Western Medieval Manuscripts : John Chrysostom

Western Medieval Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'>This manuscript, probably copied between the 10th and the 11th century, contains a selection of homilies by the Patriarch of Constantinople, <i>John Chrysostom</i> (d. 407). In all likelihood, given the worn condition of the final leaves, the manuscript comes from the final part of a larger original manuscript. Ten quires, containing at least six more homilies, are missing, before the part preserved here. Three quires and other leaves are missing from within the portion preserved here, and a quire containing the conclusion of the last homily is also missing from the end.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The manuscript has been foliated twice; here we follow the second foliation since the first one has been struck out. The difference between the two is 80, so that f. 1r corresponds to f. 81r of the previous numbering.</p>