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New York, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Smith Western Add. MS 10
 
 Description:  —  ff. 273  —  In vellum, s. XVIII.  —  Bookplate of Hon. Frederick North (1766-1827); Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872), his n. 5535 (without Middle Hill stamp); acquired with a fund established by David Eugene Smith (1860-1944).
 AcknowledgmentsDr. Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann kindly supplied the information for this description.
 Number of Parts: 1  —  Number of Images Available: 15
 
 
 

Part  1: ff. 1-273v

 
Description:Paper, oriental250 x 160. 23 lines.
Country:ByzantiumCardinal point:
Region: City: Constantinople
Assigned Date: s. XIII2 Searchable Date Range: 1250-1299
Dated by scribeYesInscribed Date: 1296, September
DocumentNoNumber of Scribes: 4 (?)
ScribeSymeon Kalliandres (?; text); George Chioniades (some scholia); Theodoros Kazanopoulos (ff. 272-273v).
AlphabetGreek
ScriptMinuscule with features of "beta-gamma" and "Fettaugenmode" scripts.
Other DecorationOrnamental rubricated Byzantine capitals opening each chapter; red headpieces opening each book; 6 full-page astronomical diagrams.
NotesThe scholia, almost certainly original, are dated 1301/1302. The commissioner of the scholia, and, very probably, of the ms itself, was Theodoulos, who may be identifiable with the Theodoulos, metropolitan of Rhodos and the Cycladic Islands.
Number of Texts:  4
 
 
 
Text 1 of 4: ff. 72r-271v
 
AuthorJohn of Damascus
TitleΤοῦ μακαρίου Ἰω(άνν)ου Δαμασκηνοῦ ἔκδοσις ἀκριβὴς τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως…
Incipit(f. 75r) Θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε. Ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς…
Explicit(f. 271v) …καὶ ἄληκτον τὴν ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ εὐφροσύνην καρπούμενοι.
Language(s)Greek
NotesWith scholia. ff. 1-3v added later, in two or three hands, containing letter of George Chioniades to Theodulus and an introduction to the work of John of Damascus.
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Text 2 of 4: ff. 272r-273r
 
AuthorJulian, emperor
Other Associated NameBasil
TitleἸουλιανὸ(ς) βασιλεὺς βασιλείῳ ἐπισκόπ(ῳ) Καισαρεί(ας) Καππαδοκίας
TitleExchange of letters
Incipit(f. 272r) Τὸ ἔμφυτόν μοι ἐκ παιδόθεν γαληνὸν…
Explicit(f. 273r) …τίς γὰρ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων μεσίτης εὑρεθείη; εἰ γὰρ ἀνέγνως κατέγνως, οὐκ ἄν ἀνέγνως.
Language(s)Greek
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Text 3 of 4: f. 273r-v
 
TitleDivision of philosophy (practical, gnostical, theological)
Language(s)Greek
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Text 4 of 4: ff. 4r-69v
 
AuthorJohn of Damascus
TitleDialectica sive Capita philosophica (Τῷ ὁσιωτ(ά)τ(ῳ) καὶ θεοτιμήτῳ Κοσμᾷ, ἁγιωτ(ά)τ(ῳ))
Incipit(f. 4r) Τὸ μὲν στενὸν τῆς διανοίας καὶ τὸ ἄπορον…
Explicit(f. 69v) …Λύρα ἐστὶν ἱστὸς διὰ νεύρων ἐσκευασμένη.
Language(s)Greek
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