Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 486: Ecclesiasticus in Greek

IIIF Drag-n-drop purl.stanford.edu/qt249rz9378
Title:
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 486: Ecclesiasticus in Greek
Alternate Title:
Ecclesiasticus, etc., Graece
Language:
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Extent:
ff. 187 + 2
Dimensions:
138 Height (mm) and 91 Width (mm)
Approximate Date:
[ca. 1100 - 1199]
Provenance:
Presented in 1877 by the Rev. J. Priestley Foster, vicar of Dartmouth. and In the last cover is a paper label: Greek MS. (on vellum) from Mount Athos, date about 1200 A.D.
Table of contents:
  • Ecclesiasticus in Greek (incomplete)
  • A note on the iambic metre
  • De fide (to Simplicius)
  • Quod non sint tres dii (to Ablabius)
  • Aduersus Graecos
  • Canonical epistle (to Letoius)
  • Epistle to Basilides
  • Excerpt from an Easter letter
  • On the fast for the Virgin Mary
  • Response to a query on the fast for the Virgin Mary
  • A note on Bishop Paphnoutios
  • Rules on fasting
  • Epistle (unattributed)
  • Epistle to the Archbishop of Gradensis
Description:
CCCC MS 486 is a small vellum codex copied in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century, said to come from Mt Athos, and evidently meant for monastic use. The contents are a miscellany: Ecclesiasticus (missing the first 8 chapters); a short section on the iambic metre; doctrinal responses by Gregory of Nyssa (c. 330-c. 395), Dionysius of Alexandria (d. c. 264), Nicon, and Peter, patriarch of Antioch as well as some anonymous extracts. The book retains its original medieval binding. As a result of the fragility of this binding it has only been possible to image the exterior and interior of the covers and part of the text pages, ff. 1r-9r.
More details ยป