Codex Baroccianus

Baroccianus is an adjective applied to manuscripts indicating an origin in the Baroccianum, a Venetian collection assembled by the humanist Francesco Barozzi (Barocius). A large part of that collection was sold after the death of Iacopo Barozzi or Barocci (1562–1617), nephew and heir to Francesco;^[1] and the purchase by William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke led in turn to his donation in 1629 of a substantial collection of Greek manuscripts from the Baroccianum to the Bodleian Library. The designation Codex Baroccianus followed by a number is an indication that a manuscript is in the Bodleian Catalogue and has its provenance in this donation.

History

It is a collection that brings together mathematical, literary and theological texts. Inside there are works or modifications by Barozzi or Barocci; some pieces are originals saved after the fall of Constantinople. Subsequently Francesco's nephew, Iacopo Barozzi, inherited and enriched it.

The Earl of Pembroke's purchase cost him £700; his donation was bound in 242 volumes. He was persuaded to make the deal and gift by William Laud. Some remaining manuscripts from the collection were given by Oliver Cromwell in 1654.^[2]^[3] Both Pembroke and Cromwell were Chancellor of the University of Oxford at the time of their gifts.

In fact the manuscripts of Barozzi were already with Laud: they had been brought to England by Henry Featherstone in 1628. Featherstone acted as agent for the Bodleian, from 1621.^[1]^[4] The origins of the Oxford University Press are connected with Laud's plan to have these manuscripts edited and published, even though it took around 40 years and the efforts of John Fell to take the practical steps to create a scholarly publishing house in Oxford.^[5]

Manuscripts

Barocci 3 (minuscule 314 Gregory-Aland)
Barocci 7 – Thucydides Contiones 15th century
Barocci 15 – Psalterium in Greek, 1105 AD
Barocci 28 – Euthymius Zigabenus, Commentaries on four Gospels, 14th century
Barocci 29 (minuscule 46 Gregory-Aland)
Barocci 31 (minuscule 45 Gregory-Aland)
Barocci 55 – John Chrysostom, Homilies, 10th/11th century
Barocci 59 (minuscule 526 Gregory-Aland)
Barocci 96 – Menologion, palimpsest, the upper text contains poems of Gregorius Nazianzen
Barocci 126 – Gregory Nazianzen, Homilies, 13th/14th century
Barocci 142 – compilation of works on the history of Christianity
Barocci 131^[6]
Barocci 160 – Commentary on Psalms, 15th century
Barocci 167 – John Chrysostom, Homilies on Acts of Apostles, 14th/15th century
Barocci 170^[7] – Oracles of Leo the Wise
Barocci 197 (lectionary 205 Gregory-Aland)
Barocci 201^[8]
Barocci 202 (lectionary 5 Gregory-Aland)
Barocci 206 – lectionary, 9th century, palimpsest
Barocci 242 – John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis

Authors

3. Arethas^[9]

42. Manuel Moschopulus^[10]

120. Euripides^[11]

182. John Malalas^[12]

Notes

^ ^a ^b "Subject and research guides - Manuscripts: Papyri, Medieval and Renaissance: Named collections". Bodleian Libraries. University of Oxford. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
^ Pietas Oxoniensis, in memory of Sir Thomas Bodley, Knt., and the foundation of the Bodleian Library (1902) (PDF), at p. 55 of download.
^ Hugh Trevor-Roper, Archbishop Laud (second edition), p. 113.
^ "Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland, Österreich und Europa (Fabian-Handbuch): The Bodleian Library".
^ Trevor Henry Aston, Nicholas Tyacke (editors), The History of the University of Oxford: Volume IV: Seventeenth-Century Oxford (1984), pp. 843-4.
^ Digitized Medieval Manuscripts
^ Images of Ms. Barocci 170
^ Images of Ms. Barocci 201
^ "Observations on the organisation and original extent of Cyril, 'Contra Julianum' and Julian 'Contra Galilaeos'".
^ Georgios Fatouros (1999). "Moschopulos, Manuel". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 16. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1100–1101. ISBN 3-88309-079-4.
^ Euripides (20 May 2004). Euripides: Phoenissae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-60446-8.
^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Malalas" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

External links

Mss. Barocci at the Bodleian Library Archived 2018-10-27 at the Wayback Machine

[Bodley-1] "Subject and research guides - Manuscripts: Papyri, Medieval and Renaissance: Named collections". Bodleian Libraries. University of Oxford. 21 December 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.

[2] Pietas Oxoniensis, in memory of Sir Thomas Bodley, Knt., and the foundation of the Bodleian Library (1902) (PDF), at p. 55 of download.

[3] Hugh Trevor-Roper, Archbishop Laud (second edition), p. 113.

[4] "Handbuch der historischen Buchbestände in Deutschland, Österreich und Europa (Fabian-Handbuch): The Bodleian Library".

[5] Trevor Henry Aston, Nicholas Tyacke (editors), The History of the University of Oxford: Volume IV: Seventeenth-Century Oxford (1984), pp. 843-4.

[6] Digitized Medieval Manuscripts

[7] Images of Ms. Barocci 170

[8] Images of Ms. Barocci 201

[9] "Observations on the organisation and original extent of Cyril, 'Contra Julianum' and Julian 'Contra Galilaeos'".

[10] Georgios Fatouros (1999). "Moschopulos, Manuel". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL) (in German). Vol. 16. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 1100–1101. ISBN 3-88309-079-4.

[11] Euripides (20 May 2004). Euripides: Phoenissae. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-60446-8.

[12] Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "John Malalas" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

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