Uppsala University Library, Gr. 14
Aristides and Lucian, Rhetorical texts
13th or early 14th c.
paper
i, 216, i' leaves
195 × 130–140 mm
5 units
Greek
Unit 1
1.1
(ff. 1r–2r)
Prolegomena in Aristidem
none
Παναθηναϊκὸς Ἀριστείδου συμβαίνουσαν
τῆς λέξεως ἐπεξιόντες παρατηρήσομεν
Where manuscript readings differ from Dindorf’s and Lenz’ editions, they seem to relate most closely to manuscripts A, M, p, and r in Lenz’ apparatus (Vat. 1899, ; Marc. 423, ; Vat. Pal. 90, ; Vat. 1298, ).
Lenz (1959), pp. 121–125;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 3, pp. 742–744.
1.2
(ff. 2v:1–2v:18)
Scholia in Aelium Aristidem (scholia vetera) (TLG5008.001)
σχόλιον εἰς τὴν ἀρχὴν τοῦ παναθηναϊκοῦ λόγου
Τὸ προοίμιον ἀπὸ προσοχῆς εἴληπται
ἐκ δὲ τοῦ ἐστὶ τὸ ἔτι αὐτὸν κρατεῖν
Dindorf (1829), vol. 3, pp. 1–2.
1.3
(ff. 2v:19–27v)
Panathenaica (TLG0284.013)
⟨Ἀ⟩ριστείδου τοῦ ῥήτορος Παναθηναϊκός
τοῖς ὅπλοις τῇ δ’ ἐπιεικείᾳ [mut.]
One leaf has gone missing after f. 8v, creating a lacuna equalling ed. Lenz 16, 10 – 18, 5 (‘ἔσχηκεν εἰς αὐτά – ὀνομάζουσι τοὺς δευτέρους ἐλθόντας’). Likewise, there is a leaf missing after f. 21v (ed. Lenz 43, 6 – 45, 16; ‘εἶναι τὸν μέγιστον ὅρον – ἔχειν ὥσπερ χρήμασιν’). The manuscript text breaks off at ed. Lenz 57, 16: after that point, around four quaternions or sixty percent of the original text seem to have been lost.
Lenz (1976), pp. 7–16, 18–43, 45–57;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 150–217.
Unit 2
1
(ff. 178r:28–178v, 180r–180v, 28r:1–28r:27)
Palinodia de Smyrna (TLG0284.021)
Ἐπιστολὴ Σμύρνης καὶ πρὸς τὸν αὐτοκράτορα· Ἀριστείδου Παλινῳδία ἐπὶ Σμύρνῃ καὶ τῷ ταύτης ἀνοικισμῷ
Although split up, these three leaves actually contain the complete text. In addition to the Smyrnaea Politica, which follows directly below, yet another work by Aristides on Smyrna (De Smyrna epistula ad imperatores) is found on ff. 177r–178r; those two texts would have preceded the Palinodia before the leaves in the codex were disarranged.
Keil (1898), pp. 16–23;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 429–438.
2
(ff. 28r:28–28v)
Smyrnaea Politica (TLG0284.015)
Παλινῳδία· Σμύρνης ἐγκώμιον ἢ προσφωνητικός
ὀφθέντες ὑπ’ αὐτῶν κατιόντων, οὐ [mut.]
Where the texts breaks off, the manuscript probably lacks two leaves (those would have fitted the rest of this speech and the first few lines of Cyzicena Panegyrica.
Keil (1898), pp. 1–2;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 371–373.
3
(ff. 29r–32r:28)
Cyzicena Panegyrica (TLG0284.016)
none
[mut.] ἔφη Πίνδαρος, θεοῦ δείξαντος
The manuscript lacks some eight to ten lines at the beginning of the speech.
Keil (1898), pp. 125–138;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 382–400.
4
(ff. 32r:29–34v:20)
In Apellam (TLG0284.010)
Keil (1898), pp. 201–211;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 113–125.
4.3
(ff. 34v:19–34v:20)
‘Ὁ γενεθλιακὸς οὗτος ὑπεβλήθη πρὸ μιᾶς τοῦ ἀναγνωσθῆναι ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ τῇ ἐπὶ γάμῳ (!)· αὐτοῦ ὄντος ἔτων κθʹ· λύσις δὲ ἀνήδονος εἰ καὶ πάνυ δοχεῖ.’
5
(ff. 34v:20–34v:33)
Pro pace Atheniensibus concedenda (TLG0284.032)
Ὑπὲρ τῆς πρὸς Ἀθηναίους εἰρήνης
ἠράμεθα, οὔθ’ ὡς λείαν ἡμῶν [mut.]
The text opens with a scholion: ‘Πλεῖστα ἐν ὀλίγοις ἔχει ὁ λόγος καὶ τὰ πάθη λανθάνοντα καὶ πρέποντα ἀνδρὶ Σπαρτιάτῃ καὶ ὡς ἂν μάλιστ’ ἤνυσεν’. Due to the loss of leaves, only the first twelve lines of this text are preserved.
Lenz (1976), pp. 615–616;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 601–602.
6
(ff. 35r–38v:18)
De societate ad Thebaios 1 (TLG0284.034)
none
[mut.] ἀντιθέντες κρίνετε καὶ ἐρωτᾶτε
The beginning of this text is missing, the amount of text probably equalling one leaf.
Lenz (1976), pp. 630–647;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 714–731.
7
(ff. 38v:19–38v:30)
Dionysus (TLG0284.004)
Διόνυσος
θεούς τε καὶ ἀνθρώπους· οὔτε [mut.]
Due to the loss of leaves, only the first twelve lines of this text are preserved.
Keil (1898), pp. 330–331;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 47–48.
8
(ff. 39r:1–39r:6)
Ad Aesculapii puteum (TLG0284.018)
[mut.] καὶ ἀνθρώποις καὶ πίνειν
Only the last few lines of this text are preserved.
Keil (1898), p. 324;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, p. 414.
9
(ff. 39r:6–42v:26)
Ad Achillem (TLG0284.052)
Πρεσβευτικὴ πρὸς τὸν Ἀχιλλέα
Lenz (1976), pp. 799–814;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 2, pp. 584–608.
10
(ff. 42v:26–46v)
Ad Capitonem (TLG0284.047)
Ἀριστείδου πρὸς Καπίτωνα
δημιουργὸς, ὃν δὴ μιμητὴν [mut.]
The loss of text at the end equals about two and a half manuscript pages.
Lenz (1976), pp. 527–545;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 2, pp. 415–431.
11.1
(ff. 47r–47v:24)
Pro Quattuor viris: Hypothesis 2
none
[mut.] ἐν τῷ Περικλεῖ διαβέβληκε
ἀνέλῃ τῶν δοκούντων ἐγκλημάτων τὴν διαβολήν (!)
Only the second half of the hypothesis is preserved.
Dindorf (1829), vol. 3, pp. 437–439.
11.2
(ff. 47v:25–47v:27)
Scholia in Aelium Aristidem (TLG5008.001)
Ἐπίγραμμα εἰς τὴν στήλην Περικλέους
Dindorf (1829), vol. 3, p. 439.
11.3
(ff. 47v:27–123v)
Pro Quattuor viris (TLG0284.046)
Ἀριστίδης ὑπὲρ τῶν τεσσάρων
The main text is preceded by scholia on ff. 47v–48r:21. Scholia are also inserted at other places, sometimes in-between paragraphs, sometimes in a separate column on the page or else in the margins along with the main text. Lacunae: one leaf is missing after f. 51v with resulting textual loss; ditto at f. 59v; after f. 64v several leaves have been lost; one leaf is missing after f. 88v with resulting textual loss. On f. 83v there is another rubric, even though this is just part of the main text: ‘Ἀριστείδου κοινὴ ἀπολογία Θεμιστοκλῆς’. One scholion is not included in Dindorf’s edition: ‘ ἀφιλόσοφον τὸ ἐνθύμημα· μελέτη γὰρ θανάτου τοῖς φιλοσόφοις ὁ βίος, τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος καὶ
τῶν σωματικῶν ἐλευθερίαν ποθοῦσι καὶ τῆς καθαρᾶς ζωῆς ἐκτόπως ἐρῶσι’ (in the margin of f. 114v).
Lenz (1976), pp. 293–524;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 2, pp. 156–414;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 3, pp. 439–464, 620–621, 635, 707–708, 728–729.
Unit 3
1
(ff. 124r–124v, 126r–128r:8)
Contra incriminantes quod non declamaret (TLG0284.051)
Πρὸς τοὺς αἰτιωμένους ὅτι μὴ μελετῴη
Keil (1898), pp. 227–236;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 2, pp. 571–583.
2
(ff. 128r:9–131v:2)
De non agendis comoediis (TLG0284.040)
Περὶ τοῦ μὴ δεῖν κωμῳδεῖν
Keil (1898), pp. 191–200;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 751–761.
3
(ff. 131v:3–131v:25, 125r–125v, 132r–136v)
In proditores mysteriorum (TLG0284.050)
Ἀριστείδου Κατὰ τῶν ἐξορχουμένων
Ἀριστείδου κατὰ τῶν ἐξορχουμένων κοινῶς Ἀσίας ἐν Σμύρνη ἐθαυμάσθη δὲ ὑπεράπαντας
In the margin of f. 125r a scholion on three kinds of ἀμαθία, not found in Dindorf’s edition; on f. 136r another one to the lemma μάσθλης.
Keil (1898), pp. 237–252;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 2, pp. 543–570.
Unit 4
1
(ff. 137r–140v)
Calumniae non temere credendum (TLG0062.013)
Λουκιανοῦ Περὶ διαβολῆς
With scholia.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 126–138.
2
(ff. 140v–144v)
Cataplus (TLG0062.016)
Λουκιανοῦ Κατάπλους ἢ Τύραννος· Τὰ πρόσωπα εἰσὶ Χάρων καὶ Κλωθώ
χρησάμενος τῷ φαρμάκῳ· ἀλλ’ ἄπιθι [mut.]
The manuscript text lacks paragraphs 25–28, approximately what would have been accomodated on one leaf.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 178–198.
3
(ff. 191r–191v, 145r–149v)
Gallus (TLG0062.019)
none
[mut.] ῥαψῳδῶν οὐχ ὥσπερ ἐγὼ νῦν
δακτύλους κατεσκληκότα, ὃν [mut.]
The manuscript lacks some half a page, or one and a half paragraph, at the beginning of the text, and most of the last three paragraphs due to missing leaves. What is present are paragraphs 2, line 12 – 31, line 3.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 250–276.
4
(ff. 150r–150v)
Prometheus (TLG0062.020)
none
[mut.]
δίδω (!) καὶ ἐλάττω ποιῶ
Around two thirds of the text are missing due to loss of leaves; the manuscript picks up at the last line of paragraph 15.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 284–288.
5
(ff. 150v–155v)
Icaromenippus (TLG0062.021)
Ἰκαρομένιππος ἢ Ὑπερνέφελος. Τὰ πρόσωπα Μένιππος καὶ Ἑταῖρος.
ἰταμώτατος καὶ πρὸς τὰς [mut.]
Incomplete due to the loss of leaves; paragraphs 1–30 remain.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 289–308.
6
(ff. 156r–161r)
Timon (TLG0062.022)
none
[mut.] αὐτὴν ἐσθίουσαν τῶν κριθῶν
The manuscript text picks up in the middle of paragraph 14.
On f. 161rthere is a scribal note in monocondylic style, which reveals that the volume at some stage also incorporated four works by Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius. Those are not preserved in the manuscript anymore: ‘Ἀριστείδης τε καὶ Λουκιανὸς ἅμα μεστὴν ἀποτελοῦσι τὴν βίβλον ταύτην. πρὸς δὲ τούτοις ἔνεστι καὶ τοῦ σοφοῦ Βοετίου δράματα δ.’
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 315–336.
7
(f. 161v)
An anonymous letter
Τὴν σὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἀνεγνωκὼς ἐπὶ πᾶσι τεθαύμακα
πρὸς τὸν πάντα ἄριστον ἐμοὶ ἢ ἰσχύσω τε ἠνιᾶσαι μοι ἐμαυτῷ
8
(ff. 162r–165v)
Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem (TLG0062.028)
[mut.] καὶ τοῦτο. κατὰ ταὐτὰ δὴ καὶ ὁ κυβερνᾶν
The manuscript text picks up in the middle of paragraph 5.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 2, pp. 123–134.
10
(ff. 167v–168v)
Bacchus (TLG0062.003)
Προλαλιὰ ὁ Διόνυσος
οἱ ἄνδρες δὲ τῆς Πανικῆς, τῆς δὲ τοῦ [mut.]
The text breaks off at the last line of paragraph 6 (paragraphs 7–8 missing).
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 16–19.
11
(ff. 169r–170r)
Patriae encomium (TLG0062.010)
Πατρίδος ἐγκώμιον
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 69–72.
12
(ff. 170r–172v)
Lis consonantium (TLG0062.014)
Δίκη φωνηέντων
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 139–143.
13
(ff. 172v–175r)
Soloecista (TLG0062.070)
Ψευδοσοφιστὴς ἢ σολοικιστής
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 164–177.
14
(ff. 175r–176v, 179r–179v)
Somnium sive vita Luciani (TLG0062.029)
Περὶ τοῦ ἐνυπνίου ἤτοι βίος Λουκιανοῦ
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 2, pp. 135–141.
15
(ff. 177r:1–177r:4)
Eleusinia
none
[mut.] πολέμιοι· ὦ πάλαι τε καὶ νῦν
Ἐλευσίνιος ἐγράφη ὅσον ἐν ὥρᾳ ἐν Σμύρνῃ μηνὶ ιβʹ ἐπὶ ἡγεμόνος Μακρίνου ἔτων ὄντι ΝΓʹ καὶ μηνῶν ἕξ· ἐλέχθη δὲ ἐν τῷ βουλευτηρίῳ
Only a few lines from the end of this speech remain.
Keil (1898), p. 31;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, p. 423.
16
(ff. 177r–178r)
De Smyrna epistula ad imperatores (TLG0284.041)
Ἀριστείδου ἐπιστολὴ περὶ Σμύρνης καὶ πρὸς τοὺς βασιλεῖς τῶν Ῥωμαίων
On f. 177r a scribal note in the lower margin: ‘τὰ ἔμπροσθεν οὐκ οἶδα πῶς θέτω, ἐνηλλαγμένα ἐτύγχανον’. Note also that another text on Smyrna begins at the bottom of f. 178r: that text is presently split up on three separate leaves in the volume and has been described above in connection with f. 28r.
Keil (1898), pp. 12–16;
Dindorf (1829), vol. 1, pp. 762–767.
Unit 5
1
(ff. 181r–187r)
Dialogi deorum, N:o 15–17. 21. 25. 24. 22–23. 20. 19. 18. (TLG0062.068)
The end of the last dialogue, n:o 18, is lacking.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 4, pp. 295–314.
2
(ff. 187r–190v)
Dearum judicium (TLG0062.032)
Θεῶν κρίσις
On ff. 187v–188v there are several brief lacunae in the manuscript text, a couple of words missing, as though the writing area of the protograph might have been partly damaged or unreadable here.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 2, pp. 201–211.
3
(ff. 190v:21–190v:23)
Scholia in Lucianum; 77, prol. (TLG5029.001)
‘Ἐν τούτοις τοῖς διαλόγοις διαπαίξειν βούλεται τὰ παρὰ τῶν ἀθέων Ἑλλήνων περὶ τοῦ Ἅιδου λεγόμενα καὶ διὰ τοῦτο νεκροὺς εἰσάγει ἔνθεν καὶ νεκρικοὺς τοὺς διαλόγους ὠνόμασεν.’
The scholion belongs with the following text, which begins on f. 192r. Note that the leaf in-between these passages, ff. 191r–191v, is in the wrong place and should have preceded f. 145r.
Rabe (1906), p. 250.
4
(ff. 192r–200v)
Dialogi mortuorum, N:o 1–7. 19. 24–27. (TLG0062.066)
Νεκρικοὶ διάλογοι
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 4, pp. 147–165, 192–195, 213–224.
5
(ff. 201r–209r)
Dialogi marini, N:o 1–6. 8–15 (TLG0062.067)
Note that the Greek numbering is internal and does not take into account that Dialogue 6 is omitted (i.e., Λόγοι ιʹ, ιαʹ, ιδʹ equal Dialogues 11, 12, and 15).
Scholia on ff. 203v:6–203v:13, 204v:22–204v:26, 207r:21–207v:3; cf. Rabe (1906), pp. 265–268
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 4, pp. 230–260.
6
(ff. 209r–216v)
Demonax (TLG0062.008)
Δημώνακτος βίος
ἀπὸ τούτων τοῖς ἀναγινώσκουσι λο⟨γίζεσθαι⟩
[mut.]
The manuscript text lacks the last few words.
MacLeod (1972–1987), vol. 1, pp. 46–57.
Support
Foliation
Modern foliation
in ink in the upper right margin of recto pages: 1–216. An earlier foliation in Greek numerals, also in the upper right margin of recto pages: αʹ–σιεʹ. The two foliations differ slightly from each other from f. 65r and onwards, but both were executed after the far-reaching disarray and loss of the leaves had taken place.
Collation
Binding/Endleaves
If.ii
If.ii’
Unit 1
Due to the present state of the volume, with many lost leaves and far-reaching restoration of the paper, the suggested quire structure can only be tentative. Of the original eight quaternions – unless more texts followed upon the Panathenaica – the last four are now lost altogether. The remaining quires should be construed as follows (x stands for one lost leaf): Q1: fol. 1–8, Q2: x + 9–15, Q3: fol. 16–21 + x + 22, Q4: fol. 23–27 + xxx.No original quire signatures are preserved. The numbering of every tenth leaf in the lower margin is a later addition.
none
Unit 2
Due to the present state of the volume, with many lost leaves and far-reaching restoration of the paper, it is difficult to confirm the original quire structure.Many of the original quire signatures are trimmed out, and in several cases the outer leaves of the quires have been lost. Thus, only a couple original signatures remain in the lower right margin of the last verso. f. 59v
ϛʹ
f. 88v
ιαʹ
none
Unit 3
One leaf has become misplaced; the correct order of the leaves should be: 124, 126–131, 125, 132–136. There are no traces left of the original quire structure.none
none
Unit 4
Due to severe restauration with trimmed leaves and new glued-on guards, it is not possible to accomplish a collation. Fol. 125 should have come after fol. 131, and fol. 191 belongs before fol. 145. Furthermore, the overall order of the texts has probably undergone changes at rebinding, since the writer’s note on ff. 161r–161v may be an indication that this leaf was once the last leaf of the book, or at least of the Aristotle and Lucian collection of texts.Only two original quire signatures left, in the lower right margin of the last verso
f. 144v
αʹ
f. 176v
ϛʹ
none
Unit 5
Due to restauration with trimmed leaves and new glued-on guards, it is not possible to accomplish a collation of the original quires.none
none
Layout
Unit 4
Additions
Decorations
Unit 1
Unit 2
Unit 3
Titles partly in red ink, partly in black. Simple ornaments in red or black accompanying rubrics and some initials (see e.g. (f. 131v)).
Unit 4
Red titles, plain red initials, a modest headpiece on (f. 137r); marginalia sometimes in red.
Unit 5
Titles, initials, and some marginalia in red ink.
Binding
Greek-style binding, bound in wooden boards cut flush with the textblock. The boards have grooves at all edges. Unsupported sewing on five sewing stations. Reddish-brown goatskin cover, blind-tooled with frames and vegetal borders. Holes after two straps and pins at foredge. Another single hole in the left cover. Compound endbands with secondary sewing in green, red and white silk. A movable string marker of linen thread attached to the headband. Modern endleaves.
200 ×
150 mm
Rebound. In this process, the bookblock was restored extensively. Each leaf was given a new guard and sometimes also new margins, but many leaves had apparently gone missing prior to that radical rescue operation. Most often it is the outer double-leaf in the quire that has been lost.
Origin
Written in the 13th or early 14th c.. Place of origin unknown.
Provenance
Acquired by Jacob Jonas Björnståhl (1731–1779), during his travels through Europe in the years 1767–1779, most likely when he was visiting Thessaly in 1779.
Acquisition
Came as a donation to Uppsala University Library in 1781.
Former shelfmarks
Björnståhl 4
- Graux (1879), p. 312, n. 1.
- Sommerbrodt (1884).
- Graux (1889), pp. 44–45.
- Nilén (1889).
- Nilén (1907).
- Wittek (1952), p. 315.
- Lenz (1976), pp. LVIII–LIX.
- Rudberg (MS).
Statement of Responsibility
External Identifiers
Internal Identifiers
https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100014
