[Addresses and letters]

Name:

Dokeianos, Ioannes; Gregoras, Nicephorus, 1295-1359 or 1360; Gregory II, of Cyprus, Patriarch of Constantinople, 1241-1290

Date:

1550/1599

Description:

Contains eleven addresses and letters by Ioannes Dokeianos (Johannes Docianus). The first is an encomium to Constantine Palaiologos. Also includes a prosphonemation to Theodoros Porphyrogenetos; and a letter to Helen, daughter of Demetrios Palaiologos. Also contains works by Nicephorus Gregoras: his monodies on the deaths of Emperor Andronicus II and of the Great Logothete, Theodore Metochites (the first two sections of Book X of his Histories, Rōmaikē historia); and a letter to John Cantacuzene as Great Domestic. Also contains two works of Patriarch Gregorios II of Constantinople (1283-1289): his encomium on St. Dionysius the Areopagite and his encomium on the sea.

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Provenance:

Formerly Ms. 51 of Notre Dame de Pilar, Saragossa; possibly the same manuscript that belonged to Andreas Darmarios Epidaurios Lakon, used by Martin Crusius in 1584.; Acquired (Colton Fund), 1959.

Subject:

Andronicus II Palaeologus, Emperor of the East, 1260-1332; Constantine XI Palaeologus, Emperor of the East, 1405-1453; Dionysius, the Areopagite, Saint, active 1st century; Metochites, Theodoros, 1270-1332; Orthodox Eastern Church; Byzantine literature; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Orations; Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern); Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

105 leaves : paper; 205 x 148 (152 x 94) mm bound to 213 x 151 mm

Geographic Subject:

Byzantine Empire -- History; Byzantine Empire

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: Dokeianos, Ioannes. Addresses and letters (f. 2r-36v) -- Gregoras, Nicephorus. Orations and letters (f. 37r-45v) -- Patriarch Gregorios of Constantinople. Encomia (f. 49r-85r).; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Heading for first work: Iōannou dokianou enkōmion eis ton basilea kōnstantinon ton palaiologon.; Cover title: Diaphorōn enkōmia kai epistolai.; Foliation: Paper, 105; [x], [1-95]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by various hands.; Decoration: Red used for some headings and initials. Some marginalia.; Binding: Contemporary boards. Some splitting of the binding between quires. Stains on the cover. Spine shows signs of wear. Includes at least three different types of paper.; Origin: No place of writing indicated. Written in the second half of the 16th century (Topping).; Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 137