Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts : Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew 48-68

Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew 48-68 (Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 14)

Emmanuel College, MS 14 was probably copied in the 11th or 12th century, and is the first volume of a set of two (the second being Emmanuel MS 15). It contains 21 homilies by the Patriarch of Constantinople, John Chrysostom, In Matthaeum homiliae (48-68) (Emmanuel MS 15 contains homilies 68-90). Emmanuel MSS 12-15, which all contain copies of Chrysostom's homilies on the Gospel of Matthew, share a common provenance and history, and were used by Frederick Field for his edition of the homilies (Cambridge 1839; see vol. 1, p. XVIII and XXI).

Dr Matteo Di Franco

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Physical Location: Emmanuel College Library
Classmark: Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 14
Alternative Identifier(s): Diktyon 11838
Subject(s): John Chrysostom, Saint, -407
Author(s): John Chrysostom
Date of Creation: in the 11th or 12th century
Former Owner(s): Askew, Anthony, 1722-1774; Askew, Adam 1752-1844; Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825
Note(s): Defective at the beginning and the end.;
- Hom. 48: ff. 1r-5v (from PG 58, col. 489 line 43 to 494 line 50 κατ’ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ γενόμενον τύπτης)
- Hom. 49: ff. [8]r-15v (from 497 line 4 τὸ δρᾶμα αὐτοὺς)
- Hom. 50: ff. 15v-19r with lacuna: f. [17]v ends at 506 line 60 τὸν ἄνεμον ἐᾶ, f. [18]r starts from 508 line 51 πρᾶγμα βεβαιώσας
- Hom. 51: ff. [19]r-27r
- Hom. 52: ff. 27v-[34]v
- Hom. 53: ff. [34]v-[41]v
- Hom. 54: ff. [41]v-[49]r
- Hom. 55: ff. [49]v-[57]r
- Hom. 56: ff. [57]r-[65]v
- Hom. 57: ff. [66]r-[73]r
- Hom. 58: ff. [73]r-[80]v
- Hom. 59: ff. [80]v-[90]v
- Hom. 60: ff. [90]v-[94]v
- Hom. 61: ff. [94]v-101v
- Hom. 62: ff. 101v-[104]v with lacuna: f. [102]v ends at 597 line 21 οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας, f. [103]r starts at 601 line 37 τούτων ἁπάντων ἠλευθερωμένα
- Hom. 63: ff. [104]v-[110]r
- Hom. 64: ff. [110]r-[117]v
- Hom. 65: ff. [118]r-[126]r
- Hom. 66: ff. [126]r-[132]v
- Hom. 67: ff. [132]v-139r
- Hom. 68: ff. 139r-[144]v (ends at PG 58, col. 645 line 33; continues on Emmanuel MS 15)
; PG 58, 489-645; CPG 4424; TLG 2062.152
Extent: Codex iii + 142 + iii Leaf height: 351 mm, width: 252 mm.
Collation:
The manuscript consists of 19 quires, all quaternia. The signatures indicate that a further two quires have been lost at the beginning of the manuscript.
- Quire 1^8-4 ff. 1-[4] The first four folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 2⁸ ff. 5-[12]
- Quire 3^8-2 ff. 15-[20] The fourth and fifth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 4-13⁸ ff. 21-[100]
- Quire 14^8-4 ff. 101-[104] The third-sixth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 15-19⁸ ff. 105-[144]
Signatures in Greek numerals in brown ink on first recto, lower internal corner, from quire 3 (f. 15r) from εʹ to καʹ, continuing on Emmanuel MS 15.
Later signatures in Greek numerals in light-brown ink on the outer margins of the first recto and last verso of quires 14-19, numbered α-ε and 6 from f. 101r, continuing in Emmanuel MS 15.
Modern signatures in Greek numerals in pencil on first recto of quires 3-9 from εʹ to ιαʹ from f. 15r.
Material: Parchment (FHHF), of medium thickness and quality.
Format: Codex
Condition: There are holes in some folios (e.g. f. 1). There is some cockling and creasing, including pleating to f. [6]. There are drops of wax, areas of dirt and water staining, very extensive in the first few folios, which has contributed to some abrasion of text and transfer of ink to the facing page, particularly on ff. [4]v-5r.
Binding:
18th-century full leather binding over millboards, sewn with cord on single raised supports, boards attached with laced-in slips Separate-sewn endbands, the outermost and the pastedowns of marbled paper. Hatched leather on the boards, with decorative gold tooling on boards and spine. The title "Chrysostomi Homiliae Vol. III. MS" is tooled in gold on black labels on the spine, and the classmark appears on patches.
Binding height: 363 mm, width: 283 mm, depth: 60 mm.
The left outer joint is split at the tail, both endcaps are damaged and the tailband is starting to unravel. The leather covering has become flaky.
Accompanying Material:
Description slip from F. Field's edition (1839) pasted on f. [i] verso.
Script:
The manuscript is written in a mixed minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown and dark brown ink, pending from the ruling line. There is only moderate variation in letter size. Tails are occasionally flourished into the lower margins.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscription appear only at the ends of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is not in use.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper point and full stop.
Foliation:
The manuscript is foliated with the numbers [i-iii] + 1, [2-4], 5, [6-12], 15, [16-20], 21, [22-26], 27, [28], 29, [30-35], 36-37, [38-44], 45, [46-52], 53, [54-60], 61, [62-68], 69, [70-76], 77, [78-84], 85, [86-92], 93, [94-100], 101, [102-104], 105, [106-112], 113, [114-120], 121, [122-128], 129, [130-136], 137, [138], 139, [140-144] + [iv-vi], in Arabic numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right. The thirteenth folio is erroneously numbered as f. 15, and all numbers thereafter are too large by two.
Layout: Two columns of 33 lines. Written height: 257 mm, width: 175 mm. Pricking survives in the upper and lowre margins, but much has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 44C2. Text hangs from the lines.
Decoration: Headpiece outlined in red ink on f. 15v.
Initials in red ink for each homily.
Additions:
A notes on f. [iii] verso: A reference to the edition by Henry Savile, Sancti Ioannis Chrysostomi opera Graece, Eton College, 1612-13: "Vide Editionem Sancti Chrysostomi Etonae impressam curante Henrico Savilio Anno MDCXII. Vol. 2. p. 113. l. 35 ἀλλὰ καὶ λίθων καὶ πάσης εὐκόλως κ.τ.λ."
A note of provenance on lower margin of f. 1r: "απο το μοναστηρι του κασταμονητη".
Provenance: The manuscript comes from the Monastery of Kastamoniti of Mount Athos (see notes on lower margin of f. 1r: "απο το μοναστηρι του κασταμονητη"). The manuscript was bought by Anthony Askew (1722-1774), physician and book collector, in his travel to the Mt Athos. After his death, the manuscripts were sold by G. Leigh and J. Sotheby in the auction of his library in 1785 (Lot. n. 612), but his son Adam Askew (1752-1844) was able to get possession of them again and gave them to Samuel Parr (1747-1825) and eventually presented by him to Emmanuel College in 1814, as in the note on f. [iii] verso.
Origin: The manuscript was copied in in the 11th or 12th century.
Acquisition:
Eventually presented to Emmanuel College by Samuel Parr in 1814.
Funding: The Polonsky Foundation
Data Source(s): Description (2021) draws on M.R. James, The Western manuscripts in the library of Emmanuel College: a descriptive catalogue, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1904, p. 12-13.
Author(s) of the Record: Matteo Di Franco
Excerpts:
Incipit: f. 1r ἡ δὲ καὶ συγκατασκευάζει τὸ δρᾶμα καὶ παγίδα τίθησι· καὶ αἰτεῖ χάριν σατανικήν
Explicit: f. [144]v ἐγὼ δὲ ἐλεύθερος· καὶ ἐς ἐλευθέρων. δικαίους πόνους αἱρούμενος. οὐδὲ ὄναρ ταῦτα φαντασθῆναι δύναμαι
Bibliography:
James, M. R., The Western manuscripts in the library of Emmanuel College: a descriptive catalogue (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1904).
Aubineau, Michel, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci I Codices Britanniae et Hiberniae (Paris: CNRS éditions, 1968).
Stubbings, Frank H, A brief history of Emmanuel College Library (Cambridge: Emmanuel College Library, 1981).
Sachot, Maurice, Les homélies grecques sur la Transfiguration: tradition manuscrite (Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1987).
Easterling, Patricia E., "From Britain to Byzantium: the study of Greek manuscripts", in Robin Cormack and Elizabeth Jeffreys (eds), Through the looking glass: Byzantium through British eyes. Papers from the twenty-ninth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, London, March 1995, Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies publications 7 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000) 107-120.
Barone, Francesca P. and Sever J. Voicu, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci VIII: I: Codices Ancyrae et Constantinopolis II: Addenda et Corrigenda ad volumina I-IV (Paris: CNRS éditions, 2018).

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Physical Location: Emmanuel College Library
Classmark: Cambridge, Emmanuel College, MS 14
Alternative Identifier(s): Diktyon 11838
Subject(s): John Chrysostom, Saint, -407
Author(s): John Chrysostom
Date of Creation: in the 11th or 12th century
Former Owner(s): Askew, Anthony, 1722-1774; Askew, Adam 1752-1844; Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825
Note(s): Defective at the beginning and the end.;
- Hom. 48: ff. 1r-5v (from PG 58, col. 489 line 43 to 494 line 50 κατ’ εἰκόνα Θεοῦ γενόμενον τύπτης)
- Hom. 49: ff. [8]r-15v (from 497 line 4 τὸ δρᾶμα αὐτοὺς)
- Hom. 50: ff. 15v-19r with lacuna: f. [17]v ends at 506 line 60 τὸν ἄνεμον ἐᾶ, f. [18]r starts from 508 line 51 πρᾶγμα βεβαιώσας
- Hom. 51: ff. [19]r-27r
- Hom. 52: ff. 27v-[34]v
- Hom. 53: ff. [34]v-[41]v
- Hom. 54: ff. [41]v-[49]r
- Hom. 55: ff. [49]v-[57]r
- Hom. 56: ff. [57]r-[65]v
- Hom. 57: ff. [66]r-[73]r
- Hom. 58: ff. [73]r-[80]v
- Hom. 59: ff. [80]v-[90]v
- Hom. 60: ff. [90]v-[94]v
- Hom. 61: ff. [94]v-101v
- Hom. 62: ff. 101v-[104]v with lacuna: f. [102]v ends at 597 line 21 οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς δημιουργίας, f. [103]r starts at 601 line 37 τούτων ἁπάντων ἠλευθερωμένα
- Hom. 63: ff. [104]v-[110]r
- Hom. 64: ff. [110]r-[117]v
- Hom. 65: ff. [118]r-[126]r
- Hom. 66: ff. [126]r-[132]v
- Hom. 67: ff. [132]v-139r
- Hom. 68: ff. 139r-[144]v (ends at PG 58, col. 645 line 33; continues on Emmanuel MS 15)
; PG 58, 489-645; CPG 4424; TLG 2062.152
Extent: Codex iii + 142 + iii Leaf height: 351 mm, width: 252 mm.
Collation:
The manuscript consists of 19 quires, all quaternia. The signatures indicate that a further two quires have been lost at the beginning of the manuscript.
- Quire 1^8-4 ff. 1-[4] The first four folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quire 2⁸ ff. 5-[12]
- Quire 3^8-2 ff. 15-[20] The fourth and fifth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 4-13⁸ ff. 21-[100]
- Quire 14^8-4 ff. 101-[104] The third-sixth folios have been lost, with loss of text.
- Quires 15-19⁸ ff. 105-[144]
Signatures in Greek numerals in brown ink on first recto, lower internal corner, from quire 3 (f. 15r) from εʹ to καʹ, continuing on Emmanuel MS 15.
Later signatures in Greek numerals in light-brown ink on the outer margins of the first recto and last verso of quires 14-19, numbered α-ε and 6 from f. 101r, continuing in Emmanuel MS 15.
Modern signatures in Greek numerals in pencil on first recto of quires 3-9 from εʹ to ιαʹ from f. 15r.
Material: Parchment (FHHF), of medium thickness and quality.
Format: Codex
Condition: There are holes in some folios (e.g. f. 1). There is some cockling and creasing, including pleating to f. [6]. There are drops of wax, areas of dirt and water staining, very extensive in the first few folios, which has contributed to some abrasion of text and transfer of ink to the facing page, particularly on ff. [4]v-5r.
Binding:
18th-century full leather binding over millboards, sewn with cord on single raised supports, boards attached with laced-in slips Separate-sewn endbands, the outermost and the pastedowns of marbled paper. Hatched leather on the boards, with decorative gold tooling on boards and spine. The title "Chrysostomi Homiliae Vol. III. MS" is tooled in gold on black labels on the spine, and the classmark appears on patches.
Binding height: 363 mm, width: 283 mm, depth: 60 mm.
The left outer joint is split at the tail, both endcaps are damaged and the tailband is starting to unravel. The leather covering has become flaky.
Accompanying Material:
Description slip from F. Field's edition (1839) pasted on f. [i] verso.
Script:
The manuscript is written in a mixed minuscule script, upright or slanting slightly to the right, in brown and dark brown ink, pending from the ruling line. There is only moderate variation in letter size. Tails are occasionally flourished into the lower margins.
Syllabic abbreviations and superscription appear only at the ends of lines. Breathings are round and mute iota is not in use.
Punctuation used includes the middle and upper point and full stop.
Foliation:
The manuscript is foliated with the numbers [i-iii] + 1, [2-4], 5, [6-12], 15, [16-20], 21, [22-26], 27, [28], 29, [30-35], 36-37, [38-44], 45, [46-52], 53, [54-60], 61, [62-68], 69, [70-76], 77, [78-84], 85, [86-92], 93, [94-100], 101, [102-104], 105, [106-112], 113, [114-120], 121, [122-128], 129, [130-136], 137, [138], 139, [140-144] + [iv-vi], in Arabic numerals, in pencil, recto, upper right. The thirteenth folio is erroneously numbered as f. 15, and all numbers thereafter are too large by two.
Layout: Two columns of 33 lines. Written height: 257 mm, width: 175 mm. Pricking survives in the upper and lowre margins, but much has been lost to cropping. Ruled in hardpoint, system Leroy 1, type Leroy 44C2. Text hangs from the lines.
Decoration: Headpiece outlined in red ink on f. 15v.
Initials in red ink for each homily.
Additions:
A notes on f. [iii] verso: A reference to the edition by Henry Savile, Sancti Ioannis Chrysostomi opera Graece, Eton College, 1612-13: "Vide Editionem Sancti Chrysostomi Etonae impressam curante Henrico Savilio Anno MDCXII. Vol. 2. p. 113. l. 35 ἀλλὰ καὶ λίθων καὶ πάσης εὐκόλως κ.τ.λ."
A note of provenance on lower margin of f. 1r: "απο το μοναστηρι του κασταμονητη".
Provenance: The manuscript comes from the Monastery of Kastamoniti of Mount Athos (see notes on lower margin of f. 1r: "απο το μοναστηρι του κασταμονητη"). The manuscript was bought by Anthony Askew (1722-1774), physician and book collector, in his travel to the Mt Athos. After his death, the manuscripts were sold by G. Leigh and J. Sotheby in the auction of his library in 1785 (Lot. n. 612), but his son Adam Askew (1752-1844) was able to get possession of them again and gave them to Samuel Parr (1747-1825) and eventually presented by him to Emmanuel College in 1814, as in the note on f. [iii] verso.
Origin: The manuscript was copied in in the 11th or 12th century.
Acquisition:
Eventually presented to Emmanuel College by Samuel Parr in 1814.
Funding: The Polonsky Foundation
Data Source(s): Description (2021) draws on M.R. James, The Western manuscripts in the library of Emmanuel College: a descriptive catalogue, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1904, p. 12-13.
Author(s) of the Record: Matteo Di Franco
Excerpts:
Incipit: f. 1r ἡ δὲ καὶ συγκατασκευάζει τὸ δρᾶμα καὶ παγίδα τίθησι· καὶ αἰτεῖ χάριν σατανικήν
Explicit: f. [144]v ἐγὼ δὲ ἐλεύθερος· καὶ ἐς ἐλευθέρων. δικαίους πόνους αἱρούμενος. οὐδὲ ὄναρ ταῦτα φαντασθῆναι δύναμαι
Bibliography:
James, M. R., The Western manuscripts in the library of Emmanuel College: a descriptive catalogue (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1904).
Aubineau, Michel, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci I Codices Britanniae et Hiberniae (Paris: CNRS éditions, 1968).
Stubbings, Frank H, A brief history of Emmanuel College Library (Cambridge: Emmanuel College Library, 1981).
Sachot, Maurice, Les homélies grecques sur la Transfiguration: tradition manuscrite (Paris: Éditions du Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1987).
Easterling, Patricia E., "From Britain to Byzantium: the study of Greek manuscripts", in Robin Cormack and Elizabeth Jeffreys (eds), Through the looking glass: Byzantium through British eyes. Papers from the twenty-ninth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, London, March 1995, Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies publications 7 (Aldershot: Ashgate, 2000) 107-120.
Barone, Francesca P. and Sever J. Voicu, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci VIII: I: Codices Ancyrae et Constantinopolis II: Addenda et Corrigenda ad volumina I-IV (Paris: CNRS éditions, 2018).

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Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts : Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew 48-68

John Chrysostom