The Lantern

The Christian Topography · Preface to the online edition2

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Phillips 2581. A paper copy of L, made 21 June 1682. 326 pages, in quarto, paper. This was at Cheltenham when Winstedt wrote, but the Phillips collection is now dispersed. Winstedt had not seen it, however, but relied on a description by H. Omont. Wolska-Conus simply quotes Winstedt.

Other partial manuscripts also exist, mainly containing illustrations:

Paris Suppl. Gr. 844. 18th century. Contains only copies of some of the pictures in L.

Paris Gr. 2426 (P). 16th century. On ff. 112 ff, contains a copy of most of book 11, copied by Nicholas de la Torre, possibly from the archetype of Z although it contains more of this book than Z did. The text is handled freely, and seems to relate to the Smyrna manuscript.

Smyrna B-8 (Z). ca. 1100AD. Described by Papadopoulos-Kerameus in an 1877 catalogue. Selections appear on pp.156-192, under the name of Maximus (written over a shorter name which has been erased). Just a collection of pictures with short bits of text attached to it.

Vienna Theol. 9 (W). Selections. Bought in Constantinople by A. Busbeck. Copied from S, or more likely an Ms. similar to S.

Finally a bunch of Mss. of the Psalter and Gospels are listed by Winstedt, which prefix extracts from book 5 as catenae. These he describes as all worthless, but he lists a few:

Vat. Gr. 363 (R2). 10th century.

Oxford, Bodleian Library: Ms. Cromwell 15. 11th century. Bought on Mt. Athos in 1727.

Bodleian Arch. Selden 29. AD 1338. Fol. 116 has a catena on Luke, ascribed to Cosmas Indicopleustes .

[Others exist]

There are also numerous Mss. which use a section from book 5 as a catena on the Psalms, again of limited value:

Vat. Gr. 342. 12th century. f. 7v.

Vat. Gr. 525. 12th century. f. 1.

Venice, Marcianus Gr. 498. 14th century. f. 270.

Bodleian, Baroc. 15. 12th century. f. 22.

Turin B. I. 10.

Milan, Ambrosian. B. 106. 10th century.

Moscow 358. 11th century.

Vat. Gr. 1747.

Paris Gr. 2743. Once Colbertinus 1476, 16th century, copied by J. Diassorinos. This is mentioned by Montfaucon, and also by Omont, both of whom lead the reader to suppose Cosmas was the author of a commentary on the Psalms preserved herein. In fact it contains only the usual chunk of book 5, followed by material from other authors.

Paris Gr. 169 (Mazarin-Reg. 3450). 14th century. A similar Ms., with the paragraph expanded by adding a following section from other authors.

Vallicellianus C. 4. 16th century. ff. 434-5. Also with the expanded paragraph from book 5.

Paris Gr. 3179. 16th century. Copied by Bigot. Also with the expanded paragraph from book 5.

Vat. Gr. 711. fol. 196.