Pinakes has “sub nomine Leonis Magistri”).

134v-135r  Chœrosphactes, Carmina 2-4 (TLG 3068.002).

135v & sqq.  Epistulæ (TLG 3243.001). Incipit prima (Ἀναστασίῳ Μητροπολίτῃ Ἠρακλείας καὶ Οἰκονόμῳ), «Εἴ τις ὠφέλεια τοῖς ἓξ προσεγένετο τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ μησίν...»

219v  Incipit pagina, «...τῇ αὐτῇ. Καὶ τὸ τῆς βύβλου ταύτης ἀπορρέον ἀπαντλησάμενον...

232r  Desinunt pagina opusque, «...οὐδὲ τῷ θεῷ μεμελημένη ψυχὴ τῷ καθεκάστην εὐχὰς ἀναφέρειν ἀταράχῳ νοΐ, μεμνῆσθαι τῶν συνήθων, ἀγάπα καὶ φίλων» (TLG 3243.001).

233  Hierocles in Pythagoræ Aurea Carmina

Bibliography

  • The British Library: Guide to the Catalogues and Indexes of the Department of Manuscripts (Open in Zotero)
  • Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum (Open in Zotero)
  • The Catalogues of the Manuscript Collections in the British Museum (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years... (Open in Zotero)