The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark R.17.11
Manuscript Title

Bible (incomplete)

Alternative Title

Fragmenta Lexici In Biblia Graece

James Number 997
Century 13th
Physical Description

Double columns of 32 lines. Well written: the last leaf is in another hand.

Provenance

A note by Dr Luard on the fly-leaf says: These fragments were purchased by the College with the rest of Porson's Books and Papers in 1809. They were bound and arranged in the present volume in 1859. Richard Porson (1759-1808)

Donor Purchased ( ),
Size (cm) 24.5 x 20
Folio 13 ff. (wrongly numbered).
Material Parchment
Language Greek
Notes

No f7.

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Contents

1. f.1 Λέξεις of the Book of Proverbs
Ἐρείδεται . ἐμπιστεύει πέποιθεν
...
Προνομεύσει . αἰχμαλωτεύσει.
This leaf has a quire-mark ΙΘ.
2. f.2 Λέξεις of Wisdom(?)
(Ἀνάπαλιν ἐκ του̑ ἐναν)τίου πάλιν.
...
Χάσματα . φαντάσματα
3. f.2b Λέξεις σοφίας Ἰησου̑ του̑ Cιρὰχ κατὰ στοιχεῖον
Ἀνθέξεται . ἀντηλήψεται.
...
Ώχύρωσεν . ἰσχυρὸν ἐποίησεν.
4. f.5 Λέξεις πράξεων τω̑ν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων
Ὀπτανόμενος . ὁρώμενος φαινόμενος
...
Τῆς προθέσεως . τῆς σπονδῆς.
A modern hand has added some glosses in continuation (f.5b).
5. f.6 Λέξεις τω̑ν ᾠδω̑ν (beginning gone)
Ἀπω̑σμε . ἐξερρίφην ἀπέρριμμε.
...
Παράτεινον τὸ ἔλεός σου . μὴ ἀποκόψεις . μὴ ἀποστήσει.
6. f.6b Ἐκλογὴ λέξεων κατὰ διαφορὰν καὶ κατὰ στοιχεῖον
Ἀμύνονα . ἀγαθὸν φέρτερον.
A leaf (f.7) is wanting between ἄγαστον and ἰέμενοι.
ὠστοσκοπεῖ . ἐνοχλῆ λαλω̑ν.
An old hand has made additions in the margin at first.
7. f.9 στίχοι ι̅β̅ σύλλαβοι . βασίλειος
A double acrostic on the words
ἐκ θεου̑ νυ̑ν βασίλειος.
Ἐκ μὲν θεοῖο βασιλεύει τω̑ σιώβ
Κῆρος δὲ ῥαὰβ . αἰσχύνης φεύγει θαυ̑μα.
Ending
Νυ̑ν τῆς θυσίας ίκετείας μετρίας.
8. f.9b Λέξεις τω̑ν ι̅β̅ προφητω̑ν κατὰ στοιχεῖον
Ἀντιτασσόμενος . ἀνθηστάμενος.
...
Χερσωθήσεται . ἐρημωθήσεται.
9. f.11b Λέξις ἰατρικου̑ βιβλίου ἑρμηνία βοτανω̑ν
Ἄκανθα αἰγύπτια . ἀγριόκαρδος.
...
Ταριχευτά . κρέοι καὶ ὶχθύες.
A modern hand supplies the remainder on the margins ending with Χαλκακάνθη.
10. In a later hand.
f.14 Λέξεις of the Psalms
Οὗ. ὅπου . Ὅστις . ὅς . Οὓς . οὕστινας.
Όπωροφυλάκιον κ.τ.λ.
...
Ώσθεῖς . ὠθιζόμενος.
11. f.14b Λέξεις τω̑ν ᾠδω̑ν
Τριστάτας.
...
Καρδίας . θαλάσσης . του̑ βίου.

Bibliography

Lucà, S., Italograeca, I: Manoscritti nuovi o poco noti allestiti nel Mezzogiorno medievale di lingua greca (con una premessa sulla produzione libraria calabro-sicula), Archivio Storico per la Calabria e la Lucania (Roma, 2022), Anno LXXXVIII, pp. 93-204.

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