The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.8.5
Manuscript Title

Gregory of Nazianzus, Orations

Alternative Title

Gregorii Nazianzeni Orationes Xvi.

James Number 189
Century 12th
Physical Description

Double columns of 28 lines. Well written. The first page has been partly obliterated, and a leaf of paper written in cent. xvi supplies the text.

Provenance

From Bentley.

Donor Bentley, Richard (1662–1742), Philologist and Classical Scholar, Master of Trinity
Size (cm) 32.5 x 24.5
Folio 254 + 1 ff.
Binding Rebound in 1983. See notes on inside back.
Material Parchment
Language Greek
Collation

α8-λα8 λβ6.

IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.8.5/manifest.json
Online Since 22/04/2021

Contents

1. f.1 Του̑ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμω̑ν Γρηγορίου άρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως του̑ θεολόγου λόγος εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πάσχα καί εἰς τὴν βραδυτῆτα
Ἀναστάσεως ἡμέρα. Opera ed. ii. 3.

2. f.4 Του̑ αὐτου̑ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πάσχα
Ἐπί τῆς φυλακῆς μου στήσομαι. Opp. ii. 845.

3. f.22 Του̑ αὐτου̑ εἰς τὴν καινὴν κυριακὴν κ. εἰς τ. μάρτυρα Μάμαντα
Ἐγκαίνια τιμᾶσθαι. Opp. i. 835.

4. f.28 Τ. αὐτ. εἰς τ. πεντηκοστήν
Περί τῆς ἑορτῆς βραχέα. Opp. i. 731.

5. f.38 Τ. α. εἰς τ. Μακκαβαίους
Τί δαί οί μακκαβαῖοι. Opp. i. 286.

6. f.47 Τ. α. εἰς Κυπριανὸν τ. μάρτυρα
Μικρου̑ κυπριανὸς διέφυγεν ἡμᾶς. Opp. i. 437.

7. f.58 Τ. α. εἰς τοὐς λόγους κ. εἰς τ. ἐξισωτὴν Ἰουλιανόν
Τίς ἡ τυραννίς. Opp. i. 364.

8. f.67 Τ. α. εἰς τὰ Θεοφάνια εἴτ οὖν γενέθλια
Χριστὸς γεννᾶται. Opp. i. 663.

9. f.77 Τ. α. ἐπιτάφιος εἰς τ. μέγαν Βασίλειον
Ἔμελλεν ἄρα πολλὴ. Opp. i. 770.

10. f.128 Τ. α. εἰς τὰ φω̑τα
Πάλιν Ἰησου̑ς ὁ ἐμός. Opp. i. 677.

11. f.140 Τ. α. εἰς τὸ βάπτισμα
Χθἱς τῆ λαμπρᾶ τω̑ν φω̑των (sic). Opp. i. 691.

12. f.172b Τ. α. εἰς Γρηγόριον τὸν άδελφὸν Βασιλείου ἐπιστάντα μετὰ τὴν χειροτονίαν
Φίλου πιστου̑ οὐκ ἔστιν άντάλλαγμα. Opp. i. 241.

13. f.177b Τ. α. εἰς τ. μεγὰν Ἀθανάσιον
Ἀθανάσιον ἐπαινω̑ν. Opp. i. 386.

14. f.198b Τ. α. εἰς τὴν τω̑ν ρ̅ν ̅ ἐπισκόπων παρουσίαν
Πω̑ς ὑμῖν τὰ ἡμέτερα. Opp. i. 748.

15. f.215b Τ. α. περί φιλοπτωχίας
Ἄνδρες άδελφοί κ. συμπένητες. Opp. i. 257.

16. f.241 Τ. α. εἰς τὴν πληγὴν τῆς χαλάζης
Τί λὐετε τάξιν. Opp. i. p. 299.
Ends f.255a: ΕἸC ΤΗΝ ΠΛΗΓῊΝ ΤΗ̑C ΧΑΛA΄ΖΗC.
On the same page is a late 'magic square' (xvii?).
σ α τ ω ρ
α ρ ε π ω
τ ε ν ε τ
ω π ε ρ α
ρ ω τ α ς

It was in this volume that the fragment of an uncial copy the Gospels of cent. viiii, known as Wd, was first noticed in 1857 by Mr W. White, sub-librarian. For a set-off of the fragment see f.194. See further at the end of the present volume, p.549. Now B.8.5A

Bibliography

Duplacy, J., 'La Provenance Athonite des manuscrits Grecs légués par R. Bentley à Trinity College, Cambridge, et en particulier de l'oncial O131 du nouveau testament', in Studies in the History and Text of the New Testament in honor of Kenneth Willis Clark Ph.D., ed. Daniels, B. L., and M. J. Suggs, Studies and Documents 29 (Salt Lake City, UT, 1967), 113-26

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