On the fly-leaf is
Antonii Seripandi ex Jani Parrhasii testamento.
f.1 ἘΓΗCΙC ἸΩΆΝNΟΥ ΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΙΚΟΥ̑ ΤΟΥ̑ ΤΖἘΤΖΟΥ ΕἸC ΤῊΝ ὉΜἨΡΟΥ ΙΛΙΑΔΑ
Βίβλον ἑαῖς πραπίδεσσι γλαφυρολύτειρος σμηρου
τήνδε παραιφασίησιν ἐμω̑ν ἑτάρων τολυπεύσας
παισίν ὁμηριάδ' ἑρμήϊον ὤπασα δω̑ρον
γραμματικὸς περὶ αλλα μογήσας ἰωάννης
τὸν τζέτζην καλέουσιν ἐπωνυμίην περ ἐόντα.
Πολλοὶ μὲν τω̑ν ἀρχαίων τὴν ὁμηρικὴν.
There are xv-xvith cent. marginal notes on the subject-matter in Latin written probably by Seripandus or Parrhasius. The first seven leaves are in double columns.
The proem of Tzetzes ends f.14b
--αἰτίαν τῆς ἰλιακῆς συμφορᾶς
f.14b ΙΛΙΑΔΟΣ ΑΛΦΑ ΟΜΗΡΟΥ PAΨΩΔΙΑC
Μῆνιν ἄειδε κ.τ.λ.
διαφέρει θυμου̑ . ὀργή . μῆνις . κότος κ.τ.λ.
Ends f.53b (i.611)
ἔνθα καθευ̑δ' ἀναβὰς παρὰ δὲ χρυσόθρονος ἤρη.
Comm. ends
ἐν ᾧπερ μένειν τόπῳ κεκλήρωται.
The Commentary of Tzetzes was partially printed by Hermann, Leipzig 1812, with Draco Stratonicensis.
The two fly-leaves at the end are covered with notes (xv-xvi) in an exceedingly bad and much contracted script on Grammar, on Isocrates, Theodosius, etc.
The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts
R.16.33
| Shelfmark | R.16.33 |
|---|---|
| Manuscript Title | John Tzetzes on Homer's Illiad |
| Alternative Title | Io Tzetzes Super Homeri Iliadem |
| James Number | 981 |
| Century | 14th |
| Physical Description | 46 lines to a full page. In a handsome and rather peculiar round hand. Rough ornament in red on f.1. The book is a good deal wormed. |
| Provenance | Given by Richard Bentley, S.T.B., Senior Fellow, in 1757. Richard Bentley, rector of Nailstone from 1745 to 1786 was literary executor for his uncle Richard Bentley (1662-1742), Master of Trinity. |
| Donor | Bentley, Richard (c1704-1786), Rector of Nailstone, Fellow Of Trinity (1728) |
| Size (cm) | 31 x 21.5 |
| Folio | 53 ff. |
| Material | Paper |
| Language | Greek |
| Collation | α8 β6 γ-ς8 ζ8 (wants 1, 8).8 |
| IIIF Manifest URL |  https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/R.16.33/manifest.json |
| Online Since | 14/05/2018 |
Contents
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