Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, gr. 2231

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BnF Ancien fonds: Codex parisinus græcus 2231 (Medicianus-Regius 2696; BnF cod. 20.453).  Parchment, late thirteenth century (Moore p. 737), 111 folios.  Once owned by Catherine de' Medici (1519-1589).  Symeon Seth's Σύνταγμα· verses from the Panchatantra by the same and by George Cerameus, Michael Psellus on various questions. See Omont's entry in our Bibliography and Online Resources.

1r-43r  Michael Psellus and Symeon Seth, Compendium medicum de cibarium facultate (TLG 3113.002; Iter Psellianum no. 1045 (CET.DISC.26; pp. 437-444)). Moore (p. 437) says "the text is really an explanation of Aetius Amidenus['] Iatricorum libri xvi, with material drawn from Dioscorides['] Liber de alimentis. Apparently Psellos wrote the work for the emperor Constantine IX. Monomachos. It was then revised for Michael VII. Doukas by Symeon Seth, who wrote a brief introduction (the proem.), made some corrections in the text, omitting some chapters. The work deals with some two hundred and twenty-eight plants and animals." Cf. Parisini grr. 36, 1603, 1251, 2154, 2181, 2224, 2228, 2229, 2230, 2235, 2260, 2301, 2302, 2303, 2308, 2316, 2324, 2510, 2650; Supplément grec nos. 64, 634, 637, 1327; Paris. Coislin 335; and Parisinus latinus 7049.

92r-94r  Psellus, Λόγος περὶ αἰῶνος (TLG 2702.013, opusc. 32; TLG 2702.028, appendix 2; Iter Psellianum no. 709 (THE.166; p. 222)). Cf. Paris. gr. 2087.

94r-111r  Psellus, De Omnifaria Doctrina (TLG 2702.028; Iter Psellianum no. 890 (PHI.167; pp. 316-328); PG 122:687-784 [incomplete]). Cf. Paris. grr. 854, 900, 949, 969, 1613, 1883, 1996, 2085, 2087, 2299, 2544, 2862 and Supplément grec 488, 702, 1255.  These pages from Paris. gr. 2231 contain Omnif. Doctr. redaction 3, chs. 20sq., 75-77, 79sq., 83sq., 87, 89sq. (deest finis), 38 (deest initium), 39, 43, 196, 49sq., 57-60, 63, 66-68, 70sq., 73sq., 23-25, 30-32, 35, 38 (deest fin.), 90 (deest init.), 91, 94-96, 101, 108, 110-117, 122-124, 127-129, 136sq., 142-144, 200.