Cornell University Library The original of tiiis book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924024691101 Z 6605 .^^c'S?"""""'*^ "'"'"' "*Wiiii!fi,ite,!!J?iS?.te.,«9yemn!enf on th 3 1924 024 691 101 REPORT HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT, GREEK MANUSCRIPTS TEI BEUAININO IN LIBEARIES OE THE LEVANT. H. of"COXE, M.A., SUB-LIBKABIAlf OP THE BODLEIAN LIBKAET. LONDON: PRINTED BY GEORGE E. EYRE AND WILLIAM SPOTTISWOODE, FBINTEB8 TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT lUJESTT. FOB HEB MAJESTY'S STATIONEBT OFFICE. 1858. Ji REPORT. Sir, Having returned from the mission with -which at the commencement of the last year I was honoured by Her Majesty's Government, I beg to lay before you the foUowing Report. Before, however, proceeding to particulars, it may not be unadvisable to state briefly the principal object which in carrying out the mission it appeared desirable to have in view. This object was to visit certain localities, either object, altogether unexplored or imperfectly examined, where there might be supposed to exist collections of books, with the view of ascertaining what Greek MSS. still remained, which might in any way advance the cause of Greek Literature, or interest those engaged in its study. It was also permitted me at my own discretion to Purchasing , 1 Tii-f^f-i 1 , ■, n allowed. purchase any such Mob., where opportunity tor pur- chasing occurred. The reason that the collecting MSS. was not made wiiy the . . T . principal the principal object of the mission was, that it was object was thought that the proprietors of libraries, more especially lect. the principals of religious societies, would be more likely to welcome the student than the trader, especially since, as stated above, leave was given to the student to buy, where there was a disposition to sell. That this was wisely ordered the result showed ^™ticai •' wisdom of it. most signally. At many places it was pointedly asked in what capacity I was travelling, and whether I was A a collector, or coming in what seemed to them a more legitimate capacity. Indeed, the only occa- sion on which I met with any rudeness or incivility was, when at a religions house at Cairo, the Hegu- menos demurred to my application to see his MSS., conceiving that I was the person who, as he had read in the public prints, had been sent out by H. M. Government for the sole purpose of collecting MSS. Assured of my real object, he treated me with the greatest courtesy. Indeed, it is remarkable that on no one occasion do I remember to have found any objection on the part of the proprietors to my taking any notes of, or out of, their MSS., although explaining to them that it was to acquaint literary men with the fact that such works were in existence. Eeasonfor It would Seem that they have too much reason for caution In . , . . „ admission of caution as to the admission oi strangers to an unreserved strangers. . ,> t . i inspection of their treasures ; while the eclat given to them by the reports of literary travellers has led to higher, indeed in many cases too high an estimate of their value, which even a liberal offer is not enough to overcome. The object thus explained, it becomes necessary to say a few words upon the route chosen, and why the localities visited were selected as being the most likely to carry the object out successfully. And if in this respect I have failed in either having left unvisited places or countries where competent judges may think I should have gone, or in having ATsited others apparently too obvious or too well known, the fault in either case must rest with myself alone. The margin allowed me by H. M. Goveminent was most ample and liberal, Egypt, Syria, Asia Minor, Greece, Turkey, and Thessaly were open to m,e, and had health and time been in my own hands, the result might have been more favourable to the interests of literature than it may appear to some, I fear, to have Localities. Margin af- forded by Govern- ment. 8 fumed out* As it was, my health failing me at Con- stantinople, I "was prevented visiting Trebizond and its neighbourhood, where, from some accounts I received at Constantinople, it •was not at all impossible that some discoveries of interest might have been made. My proposal to you. Sir,— a proposal in which I think JJ^j^feg"'^ you entirely concurred, — was, to visit such places as, so proposed, far as I could ascertain, either had not been visited at aU by literary men, or of which, though visited, no account as to the objects of interest they might have contained had been recorded. In the former class might be included many of the Islands of the Grecian and Turkish Archipelago, with the monasteries before alluded to in the neighbourhood of Trebizond ; in the latter, the hbraries of Cairo, Jeru- salem, Mar Saba, with other S3rrian monasteries, Con- stantinople, Mount Athos, Meteora, and others, of whose collections, though many of them have been often visited, we have no real information in detail as to what is really their nature. I am aware, indeed, that of some of these places it has Objections been said, [and that by men well qualified to give an oauties.with opinion, if we can believe that they have carefully ex- amined those libraries on which they pronounce so posi- tively,] that they contain nothing whatever of interest ; but to such sweeping assertions as these I can allow but little weight. If by nothing of interest they mean that they find there no new thing, or no old thing of which we have only heard by report ; that there is no new philosopher, no new orator, or historian, or dramatist — no rival of Plato, or Demosthenes, or Thucydides, or jEschylus ; or that they cannot find in such localities the * I am yet in hopes that this deficiency may be in some sort supplied by the kind ofBces of a gentleman high in the estimation of H. M. Government, •who was on the eve of visiting this neighbourhood, who kindly consented to make inquiries on the subject, and furnish either Sir F. Madden or myself ■with the result. A2 4 lost books of Tacitus or Livy ; then I must agree with them. But surely if we search these repositories for the gratification or instruction of the classical scholar only, we leave out of sight a very large proportion of the lite- rary world, who have an equal right to have their own peculiar interests in the field of literature represented. For the students in Biblical criticism, theological or patristic remains, ecclesiastical and modern history and jurisprudence — for all of these assuredly there is much of interest remaining in many of those libraries in which the casual traveller has pronounced that there is nothing. Portions of very early copies of Holy Scripture, with glosses and commentaries upon them, writings of the ancient fathers of the church, the councils, and works upon the councils — much of this kind of literature, im- portant in the highest degree in the eyes of many, exists in the majority of those places which I have seen, and of which no note, if we except those in the monastery of St. John at Pafcmos, so far as I have been able to ascer- tain, has ever been made public. Notices of Of those which seemed to be the more important MSS. ferred'toan of these collections I have made notes, which I beg to ppen IX. j^^ before you as an Appendix to this Report, rather than embody them in the description of my route, with which I would now proceed. Course of In ordering the course of my travel, it was necessarv route. , ,,, j'lTin... "^ to regard the season most suitable for visiting each par- ticular locality ; and as the arrangements for commencing my journey were completed only in December 1856, I determined to proceed at once to the most southern point to be visited, working my way home as the spring and summer advanced. I accordingly proceeded (5th Jan. 1857) at once to Alexandria, where the Hon. Mr. Bruce, H. M. Consul- General of Lower Egypt, kindly furnished me with an introduction to the interpreter of the Consulate at Cairo, who was most attentive to me during my stay there. At Cairo, also, I was so fortunate as to meet Cairo, witli the Hon. Percy Smythe, wlio, from his great know- ledge of the Eastern languages, as well as of modern Greek, was of the greatest possible service to me in mv visits to the authorities of the place. In Cairo I examined two libraries, the one attached to the residence of the Patriarch of Alexandria, the other to the Monastery of St. Katharine of Mount Sinai, In the library of the Greek Patriarch *, to which library of free access was most courteously granted me, there are arciip^Aiex- contained from four to five hundred Greek MSS., arranged in deal presses with glazed doors, and in a room of some eighteen feet long, by six broad. In this chamber are also kept the printed books, amongst which are some good specimens of early typography. Of the MSS., I took notes of about a hundred. The rest were merely either modern transcripts of service or other ecclesiastical books, or notes of no literary value. The copies of works of classical authors were few, and of recent date. Amongst them may be enumerated a MS. of Hesiod of the fifteenth century, on paper ; of the Ethics and Rhetoric of Aristotle, with the treatise "De Generatione et Corruptione, " all of the fifteenth cen- tury, and on paper j scholia on the CEdipus Tyrannus of the same date ; the Ajax and Electra, with mar- ginal notes and interlinear glosses ; the Rhetorica of Hermogenes and Aphthonius ; the Olynthiaca of Demosthenes, with the prologues and arguments of Libanius ; the Argonautiea of ApoUonius Rhodius, with scholia, of the fifteenth century ; and the Rheto- rica of Gorgias, of the fourteenth century, on vellum. Of portions of the Holy Scriptures, there are several copies of the Gospels, one of the tenth, others of the * The library formerly walled up, and mentioned by Dr. Tishhendorf Wiener Jahrbiicher, 1845, vol. ii. 6 Cairo. eleventh century, one of them excellently written, and I beheve aU uncoUated, the Epistles, copies of the Psalter of the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, and a volume of the eleventh century, comprising the Psalter, the Acts of the Apostles, and the Epistles. There is also a fine copy of the Syntagma Canonum (of Matth. Blastares) of the eleventh century, on vellum ; the Ecclesiastical History of Theodoretj the Metrical Chronicle of Constantinus Manasses ; a curious history of Eussia, translated from the Slavonic by Dionysius Rha- cendytes in 1606, with other works on ecclesiastical listory more particularly noticed in the Appendix. Of works of the Fathers, are two copies of Theophy- lact upon the Gospels, one of the eleventh, the other of the fourteenth century ; of Chrysostom on St. Matthew, and on the Epistles to the Romans, the second to the Corinthians, and to Timothy, all of the eleventh century; of CjrrU of Alexandria upon the Holy Trinity, John Damascenus upon the True Faith, and others. Many other works of interest, logical and philoso- phical, it is unnecessary to recount here, as they will be found in the list appended to the Report. Monastery In the Monastery of St. Katharine, and (jLeroixia of the thariiie. famous monastery of the same title at Mount Sinai, I found only nine Greek MSS., all of recent date, and of no particular interest. Thebes. , Mv mission ended with respect to Cairo, the Question MountSmai. ■' i, ,, ""^". arose whether I ought not to go on to Thebes and Mount Sinai. The reasons, however, why I did not consider myself justified in visiting places of such immense clas- sical and literary interest are the following : — The object of my travel was to ascertain what was existino- in places either httle visited, or of which the contents were not known ; but at Thebes everything as soon as dis- covered (and many additional Greek papyri have been lately found) is immediately made public, and offered to the highest of the many bidders always ready on the spot to avail themselves of any such opportunity, so that I should have merely added one more to the list of compe- titors, and, under the most fortunate circumstances, could but have secured for Her Majesty's Government, at a great cost, what in all probability will eventually find their way to the national collections under much more favourable circumstances, or what, at all events, into whosoever hands they might fall, must most assuredly be made public ; whilst at Mount Sinai, after the visit of so eminent a palaeographer and critic as Dr. Tischendorff, to say nothing of the visits of many other literary men, there could be nothing which would justiiy the hope of discovering anything which had escaped their practised eyes. Of the Natron Lakes, and some other religious houses Natron in Lower Egypt, I heard such an account from gentlemen well qualified to decide as convinced me that it would be utterly futile to spend more time in that direction. I accordingly retraced my steps to Alexandria, and Alexandria, taking with me a letter of introduction from the Patri- arch, was kindly received by the Principal of the Monas- tery of S. Saba there. He showed me all that remained of their library, but amongst some loose leaves of the Venetian editions of the Greek Liturgies, I could only discover two copies of the Psalter of the fifteenth century, and both imperfect. The reason of this dearth appears from a note still existing in a copy of a list of their books in the library at Cairo upon an occasion of trouble ia 1804, when the monastery was in danger from the tyranny of their rulers, and fearing lest they might be obliged to fly to Rosetta, the inmates determined to hide away their treasures in the roof of the library. Afterwards, when opportunity offered, and the Patriarch took up his residence at Cairo, the library also was removed there with him. From Alexandria I proceeded (31st Jan.) by steam to J*^*- Jaffa. There I was introduced by the gentleman acting 8 as H. M. Consul to the Principal of the Greek monasteiy. He assured me that they had no MSS. whatever ; that all that they had ever possessed had been removed to the mother church at Jerusalem. As I subsequently found this system of removal of what was valuable from the provinces to the capital to be of almost universal practice, I have no doubt but that his statement was perfectly true. Eamieh. J received the same account with regard to Ramleh. Jerusalem. On the afternoon of the 3rd of February I reached Jerusalem, where without loss of time I presented my- self, with my credentials, to H. M. Consul, Mr. Phinn, who on the following day accompanied me to the Greek ' monastery of the Holy Sepulchre, and introduced me to the Bishop Meletius, one of the locum-tenentes of the Patriarch, who resides in Constantinople. MonasteiT Here I found, placed in a good room, secured by iron Sepulchre.^ doors, some very interesting MSS., and every facility for examining their contents. A catalogue of more than one hundred of them will be found in the Appendix. Of classics, or of works of classical interest, there are but few, and those of late date. They include a copy of the Cyropsedia of Xenophon, a volume containing frag- ments of Libanius, 'Demosthenes, Herodotus, &c., care- fully written, and not unworthy of notice ; another miscellaneous MS., comprising Pythagoras, the Plutus of Aristophanes, the Hecuba and Orestes of Euripides, the Ajax of Sophocles, the Iliad, Hesiod, and Archias, with glosses ; Isocrates to Demonicus, with the Epistles of Synesius ; Theod. ProdromuS upon the Organon, and Psellus upon the Physica of Aristotle, Tzetzes on the Parts of Animals of the same author ; as also Alexander Chartophylax on his work " De Generatione et Corrup- tione." There are besides, of later rhetoricians and gramma- rians, the works of Theophylus Corydaleus, of Michael Syngellus, Constantinus Harmenopulus, Georgius Pachy- 9 meres, Balanus on the Aphorisms of Hippocrates, Manuel Jerusalem. Moschopulus, &;c. Of the Holy Scriptures there occur a very important and interesting MS. of the Pentateuch, with the greater and lesser Prophetical writings, written probably in the ninth or commencement of the tenth century; a very carefully written MS. of the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and Apocalypse, with copious scholia in the margin, probably of the end of the tenth century, a more detailed account of which wUl be found annexed. There are twelve copies of the Gospels, two of the tenth, the rest of the eleventh and twelfth centuries; the book of Genesis, with a Catena of Fathers ; a fine Psalter of the tenth century, with gilded paintings ; the Book of Job, with scholia and illuminations of the twelfth ; copies of the Epistles of the twelfth century, with a remarkable copy of St. Luke's Gospel, written by the hand of Euphemus, reader and clerk, in the year 1043. Of ecclesiastical and patristic books are some fine MSS. of Martyrologia for nearly every month in the year, principally of the eleventh century ; of Gregory of Nazianzutn, of the tenth ; of Chrysostom on St. Mat- thew and St. John, of .the eleventh; of Maximus and Dorotheus, of the eleventh and twelfth ; of the Scala Paradisi of Climacus, with the lives • of Cosmas and Damianus, written in the year 1080; with an important copy of the Ehetorica Progymnasmata of Georgius Acro- poKta, written in the year 1043. There is also a very curious MS. of Gregory of Na- zianzum's Orations, illustrated throughout with curious illuminations on every page, of the eleventh century; a volmne of collections on the Faith from Psellus, Cyril, Chrysostom, and others, of the twelfth century, with a similar collection of Eclogse, arranged alphabetically, of the same date ; to which may be added a volume of the • same period, entitled avSoKoyiov dtct(popcov l7riypajaj«,«Ta)v 10 ao^a/oi; (ruvTeflsftsvaJV (yofol; Itti diaipopoig viroaeo'sa'iv, and the work of Nicephorus Chronograplius on the Ecclesiastical Canons, written in the year 1061. Monastery In the new colleere, situated on the site of and suc- •orCoUegeof ,. ; ,,° ' ^ rs, /-i i _l j. St. Cross, ceedmg to the old monastery of St. Cross, about two saiem. miles Or less from the Jaffa gate of Jerusalem, there is a list of the MSS. formerly in their possession. These have now, with scarcely an exception, been removed into the library of which I have given a brief summary. They were 180 in number, of which I should say that all nearly remain to this day. A very few still continue with their former proprietors, indeed there are only eight, but all, of their class, very fine MSS. Three of these are especially worthy of notice, viz., a MS. of the Psalter of the beginning of the eleventh century, with the Canticles from the Old and New Testaments ; a Lectionarium for the Sundays through- out the year, the lections taken from both Testa- ments, and the whole illustrated with musical notes; and, thirdly, a Catena of Fathers upon the Acts of the Apostles and the Catholic Epistles, taken from the writ- ings of Chrysostom, Cyril of Alexandria, Didymus, Apol- lonius, Hesychius, Severus, as also Irenseus of Lyons, and others. This fine volume was written towards the close of the tenth century, and (as appears from a cryptograph at the end) by a monk of the name of Cosmas. The place and precise year in which it was executed unfortunately do not appear. There is also a copy of the Gospels of the end of the eleventh century, and a Catena of Fathers upon the Psalter, transcribed apparently from an early MS. by a hand of the sixteenth century. «b&MSS. ^°^ ™^y believe, Sir, that I was anxious to procure for our own national library many of those volumes which I have been now enumerating, and felt that I should be borne out by you in resorting to aU fair means to gain so desirable an object. I did not, therefore. 11 liesitate to say that I was prepared to guarantee an equivalent either in books or money, if they would consent to part with any MSS. which I might select. They would not, however, entertain the idea for a moment. They had now, they said, become aware of the value of what they possessed, (although they admitted that a few years since it was far otherwise, and that a collector then would have found little difficulty in ob- taining anything he wished for barely more than the asking,) and although in most cases this idea was an exaggerated one, yet this, coupled with the fact that their revenues were sufficiently ample, was enough to confirm them in the resolution to suffer no more to be taken from them on any terms whatever. Indeed, I may here state at once, that the idea of purchasing from large proprietors, especially religious foundations, was altogether hopeless. My next point was to obtain access to the library of MarSaba.' the widely famed monastery of Mar Saba, near the Dead Sea, which I had been led to suppose would be no easy matter to accomplish. I found, however, the authorities at Jerusalem most willing to furnish me with the ordinary recommendations to the care of the brethren there for travelling accommodation, with a special introduction to the Superior to forward the object of my mission. I had been before warned by a distin- guished traveller that there were two libraries at this monastery, only one of which was usually shown to visitors ; but through the kindness of the authorities above mentioned, and especially that of Mr. Tanoos, the interpreter of H. M. Consul at Jerusalem, the contents of both collections were thrown open to me, without, I believe, the slightest reserve. The first which I visited is contained in a small chamber attached to the south-west end of the chapel, entered from the interior of the chapel itself by a light 12 Mar Saba, staircase, and so far admirably calculated to preserve its contents from damp and plunder, but the value of the collection did not prove to be commensurate with the fame which it has borne for centuries. It may, indeed, be that some have been removed to the seat of the Patriarch at Jerusalem ; but it is more to be feared that the carelessness of a former age has sufiered them to be taken surreptitiously by those who knew what was their real worth better than their owners. My disappoint- ment was the greater, because from the accounts which I had received in Europe, confirmed fully in the East, indeed becoming more encouraging as I approached nearer to the place itself, it was here that I expected to . find the greatest treasures. With the exception of one Palimpsest, the collection I found to consist of patristic and ascetic writings, and of those a few only compara- tively of a high order of manuscript, but principally of modern transcripts of all kinds of uninteresting ma- terial, or if now and then the work of a classical writer occurred, it was written with such carelessness as to render it useless for all purposes of collation. Chapel In this first room, the chapel library as we may term it, the collection is principally confined to portions of the Scriptures, chiefly of the New Testament, patris- tical or ascetic MSS. Of the Gospels alone there were as many as twenty copies, four of the tenth, the bulk of the remainder of the eleventh century. I could not ascertain that collations had been made with any of these MSS. There was also a copy of the Acts of the Apostles, the Epistles, and the Apocalypse, of the begin- ning of the eleventh century, of the Acts and the Epistles, of the same time, or a little later, six or seven Evangeliaries, of the twelfth century, one of them written in Greek and Arabic in parallel columns, a MS. of con- siderable importance. Besides these were five copies of the Psalter of the tenth and two following centuries, with some remarkable fragments of Lectionaries taken 13 chiefly out of the Prophets Ezekiel and Isaiah, of the Mar Saba. eighth century. There were also many fine MSS. of the lives of the Saints by Simeon Metaphrastes, and others. Of writings of the Fathers, I may mention two Commentaries of Chrysostora on Genesis, on St. Mat- thew, and on the Epistle to the Romans, all of the eleventh century ; of Basil on the Psalms, of the same period ; four MSS. of the Orations of Gregory of Nazi- anzum ; the Catenas of Maximus, of the same period, with marginal scholia ; the Sermons of Ephraem Syrus, of the same date ; besides a very remarkable MS. of a by no means uncommon work, the Life, namely, of Barlaam and Josaphat, of the eleventh century, illustrated with paint- ings throughout. One of the most interesting volumes of this library, however, is the Palimpsest above alluded to, and which, I regret much, I was unable to secure for our own national collection. The later writing, indeed the book of the present day, exhibits a commentary by an anonymous writer on the greater Prophets, written towards the close of the eleventh century ; but beneath this, the work of an earlier scribe by at least two hun- dred years, now rubbed or scraped out, can be traced the greater part of two of the plays of Euripides, the Orestes, namely, and the Phoenissse, with scholia throughout ; besides some of the poems of a Christian writer, which I think I have since made out with sufficient certainty to be those of Gregory of Nazianzum. But even below all this occurs again the writing of a still earlier penman, and in uncial character, of which a word or a line here and there is all that can now be deciphered. My ac- count of this most interesting MS. would have been less meaore had I not leaned too much on the assurance, that if it was not allowed me to become a purchaser, yet assuredly I should have free use of it at Jerusalem during my sojourn there. I was, however, disappointed in my hope, and this desirable book remains probably stni in the chamber of my kind host, isolated from the 14 Mar Saba, shelves of its fellows, to become perhaps some day tlie property of some more fortunate A'isitor than myself. jitorat^. "^^^ upper library is placed in the very highest part of this very romantic monastery. The visitor is led by a succession of steps and terraces to the base of a turret, not unlike in appearance or its means of ascent to many of our older church towers. At the top of this is a large chamber, with a boarded floor, in no very safe condition at the time of my visit, and the walls on either side fur- nished with bookcases filled with MSS. and printed books. Their condition and arrangement was far from promising, the dust and the worms had done their work too faithfully, and it was evident that the value attached to this portion of their collection by the monks of Mar Saba was very different from that with which they regarded the other. In point of security, perhaps, this would have appeared the preferable site for the depository of a valuable library, but it seemed with the present proprietors to be regarded more in the light of a lumber room for the stowing away of materials not much in use. The books, though many of them would scarcely deserve such a dis- tinction, numericallj'- speaking made a considerable show, amounting probably to between three and four hundred, but it was with difficulty that I could select so many as sixty worthy any specific notice. The remainder were quite modern transcripts, in most cases scribbled rather than written, of popular school or liturgical books. Of portions of Scripture there were four copies of the Psalter, two of them of the eleventh and two of the twelfth century, a Lectionary of the Old and New Tes- taments, with another of the Prophets, of the same time, with three copies of the Gospels, two of the eleventh and one of the twelfth period ; two Odaria, of the eleventh, with Hirmologia and Synaxaria, of the twelfth, four- teenth, and fifteenth centuries. Of the writings of the Fathers there are the Homilies of Chrysostom on Genesis, on St. Matthew and St. John, 15 on the Acts of the Apostles, and on the Epistle to the Mar saba> Corinthians, of the eleventh century, of Basil on the Psalms, the Orations of Gregory of Nazianzum, of Anas- tasius Sinai ta de Synaxi, all of the same age. Besides these, are a fine MS. of the Sermons of Ephraem Syrus, of the ninth age, of Carpathius and Philo of the eleventh, and of Niltis of the same period. This is but an in- different list for so "widely famed a library, but there can be little doubt but that it once had gems of the highest value, now, we will hope, existing on shelves more ac- cessible, though we may never be able to identify the place whence they originally came. Returning from Mar Saba, I was detained a few daj^s MarSato, by the bad state of the roads, from continued snow and saiem, to rain, at Jerusalem, where I had time to examine again some of the MSS. of the Greek monastery, and again en- deavour to persuade the owners to part with them. The answer, however, was the same, that if I would give them the weight of each MS. in gold they would not let them go. Immediately upon the clearing up of the weather, I commenced my journey northwards, hoping to find at Beyrout a steamer by which I might reach Cyprus, and that I might see something of interest at the Latin convents on my way. In this, however, I was disap- pointed, for, save at Nablous, where I was shown the NaWous, famous roll containing the Samaritan Pantateuch, I saw nothing at all worthy of notice. This MS. appeared, as far as I could judge, to be of very great value, although I could not affirm the view of its antiquity entertained by its owners, that it was contemporaneous with the Exodus. It seemed to be a carefully written MS. of the eighth or ninth century, but being ignorant of the language, as well as of the peculiarities of scription in which it was written, I could not presume to offer an opinion in the matter. At Nazareth I found nothing. The monastery of Carmel I was unable to reach, the river being im- 16 passable from the continued rain. I "was well assirred, howfiver, that there -was nothing connected with my mission there which would justify my waiting, it might be, for several days before the road should be open. I Tyre and passed Consequently through Acre, Tyre, and Sidon, on to Beyrout with all expedition, finding by the way many interesting remains of antiquity, especially in the neigh- bourhood of Old Tyre and Sidon, where were some curious stone coffins with fragments of columns, ha\dng here and there inscriptions. In Sidon especially they agpear to have been lately very active in excavation. I was shown there a very interesting sarcophagus of lead, of Phoenician work, well covered with designs of figure and flower. It was seven feet in length, and had been secured by the French Consul for the Louvre. BejTout. ^t Beyrout I found that H. M. steam frigate " Gladia- tor " had arrived, by the kind permission of Lord Lyons, to convey me to any of those islands within her station which I might wish to visit. Before, however, proceeding to the islands of the Archi- pelago, I was careful to ascertain that I was leavijQg nothing behind in any of the Greek religious houses in the Lebanon which I ought to have seen. With this view, and through the intervention of H. M. Consul, Mr. Moore, I obtained introduction to the Patriarch of Antioch and the bishop of the diocese, the one residing in Beyrout, the other only a short distance from the town. In these visits I was so fortunate as again to have the advantage of Mr. Smythe's company, whose perfect knowledge of the languages of the East, and experience in the ways of the Easterns, proved of the greatest service to me. Besides these gentlemen, I had also the pleasure of being introduced to Colonel Churchill, the well-known author of "the Lebanon and its Races." I believe that these gentlemen were, each of them, tho- roughly weU qualified to speak decidedly to the point as to whether there existed any remains of Greek literature 17 in these parts ; and they all concurred in the same opinion, viz., that all the Greek houses in the neighbour- hood had been spoiled of their MSS., and that there remained but one Greek MS. of any note, a copy, namely, of the Gospels in uncial characters, which was still re- tained in the church at Latakia. Of this MS. I had i-ataMa. previously heard, even at Jerusalem, but more particu- larly from Mr. Thompson, the American missionary at Sidon, "who told me that many attempts had been made to purchase it, but in vain. The only monastery about which there seemed to exist any doubt at all as to whether it contained MSS. or not, was that of Mar Elias, situated on the highest point of one of the hills of the Lebanon, at a day's journey from Beyrout. After a very severe, not to say hazardous, attempt- — the'"last two hours of the route having been thfough a deep' snow, in which we were at length obliged to leave ovoc horses, and proceed sometimes up to our arm-pits on foot — I succeeded in reachiug this very remarkably situated place, but was sorry to find that, save two or three of the ordinary printed service-books, they had no semblance of literature, sacred or profane, belonging to them. On my return, therefore, I imme- diately joined the " Gladiator," and on the 4th of March sailed for Cyprus. On my arrival at Lamaca I lost no time in making Cyprus. the acquaintance of two gentlemen, MM. Pierides and Mattei, to whom I had introductory letters, as the most likely persons to give me information on points of archaeological or literary interest. They both were of opinion, and the former had visited every monastery in the place, that there was not a MS. of any consequence left in the island. I was, however, loth to leave without visiting the chief ecclesiastical authorities, residing, the one (the Bishop of Citium) about a mile from the Marina, the other (the Archbishop) at Nicosia, a day's journey B 18 in the interior. I am sorry to say, that they only con- firmed the opinions previously expressed by MM. Pierides and Mattel. I did, however, at both places find, after larnaca. considerable search, some Greek MSS. At Larnaca there was a copy of the Gospels on vellum, with a Synaxarium annexed, of the early part of the twelfth century, as also a copy of the Grammar of Theod. Gaza, with notes throughout, and a prefatory letter from Cardinal Bes^ sarion to Michael Apostolius. This MS. was on paper, and written in the year 1451. Nicosia. In the archiepiscopal library at Nicosia were four MSS. only, but all of considerable interest. One, pro- bably of the end of the ninth century, amongst Kves of the Saints, contained a life of St. John on sixty or more quarto leaves, besides those of SS. James and Luke and all the Apostles ; a second, of the tenth century, was a Psalter, with a marginal comment ; a third I found to be a Hymnarium, or Book of Stichera, for the whole year, also of the tenth century ; in the fourth were the'Cate- cheses of Cyril of Jerusalem, with sermons of St. Athan- asius, of the eleventh century. The season, which had been unusually late in Syria, interfered, I regret to say, with my making further re- searches in a direction where I had hoped to have met with more success. The locality I wished to have visited Cigo. -^ss the monastery of Cigo, situated in the immediate vicinity of Mount Olympus, but there was so much snow as to render the roads quite impassable. Mr. Pierides and the Consul's secretary or dragoman, have kindly pro- mised me that they would make a point of visiting the monastery ia the course of the summer, and reporting to me the results of their investigation. I left them some plain directions to aid them in their search. Before quitting the island, Mr. Pierides presented me with a MS. of the fifteenth century, written upon paper, containing the fables of ^sop, as well as the epitome of 19 those of Babrius, -which he requested I would present to the Chancellor of the Exchequer as a mark of respect for the editor of the last named author. My next point was Rhodes, where again I had the Rhodes, advantage of Mr. Smythe's experience. He accompanied me to the monastery of the Metropolitan, where, amongst a quantity of fragments of printed works covered with dust, I found some twenty MSS. There were only two of any antiquity, the one containing the questions and answers of Dorotheus, the other an epitome of the Canons of the Councils, both of the eleventh century. The re- mainder were modem transcripts of notes of no interest, save a copy of the Rhetoric of Gerasenus, of Maximus on the excellence of Angels, and a volume of grammatical tracts by Moschopulus and others. I had intended renewing my researches on the follow- ing day, though under the most discouraging reports, but a gale of wind arising in the night, we were obhged to quit at a moment's notice an open roadstead that afforded no secure anchorage for vessels of any consider- able size. On our route to Candia, the next island of importance which I had intended visiting, we were forced by stress of weather into a small bay in the island of Piskopi or Kskopu Tilo. Though I never should have thought of landing here, yet that I did so was not wholly without its use, as confirming the view I had before entertained, that all smaller proprietaries had either lost by plunder or other- wise, or had been obliged to surrender what they might have had of value into the hands of their superiors. The very small monastery of this island contained but two or three printed copies of the Venetian editions of the service-books, and those in a mutilated condition, while their MSS. had been long since transferred to Rhodes, their Metropolitan see. After three days' detention we were at length able again to put to sea, and on the evening of the 15th B 2 20 candia. of March anchored in Suda Bay, on the N.W. coast of the island of Candia. On landing we were met by Mr. Ongley, H.M. Consul, having at his disposal for our use the carriage and horses of Veli Pacha, the Turkish governor of the islands. I have, Sir, purposely abstained from appearing to fill my Eeport with matter foreign to the object of my mission, and have consequently omitted the mention of all instances of what may be considered as mere ordinaiy acts of civility or attention, but I must beg to be allowed to make an exception in the present case. It would be as unjust as it would be ungenerous to pass over as mere routine civility the attention paid me by Veli Pacha. Not only did he himself institute inquiries in different parts of the island for my assistance, but he most materially facili- tated my own progress from place to place, by furnishing me with mules, horses, and attendants to accompany me to all parts of the island which I might desire to visit. I can only wish that our united efforts had met with greater success. The Turk, however, had been before me, and had burnt or destroyed every relic that remained in the island, in most cases with the convent that had sheltered them. As the information I received was scarcely to be depended upon, I thought it right to search every corner where a MS. might possibly be supposed to remain. North-west I Commenced with the north-western part of the island. ^ island, in which are many Greek monasteries. Canea. At Canea, Mr. Ongley kindly introduced me to the bishop of the district, who gave me a sad account of the state of the religious houses in the whole island. He, indeed, added some sort of encouragement in distinguish- ing between houses which had been and which had not been visited by the Turks, but I found afterwards that his account had been collected from the merest hearsay evidence, on which no reliance could be placed. For him- self, he had but one Greek MS., a modern transcript of 21 narratives of the lives of Saints. I afterwards visited the Candia. convents of the Holy Trinity and Katholico, in which the same story was repeated, that there had oncg been MSS., but the Turks had burned their monasteries and de- stroyed their books. I was then told that it was likely I might find some- '5™'='- thing at Gonia, a monastery some twenty miles west of Canea, and accordingly hastened thither on the day following, but it was in vain. Books and MSS. had all been destroyed, save two worm-eaten volumes of Savile's Chrysostom. On the day following I visited another house dedi- Holy •^ . . ° Trinity. cated to the Holy Trinity. Here the Hegumenos, a very intelligent old man, informed me that he remembered to have seen at Pazanes, a monastery on the south side of the island, two boxes fuU of MSS., all written upon parchment. He added, that as this monastery was situated on a high moimtain and much out of the way, it was far from improbable but that these MSS. were still there. From the monastery of the Trinity I proceeded to st. George, that of St. George, a few miles only distant ; it was wholly without MSS., except an ItaKan roU of 1536, containing their charter from the Doge of Venice. On the next day I made my way to the northernmost Akroten. point of the island, viz., Akroteri, where is a remark- ably fine monastery, also dedicated to the Holy Trinity, with a smaller one to St. John the Evangelist. In the former there was a library to the extent of two or three deal presses filled with modem Greek and other books of little interest, but no MSS. in either. Finding so little hope of success in this part, I deter- mined to proceed to investigate the more central and southern portion of the island, especially as I had been assured by the best authorities on the subject that I should be likely to find what vrould repay my trouble in those parts. I therefore, without loss of time, com- 22 Candia. Ehetliuo. Arkadhi. Arsani. menced my journey, and succeeded in reaching Rhetimo in one daj'', the latter part of the route having to be performed in the dark over a rough and difficult mule- path. The bishop there, an exceedingly intelligent person, and who apparently had much local knowledge of the neighbourhood, and indeed the whole island, assured me that I should not find a single ancient MS. in all Candia, unless it were at the monastery of Toplu, situate in Siteia, at the eastern extremity of the island. He kindly, however, gave me letters to the different monasteries under his jxu-isdiction, which I visited, but without success. My first ride was to that of Arkadhi, beautifully situated at the head of a mountain pass of great romantic beauty about twelve or fifteen miles, four hours and a half in time, to the south-east of Rhetimo. Here was neither MS. nor printed book, except a very late copy of the Psalter. More desolate was the neighbouring monastery of Arsani, the greater part of which had been shaken to its foundation by the earthquake of the previous autumn. My course now lay by the monastery of S. Elias, at Rustica (where I was shown two charters or deeds of gift bearing date 1713), to that of St. Mary at Preveli, situate quite on the south coast of the island. Here there had been, it was said, before the revolution, a good library ; now scarcely a book remained, all had been destroyed by the invader. From PreveH I proceeded, keeping the southern coast of the island, to Pazanes. It was here that the Hegu- menos of St. George had remembered to have seen the two cases of MSS. on vellum, but of aU their collections, whatever they may have been, only one solitary book remained, viz., a copy of an Echologium of St. Anthony, the tutelar saint of the monastery, on paper, of the fifteenth century. From hence I made my way by Metropoli to Candia or Castro, where I was again to join the " Gladiator." On 23 my route I passed through the remains of Gortyna, Oandia, amongst which was a very beautiful statue in Parian marble of Europa, sadly defaced, however, spite of the praiseworthy eflforts of Veli Pacha to preserve so interest- ing a piece of sculpture intact ; the peasants had, im- mediately on the removal of some troops whom the Pacha had placed there for its protection, commenced a crusade against it, which by this time has probably destroyed the whole work. Captain Hillyer made an attempt to secure it for the British Government, but without success. Near Candia I visited the monastery of St. Mary at Sabatiana. The Pacha had heard that there was Sabatiana. secreted a MS. of ancient prophecy, to which, by his intercession, I might gain access. The chief, however, as well as the monks generally, denied all knowledge of anything of the sort. Mr. Ongley accompanied me in my visit, indeed the Pacha himself had an interview with the Hegumenos on the subject. From the frank- ness with which they showed us many books, all that as it appeared they had, I do not think that anything was kept behind. The report or tradition had its existence probably in former times, before the island had been wholly brought under the domination of the Turks. They showed me three MSS., two of the fifteenth and one of the sixteenth century, containing the JAivngj of Chrysostom, some lesser works by Andreas Oretensis, and a Hirmologium of St. Anthony's use. It did not appear likely that anything of importance Topin. was to be found in Crete. StiU there remained one monastery unvisited, whose walls I was assured had cer- tainly remained intact, and it might be its interior also. I therefore thought it right to go there, though situated at the eastern extremity of the island. The result showed me that I might have spared myself the time and labour. There had been but a few years back a fine and very old MS., as the monks described it, of the New Testament, but it had been surreptitiously taken from them, they 24 Candia. said, by a traveller from Corfu iu search of anti- quities. The MSS. which I found were only three, in one of which was a curious work upon the confessional and rule of religious life, arranged alphabetically according to sub- jects, interesting in a philological point of view as showing the transition of the language in the mode of spelling, &c. In the same monastery, within a new chapel, I saw an early Greek inscription on a slab about four feet long, which I was assured had been accurately taken by an English gentleman (probably Captain Sparkes) some two or three years before. Miio. On Monday, the 30th of March, we entered the har- bour or enclosed bay of Melos or Milo, having passed Santorin in a gale of wind. Here I found several Greek MSS., mostly imperfect, in the hands of private indi- viduals. They were all fragments of patristic or ascetic theology, except one copy of the Gospels, written in Cyprus in the year 1305, a very fair MS., and not un- likely to be a transcript of the famous Codex Cyprius now in the Imperial Library at Paris ; I was able to purchase it for a few pounds, as also one or two early specimens of Greek Fathers. The proprietor of these MSS., a dealer in antiquities and curiosities, assured me that they had all been brought from Patmos. This may have been so, as in the celebrated monastery of that island only the perfect volumes were arranged in presses, very many fragments and other MSS. of lesser interest being thrown about in different parts of the library without any attempt at arrangement. Several of these were of the eleventh and twelfth centuries, being sermons by Chrysostom and Basil, with an Eehologium of the thirteenth. I saw also in the hands of a priest a Regula Monachorum of the seventeenth century, divided into three hundi-ed chapters, and written by the hand of John, a native of Chios. Another had a Horologium, with a, book of receipts for 25 housetold things, very late. In the church of the old MUo. town I found nothing but a few modern acrostic lines ; nor was I more successful in the monasteries of SS. Marina and George. Indeed, there was scarcely a monk in any of the religious houses left in the island, far less a hook. Whether any of the volumes which I saw in the hands of private individuals ia the town had ever belonged to them, I had no means of discovering. It may have been so. Altogether, I saw at Milo from twenty to thirty MSS., but none of any value, except the few which I brought away with me. Here also I met with an intelligent Greek gentleman, well acquainted with the island of Siphanto and others in the neighbourhood, who told me that there was no hope of finding anything nearer than Paros. Here unfortunately, from our anchorage being at the Paros. south-east extremity of the island, I was unable to procure information that could be relied upon with respect to the monasteries most likely to contaiu MSS. Hearing, however, that there was at Parsecia the oldest Paracia. reKgious foundation, as also an important school, with a good library, on the north-west coast, I repaired thither, and found a remarkably fine church, with some interest- ing remains of a very early period. I found also in the master, who spoke French with great fluency, an iutel- ligent man, evidently quite willing to help me to the extent of his power ; but he had never either heard of or seen a MS. since he had been in the island. After this I visited the monasteries of SS. George and Minas. In the former, situated on the mountain near Trio Bay, lived twelve monks, following the trade of shoemakers. They were exceediagly cautious in im-^ parting information on any topic on which I questioned them, until by degrees becoming convinced that I had no sinister intentions in coming among them, they brought me three MSS., to which they seemed to attach 26 yaros. immense value. In reality they were perfectly worthless, being two modern transcripts of the sermons of Chry- sostom and some short lives of saints, of the sixteenth century. The monastery of St. Minas was equally unproductive, containing only some lives of saints and the Nomocanon of Matthew Blastares. JTajos. In Naxos I learned from the mayor, who was a great antiquary and collector of coins, that my only chance lay in the monastery of Fano-Romanis, about six miles from the town. As I found nothing here, save a copy of Chrysostom on the Hexaemeron, and of the Catechesis of Theodoras Studita, I did not think it worth while to waste more time in visiting other monasteries of too late a foundation to render it probable that there should be any MSS. of any age preserved in them. Amorgo. I therefore quitted Naxos with the intention of visit- ing Amorgo, en route for Patmos, as it was reported that there was an exceedingly old monastery at the former island, containing many curious relics, amongst which I had hoped to find some MSS. We had not, however, left Naxos more than an hour when one of those squalls so common in the Mediterranean arose directly ahead, and left us no alternative but to bear up for Patmos. satmos. And perhaps. Sir, in visiting Patmos I may be charged with giving to it time which might have been spent more profitably in making researches in islands less generally known ; but the fame of the library here, great as it is, rested very much upon general rumour ; as a matter of fact, we knew very little about it. M. Gu^rin has, indeed, published lately a very inte- resting work upon this island and that of its neighbour, Samos ; but in his list of the books at the monastery of St. John he scarcely gives more than their first title, in some cases scarcely that, omitting altogether their 27 respective ages, on. whicli nearly the whole or chief interest of the particular volume may be said to de- pend* Of classical MSS. there were none vrorth mentioning ; Patmos ° liDi*ary. indeed, with the exception of the Ajax and Electra of Sophocles, there was not one, unless we may include the Physics of Paul of ^gina. The chief value of the library lies in its scriptural and patristic MSS., and their aaitiquity. Of the former, there is a copy of the Book of Job, in ^^""'"^ very large foHo, of extreme antiquity, probably of the seventh or eighth century, splendidly illustrated with drawings throughout, and with a perpetual gloss from the writings of the Fathers of the Church. It is written on veUum, in uncial letters, and is of the greatest possible interest. The old bishop, who had recently left his position at Rhodes to return and die at his native place, with two others of his inferior clergy, remained in the room with me while I examined this volume, and saw it safely depo- sited in its chest before leaving me. The authorities were well acquainted vdth and aU deplored the loss they had sustained in their Plato, and knew perfectly well where it is now deposited. No money would tempt them to part with their Job. They had also a Lectionarium of the Old Testament for the year, written in imcial letters of the eighth century ; as also one from the Prophets, of the thirteenth ; fine Catenae of Fathers upon the Octa- teuch and the Pentateuch, upon the Psalms, and on the Prophet Isaiah, each of the eleventh century; with a copy of Origen on the Pentateuch and Prophets, of the ninth century. They were equally rich in books of and writers upon the New Testament, copies of the Gospels, from the tenth to the tweKth, Evangelistaria of the * There are also lists of some of the MSS. in this library hy Dr. Tischen- dof, Wiener Jarbucher, 1845, vol. i ; in Dr. Clarke's Travels, vol. iiL, and else-where. 28 Patmos. eighth, ninth, and tenth centuries, the earlier in uncial letters, and of the finest specimens of early -writing ; a copy also of the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistles, of the ninth century ; of sentences upon the same, of the same date, with Catenae on St. Matthew, of the eleventh, and on the Gospels, of the same century. In patristic theology they were very rich. A very remarkable book of Gregory of Nazianzum, in two and three columns, with figured letters, as early as the ninth, as well as the sermons of the same writer, one in uncial letters, of the eighth, the other of the ninth century. The Hexapla of Origen, with scholia, of the tenth, Titus Bostrensis on the Gospels, of the ninth, with some of the works of Gregory and Basil, of the eighth century, written in uncial letters. Besides these were the Homilies of Chrysostom upon SS. Matthew and John, and the Epistles of St. Paul, all of the tenth century ; Basil on the Psalms, of the same age ; the Epitome, by Leo Patri- cius, of the Old and New Testament, of the tenth century; the letters of Basil and Gregory, of the same time ; and a fine MS. of Germanus of Constantinople, of the ninth century. There were also the Historia of Diodorus Siculus, of the ninth century, a most important volume ; the work of Nemesius, " De Natura Hominis," and Methodius, of the beginning of the tenth, and the Symphonia Evangelica of Hesychius of Jenisalem, of the end of the same age ; Dionysius the Areopagite, " De Ecclesiastica Hierarchia," of the ninth, with his other works of the same period. I saw also several fine MSS. of Canons of the difierent principal Councils, one in imcial letters, as early as the eighth century; also several interesting service-books, not at aU common, and, when occtu-ring, generally of a recent date, such as two Con- taria, or Kovtolxicc, of the ninth, and another of the tenth century ; a Menologium, with musical notes, of the eleventh ; an Echologium of the twelfth ; and a Typicum written in the year 1162. 29 There is also a curious MS. containing lectures on the Patmos. Gospels for the whole year, by Maximus Peloponnesius, written in 1614 at Joannina. Besides the above, the librarj' at Patmos contains several Golden Bulls granted by different Emperoi'S, from Alexius Comnenus, A.D. 1088, down to the last century. M. Gudria has printed that of Alexius, with three others, in his Report on Patmos to the Institute. It had been my intention from Patmos to have pro- Samos. ceeded to Samos, but the information which I received from the venerable Bishop above mentioned, as well as from the Consul, the absence of Prince Ghika from the island, and the perfect silence of M. Guc^rin on the subject of monasteries or books in his "Etude" on Samos, to say nothing of my now not inconsiderable experience in other islands, led me to the conclusion that such a visit could be only waste of time and money. My object, there- fore, was to go with the ship to Syra, seeing Tino and Andro by the way, proceeding thence to Athens for counsel as to the next best mode of procedure before continuing my route to Constantinople and Thessaly. Before, however, reaching Tino, we were forced by Ehenea. stress of weather into the little island of Rhenea, where I saw some very interesting remains of sculpture, frag- ments of the pediment of a temple, with many capitals of Corinthian columns exceedingly well carved, as well as a very fine colossal female figure, but imfortunately headless, lying on the point nearest to Delos. At Tino Tino. I could find nothing, and Andro I was unfortunately prevented seeing by the ship being obliged to go on to Syra for coal, where Captain Hillyer found his orders awaiting him to proceed at once to England. And here I would beg to say, Sir, how much the cause of your mission was furthered, and how much personal gratitude I owe to Captain Hillyer and the officers of H. M. ship "Gladiator,'' for their great attention and courtesy driring the period I continued with them. 30 Thermia. From Sjra I went to Athens, visiting, against my -will, the island of Thermia, where we were obliged to put in ■for eighteen hours, until a strong gale of wind had abated. I need scarcely say that I found no MSS. there, although the chief of the island was most attentive. Athens. At Athens I lost no time in presenting myself to H. M. Ambassador Sir Thomas Wise, who kindly gave me the benefit of his well-known and vast antiquarian know- ledge. Mr. Rangab^ also, the Greek Minister for the Home Department, lent me much assistance in the in- quiries I wished particularly to make with respect to the contents of the different religious houses in their own islands. I learned from a gentleman in the educational department, that there had been some few MSS. brought from Andro, but of no particular moment. Mr. Finlay also concurred in the opinion that no Greek MSS. of interest existed nearer than Athos, if, indeed, any of real consequence were left there. The only MSS. which I saw in Athens, except a very few in the public library, were in the hands of a private gentleman of the name of Corpe, who had inherited them with a library of printed books from a near relation. He was engaged in making a catalogue of them when I saw him, with the view of sending them to England for sale. His Greek MSS. were very few, and written by late hands ; they comprised a Horologium and Typicum, dated 1470, the Arithmetica of Nicomachus Gex-asenus of the sixteenth century, the Physica of Nicolaus Corydaleus of the same age, and some grammatical tracts by Planudes, Moschopulus, and Dionysius Thrax, of the preceding century. I was anxious to reach Constantinople as soon as possible, as the warm weather was rapidly coming on, and I did not know what field might not open itself to me there ; my experience having shown me that nothing short of immediate local information could ever be de- pended upon. syia. At Syra I was able to thank Lord Lyons in person for 31 tlie readiness witli whicli lie had supplied me with the means of visiting the various islands. He increased this obligation by putting at my disposal another vessel, in case I might wish to make further researches in the Archi- pelago. The communication, however, with Constanti- nople is here so immediate, that I should not have been justified in accepting his ofier, especially as there was a French steamer leaving that very day for Smyrna and the Bosphorus. I remained only one day at Smyrna, Smyrna- making inquiries of H. M. Consul there touching the religious houses in the neighboxirhood and their contents, but could hear nothing to encourage a lengthened sojourn. And here, Sir, it is a great source of grief, as it is a Constanti- great disappointment to me, to be obliged to bring my Report to an abrupt conclusion. I arrived in Constanti- nople with plenty of time before me, and introductions and facilities for seeing everything of interest to my especial mission which the place might offer. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe received me with the greatest courtesy and hospitahty, and showed himself most wil- ling to promote my views to the utmost of his important influence ; when unhappily, the very day after my arrival, a complaint that had been gradually fastening on me for some time 'made itself felt in a way from which there was no escape. I immediately called in the best medical advice which was to be had, and held out for more than a fortnight, in the hope of subduing the disease (a form of gastritis, aggravated by malaria), so as to enable me to proceed with my work, but in vain. There remained to me Constantinople, Moimt Athos, and Meteora, to fulfil what I had originally contemplated. To these I had, from information furnished at Constantinople, deter- mined to add Trebisond and its neighbourhood, and had rallied so far as to arrange for my journey both to one and the other of these places, but my illness assumed a form so obstinate as wholly to incapacitate me from 32 Constanti- nople. Seraglio library. Library of the Patri- arch of Jerusalem. carrying out my intentions. What I have further to report was collected and carried out during intervals of suifering. My first object was to gain admission to the library of the Seraglio ; but the consent of the Sultan being neces- sary, the slow movement of the Turkish routine was such that I only received permission to visit the library on the day on which I was obliged to quit Constantinople. I am indebted to the kindness of Dr. Mordtman and the Hon. Mr. Smythe for the notice which I am able to annex to this Report. They had visited the library together, and had taken notes of every MS. which was there. Those in the Greek language numbered only 22, but amongst them were a Pindar with glosses, a Hesiod, with com- mentary, a Homer, with commentary on cotton paper, Diogenes Laertius' Lives of the Philosophers, the Geo- metry of Hero, the Geography of Ptolemy, and Diony- sius Periegetes. The library contains also about the same number of Latin MSS., one or two Portolani, with a few Sclavonic and Hebrew books. The only place of any consequence which I was able to visit was the library of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. Here, from the numbers of MSS. which it contained, I had ex- pected to meet with some important works. I had especi- ally heard of a fine copy of the Rhetoric of Aristotle. I was, however, unable to discover it, and it was suggested to me by the Bishop's secretary that this, with one or two of their more interesting MSS., had been taken away from them by a collector some few years before. The rest were mostly modern MSS., on paper, except a Catena upon Genesis of the twelfth, and one upon the Prophets of the fourteenth century, a Gregory of Nazianzum of the end of the ninth, as also Euthymius Zigabenus on the Psalter, of the twelfth century. There were, moreover, several copies of the Gospels, of the same age (one of which had a commentary throughout), with an Evangeharium of the same time, written over an early S3 geometrical work of the eleventh century. There was also a curious Epitome Historiarum by Alexander de Mauro-cordato, a journal of the events of his time, par- ticularly of the siege of Vienna in 1682. I had hoped to have investigated further the original writing of the Palimpsest, but was unable from increasing weakness. I was given to understand also that there were MSS. t{°"pig"" in the possession of several private gentlemen resident in Constantinople. I only discovered five, four in the hands of Dr. Millingen, a physician practising in the town, son of the learned writer upon Greek vases and "other antiquities ; the other an Evangeliarium, belonging to a Greek gentleman of the name of Paspati. Amongst those of Dr. Millingen was a curious Lexicon by a Chris- tian writer, arranged according to nouns, and subdivided again as to genders, citing Sophocles, lamblichus, and other early author.s, which I have not yet been able to identify. Dr. Millingen also fixrnished me with a privately CJiaiid. printed account of the island of Chalki, one of the Prince's Islands, in whose monastery'are contained about twenty Greek MSS. Eight of these are copies of the Gospels, four of them specified as being bound in silver with gold knops ; another, of the twelfth century, is very carefully described in the above-named work. It is said to be richly illuminated in colours and gold throughout, commencing with seven pictures illustrating the life of our Lord. To these succeed verses on the Evangelists and their symbols, as well as on the subject of the seven pictures. And here. Sir, I must conclude. My illness had now Conclusion. taken such hold upon me that I was no longer equal to carry on my work, and I was obliged to return without, as I have said, visiting either Mount Athos or Thessaly. Eor the former there is, I hope, the less to regret, as I am able to say that there will be published shortly, under the direction of the Frencli Government, a full C 34 description of all the MSS. of any consequence re- tained in the different monasteries of that marvellous mountain. M. Le Barbier, "well known amongst the archaeologists of France, and whose acquaintance I had the pleasure of making at Paris on my return home, in- formed me that he had resided for some months at Athos for the sole purpose of examining the contents of the libraries there, and that he hoped, in the course of a few months from that time, to be able to publish the result of his labom's. It remains but to add a note upon the result of this mission. I fear, Sir, that you, with many, may feel disappoiated that no great discoveries have been made, that no additional treasures have been acquired. For myself, I confess that I look upon the chief object of the mission (so far as it has gone) as wholly gained. It was not likely that on the route I have been travelling any important MSS. of classical interest should have escaped the notice of Clarke or Villoison ; but I have seen MSS. of biblical and theological interest far exceed- ing any which I had expected to find. If I have been unable to discover any new thing, I have at all events, been able to set the question (a qucestio vexatissima) at rest as to what still remains in certain localities of great and paramount interest. It would have been a great gratification to me to have extended my search to Tre- bisond, Mount Athos, and Thessaly ; but I believe that of aU these places we shall ere long be well informed. The interest shown of late years upon the subject, with the wish to ascertain what remains serving to illustrate Greek literature, has prompted those persons in possession of such materials to give publicity to the fact, and to render them useful to all who may be anxious to in- vestigate them. I am not at all sure that there may not still be in the hands of private individuals MSS. of considerable impor- tance ; but where they may lie hid is not so easy to 35 determine. The increasing interest in such things, to which I have alluded, may bring them some day to light. I cannot help thinking also that, if H. M. Con- suls would, as they had opportunity, look into their respective neighbourhoods, inquire of the occupants of the various religious houses near them, or instruct others to inquire, such a course would lead to bring to light much of which we now know nothing. I have the honor to be, Sir, Your very obedient Servant, Henry 0. Coxe. The Right Hon. The Chancellor of the Exchequer, &c., &c., &c. c 2 37 APPENDIX. It may be necessary to state, by way of introduc- tion to this Appendix, that in the notices of MSS. folio-wing there is not included a mention of every book in each of the collections specified, but only of those which may be supposed to have more or less degree of interest attaching to them. I am aware that I may have omitted some which a more careful examination would have admitted as worthy specification, but I feel quite satisfied that with regard to the great majority there could be but one opinion on the matter. No one can feel more keenly than I do myself the danger of presuming to decide, on individual responsibility, when a MS. or what MS. may be rejected as valueless ; but it is this very feeling which leads me to hope that I have not fallen into an error which my own experience has taught me so entirely to appreciate. With respect to the arrangement, I have thought it advisable to preserve the order in which I made my notes at the time, as some sort of clue to the student who may wish to consult the works. In most cases I fear that he would find but little assistance from the owners. I have also left the descriptions of the MSS. in Latin, as expressing often more accurately the name of the writer, and more tersely the contents of the volume. Besides the contents, mention is also made of the size, age, and material of the respective MSS. 38 MSS. IN THE Library of the Patriarch of Alex- andria AT Cairo. [These MSS. are placed in the Press facing you as you enter the Library. There are 5 Shelves ; I com- mence with the upper one.] 1. Ctrilli, patr. Alexandrini, Lexicon ; codex charta- ceus, in 4to minori ; seculo xiv. scriptus. 2. Evangelia quatuor ; membranaceus, in4to; sec. xiij. 3. Psalterium Davidis ; chartaceus, in 4to ; sec. xv. 4. Gerasimi Syntagmatum liber ; chart, in 4to minori ; sec. XV. 5. Anastasii Sinaitse Responsiones ; chart, in 4to ; sec. XV. 6. Samuelis, monachi Alexandrini, Rhetorica ; anno 1687 scripta ; chart, in 4to. 7. Yitse SS. Barlaami et Josaphat, ut fertur, auctore JoHANNE Damascene ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. 8. S. Pauli Epistolse xiv. et Canonicse septem ; ex charta laevigata, sec. xiv. in 4to. 9. [Manuelis?] Chrysaphis et aliorum Hymnolo- gium, notis musicis instructum ; chart, in 4to ; sec. XV. 10. Operis Fragmentum wep) ■jroWu-irXacriaa-fuou xai 8(ai- peVstof ; membran, in 4to ; sec. xiv. 11. Preces plures ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiv. 12. GoRGi^ Rhetorica, imperf. incip. woXe'jm.ou ku\ [j-a^ris ■ membr. in 4to ; sec. xiv. 13. Germani Constantinopolitani et aliorum Ascetica varia ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. ^59 14. Syntagma Canonum Ecclesiasticorum [an Mat- TH^l Blastakis ?] ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. Tit. (rovaycuy^ ■na.vovtuv exxAijo-iaoTixaiv ei'j wsi/r^- KOVTO. Tpta. diripr;jj.evuiv. Incip. prol. of tou iJ.syoiXo'j 06OU. 15. Evangelia quatuor, imperf. ; memBr. ia 4!to ; sec. xj. 16. Evangelia quatuor, cum synaxariis ; memb. in 4to ; optime exaratus, sec. xj. 17. EvangeKorum exemplar alindi membr. in 4to ; sec, xj. 18. Lectionum collectio ex Testamento utroque; chart. in 4to ; sec. xv. Tit. a-vvayiayri Aeje'tuv Ix TraXaiaj «a( i/ea; [ypcKprjg'j. On the 2nd Shelf. 19. CoNSTANTiNi Manassis Chronicon metricum; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 20. Opus intitulatum, rj&tKrj xca priropiK^ t^j rjyeiJi.6vos [an T)jf re^vYis 'Ef/jM-oylvouf] ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 21. NlCEPHOEi Blesim:id.e Physica; chart, in 4to; sec. xvj. 22. ZonaKjE Commentarius in Gregorii Nazianzeni carmina varia ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 23. Matth^i Blastaris de processione S. Spiritus liber adversus Latinos ; chart, ia 4to ; sec. xvj, 24. Geoegii Scholarii Logica ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 25. JoHAKNis Damasceni de Fide orthodoxa liber; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 26. Germani, Patriarchse Constantinopolitani, Antho- logia, stichera exhibens aliaque officia ecclesias- tica, cum notis musicis ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 27. Sebastis Trapezuntii in Apollonii Ehetoris Gram- matica commentum ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 28. Anonymi cujusdam Encomia in Palseologos ; chart. ia 4to ; sec. xv. 40 29. Aeistotelis Ethica, cum prolegomenis et scholiis marginalibus interlinearibusque ; chart, in 4to ; sec. XV. Incip. pro], ort rris (piXoo'oflas el; Suo diaipovf/.ivriCj eif Ts TO ^euipr^rtxov. Incip. schol. Nixo/tap^eia litiyeypoi.7CTCn to ;8 yvojtreij. 2. EuKiPiDis Hecuba et Orestes, cum MoscHO- PULi vita auctoris. 3. Apollonii Rhodii Argonautica. 4. Scholia in Argonautica; incip. ap^oiJ.svo; am TTSpia-Xl^TlXOl) prilXCCTO; ^ f-^TO^rj C!-^YilJ,aTI(TTIXl. Chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 31. Scholia in Progymnasmata Rhetorica [an Hermo- genis?] ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. Incip. awpohift-iaiTTtug Ittj tuiv vpooi[Ji.lci3v TpayteVio. eif T^v ToO auTs^ou) hda Trapd. Tou IlaTra ytyovs Xpi«/3iOf. 32. 'laTopla YiToi Si^yijo-ij Trip) ty,; apxns '""'v 'Pajo-traii', ttoSev xaTO-yovrai o\ dpyY^yo) uutcuv, xa) Trspi tdO tots ku) m:s iXa^ov to aytov /SawTicr/xa, xa) Trip) tou dyiov aTTOo-ToAou 'Avlpsou OTTOU ^XflcV aojpiaTixii:; E15 t^v 'Pwa-a-iav — [j,STa(ppixa-Ssl(ra kx tuiv 2\aj3aixcLv ^i^xlav TTupd Aiovuo-j'ou "PaxevSuTOU e'l; t^v ijfj^iTepav hd\exTOV. Codex chartaceus in4to; anno 1606 scriptus. On the 3rd Shelf. 33. Maximi Plantjdis rs^wXcy/a; codex ex cLarta laevigata, in 4to ; sec. xv. 34. Nathanaelis Hierontmi Bestiarium ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 41 35. SoPHOCLis Ajax et Electra, cum glossis marginali- bus et interlinearibus et auctoris vita ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 36. Anonymi cujusdam Lexicon ; chart, in 4to ; sea. xv. Tit. ap%^ Tou Asfixou xai fx-epl xai Xs^sTj onto Incip. aoToc, SnTpoTTTsKoiirro;. 37. Aeistotelis Rhetorica ; chart, ia 4to ; sec. xv. 38. Cteilli Alexandrini de S. Trinitate liber ; chart in 4to ; sec. xv. 39. Anonymi cujusdam exfleo-ij (ruvon-nx^ t^j oAjjs Ao- 71x^5 ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 40. JoHANNis ZONAE.*; expositio Canonum ecclesiasti- corum ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 41. Collectanea Logica et Patristica ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvi. 42. 1. Aphthonii Sophistse Rhetorica. 2. Heemogenis Rhetorica Tsp) Seii/oTijToj. 3. Catonis Majoris Disticha. Codex chartaceus, in 4to ; sec. xv. 43. NiCOLAl Geeasimi Syntagma ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvi. 44. Demosthexis Olynthiaca, cum Libanii prologo et argumentis ; chart, ia 4to ; sec. xv. exeuntis, 45. Theodoeeti Historia Ecclesiastica ; chart, in 4to ; sec. XV. 46. ThEOPHILI liber wep) ha.y(aipr,it.uTWV. GalENI irsfi V7toxpt, v. 5. Evangelia quatuor optime exarata ; membr. in 4to ; sec. X. 6. S. Luc^ Evangelium, Greece et Arabice, anno 1043, manu Euphemii, lectoris et clerici, exaratum : membr. in 4to. 7. a. Acta Apostolorum ; imperf. [incip. in cap. xij. V. 6.] b. Epistolse Paulinse xiv. c. Epistolse Canonicse ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. 8. Gregoeii Nazianzeni Orationes ; membr. in 4to ; sec. X, 9., Anthologiura haipopcev kTnygay.iJ.aTaiv ag^aioi; iruvTefle- fi-ivtav (Tcxpolg etti hxipopoi; viroSscrEO'iv, in quinque sectiones distinctnm ; membr. in 4to minori ; see. xij. Incip. 1. 'Ag^iov Elf Te.ovos sir) ttUO'iv 6 &so( • sIttsv 0eoj, votria-ofJi.sv OLvipaiirav xaT slxova. In. cap. 5. lib. IV. literse E, occurrunt scholia S. Ctrilli Alexandr. in Matt. cap. vj. incip. minTsp av sTtis sixiva Itaystg . . . fAs'vijv apia-Tct jSAsb-s* xai a7ro9aujx«?ei jtiev to tov /SatriAscof cryrifi.a. Membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 19. Gkegoeii Nazianzeni Orationes ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 20. Maxtm t Confessoris Qusestiones et Eesponsiones ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. ineunt. 21. Chrtsostomi in S. Matthsei Evangelia homilise j membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 48 22. a. Octateuchus. b. Prophetse xij. minores. c. Prophetse iv. majores. Codex optimse notse, in fol. majori ; sec. for- san ix. 23. Maximi Qusestiones et Kesponsiones, cum sclioliis; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 24. Martyrologium, Sanctorum vitas exliibens, quorum festa in ecclesia celebrantur a mense Martio usque ad Julium inclusive; membr. in fol. ma- jori ; sec. xj. 25. Martyrologium, mensibus Decembri et Januario accommodatum ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 26 Martyrologium pro mense Novembr. ; membr. in fol. grand. ; sec. xj. 27. Martyrologium pro mense Januario ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 28. Martyrologium pro mense Octobri ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 29. Martyrologium pro mense Septembri; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 30. Opus de Fide Orthodoxa, ex scriptis Patrum alio- rumque collectum ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 31. SS. Evangelia, optime exarata ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 32. Exemplar aliud ; ejusdem seculi, in 4to. 33. Exemplar aliud ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 34. SS. Apostolorum et Patrum Canones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. ineuntis. Tit. voi/.oxa.vovov, (rhv Qsio ■Ksgisp^cov avvoxrixSis oXov; Touf Kuvovag. In calce occummt nonnulla ex Nicephori chro- nographia. 35. a. Gregorii Papse cum S. Petro Dialogus ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. h. JoHANNis Damasceni liber de Dormientibus. 49 36. a. Anonymi cujusdam expositio in Orationem Dominicam, cum scholiis. h. Psalterium cum SS. Patrum scholiis ; membr. in ^to ; sec. xj. 37. Psalterium, cum Theodoreti prsecipue exposi- tione ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 38. Exemplar aliud ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiv. 39. ; cbart. in 4to ; sec. xv. 40. Testamentum Novum, si Apocalypsin excipias, integrum ; optime exaratum ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. ' 41. SS. Evangelia, optime exarata ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. ineunt. 42. MiCHAELis PsELLi commentarius in Psalterium, cum EuTHYMii [Zigabeni?] introductione ; chart, in 4 to ; sec. xv. 43. SS. Evangelia, optime exarata ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. Evangelium S. Matthsei cum scholiis scrip- turn est Uteris uncialibus et deauratis ; incip. 44. SS. Evangelia ; membr. in folio ; sec. xiv. 45. SS. Evangelia, Epistolse Paulinas et Canonicse ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. Ad calcem sunt xl^eij tcuv irpa-^etav. 46. SS. Evangelia ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. xj. 47. Psalterium, cum iconibus deauratis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. 48. Martyrologium pro mense Februario ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 49. Liber Geneseos ; cum schoUis ex SS. Patribus ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 50. Gregobii Theologi Orationes, quoad paginam quamque figuris iUustratse coloratis ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 50 51. Martyrologium ; pro mease Junto ; membr. in fql. ; sec xij. 52. pro mense Jamaario ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 53. a. JoHANNis Climaci Scala Paradisi. h. SS. Cosmse et Damiani Vitee ; membr. in fol. j anno 1080 exaratus. 54. Chrtsostomi Homiliae in S. Johannem ; membr. ia fol. ; sec. xj. 55. Matth^i Blastaeis Syntagma Canonum; chart. in 4to ; sec. xv. 56. Theodoei Peodromi in SS. Festa et Canones ex- positio ; chart. in"4to ; sec. xv. 57. Xenophontis Cyropsedia ; chart, ia 4!to ; sec. xv. 58. Balani B . . . puli expositio in Hippocratem ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 59. Manuelis Moschopuli Grammatica ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. €0. JoHANNis ZoNAE.ffl expositio in Odas, etc. ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 61. Macaeii Excerpta ex Suida ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 62. NiCEPHOEi [Choniatis 1] Chronologia ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 63. Anonymi cujusdam in Aristotelis Physica; chart. in 4to ; sec. xvj. 64. IsocRATis Orationes ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. Accedunt Geegoeii Theologi sermones. 65. Theophili Coetdalei Ehetorica ; chart, in 4to j sec. XV. 66. Theodoei Peodromi in Aristotelis Logica com- mentarius, cum textu ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. 67. MicHAELts PsELLi in Aristotelis Physicas Aus- cultaliones ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 68. Andre.* Cretensis Sermones Ascetici ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xiv. 69. HoMERi Fragmenta, cum glossa recentiori ; chart. in 4to. ; 'sec. xv. 70. ANTONllByzantini nonnulla ; chart, in 4to ; sec.xvj. 51 71. a. IsocEATis Oratio ad Demonicum. h. Synesii Epistolse. Chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 72. JoHANNis TzETZis expositio in Aristotelis de partibus Animalium librum ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xiv. 73. LiBANli Epistolse, etc. ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xiv. 74. Theophili Cortdalei Opera Logica, scepius; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 75. NicoLAi Brtennii et Maximi, etc., Opusctda; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 76. Theophili Cortdalei Rhetorica ; chart, in fol. ;. sec. xvi. 77. Michaelis Stngelli, sive Stncelli, Methodus de Constructione Orationis ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 78. JoHANNis Frederici Bovxegrjs [an Buceri ?] Phy- sica ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 79. De Physica Auscultatione liber unicus ; chart. in 4to ; sec. xvj. 80. CoUecta ex Libanio, Demosthene, Herodoto, et aliis ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 81. JoHANNis ZoNARM in Odas Anastasimas expo- sitio ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 82. Theophlili Cortdalei Rhetorica ; chart, in fol. sec. XV. 83. Ptthagor^ Versus Aurei ; Aristophanis Plutus ; Homeri Ilias ; Hesiodi Opera et Dies ; EuBi- PlDis Hecuba et Orestes ; Sophoclis Ajax ; Archias ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 84. JoHANNiS Chalcedonensis Lectiones in Evangelia ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xiv. 85. NiCOLAl [Methonensis ?] Sermones ; chart, in 4to ; sec. XV. 86. Gregorii Nazianzeni Orationes, cum scholiis ; chart, in 4to ; Sec. xiv. 87. Theophili Cortdalei Syllogistlca ; chart, in fol. ; sec. XV. d2 52 88. CoRTDALEi PhilosopMca ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xr. 89. CONSTANTIKI Harmenopttli Logica ; chart, in fol.; sec. XV. 90. JoHANNis ZoNAR^ in Canones Ecclesiasticos ex- positio ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 91. Maximi Qusestiones ; Maeci [Ephesi ?] liber de Spiritu ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 92. TnoMiE Aquinatis NonnuUa ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvi. 93. JOHANNIS XiPHiLiNi in Evangelia expositio ; chart. in fol. ; sec. xv. 94. Balani commentum in Hippocratis Aphorismos ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 95. jElii Diontsii Opera qusedam ; chart, in foL ; sec. xvi. 96. GeOEGII ChOBOBOSCI lir(/Aegio-jw.O( ^ahrriptov ; chart. in fol. ; sec. xvi. 97. Georgii Coresii de S. Spiritu Uber; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 98. Alexandei Byzantini de Syntaxi Grammatica liber ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 99. NiLi Monachi expositio in Canticum Canticorum ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 100. Alexandri Chartophtlacis expositio in Axis- totehs librum de Generatione et Corruptione ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvj. 101. Sylvestri [Sgyropuli ?] de Synodo Florentina liber ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvj. , 102, Georgii Coresii Chii Theologica; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvj. 103. Theodori Peodromi ia Hymnos Ecclesiasticos liber ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvj. 104. Grammaticalia qusedam ; initio mutil. ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. Desin. prolegomena— uTrso-pj^o'ju-s 9a, fnxga. Tiva eiTToJ/iev xa) TrguJTo'v ye Trsgt agSgov • ag^pov ovv lariv 53 105. Georgii Pachymee^ in Aristotelis qusedam e Parvis Naturalibus ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 106. Georgii Coeesii Theologica ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 107. Ejusdem liber de S. Trinitate ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvj. 108. Alexandri Chartophylacis in Aristotelis librum de Generatione et Corruptione ; chart. ; sec. xvj. 109. a. NiCEPHORi Chronographia Iv a/3\J/?7r;^A?E\{/. etc., [scilicet ju-yijo-fliiTi xugis rm \sic\ yfa.'\>a.vTt h. Catena Patrum in Epistolas Catholicas ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. exeunte, optime exaratus. 2. Catena Patrum in Psalterium et in Cantica Sacra ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 54 3. Evangelia quatuor, cum synaxariis et capittdis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. exeunte. 4. Psalterium, cum Cauticis Sacris annexis; codex optimse notse ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. xj. ineunte. 5. Chetsostomi in Psalterium homilise ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xv. 6. Lectionarium pro Dominicis per annum, ex Testa- mento tarn Veteri quam Novo confectum ; una cum odis sticherisque notis musicis instructis ; membr. in fol ; sec. xj. Codex bonse notse sed utrimque mutilus. 7. Martyrologium Vitas Sanctorum, quorum festa in Decembri mense celebrantur, exbibens ; duobus librariis in fol. sec. xj. optime scriptum ; membran. 8. Vitse Sanctorum quorum festa in mense Januario ; membr. in fol ; sec. xj. Inter alia occurrit tractatus, cui titulus, Ns/Xou jU.ov«yo3 elf t^v xvalgs(riv tov ayiwv ayKacov toov v toi 2!iva ogsi. Incip. aAcoju-EVOf eym (/.era. rrjV sfo^ov. MSS, IN THK Monastery of S. Saba, near the Dead Sea. 1. Chrysostomi, Amphilochii et Andrew Cretensis homilise de diversis ; membr. in fol. minori ; sec. xj. ineunte. 2. Chrysostomi homilise super Genesin ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. exeunt. 3. Ejusdem homilise in S. Pauli Epistolam ad Koma- nos ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 4. Symeonis Metaphrastis Vitse Sanctorum ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 6. Vita SS. per annum ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 55 6. Menologion; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 7. Stmeonis Vitae SS. quorum festa in Novembri; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. : 8. Ejusdem Exemplai- aliud ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 3. Ejusdem Vitae SS. quorum festa in Decembri ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 10. Geronticon, seu Vitse SS. ; chairt. in 4to maj.; sec. xiv. 11. Vitas Patrum ; chart, in 4to maj. ; sec. xiv. 12. Andrew Cretensis et aliorum sermones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 13. Ejusdem Ascetica ; chart in 4to ; see. xiv. 14. NiPHONis et aHorimi Ascetica ; membr. in 4to ; sea xiv. 15. Collectio Canonum Ecclesiasticorum ; membr. ia fpL ; sec. xj. 16. Stmeonis Metaphrastis Titse Sanctorum, quatuor voluminibus comprehensse ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 17. Evangeliarium ; membr. in 4to majori ; sec. xij. 18. Menologion ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 19. SS. Patrum sermones ; memb. in fol. ; sec. xij. 20. SS. Apostolorum Acta; Epistolse Paulinse et Ca- nonicae, necnon Apocalypsis S. JOHANNIS ; memb. iu 4to minori ; sec. xj. ineunt. 21. Lectionum Fragmenta ex Prophetis; membr. in 4to; sec. viij. 22. Commentarius super Prophetas Majores; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. Codex palimpsestus et rescriptus trium scrip- turam librariorum exhibens ; quorum prior et antiqiiior sec. forsitan vij. Uteris uncialibus usus est, hodie tamen vix enucleandis ; secundus EuEiPiDis Orestem et Phoenissam tragsedias, necnon Gregoeii Theologi poemata aliquot, sec- xj. ineunte exaravit ; tertius, ut supra disimus, coinmentarium super Prophetas. 56 23. Evangelistarium ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 24. Idem, membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 25. Id., membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 26. Id., membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 27. EvangeUa quatuor ; memb. in fol. ; sec. xij. 28. Maximi Confessoris Centurise Theologicse, cum scholiis marginalibus ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj, 29. Chetsostomi in S. Matthsei Evangelium homilise ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 30. Ejusdem operis exemplar aliud ; ejusdem seculi. 31. Ejusdem homilise in Genesin ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 32. a. JoHANNis ZmM [Sinaitse ?] Sermo Asceticus. b. JoHANNis Climaci Scala Paradisi; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 33. Vita Barlaami et Josaphat JoHANNi Damasceno fere tributa ; picturis optima ornata ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 34. Ephraem Syri Sermones Ascetici ; membr. in fol. J sec. xj. 35. Acta Apostolorum efc Epistolse Paulinae Catholi- cseque ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 36. Gregokii Theologi Orationes ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 37. Ejusdem operis exemplaria tria alia ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 38. Basilii in Psalterium Homilise ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 89. Alexii Macrembolitse Allegorise; chart, in 4to; sec. xiv. 40. Evangelistarium, Qroece et Arahice membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 41. Menologium pro mense Septembri ; membr. in fol. ; sec. XV. 42. LuciANi Dialogi; EuKiPlDls Hecuba; Aeisto- PHAKiS Plutus ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 57 43^ Typicon t^j ayietg exxXyitrla; sv 'legoo-oAtJftoif Aaugaj ToO dyiov '^a^^a, 44. Evangeliarium ; membr. in 4to majori ; sec. xij. 45. Cheysostomi in S. Matthsei Evangelium homilise ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 46. Ejusdem in Genesin homilise, pars prior ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 47. Ejusdem operis exemplar aliud ; ejusdem seculi. 48. Psalteriimi ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. x. ex- euntis. 49. Id., membr. in 4to min ; sec. xj. 50. Id., ejusdem seculi et formse. 51. Id., membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 52. Evangelia IV., necnon Epistolse Paulinse Canoni- cseque cum synaxariis ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. xj. 53. Id., membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 54. Id., membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 55. Evangeliarium ; membr. in 4to majori ; sec. xij. 56. Evangelia quatuor ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. x. 57. Exemplar aUud ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. x. exeuntis. 58. Id., ejusdem formse et seculi. 59. Id., ejusdem formse et seculi. 60. Id. 61. Id., Exemplaria quinque ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 62. Id., Exemplaria quinque ; in 4to ; sec. xij. 63. Synopsis Historica a fundatione mimdi usque ad Constantinum Palseologum, Imperatorem, anno 1580 compilata. Tit. (ruvov(/ij lo-rogiajv earo xTi6 ju-iji/i avyouo'Tco. Inc. ©eAwi/ o"oaei/»p^5. Incip. ajSagij, ovo/jta xugiov. PATMOS. MSS. m THE Monastery of S. John the Evangelist IN THE Island of Patmos. 1. Liber Job, SS. Patrum scholiis instructus ; codex re vera splendidus, figuris bene delineatis illus- tratus, et Uteris uncialibus sec. forsan viL exe- unte exaratus ; membr. in fol. maximo. 2. Evangelia quatuor, cum scholiis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 3. Geegoeii Nazianzeni Opera, cum scholiis, an Nicetse Serrarum episcopi ; membr. in fol. ; sec. ix. literis figuratis instructus. 4 Evangelistarium ; membr. in 4to ; literis imcialibus ; sec. xj. 5. Oeigenis Hexapla, cum scholiis ; membr. in fol. ; sec. X. exeunte. 6. Evangelia quatuor, cum Synaxariis ; membr. iu 4to ; sec. x. ineunte. 7. DiODORl Siceliotse Historiarum libri xi. — xvi. inclu- sive : membr. in fol. ; sec. ix. 62 8. Theodoeeti, episcopi Cyri, Sermones ; chart, in 4ito ; sec. xiij. 9. S. Basilii in Isaiam Commentarius ; membr. in 4to; sec. xj. 10. Evangelistarium; membr. in 4to; literis uncialibus; sec. xj. 11. Nemesii liber de Natura Hominis ; Methodii Symposium ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. x, ineunte. 12. IsAACi Syri Sermones Ascetici; [membr. in 4to; sec. xij. ?] 13. SS. Patrum Catena super Job ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. 14. DoEOTHEiSermones Ascetici ; membr. in foL; sec. xj\ 15. Gregoeii Nazianzeni Sermones, cum scholiis ; membr. in 4to ; Sec. xiij. 1 6. Ejusdem Operis exemplar aliud ; membr. in fol. sec. X. exeunt, 17. Geegorii Nysseni Sermones ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 18. Gregoeii Nazianzeni Sermones ; membr. in foL ; sec. X. 19. Basilii Opera plura ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 20. Ejusdem in Prophetas Sermones ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 21. Evangelia quatuor ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 22. Evangelistarium ; membr. in fol. ; litt. uncial. ; sec. xj. 23. Catena super Evangelia ex SS. Patrum scriptis confecta ; membr. in 4to majori ; sec. xj. 24. S. Pauli Epistolse ad Romanos et Corintbios, glossa marginali instructse ; [membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. ?] 25. Anonymi cujusdam Historia Ecclesiastica ; membr. in 4to ; Sec. xj. Prsefixum est capitulum ireg) Tcov Ayaetvcav e7nlr!(ji.o6vTaJV h KaivcrTaVTiyouTroXei ; incip. 6 ouv Mao-aXj^a; xafloij avcoTegto eip^Tm rr,v 63 26. Basilii Comment, in Psalterium ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 27. Acta Apostolorum ; Epistolse Paulinse et Catholicse, glossis marginalibus instructse ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 28. TiTl, episcopi Bostrensis, in Evangelia commenta- rius ; membr. in 4to ; sec. ix. 29. JoHANNis Damasceni Dialectica ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 30. Basilii Csesariensis Homilise varise ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 31. Acta Apostolorum, Epistolse Paulinse Cauonicseque ; membr. in fol. ; sec. ix. 32. Chrysostomi in Acta Apostolorum homilise ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 33. Hestchii Symphonia Evangelica ; membr. in fol. ; sec. X., exeunte. 34. EuTHTMli IcoBiENi [Zigabeni ?] Expositio super Alexii xaraflai/AaTa ; membr. in 4to majori ; sec. xij. 35. Alexii Comneni Panoplia Dogmatioa; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. 36. Anastasii Sinaitse Eesponsiones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 37. Chrysostomi Homilise in S. Pauli ad Ephesos et Galatas Epistolas ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 38. Basilii in Psalmos varios homilise ; membr. in fol. ; sec. X. 39. Gregorii Nysseni Sermones varii ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 40. Gregorii Theologi Orationes ; membr. in 4to ; litt. uncial. ; sec. viij. 41. Ejusdem operis exemplar aliud ; membr. in 4to majori ; sec. ix. 42. Basilii in Psalmos ; membr. in fol. ; sec- xiij. 43. Exemplaria alia duo ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xiv. 64 44 DiONYSil Areopagitse de Eccleslastica HierarcWa Liber : membr. in 4to ; sec. ix. 45. IgiDOEi Epistolse ad diversos ; membr. ia 4to ; sec. xj. 46. DiONYSii Areopagitse Opera ; membr. in 4to ; sec. ix. 47. JOHANNIS Gemet Expositio in istud, Xgnno; yev- vSirai ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. Tit. spfurtvsia. slg to, Xjiittoj yevvuTxi, (ruyypct- ^sTcra Traga 'Ia)avvou Teiier tov v] eixoo"< • inc. ol Tiji/ /xeyaXiiv xat eiguxotgov 8(a- TrXsovTs; ; membr. in fol. ; sec. ix. 66. Johannis "^uy^i . . rrsg) Kotrfjuov xx) rrj; xar' auTov (puasco; ■ incip. Trspi xoV/xou (p6s ttoXAcuv itoK- Xo7j eipjiftsvcov • membr. in 4to ; sec. forsan xi. 67. Canones Concilionun variorum ; membr. in fol. ; sec. X. 68. Johannis Zonae^ Expositio super Canones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xv. 69. Epheaem . Syri sermones varii ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 70. Theodori Studitse sermones varii ; membr. iti fol. ; sec. xi 71. Pauli ^.ginetse Physica ; imperf ; membr. in foL ; sec. xiij. 72. Chrysostomi in S. Pauli Epistolas Homilise. Im- perf ; membr. in fol. in voluminibus quatuor ; secc. X. et xj. 73. Ejusdem in Genesin, pars prior ; membr. ia fol. ; sec. xj. 74. IsiDOEl Epistolse ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 75. Cyeilli Alexandrini Lexicon ; membr. in 4to ; sec. XV. 76. SoPHOCLis Ajax et Electra ; membr. in 4to ; sec. XV. E 66 77. Evangelia quatuor ; membr. in ito ; sec. xj. 78. S. ANDEEiE Vita, Chrysostomi Epistolse, etc. ; meinlDr. in 4to ; sec. x. 79. Marci Monachi sermones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 80. DiADOCHi Episcopi sermones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 81. Evangelistarium ; Uteris uncialibus ; membr. in 4to; sec. viij. 82. Epistolare per anni circulum ; membr. in 4to ; sec, xij. 83. Testamenta Duodecim Patriarclianim ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xvj. 84. Gregoeii Nysseni sermones ; membr. in fol ; sec. xj. 85. Chetsostomi in S. Matthsei Evangelium ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 86. Exemplar aliud ; ejusdem seculi. 87. Exemplar aliud. 88. Canones ConcDiorum Ecclesiasticorum ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 89. Catena in S. Matthsei Evangelium ex SS. Patrum scriptis compilata ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 90. Catena in Psalterium ex Theodoreti aliorumque scriptis confecta ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 91. Lectionarium ex SS. Prophetis per annum; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 92. Thalassii monachi Opuscula varia ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 93. Matth^i Blastaris Nomocanon ; membr. in 4to ; sec. XV. 94. [Palladii monacM] Lausiaca ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 95. Geegoeii Nazianzeni et Basilii Epistolse mutuse ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. 96. Pacomii Vita ; membr. in 4to ; anno 1292 exaratus. 67 97. Qeigenis Commentarius super Pentateuchum et Prophetas. ; imperf. membr. in fol. ; sec. ix. Scriptus est codex iste manu Theodosii ArcMa- tri in usum Theodosii, episcopi Sinopes. 98. BASim in Psalmos varies ; membr. in fol. ; sec. x. exeunte. 99. Canones Conciliorum variorum ; membr. in 4)fA« a/x.ag oiXsmTov. 107. Theodosii Alexandxini'Grammatica ; Nicet.*;, Ser- rarum episcopi, Echologium et versus iambici ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 108. Lectionarium ex Testamento Veteri; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 109. EuTHYMii ZiGABENi Expositio in Psalteriiun ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 110. Typicon, in usum monasterii S. Elise ^cifnav, anno 1162, Manuele Comneno imperante, in 4to, exaratum. 111. Odarium ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij, E 2 68 112. Canones Conciliorum varii ; membr. in fol. ; Uteris uncialibus ; sec. viij. 113. a. Sententise super S. Pauli Epistolas. h. Epiphanii Kbellus de Ponderibus. C. JOHANNIS PhILOPONI Lexicon ffsgi Tcbv Ttpos dta.(pogov o-))/Aacriav dia(pogcos ToJv vooujtieVflJi'. d. Sexti, Pythagoe^ aliorumque Sententise ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. ix. Hi. Maximi Confessoris liber de diversis apud SS. Scrip turas dubiis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 115. Contarium per anni circulum ; membr. in 4to ; sec. ix. 116. SS. Patrum adversus H^reses Collectanea ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 117. Leonis Patricii Epitome de locis Testamenti Ve- teris et Novi difBcilioribus ; membr. in 4to ; sec. X. 118. Echologium, cum tonis musicis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 119. S. JoHANNis Theologi Acta, auctore NiCETA archi- episcopo ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 120. [Matth^i Blastaeis sive Joh^nnis Nesteutse?] Nomocanon ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 121. Stichologium, cum notis musicis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 122. Ejusdem operis exemplaria alia duo ; ejusdem seculi. 123. Menologium, cum notis musicis ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xiij. 124. Sticherarium, seu Stichologium, sub titulo, ag^ij X, A. Tou TraKaiou iTTiy(rigoi.glov, Tregis^vjv Se xa) to TgioSiov (Tuy TOO lisVTfixod'Ta^lco oAo'xXijoa; [membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij ?] 125. Ma^Yiixarapiov tou oAou iviauTou, 5roi')];u.« xvplou Baci- Aixou, cum tonis musicis ; [membr. in 4to sec. xiij ?] 69 126. Platonis, Philippi, aliorumque Martyria ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 127. Martyrologram ; exemplaria duo ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 128. Sententise Morales ex auctoritatibus tam sacris quam profanis collectse ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 129. Anonymi cujusdam Historia de Roma et Impera- toribus ejus ; membr. in 4!to ; sec. xv. 130. Psalterium ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. 131. Hirmologium ; membr. in Ito ; sec. xij. MSS. IN THE Island of Cyprus. In tJie Possession of the Bishop of Citium, at Larnaca. 1. Evangelia Quatuor, cum Synaxario annexe; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. ineunte. 2. Theodoei Gazm Grammatica, cum commento. Prsecedit Bessarionis ad Michaelem Aposto- lium Epistola. Cbartaceus; anno 1431 scriptus. In the Archbishop's Residence at Nicosia. 1. Cteilli Hierosolymitani Catecheses xv.; Athanasii aliorumque Sermones ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 2. Sanctorum Vitse ; apud quas occummt. a. S. Johannis Apostoli. h. ANDRE.ffl Cretensis encomium in S. Johannem. c. S. Jacobi Vita. d. S. Lucse Vita. e. Apostolorum xij. Vitse. /. Pauli Thebani Vita, auctore S. HiEEONYMO. g. S. Bartholomsei Vita et Martyrium ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. ineunte. 70 3. Sticheron per anni circulum ; membr. n 4to ; sec. x. exeunte. In calce xaraXoyof . . . NixoXaou jtAaitrTOgaj ©eof (TcutT)] aiiTov xa) pucrsrai auTov sk tyj; jitEAXoucnjf ye£VV))5 rou irugo; ' ajj.YjV. 4. Psalterium, cum commento marginali ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. exeunte. Incip. in Ps. v. glossa, ra. prjiJ-ara fj.o\J, x. A. Siarl jj.rj EiTTEV Tov Xoyov fjuou aXKa. ra prip.oi.Ta. p,o\) on 6 fj.sv Xoyo; ■TToXXa. \i(f laurov TrsgiXd/j.^avsi to. pYJiJ.aTa, ra. 3e firiij,a.ra. /xeX)) b'kt) Koyov d>; [j.sXy] (7d)p.arQi. mss. in the libraet of the metropolitan at Ehodes. 1. DoEOTHEi Qusestiones et Responsiones ; ejusdem AiSao-xaX/af ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 2. Epitome Canonum Conciliorum, auctore forsan Mattb. Blastare ; membr. in 4to minori ; sec. xj. 3. Gerasimi Rhetorica ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xvj. 4. Macaeii de Sublimitate Angelorum Liber ; cbart. in 4to ; sec. xv. 5. CONSTANTINI ~DvcM alionimque Epistolse ad Pa- triarcham CPol. ; cbart. in fol. ; sec. xv. 6. JOSEPHI Brtennii Homilise diversse ; chart, in fol. ; sec. XV. ■ 7. JoHANNis Damasceni, Andrese Cretensis et aKo- rum Homilise ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 8. SS. Patrum Auctoritates de S. Trinitate ; chart, in 4to ; sec, xv. 9. Manuelis Moschopuli et aliorum Grammatica ; chart, in 4to. ; see. xv. 10. Ephkaem Syri Parsenetica ; chart, in foL ; sec. xvj. 71 11. NiLi CABASiLiE. Opera adversus Latinos de S. Spiritus processione varia ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. MSS. IN THE Island of Candia. In the House of the Bishop at Canea. SS. Patrum Auctoritates varise e codice vetustiori re- centius transcriptse. Prsemissa est notitia, >] ?r«goD(ra j8//3xoj 5)v uva %sTgaj E^Eij o) (piX(xvayvco(rTa jj.sTsyga.ip&Yi xxtx to p^iXioorov oxTOLiiQcnoaTov id Seorsgov ?rof to caiTrjpiov sv i/,r}v) $eu- goiglcp Z. Tag' l/iou tou Sucttuj^oSj xai 7ravTAi5jw.0V05 KaA- Aivixou ag^iSuTOU KuScoviaj Ix tivoj aAAijs ;^Eigoygaipou, J£. A. Jn, i^e Monastery of St. Oonstantine in Arkadhi. Psalterium ; sevi recentioris ; chart, in 4to. In the Monastery of St. Elias at Rustica. Chartae du^ varia Monasterio Concedentes ; dat. 1713. In the Monastery of St. Anthony at Pazanes. Echologium secundum S. Anthonii usum. In the Monastery of St. Mary at Savatiana, near Castro. 1. Chetsostomi Liturgia ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 2. a. Andrke Cretensis varia. h. S. Euphrosynse aliorumque Vitse. c, Narrationes Sanctorum prsesertim ex Paterico. d. Historise xij. Apostolorum. Chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. Hirmologium secundum S. Antonii usum ; chart, in 4ito ; sec. xvj. In the Monastery of St. John at Topolu, in Siteia. 1. Nomocanon, seu opus de vita ascetica ex synodis cecumenicis, a Johanne Nesteuta aliisque confec- tum. Incip. CTTOi^slov a. • Treg^ rm apvri&svTO; tov Xgi(7Tov sxovd'ico; Y) Sia f o/3ov rj 8ia Tiju.cogi«v av&^mTraiv. 2. Triodium ccg^o/ji-svov am t^j xv^iax^s teXwvou xa.) 4>agi- catou f-sx§' "'"' "^V "yV ^"^ l^^y^^'^ (Ta^^ciTO) ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. exeunte. S. Vitse SS. Patrum ex Paterico ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. Prsemissa sunt folia octo, in quibus de S. Jo- hanne Evangelista agitur ; ubi jregi to3 xvvcottos MSS. IN THE Island op Milos. In the hands of a^Dealer in Antiquities. 1. Cheysostomi in S. Matthsei Evangelium Ho- milise Ixv-lxxvj. ; fragm. ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 2. Ejusdem Sermones de diversis ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xj. 3. Vitas Patrum, fragm. ; mernbr. in fol. ; sec. xj. 4. Id. fragm ; membr. in 4to j sec. x. exeuntis. 73 5. Evangelistarii Fragmentum ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 6. Gbegoeii Nysseni Oratio Catechetica et Basilii de S. Spiritu liber ; membr. in 4to ; sec. forsan X. exeunte. 7. Echologium per annum. Fragm. ; membr. in 4to ; . sec. xiij. 8. Basilii Sermones varii ; membr. in ito ; sec. x. fragm. 9. Theodori Studitse Catecheses ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. 1 Nomocanon [M. Blastaris sive Johannis Nesteutse?] ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. The PropeHy of private Persons. 11. Eegula Monachorum in capita trecenta distributa, manu Johannis Chii anno 1653 exarata ; chart, in 4to. Incip. ffsgi xgiTOV TOtJ eivai si; Travratf (7Ujtta9s/«j xa.) VOL p.r^iv ■Kitmy.m Xoyov; tjvo; ^agif va. i^sT(xt,r\ ^IchtSxio'j tou vojj,odBTOV, OTToio; ^roi UgoiMva^os xai ■jToWao'o ^or ara to ETnxXijv BXacrragijc. 12. Psalterium ; chart, ia 4to ; sec. xvj. 13' ZosiMjE Narrationes ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 14. Geronticon ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xv. 15. Gregoeii Nazianzeni Carmina varia, cum interpre- tatione ; chart, in 4to minori ; sec. xv. 16. Hymnologium, cum notis musicis; chart, in fol.; sec. xvij. 17. Herodiani Historia ; chart, in foL ; sec. xviij. 18. Evangelia quatuor, anno 1305 a Cyprio quodam bene exarata. .74 MSS. IN Paeos. In the Monastery of St. George. 1. Cheysostomi aliorumque Sermones ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 2. Sanctorum Vitse ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 3. Sermones ex' SS. Patribus variis coUecti ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. In the Monastery of St. Minas. 4. S. Spieidionis aliorumque Vitse ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xvj. 5. Matth^i Blastaeis Nomocanon ; chart, in 4to ; sec. xiv. MSS. IN Naxos. In the Monastery of Fano-Rowwmis. 1. Cheysostomi Homilise in Hexaemeron. 2. Theodoei Studitse Catecheses ; chart, in 4to ; anno 1612 manu Cyrilli monachi exaratus. MSS. in Constantinople. In the Library of the Seraglio, fromi a List kindly furnished by the Hon. Percy Smythe [now Viscount Strangford'] and Br. Mordtmann. 1. Expositio in Psalterium ; sub titulo, e^riyritns rris (3f/3Xou TOO ^aXrriglou x«i I'yxcujo.iov tou Aaj3/8. Membr. ^75 . 2, AntONII MonacM o-ijixaiaycoy)) Xe^suiv ; chart. 3. Liber de Axte Cabbalistica ; chart. 4. Opus ad Historian! Byzantinam spectans ; bom- bycinus. 6. HoMERUS, cum commento ; bombycinus. 6. Ptolem^i Astronomia ; bombycinus. 7. Ejusdem operis exemplar aliud ; bombycinus. 8. Grammatica Grseca ; bombycinus. 9. DiOGENis Laertii Vitse Philosophorum. 10. Aeistotelis de Partibus Animalium Liber. 11. a. PTTHAGORiE versus Aurei, cum commento. 6. Phocymdis Sententise. c. _ Oatonis Eomani Parsenetica. 12. a. Aristotelis Liber de Generatione et Corrup- ■ tione. 6, PeOCLI DiADOCHI Lycii aroixelaia-ts <^u<7ixri. c. Heronis Opera Geometrica et Pneumatica. 13. a. Ptolemlei Geograpbia. h. DiONTSll Periegetis Geographia. 14. EUDEMI (?) Rhetoris Asflcev j^g>]a-//A«)» (ruvxycay^. 15. Lexicon Grseco-Latinum. 16. Opus Medicum. 17. Hesiodi Theogonia, cum commento. 18. Historia Universa a Creatione Mundi usque ad Imperii Byzantini destructionem. 19. PiNDAM Oarmina, cum glossis, 20. Historia By zantina. 21. De Lapidum Pretiosorum Proprietatibus. In the Library of the Patriarch of Jerusalem. 1. Catena Commentariorum ex SS. Patrum scriptis ' super Propbetas ; bombyc. in 4to majori ; sec. xiv. 2. Gregorii Nazianzeni Sermones, cimi Nicetse com- fiaento ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 76 3. DoROTHEi, Tyri episcopi, Sermones ; membr. in 4to ; sec. X. 4. SuiD^ Etymologicum ; chart, in fol. ; sec. xv. 5. EuTHYMll ZiGAEENi in Psaltsrium expositio ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 6. Gregoeii Nazianzeni Sermones cum commento ; membr. in 4to ; sec. x. exeunte. 7. Evangelia quatuor cum giossa ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. 8. Alexakdei Maueocoedati Historiarum Epitome ; chart, in fol. ; see. xvj. 9. Catena Commentariorum super Genesin, ex Hip- polyto, Origene, Cyrillo, et aliis ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. 10. Evangeliarium ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xij. Codex palimpsestus ; latent sub Evangelis- tarii textu Geometrica qusedam, an ex PtolemEeo, sec. forsan xj. exarata. 11. 'H T«Jv Iv BgiTixvvix xa^oXixcav \si^ava>v a/xoi/3^ rij ava- ToAixcuv dgSoSo^oji/ aToxgla-ei. Dat. Lond. 29 Mai, 1723. 12. Maueocoedati Diarium, anno 1682, exarata. Vindobona tunc teraporis obsessa. 13. SS. Evangeliorum Exemplaria plura ; membr. sec. xij. 14. Menologium ; membr. in fol. ; sec. xij. ■ ] 5. JoHANNis Damasceni Dialectica ; membr. cod. vetust. In the possession of Dr. Millingen. 1. Officia varia Ecclesiastica ; scUicet., — a. Stichologium, cum Psalmis, Odis, etc. h. Horse, Typica et Contacia. c. Coense magnse officium. d. Theopkanis Canon paracleticus super B. V. Mariam. 77 C. Officium sif Tijv «xafli(rTov S/tvov t^j u^rEgEU^oy)]- J«.SVlJf 0EOTOXOU. /. Menologium per anni cm'sum. g. Horse Nativitatis et Paschse. h. axoXoviiu ixETi]oiix. i. Evangelia Matutina. Auctoris cujusdam Christiani Lexicon secundum nomina et verba ordine alphabetico disposita ; bombyc in 4to ; sec, xv. ineunt. (imperf.) Desin. to w [xstu tou \[/' ■ agcrevixci ai\f/ o oj(rij Tif Se [j,ixg6v. Citat auctor Sopboclem, lamblicbum aliosque. Sequuntur Pselli versus Politici, et postea Lectiones in. Epistolas Paulinas, AeJeij t^j ngo; 'E/3ga/ouj iTTitrToXiif " incip. aTrauyaa-iJ.a, 05 cui/ a.ita.v- yaiTfLO. T)J5 So^v);. JOHANNis ZONAE^ Oanonum expositio Ecclesi- asticorum ; membr. in 4to ; sec. xiij. ineunt. [Geegokii Nazianzeni Sennones cum Nicetse Ser- rarum episcopi commento] membr. in 4to ; sec. xiv. Note of MSS. in the Monastery of the Virgin at Chalki, near Constantinople, from a privately printed book, entitled, u5ro'fiv>ifta 'KTrogixov megi tyi; xaxa. tyjv XaXxrjv {/.ov^S T% QeoTOXou X. X. ex TioKXSiv {/.ev (TvWsylv ■jrapa, Bag- 6o\oft.a.ia\j KouTXou/xoucriai'ou ; 8vo, Constant., 1846. 1-6. Evangelia, quorum quatuor argento leguntur compacta. 7. a.xo\ovd'ia exx\ri