Add MS 34060, ff 438r-510v

ff 438r-439v Extracts from St. Epiphanius, St. Anastasius of Sinai, etc., on festivals.

ff 439v-441v Ecclesiastical history of Armenia from St. Gregory the Illuminator to the Catholicus Norseses II, with an account of the origin of the fast ἀρτζιβούριον. Inc. Ἰστέον ὅτι ὑπὸ λέοντος τοῦ ἀρχιεπισκόπου.

ff 441v-443v An account of the conflict at Rome between St. Peter and Simon Magus, and of the death of the latter, generally agreeing with Cedrenus (PG 121.400-410). Followed by a passage connecting the story with the observance by the Roman Church of the Saturday fast, etc.

ff 444r-v Neophytus Presbyter, the monk, on abuses in fasting, inc. Καθ' ὅσον ἀξιεπαινόν τινα καὶ μεγάλην τὴν εὐταξίαν τῆς μεγάλης καὶ ἀμώμου νηστείας.

ff 445r-446r Extracts from Nicephorus and Joannes, Patriarchs of Constantinople, on liturgical questions, etc.

ff 446v-447r On unleavened bread, inc. ἐν τρίσιν ὕλαις ἐτέλουν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τὸ πάσχα, corresponding with the beginning of Athanasius, De Azymis (PG 26.1328, CPG 2237).

f 447v Exhortation of St. Basil to a priest, tit. Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν βασιλείου παραγγελία ὑπὲρ τῆς θείας λειτουργίας πρὸς τὸν ἱερέα (PG 23.1685, CPG 2901, part). With another extract from the same author.

ff 448r-v On the different classes of festivals and on the chanting of the Theos Kyrios, inc. Εἰδέναι χρὴ ὅτι εἰς τρεῖς τάξεις κεῖνται ἐνταῦθα αἱ ἑορταί, followed by a calendar.

ff 449r-v Life of St. James the Less, inc. Ὁ μέγας ἰάκωβος ὁ ἀδελφόθεος ἁγνὸς ὑπάρχει ἐκ κοιλίας.

ff 450r-464v Canonical questions of Marcus, Patriarch of Alexandria, with answers by Theodorus Balsamon, Patriarch of Antioch (PG 119.1032).

ff 465r-469r Answers of Joasaph, protosyncellus, to canonical questions of Georgius Drazinus, inc. Ἀποδέχομαί σε τῆς σπουδῆς.

ff 469v-470r On degrees of affinity, etc. See PG 119.1073.

ff 470r-472v Styles used in addressing letters, inc. Πῶς γράφει ὁ πατριάρχης πρὸς τὸν πάπαν.

ff 472v-479v Joseph Bryennius, Epistulae, with the inclusion (ff 478v-479v) of a speech, inc. Ἄλλο τὸ κρίμα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἄλλο τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, expl. Ἐκ τῆς ἰδίας γεέννης ἐσθίει.

ff 480r-v Georgius Hamartolus, Chronicon 4.261-264 (PG 110.977-1009), covering the period from Michael I to Theophilus.

ff 481r-v Pseudo-Hippocrates, Epistula ad Ptolemaeum regem (TLG 0751.001).

ff 482r-483r John of Damascus De Draconibus et Strygibus (PG 94.1600; CPG 8087.01-02).

ff 483r-v Office to be recited at breakfast, inc. Ἀνιστάμενος ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζου ὦ ἀδελφέ

ff 484r- 488v John Chrysostom, Adversus ebriosos et de resurrectione domini nostri Jesu Christi (TLG 2062.035; PG 50.433; CPG 4341).

ff 488v-489v Joseph Bryennius on Easter Day, inc. Λαμπρὰ σήμερον ἡμῖν ἡ ἡμέρα.

ff 490r-v Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus, letter to Callinicus on the origin of the names of certain hymns.

ff 491r-498v Georgius Hamartolus, Chronicon 3.172-4.180 (PG 110.565-608), covering the period from Numerianus to Constantine.

ff 499r-501r Nicephorus I, Breviarum historicum de rebus gestis post imperium Mauricii (TLG 3086.001; PG 100.1001), continued here to the death of the Emperor John V. Palaeologus, A.D. 1391.

ff 501v-510v Georgius Hamaratolus, Chronicon 4.219-230 (PG 110.792-841), covering the period from Justinian to Heraclius. Followed, without a break, by an account of Origen (Chronicon 3.43, PG 110.533-541), f 509r; a note of monstrous births in the reign of Theodosius, f 510r; and an account of the death of Esau and the birth of Moses (Chronicon 1.17-18, PG 110.160), f 510v. The last extract concludes imperfectly at the bottom of f 510v with a catchword, this being the end of that part of the MS which is of the 15th century and written on paper.