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Add MS 8232
- Record Id:
- 032-002168054
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002168054
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x0000ac
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 8232
- Title:
- Collection of philosophical and grammatical texts
- Scope & Content:
- Collection of philosophical and grammatical texts, including: Σειρὰ τοῦ γένους τῶν Καρυοφύλλων καὶ τῆς τελευτῆς ἑκάστου κατὰ χρόνους, ἀλλ’ οὐ κατὰ τάξιν. Notes relating to Ioannes Karyophilles compiled by Nikolaos Karatzas, comprising biographical information on Karyophilles and his descendants up to 1777, and Lives of Karyophilles by Dorotheos of Jerusalem, Meletios of Athens, and Demetrios Prokopios (ff 5r-v). Letter to Ioannes Karyophilles from Paisios Ligarides, then Metropolitan of Gaza, 1663, autograph. Diary of notable events, 1676-1689, compiled by Ioannes Karyophilles, autograph. Autograph letter to Kyritzes Manolakes from Dionysius IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, 9 April 1686. Letter to the Emperor Leopold I, n.d., from the Sultan Mohammad IV, Greek translation. A copy of a letter to the Sultan, dated Constantinople, 1 September 1718, is written on the reverse. Peace treaty of Ryswick between the Emperor Leopold and Louis XIV of France, 30 October 1697, Latin, copy. Appeal to the Mother of God on behalf of the orthodox, apparently by Manuel (al. Manolakes) Karyophilles, son of Ioannes Karyophilles, tit. Μανουὴλ Καρυοφύλλου Δέησις εἰς τὴν Θεοτόκον ὑπὲρ πάντων τῶν εὐσεβῶν. Thesaurus of Greek words by Ioannes Karyophilles, autograph, tit. Φρασάριον κατ’ ἀλφάβητον, συλλεγ[εν παρ’εμοῦ τοῦ ἐν ἐλαχίστοις Ἰωάννου τοῦ Καριοφύλλου. Ἀρχὴ σὺν Θεῷ τοῦ α΄ στοιχείου. Ἠμέρᾳ β’ κατὰ τὸ ᾳψιον ἔτος, μηνὶ Μαΐῳ. (2 May 1710). Inserted (ff 90-91) is an autograph letter of Neophytus IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, November 1688, addressed to the bishops in Constantinople. Ἐκκλησίας περιγραφὴ. Various verses. Iambic verses by the hieromonk Metrophanes Gregoras, apparently copied by Michael Karyophilles. Biography of Azarias Tzigalas, Archimandrite of the Church of Santorini, written by his disciple Ioannes Agas. Family tree of Ioannis Kantemiris. Grammar and Syntax of the Greek Language (tit. Γραμματικὴ περὶ συντάξεως) compiled by Azarias Tzigalas, preceded by a letter to Ioannes Mpegizaden, dated 1717 (ff 135r-v). Various draft verses crossed out, and information on some missing pages. Letter (dated 5 February 1776), by an unidentified person who signs at the end. Biographical details on Tzigalas. Philological and lexicographical notes, apparently compiled by the hieromonk Eugenios Ioannoules, a student of Karyophilles, mainly autograph. Note clarifying that this part is an autograph by Eugenios Ioannoules. The scribe misunderstood the meaning of Suida, namely Suidae Lexicon, as referring to a monk at the monastery of Tatarne.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002168054", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 8232: Collection of philosophical and grammatical texts" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002168055", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 3-5v: Σειρὰ τοῦ γένους τῶν Καρυοφύλλων καὶ τῆς τελευτῆς ἑκάστου κατὰ…" },{ "id" : "040-002168056", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 6-6v: Letter to Ioannes Karyophilles from Paisios Ligarides, then Metropolitan of Gaza, 1663, autograph." },{ "id" : "040-002168057", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 7v-24: Diary of notable events, 1676-1689, compiled by Ioannes Karyophilles, autograph. (Ed. P. G. Zerlentis, 'Ἰωάννου τοῦ…" },{ "id" : "040-002168058", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 19: Autograph letter to Kyritzes Manolakes from Dionysius IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, 9 April 1686." },{ "id" : "040-002168059", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 25: Letter to the Emperor Leopold I, n.d., from the Sultan Mohammad IV, Greek translation. A copy of a letter to the Sultan, dated…" },{ "id" : "040-002168060", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 26-27: Peace treaty of Ryswick between the Emperor Leopold and Louis XIV of France, 30 October 1697, Latin, copy." },{ "id" : "040-002168061", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 28-31: Appeal to the Mother of God on behalf of the orthodox, apparently by Manuel (al. Manolakes) Karyophilles, son of Ioannes…" },{ "id" : "040-002168062", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 32-127v: Thesaurus of Greek words by Ioannes Karyophilles, autograph, tit. Φρασάριον κατ’ ἀλφάβητον,…" },{ "id" : "040-002168063", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 128r-v: Ἐκκλησίας περιγραφὴ." },{ "id" : "040-002168064", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 129: Various verses." },{ "id" : "040-002168065", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 130-131v: Iambic verses by the hieromonk Metrophanes Gregoras, apparently copied by Michael Karyophilles." },{ "id" : "040-002168066", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 132-133: Biography of Azarias Tzigalas, Archimandrite of the Church of Santorini, written by his disciple Ioannes Agas. (Ed. P. G.…" },{ "id" : "040-002168067", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 134r-v: Family tree of Ioannis Kantemiris." },{ "id" : "040-002168068", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 135-157v: Grammar and Syntax of the Greek Language (tit. Γραμματικὴ περὶ συντάξεως) compiled by Azarias…" },{ "id" : "040-002168069", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 156: Various draft verses crossed out, and information on some missing pages." },{ "id" : "040-002168070", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 158: Letter (dated 5 February 1776), by an unidentified person who signs at the end." },{ "id" : "040-002168071", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 158v: Biographical details on Tzigalas." },{ "id" : "040-002168072", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 159-181v: Philological and lexicographical notes, apparently compiled by the hieromonk Eugenios Ioannoules, a student of Karyophilles,…" },{ "id" : "040-002168073", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 167: Manuel Philes, Carmina (TLG 2718.001), 4.97.1-6. Text accompanied by anonymous comments-paraphrasis." },{ "id" : "040-002168074", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 167v: Athanasius of Alexandria, De decretis Nicaenae synodi (TLG 2035.003), 11.4.1-5." },{ "id" : "040-002168075", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 168v: Geoponica. (TLG 4080.001), 11.5." },{ "id" : "040-002168076", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, f 169: Note clarifying that this part is an autograph by Eugenios Ioannoules. The scribe misunderstood the meaning of Suida, namely…" },{ "id" : "040-002168077", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 172v-173v: Georgius Choeroboscus, Περὶ τρόπων ποιητικῶν (TLG 4093.010), ending at 255.27 omitting thus the last…" },{ "id" : "040-002168078", "parent" : "032-002168054", "text" : "Add MS 8232, ff 184-193: Homer, Iliad 1.1-337, preceded by the preface of Eustathius (ff 182v-183). Preface and interlinear glosses apparently in the…" }]
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- 032-002168054
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- Add MS 8232, ff 3-5v : Σειρὰ τοῦ γένους τῶν Καρυοφύλλων καὶ τῆς τελευτῆς ἑκάστου…
Add MS 8232, ff 6-6v : Letter to Ioannes Karyophilles from Paisios Ligarides, then Metropolitan of Gaza, 1663, autograph.
Add MS 8232, ff 7v-24 : Diary of notable events, 1676-1689, compiled by Ioannes Karyophilles, autograph. (Ed. P. G. Zerlentis, 'Ἰωάννου…
Add MS 8232, f 19 : Autograph letter to Kyritzes Manolakes from Dionysius IV, Patriarch of Constantinople, 9 April 1686.
Add MS 8232, f 25 : Letter to the Emperor Leopold I, n.d., from the Sultan Mohammad IV, Greek translation. A copy of a letter to the Sultan,…
Add MS 8232, ff 26-27 : Peace treaty of Ryswick between the Emperor Leopold and Louis XIV of France, 30 October 1697, Latin, copy.
Add MS 8232, ff 28-31 : Appeal to the Mother of God on behalf of the orthodox, apparently by Manuel (al. Manolakes) Karyophilles, son of…
Add MS 8232, ff 32-127v : Thesaurus of Greek words by Ioannes Karyophilles, autograph, tit. Φρασάριον κατ’…
Add MS 8232, ff 128r-v : Ἐκκλησίας περιγραφὴ.
Add MS 8232, f 129 : Various verses.
Add MS 8232, ff 130-131v : Iambic verses by the hieromonk Metrophanes Gregoras, apparently copied by Michael Karyophilles.
Add MS 8232, ff 132-133 : Biography of Azarias Tzigalas, Archimandrite of the Church of Santorini, written by his disciple Ioannes Agas. (Ed. P.…
Add MS 8232, ff 134r-v : Family tree of Ioannis Kantemiris.
Add MS 8232, ff 135-157v : Grammar and Syntax of the Greek Language (tit. Γραμματικὴ περὶ συντάξεως) compiled by…
Add MS 8232, f 156 : Various draft verses crossed out, and information on some missing pages.
Add MS 8232, f 158 : Letter (dated 5 February 1776), by an unidentified person who signs at the end.
Add MS 8232, f 158v : Biographical details on Tzigalas.
Add MS 8232, ff 159-181v : Philological and lexicographical notes, apparently compiled by the hieromonk Eugenios Ioannoules, a student of…
Add MS 8232, f 167 : Manuel Philes, Carmina (TLG 2718.001), 4.97.1-6. Text accompanied by anonymous comments-paraphrasis.
Add MS 8232, f 167v : Athanasius of Alexandria, De decretis Nicaenae synodi (TLG 2035.003), 11.4.1-5.
Add MS 8232, f 168v : Geoponica. (TLG 4080.001), 11.5.
Add MS 8232, f 169 : Note clarifying that this part is an autograph by Eugenios Ioannoules. The scribe misunderstood the meaning of Suida,…
Add MS 8232, ff 172v-173v : Georgius Choeroboscus, Περὶ τρόπων ποιητικῶν (TLG 4093.010), ending at 255.27 omitting thus the…
Add MS 8232, ff 184-193 : Homer, Iliad 1.1-337, preceded by the preface of Eustathius (ff 182v-183). Preface and interlinear glosses apparently in…
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Greek, Modern - Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1600
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 17th century-18th century
- Era:
- CE
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- Material: Paper.
- Foliation: ff 193.
- Dimensions: 330 x 203 mm.
- Binding: Half goat leather binding with red cloth and leather corners. 18th-century binding in Turkish style with gold-stamped panels at the centre and four corners, kept separately.
- Scribes: Compiled by Nikolaos Karatzas (fl. 1730-1784), logothete of the Patriarch of Constantinople, the latest of whose additions is dated 15 Dec. 1777 (f 3v). Karatzas is identified as the copyist of the table of contents (f 2), and texts and annotations on ff 3-5v, 25-25v, 75v, 81v, 130, 131-131v, 158v, 169-169v (see Fonkitch and Papazoglou). Copied by several Greek hands.
- Custodial History:
- Armorial bookplate of the Hon. Frederic North, later 5th Earl of Guilford, inscribed in ink 'No 30' (listed as such in the catalogue of Guilford's Greek books, Add MS 16572, f 4). '238', '694' and 'u.a.L/1/E' in pencil at top of front pastedown. f 168v: ἔχοντες ἡμεῖς τὸ λεξικὸν τοῦ Σουΐδα εἰς τὰ χέρια μας, τὸ ὁποῖον ἦτο ἀφιερωμένον εἰς τὴν μονὴν τῆς ὑπεραγίας Θεοτόκου τῆς ἐπονομαζομένης Τατάρνης, ἀντὶ τοῦ Σουΐδα ἐδώκαμεν ἕνα ἐτυμολογικὸν τοῦ κὺρ Ἀνανίου τοῦ προεστῶτος τῆς αὐτῆς μονῆς καὶ ἐξισασθήκαμεν σὺν Θεῷ. ὁ εὐγένιος εἶπεν καὶ ἔγραψεν.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from R. H. Evans, 8 December 1830, lot 238.
- Publications:
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- P. G. Zerlentis, 'Οἱ διδάσκαλοι τῆς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει Πατριαρχικῆς Μεγάλης τοῦ Γένους Σχολῆς. Ἀζαρίας Τζιγάλας (1660-1740)’, Παρνασσός, 1 (1877), pp. 898-901.
- P. G. Zerlentis, ed., 'Ἰωάννου τοῦ Καρυοφύλλου', Δελτίον τῆς Ἰστορικῆς καὶ Ἐθνικῆς Ἑταιρείας τῆς Ἑλλάδος, 3 (1889), pp. 275-315.
- Sp. Lampros, 'Ἀζαρίας Τζιγάλας ὁ Θηραῖος ἀρχιμανδρίτης΄, Νέος Ἑλληνομνήμων, 2 (1905), pp. 373-374.
- M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe (Paris, 1952), p. 8.
- B. L. Fonkitch, 'Eine Weiner Sammelhandschrift von Nikolaos Karatzas. Cod. Vind. Suppl. gr. 191', Jahrbuch der Österreichishen Byzantinistik, 44 (1994), pp. 94-95.
- G. K. Papazoglou, 'Χειρόγραφα τοῦ Νικολάου Καρατζᾶ εἰς τὴν βιβλιοθήκην τοῦ Βρεττανικοῦ Μουσείου ( ἄλλοτε χειρόγραφα Guilford), Ἐπετηρὶς τῆς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν, 49 (1994-1998), pp. 244-245, no. 3.
- B. L. Fonkitch, 'Les autographes de Jean Karyofyllis', in idem, Manuscrits grecs dans les collections européennes. Etudes paléographiques et codicologiques 1988-1998 (Moscow, 1999), pp. 132, 134, pl. XIX.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
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