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Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, gr. 396

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  • Appr. Date: 13th c. (13th c.)
  • Genres: Varia
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

13th-14th century (Moore, p. 735).

Pp. 282-285: Psellus, De Dogmate, sive de Fidei, ad Imperatorem Constantinum, versibus polilticis (TLG 2702.015, no. 3; Iter Psellianum no. 1055 (POE.3, pp. 473-475); PG 122.812A-816B19).  Cf. Paris grr. 902, 1371, 1782, 2875, and Suppl. gr. 58.

Pp. 412-414: Apophthegmata by various authors.
Pp. 414-416: Prodromus, Theodore. Epigrams in Hexaemeron.
Pp. 417-427: Various philosophical excerpts.

Pp. 427-429: Psellus, Ἐκ τοῦ λόγου ἀποδεικτικοῦ, τοῦ φάσκοντος ὅτι ἐκ τῶν ἐπινοιῶν τοῦ Ἀριστοτέλους τὰ μηχανήματα καὶ τὰς νίκας ἐποίει καὶ τὰς πόλεις ἐλάμβανεν ὁ τῶν [Μακεδόνων (ms. ἡδονῶν)] βασιλεὺς Ἀλέξανδρος (Iter Psellianum no. 902 (ORA.8, pp. 343sq.); ed. le demi-dieu Jean François Boissonade de Fontarabie, Anecdota Græca 1.172-174).  Cf. also Paris. gr. 1182, fols. 91v-92v.

Pp. 430-439 omitted (a note in the margin on p. 440: "[430-430 omis.]").
Pp. 440-445: Short anonymous chronicle from Adam to the Christ.
(Not listed in Pinakes).

Also medical texts and various poetical opuscula (see Catalog and Pinakes).

Bibliography

  • Inventaire sommaire des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque nationale (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)
  • Répertoire des bibliothèques et des catalogues de manuscrits grecs (Open in Zotero)
  • A List of Printed Catalogs of Manuscript Books (Open in Zotero)
  • Wegweiser durch die Sammlungen altphilologischer Handschriften (Open in Zotero)

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