[Mēnologion : hagiographic Texts for Feasts in January].

Author
Nicetas, the Paphlagonian, active 10th century [Browse]
Format
Manuscript
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Published/​Created
[Greece, c. 1550-1555 AD].
Description
22 leaves ; 320 x 220 mm

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Special Collections - Manuscripts Princeton MS. 215.5 South Wall 18, Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    Notes
    • Housed in a box with the other manuscripts that are part of Princeton MS. 215.
    • Collation: leaves folded in folio, quires (signed in the lower middle margin of the first and last pages of each gathering): pages 523-528 are the last three leaves of gathering no. 27; pages 529-548 form gathering no. 28; pages 549-550 are the first leaf of gathering no. 29; pages 635-646 are the last six leaves of gathering no. 33; pages 647-650 are the first two leaves of gathering no. 34, the pagination was made in the eighteenth or nineteenth century, at a time when the leaves were still part of a complete volume.
    • Layout: on 28 lines per page (justification [202 x 132 (60+12+60] mm.), ruling probably E 33E2d, interlinear distance 8 mm.
    Binding note
    Unbound.
    Contents
    • (1) p. 523, Μηνὶ τῶ αὐτῶ ιδ’· Ἀμμωνίου μοναχοῦ λόγος περὶ τῶν ἀναιρεθέντων ὑπὸ τῶν βαρβάρων ἐν τῷ Σινὰ ὄρει καὶ ἐν τῇ Ῥαϊθοῦ ἁγίων πατέρων [CPG 6088; ed. F. Combefis, Illustrium Christi martyrum lecti trimphi, vetustis Graecorum monumentis consignati (Paris, 1660), 88-132]: p. 523; the beginning is lost and the text differs slightly from the published version; inc. ἐγῶ δὲ ὁ ἁμαρτωλὸς Ἀμμώνιος [Combefis, 131], des. εὔχεσθαι ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐμῆς εὐτελείας· δοξάζοντες τὸν π(ατέ)ρα καὶ ὑιὸν καὶ π(νεῦ)μα ἅγιον· νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν [Combefis, 132].
    • (2) pp. 524-549, Μηνὶ τῶ αὐτῶ ις’, λόγ(ος) κθ’· Νικήτα ῥήτορος τοῦ φιλοσόφου Ἐγκώμιον εἰς τὸν ἅγιον καὶ κορυφαῖον τῶν ἀποστόλων· καὶ πρωταπόστολον θεῖον Πέτρον. Εὐ(λ)ό(γησον) π(άτ)ερ [BHG 1488b; ed. A. Vogt, Panégyrique de St. Pierre, Panégyrique de St. Paul: Dieux discours inédits de Nicétas de Paphlagonie (Rome, 1931),24-56]
    • (3) p. 550, Μηνὶ τῶ αὐτῶ κα’, λόγ(ος) λ’· Βίος καὶ πολιτεία καὶ ἄθλησις τοῦ ὁσίου π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἡμῶν Μαξίμου τοῦ ὁμολογήτου. Εὐ(λ)ό(γησον) π(άτ)ερ [BHG 1234; ed.PG 90, 68-109], the end is lost, inc. Καὶ πάντων μὲν τῶν κατὰ θ(εὸ)ν πολιτευσαμένων ὁ βίος, des. τοῖς πᾶσιν ἐπεξιέναι, παρή[σειν] [PG 90, 68B]
    • (4) pp. 635-650, Μηνὶ τῶ αὐτῶ κβ’, λόγ(ος) λα’· Νικήτα ῥήτορος τοῦ φιλοσόφου· Ἐγκώμιον εἰς τὸν ἅγιον καί πανεύφημον ἀπόστολον καὶ ἱερομάρτυρα Τιμόθεον. Εὐ(λ)ό(γησον), π(άτ)ερ [BHG 1848n; ed. F. Lebrun, Nicétas le Paphlagonien: Sept homélies inédites (Leuven, 1997), 203-221]
    • (5) p. 650, Μηνὶ τῶ αὐτῶ κζ’, λόγ(ος) λβ’· Λόγος εἰς τὴν ἀνακομιδὴν [corrected by alater hand to ἐπάνοδον] τοῦ λευψάνου τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις π(ατ)ρ(ὸ)ς ἡμῶν Ἰω(άννου) τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου. Π(άτ)ερ, εὐ(λ)ό(γησον) [CPG 8162; unedited], the end is lost, inc. Ἦκεν ἡμῖν ἡ λαμπρὰ καὶ χαρμόσυνος καὶ ποθουμένη πανήγυρις, des. ἡ βροντῶσα τὰ μεγαλεῖα τῆς χάριτος.
    Source acquisition
    Acquired with matching funds provided by the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund.
    References
    A. Ehrhard, Überlieferung und Bestand der hagiographischen und homiletischen Literatur der griechischen Kirche, 3 vols. (Leipzig, 1936-1952), vol. III.1, 509-512.
    Cite as
    Princeton MS. 215.5, Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
    OCLC
    1375241184
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