Add MS 34060, ff 511r-579v

ff 511r-515r Rubrical directions for the Liturgy according to the use of the Great Church, namely in Constantinople, inc. Λαβόντος τοῦ ἀρχιδιακόνου καιρόν.

ff 515r-517r, Origin of the Manichaean and Paulician heresy, inc. Σκυθιανός τις Αἰγύπτιος.

ff 517r-518r Service for the reception of converts from Manichaeism into the orthodox Church, inc. Προηγουμένως μὲν ὁ προσιὼν τῆ ὀρθῆ πίστη νιστεύη ἐπὶ ἐβδομάδας δύο (Goar, p. 890).

ff 518r-520v Service of Methodius, Patriarch of Constantinople, for the readmission into the Church of those who have abjured, inc. Εἰ μὲν παιδίον συνελήφθη (Goar, p. 876; PG 100.1299).

ff 520v-521r Prayer for admitting a pagan as a catechumen, beginning with the rubric Ποιῶν αὐτὸν κλίναι τὸ γόνυ (Goar, p. 346). f 520v.

ff 521r-v Service for the reception of a convert from Judaism, inc. Ἐξαγορεύειν αὐτὸν δεῖ καὶ θριαμβεύειν (cf. Goar, p. 344). Followed (ff 521v-524r) by a fuller form of the same service, headed Ἔκθεσις ἀκριβεστέρα περὶ τοῦ πῶς δεῖ and inc. Ἐξαγ. αὐτὸν χρὴ πρότερον καὶ θριαμβεύειν.

ff 524r-531r Against the baptism of Jews except after rigid examination, inc. Τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀρχὴν εἶναι.

ff 531r-533v Service for the reception of Muslim converts, inc. Προηγουμένως μὲν ὁ προσιών.

ff 533v-534r Extract from John Chrysostom, In epistulam ad Hebraeos, homilia 8, ch. 5 (TLG 2062.168, part; PG 63.75; CPG 4440, part), with variations, on the study of the Scriptures and the rise of heresies.

ff 534r-536r Demetrius Cyzicenus, Liber de Rebus Armeniae (contra Iacobitas), imperfect, inc. Ὁ ἰάκωβος οὗτος ἀφ' οὗ καὶ οὗτοι καλοῦνται (PG 127.880A-885B).

ff 536r-v A brief abstract of Maximus the Confessor, Disputatio cum Pyrrho (CPG 7698, cf. PG 91.287).

ff 536v-541r Epistle of Peter III, Patriarch of Antioch, to Dominic, Archbishop of Grado and Aquileia, on the assumption by the latter of the title of Patriarch, inc. Πολλῆς ἡμῖν εὐφροσύνης.

ff 541r-544v Canonical decision of Sisinnius, Patriarch of Constantinople, against the marriage of two brothers to two cousins, A.D. 997, inc. Εἰς τὴν ἐπ' ὄλεθρον τοῦ κόσμου...ἀθεμιτογαμίαν (PG 119.728).

ff 544v-545r Cyril of Alexandria, Epistula 56 and 57 (PG 77.320; CPG 5356-57).

ff 545r-546r Epistles of Michael, Patriarch of Constantinople (A.D. 1043- 1059): περὶ γυναικὸς ἱερέως μοιχευθσεις (sc. -θείσης; PG 120.749-50); περὶ γάμου κεκωλυμένου (PG 119.849-852); περὶ ἐπισκόπου ἐγκληματικῶς κατηγοριθέντος, inc. Λέων ὁ τοῦ ἀτζυπίου...τὴν βασιλίδα καταλαβών.

ff 546v-548r Canonical decision of Alexius, Patriarch of Constantinople, in A.D. 1028, on donations of monasteries, etc. (PG 119.837), inc. Μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἀπάντων.

ff 548r-v. Justinian, Novella 77 (TLG 2734.013; CPG 6893.4.77), chrysobull on the case of slaves taking sanctuary in a church.

ff 548v-557v Leo Achridensis, three letters against the Latin Church, inc. Ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μεγάλη ἀγάπη (PG 70.836); Εὐλογητὸς ὁ θεὸς; Μὴ παιδία γίνεσθαι.

ff 557v-563r. Dialogue between Philip the money-changer and Theodosius a Jew, including an apocryphal account of the enrolment of Christ among the priests of the Temple. The text varies in parts from that given by the Suda under Ἰησοῦς (Adler ι 229). The title is in a 15th-century hand, written over an erasure. The first 15 lines, ending at the bottom of f 557v, are in the same early hand as the preceding articles; most of the remainder is in a 15th-century hand, occupying the first two and a half out of five inserted paper leaves (ff 558-562); the conclusion (f 563r) is again in the same early hand. The text breaks off at the end of f 560r, and there follows (ff 560v-562v) an account of the Holy Places in and near Jerusalem, inc. Διήγησις ἀκριβῆ περὶ τῶν θείων καὶ ἱερῶν τόπων.

ff 563r-564r Abridgement of Epiphanius of Salamis, De xii gemmis (TLG 2021.004; PG 63.293; CPG 3748).

ff 564r-v Explanation of Zachariah, ch. iv.

ff 564v-567v On oblations, prayers, liturgies, and alms for the dead, inc. Ἔπρεπεν ὡς ἀληθῶς.

ff 567v-568v Isidore Pelusiota, Epistulae II.212; I.114 (TLG 2741.001-2, part; PG 78.652-53, 257-60; CPG 5557, part).

ff 568v-569r [Basil of Caesarea, Sermo ob sacerdotum instructionem (recensio fusior) (TLG 2040.076; CPG 2933).

ff 569r Basil of Caesarea, Epistula 93 (TLG 2040.004, part; PG 32.484; CPG 2900, part).

ff 569r-v Basil of Caesarea, epistle περὶ τοῦ τί χρὴ ὑφίστασθαι τοὺς τῶν ἐπιτιμίων καταφρονοῦντας, inc. Εἰ τὰ κοινὰ ἐπιτίμια.

ff 569v-570v Nicolaus, Patriarch of Constantinople, to Pope Urban II, in answer to his letters, and on the case of the Archbishop of Calabria, dated September, 13th Indiction [A.D. 1089], inc. Ἠδὺ μὲν καὶ ἥλιος μετὰ νέφος.

ff 570v-571r Declaration of the Emperor Alexius I. Comnenus as to overtures made to the Greek Church by Pope Urban II, dated September, 13th Indiction, 6598 [A.D. 1089]. Inc. Τῆ καθ' ἡμᾶς ἁγιωτάτη καὶ καθολικῆ ἐκκλησία.

ff 571v-572v Basil, Archbishop of Calabria (sc. Taranto), to the Patriarch Nicolaus, on his expulsion from his see and the disturbances in S. Italy. Inc. Τολμῶν ὁ ἀνάξιος καὶ εὐτελὴς δοῦλος.

ff 572v-577r Denunciation by Alexius Comnenus I of the doctrines preached by Joannes Italus,dated March, 5th Indiction [A.D. 1082], inc. Τοῦ ἰτάλου ἰωάννου μαθητὰς πολλοὺς κτησαμένου καὶ τούτοις τῆς ἰδίας μεταδόντος διδασκαλίας.

ff 577r-v Letter of Clement III [Guibert], Antipope, to Basil, Archbishop of Calabria (sc. Taranto), inc. Τὴν σταλεῖσαν ἡμῖν θεοφιλέστατε γραφήν σου ἀπέλαβα.

ff 577v-579r Replies to questions of ritual, etc., addressed to the Metropolitan of Russia, inc. Ἠρώτησας εἰς τὸ ἀρτιγενὲς παιδίον.

f 579r Colophon.

f 579v Πῶς αἱ συλλήψεις γίνονται, on pregnancy, etc. An addition of the 15th century, on the verso of the last leaf of the early portion of the MS.