Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus, Capita ducenta ascetica. Prologue inc. ᾽Εμοὶ μηδέποτ' ἐμέλησε εἰς ἀρετῆς ὕψος. Τext inc. Πόλει τινὶ ἔοικεν ἡ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴ. Original name in the title erased. Autograph.
Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus, ᾽Αρίστη θεωρία ἐκ τῆς κατὰ τὴν ἔξοδον βίβλου. inc. ῞Οτου χάριν μετὰ τὸ ἐκλιπεῖν τοὺς ᾽Ιουδαίους. Τitle gives the author as the same as that of ff 1r-90r. Autograph.
ff 105r-v, Note on γυνή με καὶ ἡδονὴ ἐξαρχῆς ἀπώλετο. inc. ᾽Οκτὼ εἰσι πάντες οἱ περιεκτικοὶ λογισμοί. ff 105v-108r, Three further prayers. f 108v, (1) Περὶ τοῦ χαλινοῦν τὸν θυμὸν καὶ τὴν γλώττην. inc. Γλώττης ἀκρατοῦς ἐκφυγεῖν. (2) Iambic verses on the evils of life, inc. Oὐκ ἔστι τερπνὸν, οὐδ...
ff 146r-v, Explanations of the soul, inc. ῞Αδη σκοτεινὲ. ff 146v-148r, ῾Υπόμνησις διὰ βραχέων περὶ τελευτῆς ἀνθρώπου καὶ κρίσεως ψυχῆς καὶ ἀνταποδόσεως. inc. Εἴ τις ἄκραν φιλοσοφίαν ἀσκεῖν βούλοιτο. f 148v, Apollonius of Tyana, Letter to his brother. Hercher p. 120, no. 55. ff 148v-149r, Apol...
Orion of Thebes, Etymologicon Α - Ξ, transcript with notes by Jean-François Boissonade, containing indices, correspondence, and additional extracts
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ff. 1r-2r: Letter to Charles Burney from Jean-François Boissonade, in Latin, 1801. ff. 3r-4r: Letter to Charles Burney from James Payne, [?1801]. ff. 6r-7r: Index of authors. ff. 8r-77r: Orion of Thebes, Etymologicon Α - Ξ, transcribed from Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS grec 2653. Interle...