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Mount Athos, Panteleimon Monastery, 124

Additional Information

  • Appr. Date: 15th c. (15th c.)
  • Genres: Philosophical
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

15th cent.
Paper
Lambros no. 5630 (vol. 2, p. 296)
Iter Psellianum no. 699 (pp. 215sq.)
See WEST.MTA.11.6 and WEST.MTA.11.7

P. 1 Σχόλια...Ἡλία Κρήτης, listed as the second item in Lambros, but in fact starts on the first page; the photos do not show pages before numeration begins.  At the bottom of p. 1, in a later hand: «Σχόλια ἀνωνύμου [ἐκ μοναχοῦ?] Ἡλία Κρήτης τὰ μάλιστα ἐμβληθέντα, πρὸς δὲ [obscure] ἄλλων ἱερῶν πατέρων.»

P. 18 Chart in the margin, mostly obscured by defective photograph, but rightmost chart still appears:
—Παραδείγμ(ατα)
—Γοός [sic] θεωρία
—Ἀποχὴ σώματος· ἢ ἀπάθεια
—Μεγαλοπάθεια

P. 19 Margin has graph of ἀρεταί.

P. 26 Desinit (of page and work) «...σταθηρὰ καὶ βέβαια καὶ ἀναλλοίωτα, ὑπὸ τῆς ἄνωθεν ἐποίησας χάριτος ἐν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς τῶν σῶν μαθητῶν.»  P. 27 blank.

395 incipit: «ἤγουν τὴν πλείαν γνῶσιν τὴν ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι: καὶ προφητείας· εἶδές που τάχα...»

398 (with the word ποιμήν on the top of the page) desinit: «...τῆς ὁσίας κλίμακος· καὶ ἑνωθεὶς [obscure]-ύσπη· ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη ἐστὶν ὁ Θεός», followed by note in much later hand, «Ἡ τῆς βασιλείας τοῦ Θεοῦ ὄρεξις, ἡ τῆς υἱοθεσίας ἐπιθυμία· [two short words obscure] ὅτι αὐτῷ πρέπει δόξα, κράτος, τιμή καὶ προγώρισις εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν.»

Between pp. 397 and 398 is apparently an insert, written “map-style”, so that the second page is upside-down relative to the rest of the codex.  The hand is much later and I am unable to give a useful transcription.


At some point in the codex is a fascinating list of expenses, given in kuruşler & akçeler (γρόσια καὶ ἄσπρα) and written in an unpretentious language.  For example:

97/34  Ἀπὸ τὰς ἔμπροσθεν σούμας
0/60  Ἀγώγι εἰς δύο Τούρκους ξένους μὲ χέρι τοῦ Γεροφιλ(οθέου)
8/0  Λουφὲ ὅταν ἐπήγαμεν εἰς Θεσσαλονίκην
33/90  Κααβὲ ὀκάδες, 19’: 100’: χρέος τοῦ παλαιοῦ ν...
2/60  Σεπτεμβρίου, 20’: ἔδωσα ἐλεημοσύνην
16/73  Εἰς δαμάσκηνα ὁποὺ ἐπῆρεν ὁ γερο-Φιλόθεος
100/54  Δοχειαρίτην ὅταν ἐπῆγαν στὴν πόλιν διὰ ἕξ...
11/21  Χερᾶν· διὰ χορτάρι, ὁποὺ ἐπῆραν στὸ μπεϊλίκι
1/0  Εἰς δύο σακοῦλες πανέτοιμες ὁποὺ ἐπῆραν...καὶ ἔβαλαν τὰ πεσκέσια τους διὰ τὴν πόλιν
5/75  Εἰς 7’: πινάκια κεράσια ὁποὺ ἐπῆραν αὐτοί
18/18  Ἐπλήρωσα τὸν καμπανάρη, διὰ 6’ μουντζού(ρια)
5/0  Ἐπλήρωσα τὸν σκευοφύλακα Βατοπεδ(ίου)
0/78  Γράμματα καὶ τρεῖς ὁμολογίες χρεωτικές
21/96  Καὶ ὁ παπᾶς Χρύσανθος στὴν πόλιν ὀκάδες [10’?]
0/60  Ἔδωσα τὸν Γεώργην πικρὸν ἀγώγι ὅταν ἐπῆγε τὸν...
[obscure]  Τέσσερα μουτζούρια κριθάρι ὁποὺ ἐπήρ(αμεν)
3/12  Ἐπλήρωσα τὸν Μηχάλην [οὕτω] σανιδᾶ [Σανιδᾶ?]  διὰ τὰ...
0/78  Ὁλόγυρα εἰς τὰ μοναστήρια καὶ ἐβούλω...

Bibliography

  • Catalogue of the Greek Manuscripts on Mount Athos (Open in Zotero)
  • Iter Psellianum: A Detailed Listing of Manuscript Sources for All Works Attributed to Michael Psellos, Including a Comprehensive Bibliography (Open in Zotero)