Vatican Palimpsests Digital Recovery of Erased Identities [by A. Németh]

Vat.gr.103

Manuscript information

Resource type:
Manuscript
Collection:
Vat.gr.
Shelfmark:
Vat.gr.103
Library:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Support:
membr.
Height:
243
Width:
170
Extent:
ff. II, 210
Content:
Collectio rhetorica
Exhibit Tags:
MajusculeGreek Fathers

Description

Writing - Note:
Subscriptio scribae f. 208v (cf. A. Turyn, Codices Graeci Vaticani, p. 26, tab. 162a).
Palimpsest:
Ff. 142, 147, 151, 154
Other name:
Dēmētrios, sec. XIII in [scribe]
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.

Administrative information

Source of information:
A. Turyn, Codices Graeci Vaticani saeculis XIII et XIV scripti annorumque notis instructi, In Civitate Vaticana 1964, pp. 25-26. I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, pp. 124-125. RGK III/A, nr. 172

Curatorial narrative

This manuscript is a rhetorical handbook from the 13th century. It includes Aphthonius’ Progymnasmata, preliminary rhetorical exercises with examples for educational purposes. This text is followed by the widely used rhetorical work compiled by Hermogenes of Tarsus (On legal issues, On invention of arguments, On forms of style, On Method). The codex recycles a few folios with John Chrysostom’s Homilies on Matthew’s Gospel. The erased text was copied probably in the 9th century in Sloping Ogival Majuscule. The manuscript was completed in 1226 by the monk Demetrius who copied a riddle undersigning at the end of the manuscript (f. 208v).

Bibliography; Pinakes.

Parts of this manuscript

1v

Epigrammata VIII

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
1v
Supplied title:
Epigrammata VIII
Incipit:
1) Νῦν τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τὴν νεόδρεπτον δέχου, 2) Τίς προσπαρῆναι γῆν θερίσειν ἐθέλει, 3) Κατάκομον σὺ βοτρυδὸν γένοιό μοι, 4) Ἄφιλος ὦ τᾶν οὐ φίλος δοκεῖς ὅλως, 5) Οὐκ ἀγνοεῖν ὤφειλες ἡμῖν ὦ φίλε, 6) Ὡς εἰκονικῶς χεῖρας αἴρεις παμμάκαρ, 7) Σὺ Διόμηδες βλαστὸς Ἀρβάνου πέλων, and 8) Ἄλλοι πρὸς τὸ πρανὲς ἐσφενδόνων
General note:
Cf. I. Vassis, Initia, pp. 95, 401 (In uvam), 495 (In ficos), 565, 694, 756, 897 (In imaginem Deiparae).
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

2r(2)

Isidorus Meles, Epitaphium in Constantinum fratrem, archidiaconum Arbani

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
2r(2)
Author:
Isidorus Meles, sec. XII-XIII [internal]
Supplied title:
Epitaphium in Constantinum fratrem, archidiaconum Arbani
Incipit:
Κἂν οὐ τάφοις ἔνεστι λαλεῖν ὦ ξένε
General note:
Cf. I. Vassis, Initia, p. 397.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

1r

Romanus Melodes, Epigramma

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
1r
Author:
Romanus Melodes, s., sec. VI. Opere spurie e dubbie [internal]
Supplied title:
Epigramma
Incipit:
Τὰ ἄνω ζητῶν
Explicit:
πρεσβεύων ἀ
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

9v-28v

Aphthonius Antiochenus, Progymnasmata

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
9v-28v
Author:
Aphthonius Antiochenus, sec. IV-V [internal]
Supplied title:
Progymnasmata
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

28v-53r

Hermogenes Tarsensis, De statibus

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
28v-53r
Author:
Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II [internal]
Supplied title:
De statibus
Uniform title:
De statibus (Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II)
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

142r + 147v, 142v + 147r <inf.>

Iohannes Chrysostomus, In Matthaeum homilia XLVI (fragmentum)

Date:
sec. IX
Beginning date:
801
Ending date:
900
Locus:
142r + 147v, 142v + 147r <inf.>
Author:
Iohannes Chrysostomus, s., patriarca di Costantinopoli, 347-407 [internal]
Supplied title:
In Matthaeum homilia XLVI (fragmentum)
General note:
Cf. CPG 4424.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
S. Voicu, Codices, p. 30. P. Canart, Les palimpsestes en écriture majuscule, pp. 73-74

154v + 151r, 154r + 151v <inf.>

Homilia quaedam

Date:
sec. IX
Beginning date:
801
Ending date:
900
Locus:
154v + 151r, 154r + 151v <inf.>
Supplied title:
Homilia quaedam
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
P. Canart, Les palimpsestes en écriture majuscule, pp. 73, 74 e n. 11, 75 n. 11

3r-9v

Incerti auctoris prolegomena in Aphthonii progymnasmata

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
3r-9v
Supplied title:
Incerti auctoris prolegomena in Aphthonii progymnasmata
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

53r-100v

Hermogenes Tarsensis, De inventione

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
53r-100v
Author:
Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II [internal]
Supplied title:
De inventione
Uniform title:
De inventione (Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II)
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

100v-101r

Prolegomena in Hermogenis de ideis

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
100v-101r
Supplied title:
Prolegomena in Hermogenis de ideis
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

101v-192v

Hermogenes Tarsensis, De ideis

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
101v-192v
Author:
Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II [internal]
Supplied title:
De ideis
Uniform title:
De ideis (Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II)
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

193r-208r

Hermogenes Tarsensis, De methodo

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
193r-208r
Author:
Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II [internal]
Supplied title:
De methodo
Uniform title:
De methodo (Hermogenes Tarsensis, sec. II)
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

210r

Versus in s. Georgium

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
210r
Supplied title:
Versus in s. Georgium
Incipit:
Γεώργιε χρησάμενος τῷ γεωργῷ τῶν ὅλων
General note:
Cf. I. Vassis, Initia, p. 117.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 125

2v

Schema genealogicum

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
2v
Supplied title:
Schema genealogicum
General note:
Cf. summo marg. τὸ ὄνομα τῆς συγγενείας καὶ οἱ βαθμοί.
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124

2r(1)

Epistula quaedam

Date:
sec. XIII
Dated Mss:
1226
Beginning date:
1201
Ending date:
1300
Locus:
2r(1)
Supplied title:
Epistula quaedam
Incipit:
πάντες σε ἀγαπῶμεν
Explicit:
πολυχρονίως σε σκέπουσα
General note:
Language:
Greco.
Alphabet:
Greco.
Source of information:
I. Mercati – P. Franchi de’ Cavalieri, Cat. Vat. gr. 1-329, p. 124