Royal MS 3 C VII

ZACHARIAS CHRYSOPOLITANUS, 'in Unum ex Quatuor': a commentary, extracted from the Fathers, on Victor of Capua's Latin version of the Diatessaron of Tatian (Migne, Patrologia, clxxxvi). The author derived his name either from Goldborough in Yorkshire, or Besancon (Chrysopolis) in France; he has been identified by U. Robert, Bibl. de l'École des Charles, xxxiv.

p. 380, with Zacharias, 'ductor scholarum' at the church of St. jean de Besançon in 1144. The arrangement in the MS. is as follows: (a) Table Of 46 subjects, headed ' Hec diligenter notanda sunt ante libri principium', i. e. the first words of the paragraphs of the preface (f. 7); (b) Capitula of the four books (ib. col. 2); (c) Capitula of the four Gospels separately, under the numbers of their Eusebian canons and sections (f. 12); (d) Table of Eusebian canons (f. 19); (e) 'Preseries Zacharie Chrisopolitani in unum ex quatuor', beg. 'De excellentia euangelii et differentia ipsius' (f. 23) ; (f) Second preface, containing the lives of the four Evangelists, beg. 'Matheus cognomento Leui' (f. 33b); (g) Third preface, beg. 'Unum ex quattuor euangelistarum dictis' (f. 34 b); (h) Capitula, differing from those in (b) in giving the contents of the several sections instead of the first words, but without the 'admonitio lectori' prefixed in Migne (f. 35); (i) Note on the arrangement of the work, beg. 'Notum facimus lectori' (f. 37); (k) Text of the work itself, beg. with the prologue of Luke, 'Quoniam quidem', and ending 'Explicit unum ex quatuor seu concordia euangeliorum et desuper expositio continua exactissima diligentia edita a Zacharia Crisopolita' (ib. col. 2); (1) Glossary of proper names, beg. 'Abraham, pater uidens populum' (f. 259 b). To the whole is prefixed, in a 14th cent. hand, a subject-index, entitled 'Tabula fratris Willelmi Thornham' (f. i). A compendium of theology by a writer of the same name is included among the MSS. of Sir john Hoby in CMA. 3799. Vellum; ff. 263. 1 ft. 2.1/2 in. x 9 in. XIII cent. Double columns. Gatherings of 8 leaves, numbered at the end; the numeration begins with the 'preseries', f. 23, and a folio-numeration begins at the same place for the purpose of Thornham's index. Sec. fol. (text) 'Lucas tenet'. Simple initials in red and blue. Belonged to Rochester Priory (f. 7), 'Liber de claustro Roffensi per Alexandrum priorem' [Alexander de Glanville, prior 1242- 1252]. Cat. of 1666, f. 4b or 6 b; CMA. 7944 or 7948.