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52. Qualiter caput hominis situatur,' or 'Descripcioun del teste de home:' with a model not unlike those of modern phrenologers in Latin.

It refers to the Summa of Aquinas, who died in 1274.

53. Auctoritates, or Les auctoritez de Job e des autres Docturs: in Latin (fol. 491 a to fol. 4946).

The majority are extracts from St Augustine, St Bernard, Gregory the Great; a few being added from the sacred writers.

54. Liure de Sydrac le philosophe qest apele le liure de la fontaigne de toutes sciences: or, more accurately, in fol. 496b, 'Les Questions qe le roi Boctus demanda de Sydrac le philosophe;' [a Romance of Eastern philosophy].

After a long table of contents the treatise begins (fol. 505 a) :

Av tens le roi Boctus al leuant roi de vne graunt prouince que est entre Jude e Perse...

Respecting this long and elaborate romance, see Warton, Engl. Poetry, 1. 145, ed. 1840, and on its translation into English verse, Ibid. 11. 305, 306.

55. Les propretes des Femmes, en Romaunz.'

Begins (fol. 627 a) :

Oiez seignurs e escutez

E a ma parole entendez

Ki en femme trop met sa cure

Souent sera saunz honure.

56. 'Confessio,' or 'Coment home se deit confesser:' in French: (fol. 628 a).

57.

58.

59.

Oratio de Sancta Maria:' in Latin: (fol. 629 a, col. 1). 'Les xxxII Folies:' in French: (fol. 629 a, col. 2).

'Miracula beatæ Virginis' (fol. 6296 to fol. 6336). A series of religious anecdotes, imperfect at the end. See Ff. 1. 14, § 19. Trace of ownership, in a hand of the xvi1th century: 'Bought of Mr Washington.'

Gg. 1. 2.

An octavo, on silky paper, containing 326 leaves, paged, each page containing from 20 to 30 lines, written in a cursive Greek character of the xv th century, some pages being left blank. The larger capitals are ornamented, and, as well as the other capitals and some of the musical notes,. are written in red. The Greek titles are supplied by the MS.

Some French possessor (perhaps J. B. Hautin) has prefixed a Latin syllabus of the contents.

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1. ‘Ἀρχὴ σὺν Θεῷ ἁγίῳ τῶν σημαδίων τῆς πενταδικῆς τέχνης ̇ τῶν τε ἀνιόντων καὶ κατιόντων σωμάτων τε καὶ πνευμάτων καὶ πάσης χειρονομίας καὶ ἀκολουθίας συντεθεμένων εἰς αὐτὴν παρὰ τῶν κατὰ καιροὺς ἀναδειχθέντων ποιητῶν παλαιῶν τε καὶ νέων.

Ἀρχὴ, μέση, τέλος, καὶ σύστημα πάντων τῶν σημαδίων τὸ ἴσον ἐστί· χωρὶς γὰρ τούτου οὐ κατορθοῦται φωνή. (fol. 1.)

The work contains ὅρος μουσικῆς, ὅρος φωνῆς, ὅρος φθόγγου, several pieces set to music, tables, &c.

The last words of the treatise are set to music, and are as follows: Πνεύματα τέσσαρα, ἑπτὰ φωναὶ, διπλασμὸς, καὶ τρία κρατήματα, ἐντέχνως συντεθεμένα παρὰ Ἰωάννου τοῦ Κουκουζέλη καὶ Μαίστρος. (fol. 2.)

For Johannes Cucuzeles, see Smith's Dict. Gr. & Rom. Biog. Vol. II. p. 594. None of his works appear to be edited.

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2. Περὶ ἀριθμητικῆς, ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Νικομάχου μερικὴ ἐκε λογή.

Begins :

Ιστέον ὅτι ὁ δύο ἀριθμὸς λέγεται ἄρτιος, ὁ τρία περιττός. (f. 21.) Ends with a scale at the head of which stand the words,

Τὸ ἄρτιον διαιρεῖται εἰς ἀρτιάκις ἄρτιον, περισσάρτιον, ἀρτιοπέριττον.

3. ‘Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ β. βιβλίου [π]ερὶ...

A blank space left after [7]epì not filled up.

Begins:

Ἐὰν γὰρ λάβοις (sic) δύο μονάδας, ἐπειδὴ ἶσαι εἰσὶν ἀλλήλαις, (μον άδες γὰρ καὶ ἀδιαίρετοι) καὶ πολλαπλασιάσεις αὐτὰς ἐπ ̓ ἀλλήλας, διάστημα οὐ ποιήσεις ἄλλα τὸ αὐτὸ γενήσεται. (fol. 22.)

Ends :

...καὶ ἁπλῶς ἐξ ἐναντίων τοῦ παντὸς ἡ σύνθεσις· τοιοῦτον εἰς τὸ τῶν ἀριθ μῶν γένος τὸ γὰρ ταυτὸ ἀδιαίρετον. (fol. 24.)

Illustrated with geometrical figures. For these arithmetical works see Smith's Dict. Biogr. s. v. Nicomachus.

4. • Συλλογὴ λέξεων ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου.

• Or possibly παντοδαπῆς. The MS. has παπαδικῆς.

Begins :

Βρεβείω κατὰ Λατίνους τὸ τέμνω ̇ καὶ βρεβίτα ἡ συντομία. (fol. 24 verso.) (Cf. Boiss. Anec. Gr. T. 1. p. 410.)

Ends :

...ἱμάντη, λώρος: κόμπου χάριν πορευθῶ, δηλονότι ἐπιδείξασθαι καὶ ἐγκωμιασθῆναι ὡς λόγιος (ibidem).

5. A scale of Pythagorean numbers (ααβ, αβγ, αγδ, &c.), but having no title: arranged in four columns, headed respectively, ἧφος, μέτριος, ἔναρξις, ἀπαξάδων. (fol. 25.) This table is followed by another (fol. 29) in nine columns, headed kai vūv kai ἀεί, which is followed by a Pythagorean letter, entitled,

• Πυθαγόρου νίκη καὶ ἧττα (MS. ἧττας): Πυθαγόρας Τηλαυγῇ χαίρειν.

Begins (fol. 57) :

Πολλὰ παθὼν καὶ πολλὰ πειράσας.

The Epistle treats of divination by numbers.

It has been partially

edited by Orelli in his Collect. Epist. Græc. p. 52, but his work only contains the first few lines. The remainder contains divers diagrams and mystical numbers, &c.; and ends with a magical receipt for catching a thief. See also Orelli's remarks, p. 301.

6. ‘Λέξεις βραχεῖαι ἔκ τε τῶν τοῦ Χοιροβοσκοῦ, καὶ Μαξίμου, Μαγίστρου Θωμᾶ γραμματικοῦ, Λογγιβάρδου, καὶ ἑτέρων.

Begins (fol. 32):

Ἀκρασία: πᾶν τὸ περιττόν ἀκρασία καὶ ἡ ἀνωμαλία· ἀκρασία ἀδυναμία καὶ ἄνοια.

Ends:

...ὦκα ταχέως. (fol. 43 verso.)

This treatise seems not to be published in this form.

7. Θεοδοσίου γραμματικοῦ Ἀλεξανδρέως περὶ προσωδιών.

The Preface begins:

Περὶ γραμματικῆς γράφειν προθέμενος, κ. τ. λ. (fol. 44.) Ιστέον τοίνυν ὡς ὁ Θρὰξ Διονύσιος ὁ περὶ τῶν η λόγου μερῶν διδάξας ἡμᾶς, κ.τ.λ. as in the MS. mentioned by Fabricius, Vol. vII. p. 34. Hamb. 1725. The treatise itself commences thus:

Θεοδοσίου γραμματικοῦ Ἀλεξανδρέως περὶ προσωδιῶν. προσῳδίαι εἰσι τ' ὀξεῖα, βραχεία, κ. τ. λ.

Ends :

..τὴν ἐπιφορὰν τῶν δύο συμφώνων. (fol. 50.)

By way of appendix is given an account of Dionysius Thrax, beginning, Διονύσιος γένος μὲν υἱὸς Διονυσίου Ἀλεξανδρέως, κ. τ. λ.

Ending":

...κατὰ μέρος δεικνύει. (fol. 50 verso.)

This appears to be an unedited treatise. A Commentatio upon it by Peyron is published with Sturzius' edition of Orion Thebanus, pp. 236-242. Lips. 1820. For some further remarks see Göttling's preface to Theodosius περὶ γραμματικής, pp. xii—xiv. Lips. 1822.

8. Ονομασία μηνών.

Fol. 51 consists of a catalogue of the names of Roman, Egyptian, Macedonian, and Cappadocian months, arranged in four columns: also of a catalogue of Greek, Hebrew, Bithynian, and Cyprian months, similarly arranged in four columns. Published by Cramer in Anec. Gr. Oxon. Τ. Ι. pp. 402, 403, but the Macedonian months are absent.

9. Λεξικὸν περὶ πνευμάτων ἐκλεγὲν ἐκ τῶν περὶ πνευμάτων Τρύφωνος, Χοιροβοσκού, Θεοδωρίτου καὶ ἑτέρων, καὶ ἀντιγράφοις διαφόροις ἀντιβληθέντων καὶ ὀρθωθέντων. (fol. 51 verso.)

Begins :

Ἀρχὴ τοῦ ἃ στοιχείου. τὸ α πρὸ ἑαυτοῦ ψιλοῦται, κ.τ.λ.

Ends (fol. 64 b):

...τούτων δὲ καὶ ἕτερά τινα πλεῖστα εὕροις [ἂν] ἐν τοῖς ἐρωτήμασι καὶ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ πλὴν οὐ κατὰ στοιχεῖον.

Published by Scapula at the end of his Lexicon; but this MS. has a variety of ἐπιμερισμοὶ at the end which are not contained there. Παραγγέλματα ἰδικὰ συντελοῦντα εἰς ὀρθογραφίαν.

10. Begins :

Βάλλω, στέλλω, τίλλω διὰ δύο λλ ἐπὶ ἐνεστῶτος, ἐπὶ δὲ μέλλοντος δι ̓ ἑνός (fol. 65).

Ends :

...ἀνδράριον καὶ εἴ τι ὅμοιον (fol. 706).

11. Αρχὴ σὺν θεῷ τῶν ἐρωτημάτων τῶν ἐπιδιορθωθέντων παρὰ κυρίου Μανουὴλ τοῦ Μοσχοπούλου.

Begins (fol. 73):

Τί ἐστι προσωδία ;

Ends (fol. 232) with τὰ τρία μέρη τῆς ῥητορικῆς arranged in a table. For this work see Smith's Dict. Biogr. under Moschopulus. It appears that it has been more than once printed.

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12. ‘Τοῦ περιτίμου ἐν φιλοσόφοις κυρίου Μιχαὴλ τοῦ Ψέλλου σύντομος ἐξήγησις περὶ συντάξεως ἢ περὶ τοῦ μὴ σολοικίζειν· καὶ περὶ βαρβαρισμοῦ ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ τούτων· καὶ περὶ συντάξεως προθέσεων καὶ ῥημάτων.

Begins (fol. 233):

Οκτώ είσι (sic) πάντα τὰ μέρη του λόγου.

Ends (fol. 246 b) :

...είς αν ἢ εἰς ου.

This work of Psellus appears to be unnoticed by Fabricius, and to be unedited. It consists of a variety of grammatical sections, e. g. περὶ προσώπων, περὶ τοῦ μὲν συνδεσμοῦ, περὶ τῶν γ γενών, περὶ ἐπιῤῥημάτων, &c. After this work follows a variety of short pieces (occupying about four pages), in prose and verse, accompanied by scholia. They are by Christian authors, and relate to Lazarus, Christ, and the Apostles.

13.

Αφθονίου σοφιστοῦ προγυμνάσματα· ὧν αἱ ἀρχαί μόνον ὧδε.” (fol. 249.)

This is merely an enumeration of the definitions and chapters of the work of Aphthonius. Their Greek titles agree with those given in Walz's edition (Rhet. Gr. Vol. 1. pp. 55-120). After this (fol. 250) follows a little notice of Hermogenes, and an abstract of his στάσεις.

14. Περὶ λογογραφίας.

Begins (fol. 267) :

Πᾶσα λόγου ἰδέα ἐκ μερῶν ὀκτὼ συγκεῖται, ἐννοίας, λέξεως, σχημάτων, μεθόδου, κώλων, συνθήκης, ἀναπαύσεως καὶ ῥυθμοῦ· περὶ ὧν διδάξομέν σε ὡς ἐγχωρεῖ.

Ends (fol. 261):

...καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.

See Dd. v. 29. (Vol. 1. p. 266.)

15. ‘Τοῦ ἁγίου Επιφανίου (sic) περὶ μέτρων καὶ σταθμῶν. Begins (fol. 261):

Κόρος σίτου μόδιοι λ, ὃ λέγεται χώρο χώρ λέγεται ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ βουνοῦ ὑποθέσεως.

Ends (fol. 264 b) :

...κουστωδία ἄνδρες

Bears but little resemblance to the work of St Epiphanius (Vol. II. pp. 158-184, ed. Pet.); but is partially taken from it. Compare the beginning with p. 177 d.

After this work follow a variety of grammatical excerpts, or little treatises, mostly without titles, which seem to belong to the late Byzantine school, and to agree in part with the γραμματικὴ εἰσαγωγὴ of Theodorus Gaza, edited by Aldus. (Venet. 1495.)

The first is a work on the prepositions. It begins, Ιστέον δὲ ὅτι ἡ ἐξ καὶ ἡ ἐκ καὶ ἡ ἀπὸ καὶ ἡ πρὸ καὶ ἡ ἀντὶ μετὰ γενικῆς συντάσσεται (fol. 265, ef. Theodor. Intr. Gr. sig. 1. Λ. ii. ed. Αld.). After it follows one on the