Marcianus graecus XI, 26 (= 1322) – Mz

Previous descriptions: Mingarelli (1784, 511–7), Mioni (1972, 141–6).

Reproductions: –

Family: d²

Siglum: Mz

Shelfmark: Marcianus graecus XI, 26

Date: 16th century

Format: paper, 215×155 mm, IV + 354 ff.

Material: the paper, although not of the highest quality, is well preserved. No losses.

Binding: not original, dated to 18th century.

Watermarks: there are many watermarks in this manuscript, described in detail by Mioni: bishopric hat, i.e. Briquet 3416 (Venice 1535); an anchor inscribed in a circle surmounted by a six-pointed star, i.e. Briquet 485 (Padua 1547); bishopric hat with a flower on top, i.e. Briquet 3483 (Vicenza 1535); an ox head surmounted by a branch ending in a five-pointed leaf, i.e. Briquet 14735 (Prague 1532–1535); two crossed arrows, ff. 163/164 (nothing similar in Briquet and Piccard); a lily with an M at the bottom, i.e. Briquet 7298 (Reggio Emilia 1547–1549); an open hand with A and B written on the palm and a star above; bishopric hat with a cross on top and an M below, similar to Briquet 3444 (Reggio Emilia 1550); a hand with a different shape.

Scribes: A: ff. 1r–349v, 352v l.8–354v Pachomius RhusanusPachomius Rhusanus (see Vogel, Gardthausen 1909, 380); B: ff. 351r–352v l.7.

Annotations: on f. 221v there is an ownership note (later and clearly not by Pachomius, who according to the note is already dead): τὸ παρὸν βιβλίον ἔναι τοῦ Ἁγίου Γεωργίου τοῦ εἰς τὰ Κρημνὰ τῶν Bουνῶν Ζακύνθου· καὶ ἤτουν τοῦ Παχωμίου τοῦ Ῥουσάνου κόπος καὶ ἐξ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτοῦ ὧλον (lege ὅλον). καὶ αἰωνία αὐτοῦ ἡ μνήμη, ‘the present book belongs to [the monastery] of St. George in Kremna in the Mountains of Zakynthos. It is the work of Pachomius Rhusanus and has been entirely written by him. Eternal be his memory’. At the bottom of f. 336v Pachomius himself wrote: ταύτην τὴν μετάφρασιν ἔγραψα ὢν ἐν τῇ μονῇ τοῦ Βατοπεδίου· ἐπειδὴ ἦν ἐν πολλοῖς σφαλερά, ἀπῆλθον ἐν τῇ λαύρᾳ ἰδεῖν ἕτερον ἀντίγραφον καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησαν δεῖξαί μοι. διὸ καὶ τὰς ᾠδὰς κατέλιπον οὔσας ἰαμβικὰς Ἰωάννου Γεωμέτρου διὰ τὸ μυριόσφαλτον, ‘I wrote this metaphrase while I was at the monastery of Vatopedi. Since in many [passages] it was full of errors, I went to the Lavra [monastery] to see another copy, but they did not show it to me. So I omitted the odes in iambic metres by John Geometres because of the innumerable errors’. This testifies to Pachomius’ awareness as a copyist, who was able to judge the reliability of a manuscript.

1(ff. 1r–2r) Pachomius Rhusanus, Prooemium in grammaticam. Title: Παχομίου μοναχοῦ προθεωρία εἰς τὴν γραμματικήν. Incipit: ὄντως φιλοπρᾶγμόν ἐστι τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος. Explicit: καὶ πρὸς τὰ πρόσω ῥοπήν. Edited in Basilikos (1908, 118–22).

(ff. 2v–6r) Pachomius Rhusanus, Scholia in grammaticam. Title: σχόλια. Incipit: πᾶσα τέχνη οἰκείαν προβάλλεται καὶ τὴν ἀρχήν. Explicit: ἑξῆς αἱ περισπώμεναι. There are several subsections: περὶ λόγου, περὶ πτώσεων, περὶ κλίσεως, περὶ ἐγκλίσεως, περὶ χρόνων, περὶ συζυγιῶν. Edited in Basilikos (1908, 127–34).

(ff. 6v–30r) Pachomius Rhusanus, Isagoge in grammaticam. Title: γραμματικῆς εἰσαγωγὴ κατ’ ἐπιτομήν. Incipit: τί ἐστι γράμμα· φωνῆς στοιχεῖον ἀδιαίρετον. Explicit: κατὰ παθητικὸν αὐτῶν ὁμοίως. Edited in Basilikos (1908, 122–7).

(f. 30v) conjugation table of some Greek verbs.

ff. 31r–32r: blank.

2 (f. 32v) some grammatical notes.

3 (ff. 33r–70r) Matthaeus Camariotes, Isagoge in grammaticam. Title: εἰσαγωγὴ εἰς τὴν γραμματικὴν ἐπιτομώτερον ἐκδοθεῖσα καὶ σαφέστερον ὑπὸ τοῦ σοφωτάτου καὶ λογιωτάτου κυροῦ Ματθαίου τοῦ Καμαριώτου. Incipit: τί ἐστι στοιχεῖον· ἀφ’ οὗ πρῶτον γίνεταί τι. Explicit: τοῦ Θεοῦ δι’ ἀρετὴν λοιπὸν γινουμένου σοι πάντα. Not edited.

4 (ff. 70v–71r) Tryphon, excerpts from περὶ παθῶν. Title: περὶ τῶν ἐν λέξεσι παθῶν κατὰ Τρύφωνα. Incipit: περὶ τῶν μερῶν τοῦ λόγου πραγματευσάμενοι. Explicit: ἀποκρύπτουσα τὸν νοούμενον. Edited in Schneider (1895).

5 (ff. 71r–72r) Lesbonax, De figuris. Title: ἐθνικαὶ διάλεκτοι κατὰ Λεσβώνακτα. Incipit: οἱ Εὐβοεῖς τοῖς θηλυκοῖς ὀνόμασιν ἀρσενικὰ συνάπτουσιν ἐπίθετα (2.5). Explicit: ἀσιανῶν τὸ τῇ αἰτιατικῇ ἀντὶ εὐθείας χρῆσθαι (28b). Edited in Blank (1988).

6 (ff. 72v–73r) <Manuel Moschopulus>, De figuris rhetoricis. Title: περὶ σχημάτων λόγου ἢ συντάξεως. Incipit: σχῆμά ἐστι κακία λόγου πεποιημένη ἐν λόγῳ ἢ συντάξει. Explicit: οἷον ὁ ἀνὴρ αἰθίοψ τὸν ὀδόντα λευκός. Edited in Titze (1822, 69.24–72.9).

ff. 73v–74v: blank.

7 (ff. 75r–79v) Tryphon, De figuris rhetoricis. Title: Τρύφωνος γραμματικοῦ περὶ τρόπων. Incipit: φράσις ἐστὶ λόγος ἐγκατάσκευος. Explicit: ἢ μάλα δή τι Κύπρις Ἀχαϊάδων. Edited in Spengel (1856, 191.4–205.30).

8 (ff. 80r–83r) Iohannes Philoponus, De dictione. Title: περὶ λέξεως τοῦ Φιλοπόνου. Incipit: λέξις ἐστὶ φωνὴ ἐγγράμματος μέρος λόγου περιστῶσα. Explicit: ἀρχαῖος ἀρχάος· ῥωμαῖος ῥωμάος. The text is also present, for instance, in Vindob. phil. gr. 283Vindob. phil. gr. 283 at ff. 1r–3r (see Hunger 1961, 393; Sandri 2023, 229).

9 (ff. 83v–87r) De metris. Title: περὶ εἰδήσεως στίχων ἐκ διαφόρων παλαιῶν τε καὶ νέων. Incipit: πούς ἐστι μετρικὸν σύστημα συλλαβῶν. Explicit: διὰ τὸ ἰδίαν ἔχειν ἑρμήνειαν. The section begins on f. 83v with a diagram illustrating various metres. It is similar to the text in GG 1,1.117.6–1.1.122.

10 (ff. 87v–89v) Aelius Herodianus, De encliticis. Title: Ἡρωδιανοῦ περὶ ἐγκλινομένων καὶ ἐγκλιτικῶν καὶ συνεγκλιτικῶν μορίων. Incipit: ἐγκλινόμενόν ἐστι μόριον λέξεως κατὰ τὸ τέλος ὀξυνομένης. Explicit: γέλως ἐστί· λόγος ἐστίν. Edited in GG 3,1.551.4–3.1.554.12.

ff. 90r–94v: blank.

11 (f. 95r) De arte rhetorica. Title: ἐκ τῶν προλεγομένων τῆς ῥητορικῆς. Incipit: ὅτι αἱ Συρράκουσαι πόλις τῆς Σικελίας. Explicit: ποιοῦσιν τὴν ὀχλοκρατίαν. Edited in Rabe (1931, 24.9–26.21; 27.15–28.16; 40.2–14).

f. 95v: a diagram bearing the title διαίρεσις τῶν στάσεων.

12 (ff. 96r–125v) Matthaeus Camariotes, Epitome de rhetorica. Title: τοῦ σοφωτάτου καὶ λογιωτάτου κυροῦ Ματθαίου τοῦ Καμαριώτου ῥητορικῆς ἐπιτομὴ ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Ἑρμογένους. Incipit: ῥητορική ἐστι δύναμις τεχνικὴ πιθανοῦ λόγου ἐν πράγματι. Explicit: οἷον· ἐπεὶ οὔ μιν ἀφαυρότατος βαλ’ Ἀχαιῶν. Not edited, but see Walz (1832–1836 vol. 6, 601–44).

(ff. 125v–127r) Matthaeus Camariotes, Progymnasmata. Title: τοῦ σοφωτάτου καὶ ῥητορικωτάτου κυροῦ Ματθαίου τοῦ Καμαριώτου ῥητορικῆς ἐπιτομὴ εἰς τὰ τῆς ῥητορικῆς προγυμνάσματα. Incipit: προγυμνάσματά ἐστι ἄσκησις μετρίων. Explicit: ὡς ἐν βραχεῖ κατὰ τὸν ἐπίτομον τουτονὶ λόγος. Edited in Walz (1832–1836 vol. 1, 121–6).

f. 127v: blank.

13 (ff. 128r–135v) Pollux, Onomasticon. Title: ἐκ τοῦ Ὀνομαστικοῦ Ἰουλίου Πολυδεύκους βιβλίον ζ. Incipit: εἴποις ἂν τέχναι· βάναυσοι (7.6). Explicit: Ἡρόδοτος εἰπὼν γράψας ἐν βιβλίῳ (7.211). At the end there is the Prefatory EpigramPrefatory epigram (Pollux).

14 (ff. 136r–141v) Demetrius Chrysoloras, De unione Ecclesiarum. Title: Δημητρίου τοῦ Χρυσολορᾶ διάλογος ἀναιρετικός· Λατίων ἔνστασις, Ῥωμαίων λύσις. Incipit: Ὁ Πάπας Πέτρου τοῦ ἀποστόλου διάδοχος καὶ ἔστι καὶ ὀνομάζεται. Explicit: οὐκ ὀρθῶς μαθητὴς ἀποπνίξαντες. Not edited.

f. 142r-v: blank.

15 (ff. 143r–157r) Michael Psellus, Compendium legum. Title: σύνοψις τοῦ πανυπερτίμου Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ψελλοῦ εἰς τὰς τῶν ὀνομάτων ἀγωγὰς πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Μιχαὴλ τὸν Δουκᾶν, ἐκ προστάξεως τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ καὶ βασιλέως. Incipit: πολὺ καὶ δυσθεώρητον τὸ μάθημα τοῦ νόμου. Explicit: ἕτοιμον εἰς κατάλειψιν καὶ πρόχειρον εἰς γνῶσιν. Poem in decapentasyllabic verses. Edited in Westerink (1992, 123–77).

(ff. 157v–158r): blank.

16 (ff. 158v–159r) Index of the works by Pachomius Rhusanus contained in the present book. Title: οἱ συνταχθέντες παρ’ ἡμῶν οἵδε λόγοι οἱ ἐν τῷ παρόντι βιβλίῳ.

(f. 159v): blank.

17 (ff. 160r–201r) Pachomius Rhusanus, Opuscula varia. For detailed information see Mioni (1972, 144).

f. 202v: blank.

18 (ff. 202–204v) Versus aurei. Title: Πυθαγόραο τάδε χρυσᾶ ἔπη ἴσθι ἐόντα. Incipit: Πυθαγόρου Σαμίοιο ἔνεστιν ἔπη τάδε χρυσᾶ. Explicit: ἔσσεαι ἀθάνατος, θεός, ἄμβροτος, οὐκετί θνητός. There are several rubricated glosses between the lines. Edited in Young (1971, 86–94). See also La Barbera (2023).

19 (ff. 206r–221v) Iohannes Geometra, Capita exhortatoria ad filium Theodulum. Title: κεφάλαια μεταληφθέντα ἐκ τῆς βίβλου τῶν ἀποφθεγμάτων καὶ πράξεων τῶν ὁσίων ἡμῶν πατρῴων ἡς ἡ ἐπιγραφὴ παράδεισος. Incipit: ἀνθεμόεις παράδεισος ὁ τῶν ἁγίων χορός ἐστιν. Explicit: παρὰ θῖνα λαλεῖς. It lacks the last twelve verses. Some rubricated glosses between lines. Edited in MPG 106.867–88.

20 (f. 221v) Pachomius Rhusanus, Epigramma in sanctum Nilum. Title: Παχωμίου μοναχοῦ ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὸν ὁσιώτατον ἀββᾶν Νεῖλον. Incipit: Νεῖλος ὁ κλεινός. Explicit: θυμοτρόφον. Some rubricated glosses between lines. Not edited.

f. 221v: ownership note (see Annotations).

f. 222r: blank.

21 (ff. 222v–336v) [Apollinarius Laodicenus], Metaphrasis Psalmorum. Preceded by an introduction (ff. 222v–224v) titled εἰς τὴν μετάφρασιν τοῦ Ψαλτῆρος προθεωρία. Edited in Ludwich (1912).

ff. 337r–347v: blank

22 (ff. 348r–349v) Adamantius Sophista, De ventis. Title: περὶ ἀνέμων Ἀδαμαντίου σοφιστοῦ. Incipit: ἐπεὶ δ’ ἐκ τῶν τῆς γῆς ἀναθυμιάσεων. Explicit: χελιδόνες φαίνονται. Edited in Rose (1864, 49–52).

23 (ff. 351r–352v) Definitions in alphabetic order (letters α–ε). Title: ὅροι καὶ ὑπογραφαὶ κατὰ στοιχεῖον ἐκ διαφόρων λόγων ἀπανθισθέντες. Incipit: ἀγαθόν ἐστιν οὗ πάντα ἐφίεται. Explicit: εὐφροσύνη ἐστὶν ἡ ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος εἰς τὸ εἶναι δημιουργία τοῦ κτίσαντος. Edited in Furrer-Pilliod (2000, 244–61).

24 (f. 352v) Iob monachus, Carmen in Iohannem Chrysostomum. Title: τοῦ σοφωτάτου κυροῦ Ἰωάννου τοῦ ὕστερον Ἰὼβ στίχοι ἡρωϊκοὶ εἰς τὸν θεῖον Χρυσόστομον. Incipit: Ἡελιος μὲν ἄνωθεν ἀπ’ οὐλύμποιο καρήνων. Explicit: χρύσεον στόμα καὶ νέος Παῦλος. Edited in Petta (1965).

25 (f. 353r–v) Definitions on legal matters. Title: αἱ ἐν συνόψει ἀγωγαὶ καὶ αἱ ῥοπαί. Incipit: τί ἐστιν ἀγωγή; ἀγωγή ἐστι δίκαιον τοῦ ἀπαιτεῖν ἐν δικαστηρίῳ τὸ ὁθενδήποτε χρεωστούμενον. Explicit: οὐκ ἀνήγγειλε τῷ ἀνδρὶ παραχρῆμα.

26 (f. 354r) <Pachomius Rhusanus>, Epistula ad metropolitam Hadrianopolis. No title. Incipit: πανιερωτάτῳ μητροπολίτῃ Ἁδριανουπόλεως. Explicit: ὑποστρέψαι εἰς τὸν Ἄθω. Edited in Manousakas (1966, 379–80).

27 (f. 354v) <ps.-Codinus>, Catalogus officiorum magnae Ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae. Title:    τὰ ὀφφίκια τῆς μεγάλης Ἑκκλησίας καὶ αἱ ἔνεργαι αὑτῆς. Incipit: ὁ μέγας οἰκονόμος. Explicit: ὁ δομεστικὸς τοῦ ἀμβῶνος. Edited in Bekker (1839, 3–6).

The manuscript was entirely written by Pachomius RhusanusPachomius Rhusanus (Zakynthos 1508–Naupactus 1553), with the exception of ff. 351r–352v. Pachomius was born in Zakynthos, studied in Venice, and became a monk at the monastery of St. George in KremnaSt. George in Kremna (Zakynthos). During his life he travelled throughout the eastern Mediterranean and also lived in the Athos monastery, where at least part of this manuscript was written, as the subscription confirms (see Annotations). Pachomius was no doubt a learned scholar and wrote several dogmatic and scholarly works (see Maloney 1976, 106–10 and Gones 2005).

This manuscript probably remained at the monastery of St. George on Zakynthos after Pachomius’ death until it was sold to Giacomo NaniGiacomo Nani (see DBI 24, 256–8) in the second half of the 18th century. It then became part of his collection, before finally entering the Marciana Library in 1797 (see Kolyva 1998, 47; N. Zorzi 2018, 104).