Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts : Homilies on the Gospel of St. Matthew 45-90
John Chrysostom
Medieval and Early Modern Greek Manuscripts
<p style='text-align: justify;'>This manuscript, probably copied in the 12th century, contains 45 homilies by the Patriarch of Constantinople, <i>John Chrysostom, <i>In Matthaeum homiliae (45-90)</i></i>. The manuscript was previously owned by the Greek monastery of Pantokratoros on Mount Athos, and some traces of the use made by the monks remains, as traces of wax on the leaves and in the gutter. It was used by Frederick Field for his edition of the homilies (<a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/OXVU1:LSCOP_OX:oxfaleph013442762'>Cambridge 1839</a>; see <a target='_blank' class='externalLink' href='http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/N11604533.pdf'>vol. 3</a>, p. XX). The manuscript was bought by the classical scholar Richard Bentley and bequeathed to Trinity College Library after his death.</p><p style='text-align: justify;'>Dr Matteo Di Franco</p>