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Data Source: Parker on the Web
Résumé : CCCC MS 81 is a large and handsomely decorated paper manuscript of the mid-fifteenth century, copied by Demetrios Xanthopoulos, who worked in the circle of Cardinal Bessarion (1403-72). It contains Homer, Iliad, Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica and Homer, Odyssey. There are intermittent Homeric scholia in the hand of Demetrios Chalkondyles, the scholar who supervised the production of the editio princeps of Homer in 1488; some of the scholia on Odyssey yield new textual evidence. A circular cartouche on p.1 with the name 'Theodoros' in gold letters is probably a sign of Theodore Gaza's (c.1400-1475) ownership, but may have led to the belief that the book (along with CCCC MSS 224 and 248 and six other Cambridge MSS) came from Theodore of Tarsus (602-690). Notes by Parker and others suggest that the book was found at Canterbury, possibly as part of the library of St Augustine's Abbey.
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Langue(s) des textes : grec, latin
Intervenants :
Homer - author
1-457 - Homer, Iliad, with intermittent scholia
Note : Title of cent. xvi
rubric : (1) ΤΗ̑Σ ὈΜ́ΗΡΟΥ ἸΛΊΑΔΟΣ ἡ ά̓λφα ῥαψῳδία
Note : (1) Below in Roman characters: Matthaeus Cantuar
Note : (1) Then in a hand not that of the main scribe
Note : (1) ὑπόθεσια (-ις) . α
rubric : (1) ́Ἀλφα λιτ̀ας χρ́υσου λοιμ̀ον στρατου̑ έ̓χθος ἀνάκτων
Note : (1) The initial M of the text is in gold, surrounded by white branch-work (Florentine) on pink, blue, and greenish grounds
Note : (1) In the lower margin within a green wreath the name ΘΕΟ|ΔΩ|ΡΟΣ| in gold capitals. Probably not by the artist of the initial
Note : (19) Liber B has the beginning of an initial in ink. No more occur until Χ, (p. 393) Ψ (p. 408) which have them sketched in ink. Ω has none
Note : (457) The Iliad ends on p. 457
Quintus of Smyrna - author
457-714 - Quintus of Smyrna, Posthomerica
rubric : (457) Quintus Calaber. Paraleipomena in libros Homeri in quatuordecim libros distincta
Note : (457) Old title in red
rubric : (457) Κοί̈ντου
incipit : (457) Εύ̑θ' ὑπ̀ο πηλείωνι δάμη θεοείκελος έ̔κτωρ
Note : (457) Initial in outline, and some to subsequent books
Note : Ends p. 713. p. 714 blank
715-1070 - Homer, Odyssey, with intermittent scholia
rubric : (715) ὀδυσσείας ά̓λφα ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας
rubric : (715) Ά̓λφα θεω̑ν ἀγόρη ὀδυσηίδη παλλάδι θάρσος
Note : (715) Initial to text in outline
Note : Ends p. 1068 (really 1070)
explicit : (1068) ἠδ̀ε κὰι αὐδήν
Note : Below, in a later hand
rubric : (1068) ὁμήρου ἐπιτάφιον
incipit : (1068) ἐνθάδε τ̀ην ἱρ̀αν κεφάλην κ. τ. λ.
Note : (1068) Under this in a green wreath a bust of Homer(?), a turbaned bearded man in red buttoned coat with green collar facing L.: ground blue with red border
Note : (1068) Below this the Epitaph again in another hand in red: below it a medallion like the first with similar ground: Athene full-face with helmet, spear, and shield. These are by the artist of the Θεοδω̑ρος on p. 1
Note : pp. 1069-1070 (1071-1072) blank; quire b (ff. viiir-xvv) blank
Note : The Scholia are sparse in the Iliad and only more copious in the Odyssey. They are very likely not by the scribe of the text: but I am not sure of this
Data Source: Pinakes
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