Uppsala University Library, Gr. 5 Greek manuscripts in Sweden – a digitization and cataloguing project Uppsala University Library Riksbankens jubileumsfond Barbara Crostini Lappin Eva Nyström Patrik Granholm manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100005 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Uppsala Uppsala University Uppsala University Library Gr. 5 Sparwenfeldt 46 Scorialensis Gamma. VI. 3. Scorialensis Theta. IV. 30 (post.) 64418 alvin-record:252137 Ascetic Miscellany

Western paper Quarto Three circles; the upper one crowned and encircling a cross; in the second circle the letters BM; in the third perhaps the letter S

Modern foliation in pencil in the lower right margin: 1–198. There is an older foliation in ink in the upper right margin of the rectos, which is unreliable (folios 11, 19, 45, 135, and 146 skipped; numbers 78 and 118 not used; two leaves carry the same number 108): 1–194. IIf.iii IIf.iii’ none none

A label for Uppsala University Library and a former shelfmark. Blank endleaves

Blank endleaves

Yellowish parchment laced-case binding without boards. Sewn on three supports. Endbands oversewn with hemp cord; endband cores laced through. Gilt edges. Cover extensions and two pairs of alum-tawed ties at foredge. On the foredge one may with difficulty read the binding title ΑΘΑΝΑΣ and a number 3.

The binding is probably of late seventeenth century Spanish origin.

Water damage to top right corner of the first two quires, especially at where the text is erased in that part; worming of the first and last leaf of the volume. The lower corner of has been ripped diagonally, with loss of text.

It was brought from Byzantine/Turkish territory to Italy (presumably Venice?) and then, in to Spain. According to an inventory preserved in the Archivo de Simancas, the Greek copyist and manuscript dealer Andreas Darmarios sold a collection of nineteen manuscripts to Philip II King of Spain in . One of the items in the inventory is described as El gran Athanasio de la Vida de Sancta Tecla... es libro raro, pero de letra tan antigua que en algunas partes no se dexa leer ( Revilla (1936) ). The volume thus described is in fact the same one that eventually ended up in Uppsala, as shown by Stig Yngve Rudberg ( Rudberg (1952) ). During its stay in El Escorial it served as the protograph of Scorialensis Psi. I. 3., a copy executed by Nicholas de la Torre and still present in El Escorial. It was also used in by David Colville for his translation of Vita St. Syncletici into Latin. Our volume remained in the Spanish Royal library up until the great fire in , when it was thought lost. Nevertheless, it must have remained in Spain, since eighteen years later it was acquired by Johan Gabriel Sparwenfeldt, and brought to Sweden.

Came to Uppsala University Library as part of the Sparwenfeldt donation in .

 Benzelius (1706) Graux (1889) CCAG Lundström (1897) Revilla (1936) Rudberg (1952) Rudberg (1959) Andrés (1965) Andrés (1968) Carter (1970) Torallas Tovar (1994) Évieux (1997–2000) Ampelarga (2002) 1 Athanasius Alexandrinus Vita S. Syncleticae Μηνὶ ἰαννουαρίῳ δʹ· τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας εἰς τὸν βίον τῆς ὁσίας καὶ καλλιπαρθένου Θέκλης Ἔδει πάντας ἀνθρώπους τῶν καλῶν ἔπαθλον τῶν ἀγώνων παρ᾽αὐτοῦ δεξαμένη τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν ἀμήν. The reading of Thecla instead of Syncletica in the rubric is tentative, since most of the ink is abraded. Their confusion could easily have taken place, since, in the beginning of the vita, Syncletica is called a disciple of Thecla and is compared to her. Cf. Castelli (2004) . U Ampelarga (2002) PG Andrés (1965) Ampelarga (2002) Johannes Chrysostomus Ad Theodorum Lapsum Johannes Chrysostomus Ad Theodorum Lapsum, liber 2 Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Ἰωάννου ἀρχιεπισκόπου Κωνσταντινουπόλεως τοῦ Χρυσοστόμου· πρὸς Θεόδωρον ἀσκητὴν ἐκπεσόντα· πρὸς μετάνοιαν ἐπιστολὴ α´ Τίς δώσει τῆ κεφαλῆ μου οὐκ ἔτι δεήση φαρμάκων ἑτέρων· τῶ δὲ Θεῶ ἡμῶν ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ἀμήν PG Dumortier (1966) Johannes Chrysostomus Ad Theodorum Lapsum, liber 1 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ· πρὸς Θεόδωρον ἀσκητὴν πρὸς μετάνοιαν λόγος β´ Εἰ καὶ δάκρυα καὶ στεναγμοὺς πάνυ γὰρ ἡμᾶς εὐφρανεῖς ἐν τούτοις PG Dumortier (1966) The reverse order of texts, where both liber 1 and 2 are copied, is present also in ms Vat. gr. 1628 (11th cent.). Cf. Dumortier (1966) . Oraculum ψῆφος κυροῦ Λέοντος τοῦ σοφοῦ Ἐρώτησον ἐν ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ κατεκλίθη ὁ ἄρρωστος καὶ ψηφίσαι εἰ μέν εἰσιν ἄνωθεν τοῦ σταυροῦ, ζήσεται, εἰ δὲ κάτωθεν εἰσιν τελευτήσει

A later inserted note which seems to be a prognostic device on sickness, recovery, and death. It incorporates a picture of the cross and below that an attribution to Leo VI Sapiens Emperor.

A similar text is present in Vat. gr. 915, fol. 47v, and in Vat. gr. 952, fol. 137v; cf. CCAG .

 Proclus Archbishop of Constantinople Hom. 35, Homilia consolatoria Homilia consolatoria ad aegrotum Λόγος ἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Βασιλείου The authorship of this text has been disputed, another suggestion being Basilius Caesariensis, or Pseudo-Basil. U Rudberg (1959) PG Rudberg (1959) Basilius Caesariensis Ep. 2, Ad <persName ref="https://www.manuscripta.se/person/100183">Gregorius Nazianzenus</persName> Βασίλειος Γρηγορίῳ PG Courtonne (1957–1966) Macarius/Symeon Pseudo- Epistula magna (excerptum) Τοῦ αὐτοῦ παραίνεσις πρὸς τοὺς εἰσαγομένους ἐν κοινοβίῳ· καὶ πρὸς τοὺς ἡγουμένους τῆς ἀδελφότητος Πρῶτον πάντων ὁ τῷ σκοπῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται

The τοῦ αὐτοῦ in the manuscript title refers to Basilius Caesariensis; cf. CPG 2951, where it is described from this ms as unpublished; Pinakes (Oratio Exhortatoria).

The excerpt corresponds to the following passage in Werner Jaeger’s edition: Jaeger (1954) .

Our ms is mentioned in Desprez (2006) , although mistakenly as Upsaliensis graecus 3, and is described as témoin contaminé entre les deux familles anciennes des 150 Képhalaia. Ceux-ci ont pour modèle un exemplaire ancien de la Collection IV, qui n’a pas la lacune du ch. 7 de la Grande Lettre.

Pedro de Valencia used this ms for his Latin translation of the text; see Martín Rodríguez (2002)

Jaeger (1954) Staats (1984) Basilius Caesariensis Sermo 12, De Ascetica disciplina Τοῦ αὐτοῦ παραίνεσις ἀσκηταῖς Δεῖ τὸν νέον ἀσκεῖν τὸν ἀκτήμονα βίον PG Basilius Caesariensis Ep. 173, Ad Theodoram Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς κανονικήν· περὶ βίου κανονικοῦ PG Basilius Caesariensis Ep. 150, Ad Amphilochium Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀμφιλοχίῳ ὡς παρὰ Ἡρακλίου· περὶ ἀσκήσεως καὶ βίου μοναχοῦ PG Basilius Caesariensis Ep. 41, Ad Iulianum Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρὸς Ἰουλιανὸν τὸν παραβάτην PG Basilius Caesariensis Confessio Fidei Τοῦ αὐτοῦ πίστις ἐκτεθείσα Πιστεύω εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα τῶν κατὰ τὴν προκειμένην ὁμολογίαν πιστευόντων καὶ φοβουμένων τὸν Θεὸν ἀμήν Although the incipit is similar to Basil of Caesarea, Ep. 125 (ii), CPG 2900 (=PG 32 col. 548), the text is not the same and remains so far unidentified; cf. also Eusebius, De ecclesiastica theologia, book 1, ch. 8. sect. 2, l. 11. Julianus Apostata Emperor of Rome Ep. ad Basilium (Ep. 40 inter Basilii epistulas) Ἐπιστολὴ Ἰουλιάνου τοῦ παραβάτου πεμφθεῖσα πρὸς τὸν Βασίλειον Τὸ ἐμφυτόν μου ἐκ παιδόθεν γαληνὸν βασιλεῖ Ῥωμαίων καὶ μὴ ὑπεραίρεσθαι

Later addition by another scribe.

This text is written on an inserted leaf, probably as a companion piece to Basil’s letter to the Emperor on , above. The verso page, , is blank.

 PG Courtonne (1957–1966) Basilius Caesariensis Ep. 115, Ad Simpliciam Haereticam Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Σιμπλικίᾳ αἱρετικῇ· καὶ κατ’ εὐνούχων PG Courtonne (1957–1966) Excerptum medicum None Ὥσπερ ὑπὸ πιασμοῦ δεῖ τε ἡ ἐυεκτοῦσα σὰρξ θατέρου γὰρ λείποντος, δυσχερὴς ἡ τελείωσις The microtext is a secondary but contemporary addition in the blank part of the page. Isidorus Pelusiota Epistulae Ἐκλογὴ ἐκ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν Ἰσιδώρου τοῦ Πελουσιώτου

141 letters, for the most part in the normal order of the collection. The following letters are included: From Book I letters 1–2. 6. 9–10. 13–15. 12. 8. 27. 31. 36. 41–42. 44. 46. 108. 47. 49. 62. 77. 80. 83. 89–92. 94. 98. 104. 108 (again). 110. 115. 128–130. 132. 140. 142. 144. 146. 150. 149. 151. 153; from Book II letter 284; from Book I letters 162–164. 166. 170. 179. 188. 186–187. 189. 194–195. 197. 199. 201. 213. 220. 223. 227–228. 231. 234. 258. 260. 266. 274. 276–280. 283–286. 294. 303. 308–309. 313. 320. 364. 367–368. 372. 376. 380–381. 383–385. 391–392. 399. 408. 410–412. 423–424. 432–433. 446. 495; from Book II letters 30. 76. 86. 165. 205. 214. 293; from Book III letters 49. 66–68. 74. 124. 129. 137–138. 140. 143–146. 157. 155–156. 158. 163. 177. 179. 131. 54.

In the stemma proposed in Évieux (1997–2000) , our ms is paired with Milan, Ambros. B 67 sup., 15th cent., siglum ω.

 δ Évieux (1997–2000) PG Paulus Helladicus Epistula Ἴσον ἐπιστολῆς τοῦ μακαρίου ἀββᾶ Παύλου τοῦ Ἑλλαδικοῦ κοιμώμεθα καὶ οὐδὲν βλαπτόμεθα U Lundström (1902) Lundström (1902) Begass (2015) Ascetica quaedam Περὶ τοῦ γέροντος τοῦ πρὸς τῇ ἐξόδῳ αὐτοῦ ἀπολέσθαι κινδυνεύσαντος Ποτὲ τίς γέρων ἔμενεν μετὰ εὐλαβοὺς ἀδελφοῦ μοναχοῦ ἱκανὰ ἔτη προβεβηκὸς ἐγένετο μετὰ ψαλμῶν καὶ εὐχῶν κατὰ τὸ ἔθος ἡ τάφη τοῦ γέροντος

This text is unidentified so far. A transcription is in press and will also be included in the Lund monastic database (http://monastica.ht.lu.se/monastica.php).

On a later inserted note on coins and their values: Ἰστέον ὅτι τὰ λεπτὰ καλοῦνται ἀσσάρια, ἤγουν τὰ νουμμία ἑξήκοντα ἀσσαρίων ὑπήρχε τὸ δεινάριον· ἕκατον δειναρίων ὑπήρχε ὁ ἄργυρος καὶ πέπραται ὁ κύριος δὲ εἰς λʹ ἀργυρίων, ἅτινα συνάγονται ͵Γ δεινάρια, γινόμενα χρυσοῦ δὲ νουμμία ρʹ. For a similar passage, cf. Nicolaus Catascepenus, Vita sancti Cyrilli Phileotae 37, 7. Above the note a name (difficult to read) μακαρίου φιλοσόφου.

Parchment Quarto

Q1–1717.IVf.136 + Q18(VI-1ante f.137+1f.147)f.148 + Q19–234.IVf.188 + Q24(IV+1f.197+1f.198)f.198

After there are two stubs of fine parchment. is an independent leaf, a makeshift insertion tacked in with the help of a couple of knots. The last two leaves in the volume are pasted to the preceding quaternion.

Generally in the upper right margin of first recto and the lower right margin of last verso, beginning with βʹ on and ending with κδʹ on . Some of the signatures, especially on recto pages, have been trimmed out. The signatures are marked by a short horizontal stroke above the letter, and appear to be written in the same colour as the ink of the text. None ruling pattern identical with Sautel This expert and consistent hand writes a Perlschrift of small modules and fast ductus, typical of the monastic production of the late tenth or early eleventh century. The oblique strokes of Kappas, Chis and Lambdas produce an angular effect and impress a movement to the right, though the letters are not themselves visibly slanted. The vertical stroke of Kappa has a small hook when the letter is enlarged in the margin. Although the writing is relaxed, no excesses are present. A later addition on a separately inserted leaf. The hand is, according to Stig Yngve Rudberg, datable to the fourteenth cetury.

Rubrics are written in brown ink but written over with red ink, forming a kind of characteristic halo (similar to yellow spalmature in Southern Italian mss). Subtitles (or other division headings) are numerous. Simple dividers, such as a dot-filled line, sometimes combined with crosses, further mark the text divisions. Initials are simple enlarged majuscules, sometimes in red.

Written in the late 10th c. in a monastic setting. Stig Yngve Rudberg proposes Constantinople as place of origin ( Rudberg (1952) ).

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