Works of Aristoxenus, Manuel Bryennios, Aristides Quintilianus etc.

1580s

paper

421 ff.

310 × 200 mm

Greek

1 (ff. L1r–L1v) Pinax

Rubric: Ἐν τούτῷ τῷ βιβλίῳ ἔνεστι τάδε

Note: f. L1v is blank

2 (pp.1–5) Michael Psellus, Logica et quadriuium

Rubric: Τοῦ σοφοτάτου Ψελλοῦ τῆς μουσικῆς ἠκριβομένη σύνοψις, ἐκ τοῦ συντάγματος αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς τέσσαρας μαθηματικὰς ἐπιστήμας

Incipit: Μουσικὴν οἱ παλαιοὶ συνέχειν εἶπον τὸ πᾶν

Explicit: καὶ ποικίλα κατασκευάζεται

Note: p. 6 is blank.

Edition: Heiberg (1929), pp. 65–72.

3 (pp.7–17) ⟨Cleonides⟩, Introductio harmonica (TLG0361.001)

Rubric: Εὐκλείδου εἰσαγωγὴ ἁρμονική

Incipit: Ἁρμονική, ἐστιν ἐπιστήμη θεωρητικὴ καὶ πρακτικὴ

Explicit: οὗτος ὁ ὅρος τῆς κατὰ τὸ ἡρμοσμένον ἐστὶ πραγματείας

Note: The work is attributed to Euclides in some manuscripts, cf. Pinakes.

p. 18 is blank.

Editions: Jan (1895), pp. 179–207; Menge (1916), pp. 186–223; Solomon (1980), pp. 114–144.

4 (pp.19–25) Euclides, Sectio canonis (TLG1799.015)

Rubric: Εὐκλείδου κατατομὴ κανόνος

Incipit: Εἰ ἡσυχία εἴη καὶ ἀκινησία, σιωπὴ ἂν εἴη

Explicit: ἔλαβον δὴ τοῦ γβʹ τέταρτον μέρος τό γρʹ ὥστε γενέσθαι τον ρβʹ μέσων διάτονον

Note: pp. 26–36 are blank.

Editions: Jan (1895), pp. 148–166; Menge (1916), pp. 158–182.

5 (pp.37–51) Bacchius Senex, Isagoge Artis Musicae

Rubric: Εἰσαγωγὴ τέχνης μουσικής Βακχείου τοῦ Γέροντος

Incipit: Μουσικὴ τί ἐστιν; εἴδησις μέλους ἢ τῶν περὶ μέλος συμβαινόντων

Explicit: καὶ χορείου καὶ ἰάμβου οἷον; ᾦ τοῦ πίτνος στέφανον

Note: After p. 46 there is a loose leaf, ff. 46Ar–46Av, containing a chart of the octave species, with Greek and Latin musical notation, cf. Mathiesen (1988), p. 758

Editions: Jan (1890), ; Jan (1891), ; Jan (1895), pp. 292–316.

6 (pp.52–58) ⟨Dionysius Musicus⟩, De Arte Musica (Τέχνη μουσική) (TLG4183.001)

Rubric: Εἰσαγωγὴ τέχνης μουσικῆς Βακχείου τοῦ Γέροντος deleted, Βακχείου τοῦ Γέροντος κατατομὴ κανόνος τοῦ ἁρμονικοῦ added above

Incipit: Τῇ μουσικῇ τέχνη πάσαν τήν δογματοποιΐαν συντετάχθαι φασὶ πρὸς τὴν ἀκοὴν

Explicit: χρώνται δὲ τῇ αἰσθήσει κριτηρίῳ ἄλλων οὗτως | θ | η | ϛ

Protograph: Cod. Monacensis gr. 215 Terzēs (2010), pp. 179*–183*

Sigla: Terzēs (2010),

Editions: Bellermann (1841), pp. 101–108; Terzēs (2010), pp. 4–18.

7 (p.58) ⟨Dionysius Musicus⟩, Dedicatory verse in dodecasyllable on Bacchius Senex

Rubric: None

Incipit: Τῆς μουσικῆς ἔλεξε Βακχεῖος Γέρων

Explicit: ταύτης προσῆκεν οὐδαμῶς εἶναι ξένον

Note: For further references see Pöhlmann (1973), and Vassis (2005), p. 742.

Editions: Bellermann (1841), p. 285; Terzēs (2010), pp. 16–18.

8 (pp.58–61) ⟨Mesomedes Cretensis⟩, Hymni 1–3 (TLG0268.001)

Note:

The exemplar, which was most likely a copy of Marcianus Gr. VI.10, was written in two columns which needed to be read transversely and not column by column, see the facsimile of Marcianus Gr. VI.10 in Jan (1895), plate 2. The scribe of the exemplar had failed to recognize this and consequently mixed up the order of the verses, cf. Jan (1890), pp. 683–684.

On pp. 58:11–58:16 we have the rubric Εἰς Μοῦσαν ἴαμβος and the Hymn to the Muse, lines 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 (with notation). Then follows, on pp. 59:1–59:13, the rubric Ὕμνος εἰς Ἥλιον (the astrological sign of the sun is written instead of Ἥλιον) and the Hymn to the Sun, lines 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 (without notation), with the marginal note: γένος διπλάσιον ὁ ῥυθμὸς δωδεκάσημος.

On pp. 59:14–60:15, preceded with the rubric Ὕμνος, are the following verses: Hymn to Nemesis, lines 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 (without notation); Hymn to the Muse, lines 2 and 4 (with notation), with a scribal annotation in the margin: ἰάμβ(ος) βακχεῖος; Hymn to the Muse, lines 6 and 8 (with notation), with a scribal annotation in the margin: συζυγία κατ’ ἀντίθεσιν; Hymn to the Sun, lines 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, and 25 (lines 7, 9, and 11 with notation).

Then follows, on pp. 60:16–61:5, the rubric Νεμέσεως (this actually belongs to Ὕμνος in Marcianus Gr. VI.10) and the Hymn to Nemesis, lines 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16–20 (without notation). Lines 17–20 have not been mixed up since they are written in one column on the next leaf in Marcianus Gr. VI.10. The notation and marginal notes are identical with the ones in Marcianus Gr. VI.10.

On p. 61 the scribe has added a quote from the Aldine edition (?) of Athenaeus Naucratites, Deipnosophistae 14.623e (Eupolis, fr. 366): καὶ μουσικὴ πρᾶγμ’ ἐστὶ βαθύ τι καὶ καμπύλον· ἀεί τε καινὸν ἐξευρίσκει τι τοῖς ἐπινοεῖν δυναμένοις.

Colophon: p. 61 τέλος σὺν Θεῷ | In eo exemplari unde hoc manuscripsimus | haec erant subscripta. | Venetiis a(pu)d D. Antoniu(m) descrip. Anno | 1533. Julii 14.

Editions: Heitsch (1963), pp. 25–26.

9 (pp.62–69) Sebastian Mieg, Scholium

Rubric: Scholium Sebastiani Miegii

Incipit: Ut intelligamus ea quae Bacchius

Explicit: fietque παρυπάτη ὑπατῶν ἐναρμόνιος

Note: p. 68 and p. 70 are blank.

10 (ff. (pp. 71–84, 84Ar–84Bv) Charts on Greek music

11 (pp.85–120) Alypius musicus, Isagoge Musica (TLG2135.001)

Rubric: Ἡ τοῦ Ἀλυπίου μουσικὴ εἰσαγωγὴ

Incipit: Τῆς μουσικῆς ἐκ τριῶν τῶν συνεκτικοτάτων ἐπιστημῶν τελειουμένης

Explicit: παρυπάτη μέσων λʹ καί ἥμισυ δʹ πλάγιον

Note: pp. 121–123 are blank.

Edition: Jan (1895), pp. 367–406.

12 (p.124) Suda (TLG9010.001) Life of Aristoxenus from the Suda

Incipit: Ἀριστόξενος, υἱὸς Μνησίου, τοῦ καὶ Σπινθάρου, μουσικοῦ

Explicit: καὶ ἀριθμοῦ αὐτοῦ τὰ βιβλία εἰς υνγʹ

Note: The excerpt is found in α 3972 Adler. After this excerpt there is a note in latin deriving from a book printed in 1562.

13 (pp.125–178) Aristoxenus Tarentinus, Elementa harmonica (TLG0088.001)

Rubric: Τῶν τοῦ Ἀριστοξένου ἁρμονικῶν στοιχείων τὸ πρῶτον

Note: pp. 125–145Liber I; pp. 146–166Liber II; pp. 167–178Liber III

Between p. 142 and p. 143 are two loose leaves with charts: ff. 142Ar–142Bv.

Protograph: Argentorati gr. C.III.31 Mathiesen (1988), p. 758

Note: Argentorati gr. C.III.31 was destroyed in a a fire in 1870. Argentorati gr. C.III.31 is not the protograph according to Rosengren (1888), p. 22

Sigla: Rios (1954), pp. xliii, cvi, 3

Note: Not examined by the editor.

Edition: Rios (1954), pp. 5–92.

14 (pp.179–307) Aristides Quintilianus, De musica (TLG2054.001)

Rubric: Ἀριστείδου τοῦ κοιντιλιανοῦ περὶ μουσικῆς βιβλία βʹ (!)

Note: p. 179Title page; pp. 181–225Liber I; pp. 225–264Liber II; pp. 265–307Liber III

p. 180 and p. 308 are blank.

15 (pp.309–550) Manuel Bryennius, Harmonica

Note: pp. 309–310Title page and table of contents; pp. 311–364Liber I; pp. 365–479Liber II; pp. 480–550Liber III

pp. 551–552 are blank.

Edition: Jonker (1970), .

16 (pp.553–774) Porphyrius, In Ptolemaei Harmonica (TLG2034.021)

Rubric: Πορφυρίου εἰς τὰ ἁρμονικὰ Πτολεμαίου ὑπόμνημα

Note: p. 553Title page; pp. 555–739Liber I; pp. 739–774Liber II

p. 554 and pp. 775–828 are blank.

Physical Description

Support

Textblock

Support 1

Locus: ff. SL01r–828

Support: Western paper

Folding: Folio

Leaf dimensions: 310 × 200 mm

Foliation

Pagination in ink, possibly by the scribe: 1–828. Foliation in pencil by modern hand: 46a (loose leaf), 68a, 84a–b (foldouts), 142a–b (loose leaves).

Pagination in black ink, probably by the scribe: 1–719. Additional foliation by modern hand: 46a (loose leaf), 68a, 84a-b (fold-outs), 142a-b (loose leaves). 309–310 are omitted in the old pagination but have been added in pencil by a modern hand which has also corrected 311–385 to 313–387. After 385 the old pagination jumps to 388. 714–715 are omitted in the old pagination but have been added in pencil by modern hand. 720–828 added in pencil by modern hand.

Collation

Textblock

Formula: _Q1IV^{pastedown, f.i, pp.1–12} + _Q2–32.III^p.36 + _Q4IV^p.52 + _Q5III^p.64 + _Q6(I+1^p.68a)^f.68a + _Q7III^p.80 + _Q8I^p.84 + _Q9(IV+1^f.84a+1^f.84b)^p.100 + _Q10IV^p.116 + _Q11II^p.124 + _Q12–143.IV^p.172 + _Q15II^p.178 + _Q16V^p.198 + _Q17III^p.210 + _Q18–225.IV^p.292 + _Q23(IV+1^p.310)^p.310 + _Q24–3815.IV^p.550 + _Q39I^p.554 + _Q40–5516.IV^p.810 + _Q56V^{pp.811-RCI [pastedown]}

Note: Bifolia 2–4 of Q1 are loose.

Signatures: None

Catchwords: Horizontal, in the lower right margin on most verso pages.

Layout

Layout 1

Locus: pp. 1–84

Columns: 1

Note: Great variation in the number of lines.

Layout 2

Locus: pp. 85–774

Columns: 1

Written lines: 26–29

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. (pp. SL01r–SL01v, 1–774) Sebastian Mieg

Binding

Description: Wooden boards covered with alum-tawed skin. Sewn on five double sewing supports. Two right-to-left fastenings.

Binding dimensions: 330 × 220 × 70 mm

Tooling: The left board has a blind-tooled decoration with a centerpiece on which is the image of Christoph von Württemberg with the inscription ‘Von Gottes Gnaden. Christoff Hertzog zu Wirtenberg. [--- 8chars ---] LIII’. The right board has a blind-tooled decoration with a centerpiece on which is the Coat of arms of Württemberg with the inscription ‘Verbum Dommini (!) manet in aeternum’.

Condition:

History

Origin

Written by Sebastian Mieg in the 1580s according to Rosengren (1888), p. 22.

Provenance

This manuscript was part of the Mieg collection which Johannes Schefferus had acquired from Wilhelm Sebastian Mieg (1617–1658), cf. Schück (1915), p. 34, ‘Mox ipse suo aere Studiosus adhuc comparauit sibi Miigianam, quam possederat Sebastianus Miigius, Nobilis et tredecimuir Argentoratensis, vir Graece Latineque doctissimus, filioque ejusdem nominis reliquerat. Habuit ea codices bis mille circiter diuersi generis Theologos, Jurisconsultos, Medicos, Mathematicos, Philosophos, Historicos et alios; Manuscriptos quoque aliquot non contemnendos. E quibus omnibus nongentos admodum secum abstulit Vpsaliam propter sumptuum in eos auehendos faciendorum magnitudinem, caeteros vel vendidit Argentorati, vel Boeclero donauit.’. See also Rathgeber (1888), .