Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts : Origen of Alexandria

Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts

<p style='text-align: justify;'>The manuscript B.8.10 is composed of two parts, both on paper. They are not contemporary, but have been bound together because they both two texts by <i>Origen of Alexandria</i>. The first part is a witness to the <i>Commentary on St Matthew</i>, together with the manuscript München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek (BSB), Cod.graec. 191. It was used by Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) for his 1527 edition and by Pierre Daniel Huet (1630-1721) for his 1685 edition.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>The second part is the sole witness to the whole text of treatise <i>De oratione</i> (Περὶ εὐχῆς) by Origen (another copy - <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10722000w'>Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 1788</a> - which dates to the 15th century, contains only the final part of the text). Trinity MS B.8.10 was the exemplar for another manuscript: <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b52511095z'>Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Supplément grec 534</a>. This manuscript was copied by P.D. Huet in Stockholm in 1652, the exemplar having been brought there in 1648 by Isaac Vossius (1618-1689). Huet published the <i>editio princeps</i> in 1686. The manuscript is therefore identified as the <i>codex Holmiensis</i>, as on <a href='' onclick='store.loadPage(2);return false;'>f. [ii] recto</a>. (left cover, inner with classmark in red pencil, and [i] recto blank are not imaged).</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dr Matteo Di Franco</p>