1. Manuscripts Used in this Edition
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the apocryphal homily De Paradiso is sometimes added;³² second, what they described as being the normal collection, in which the Hexaemeron is supplemented by De hominis opificio and sometimes Gregory's Apologia in Hexaemeron; and, third, a larger collection, which brings together all the texts that are in the small and normal collection: Hexaemeron, De hominis opificio, the two homilies In Verba:
Faciamus Hominem, and occasionally the Apologia in Hexaemeron and the De Paradiso. Of the manuscripts they list, 68 contain Gregory's treatise (18 in the large collection; 50 in the normal collection), 14 of which had been used by Forbes; a full list of these 68 manuscripts and details they supplied is given in the Appendix.³³
1. Manuscripts Used in this Edition In the list provided on the website database 'Pinakes|Πίνακες Textes et manuscrits grecs', there are 166 manuscripts of Gregory's treatise.³⁴ For this present edition,
I have re-examined several of the manuscripts used by Forbes, especially when his reading seemed questionable or he was in doubt or when his apparatus was unclear. I have also collated four of the earliest manuscripts, not used by Forbes, now digitized and available online: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica
Vaticana, Vat. grec 2053 and Vat. grec 2066, to the latter of which also belongs
Washington, Library of Congress, Ms 60; Oxford, Bodleian, Barocci grec 228; and Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana, grec Plut. 4.27. I have also taken note of Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 1356, two fly-leaves of which, dating from the 9th to 10th centuries, contain two passages from Gregory's treatise. For printed editions, I have compared the text as given in the Patrologia Graeca, the text which, due to the scarcity of Forbes' edition, has become the standard one in modern times, and also the editio princeps (Aldus, 1536). Passages from the text as they appear in Justinian's Ep. ad Mennam, the Doctrina Patrum de Incarnatione
Verbi, John of Damascus' De Sacris Imaginibus, and the Sacra Parallela attributed to John of Damascus, have also been noted.
I have retained Forbes' sigla for the manuscripts, modifying α to Æ and β to ß, to avoid confusion. The information provided below is drawn from the manuscripts themselves, when available online (on the websites of the various libraries in which they are held, together with supplementary information contained therein),
'Pinakes', the study of A. de Mendieta and S. Rudberg (= M–R), Forbes, and the ³² CPG 3217, ed. Hörner, GNO Supplement (Brill, 1972), 75–84.
³³ The mss used by Forbes are given the following designations by M–R: β/D 5, c/F 5, d/C 3, e/H 7, f/D 4, g/A*16, i/H 4, l/E 17, m/E 22, n/E 3, p/A 1, q/I 1, s/A*15, t/C 1. For their own edition of Basil's
Hexaemeron, M–R used: A 1, A 2, A 3, B 1, B 2, C 1, E 1, E 2, E 3, G 1, G 2.
³⁴ https://pinakes.irht.cnrs.fr (accessed 23 October 2020); the information it supplies, however, should be treated with caution: it lists the 8th–9th-century Athens, EBE 223 as containing exclusively works by Basil but also as including Gregory's treatise; and it dates Moscow, Musée historique, grec 81
Vladimir to the 10th century, which as M–R observe is correct for folios 2–120, but folios 121–235, in which we have Gregory's work, date to the 12th century.
catalogues of Nessel and Lambeck. Listed in date order, the manuscripts used for this edition are as follows:
9th–10th centuries Z—Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 1356 (images online)
The manuscript dates from the 14th century, but two fly-leaves of this volume, containing passages from Gregory's work, date to the late 9th to early 10th centuries:³⁵ fol. Ar-v πρῶ]τον μὲν εἰπῶν—χαρακτῆρα: chapter 16.8–13 (16, lines 62–109). fol. 340r-v Καίσαρος εἰκόνα—ἄν(θρωπ)οι: chapters 16.13–titulus 17 (16, lines
110–17, line 2). fol. 341r-v τοῖς διορατικωτέροις—σπουδαζό[μενα: chapters 19.3–20.2 (19, line 25–20, line 26). fol. Br-v σπουδαζό]μενα Ἐπειδὴ—ἀλλ᾽ἀνα[γκαίοις: chapters 20.3–21.1 (20, line 26–21, line 16).
W—Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, grec 2053 (M–R G 1; images online) No initial title. 248r (M–R and Pinakes have 247r) ΤῷἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳ ἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκοπος Νύσης. 248rv Ep. to Peter. 248v Τοῦὁσίου πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου Νύσης. σύνταξις κεφαλαίων λ, but no list of headings. 248v–283v treatise in 30 chapters, with headings and numbers ornately marked out. Text breaks off a few lines before the end of the treatise, at last line of 283v, with ὑποτίθεται, λέγων ἀπεκδύσασθαι (chapter 30, line 301).
V—Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, grec 2066 (M–R E 1; images online)
No initial title. 299r ΤῷἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος Νύσης. 299r–300r Ep. to Peter. 300r–301r list of 30 headings with numbers in margin. 301r heading Τοῦἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπίσκοπου Νύσης, then title of first chapter. 301r–316v incomplete text, containing first 11 chapters and part of chapter 12; text of treatise breaks off at last line of 316v, with κάτοπτρον γινομένην κρατεῖ(chapter 12, lines 119).
Chapter divisions are clearly indicated by line of ornamentation and the chapter numbers are written in the margin.
³⁵ Identified by Charles Astruc, 'Deux fragments anciens (en minuscule de type "Anastase") du De hominis opificio de Grégoire de Nysse', Scriptorium: revue internationale des études relatives aux manuscrits, 39.1 (1985), 265–9, who also provides a list of variants.
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To this manuscript belong the two folios that constitute Washington, Library of Congress, Ms 60 (images online with grec 2066):³⁶ fol. 1rv ἀσώμα]τον; πῶς—τῶν γεγραμμένων αἰνίττεται chapter 16.3–8 (16, lines
21–62). fol. 2rv ἐν οἷς τόινυν—δοχεῖτὸν μέγαν chapters 18.8–19.4 (18, line 71–19, line 29).
N—Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale di San Marco, grec 58 (M–R E 3) 65v title in red uncials: Τοῦμακαρίου καὶἐν ἁγίοις Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης· εἰς τὴν ἀναπλήρωσιν τῶν προκειμένων τῆς ἐξαημέρου. 65v–66v: πρόλογος τῷ ἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκοπος Νύσης. 66v–67v list of 31 headings, under the title: κεφάλαια ἐμπιλόσοφα περὶτῆς τοῦἀνθρώπου κτίσεως· καὶπερὶτῆς τοῦκόσμου δὲμερικῶς· ἅπερ ἦν λείποντα τῇἐξαημέρῳ· ἥν προείρηκεν ὁμακάριος καὶἐν ἁγίοις Βασίλειος. 67v–116r text in 31 chapters, with scholia.
10th century X—Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, grec 4.27 (M–R A 3; images online)
(Dated to the first part of the 10th century) No initial title. 186v Τῷἀδελφῷδούλῳ
ΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος Νύσης. 186v–187v Ep. to Peter. 187v– 188v list of 30 headings with numbers. 188v–240v treatise in 30 chapters with numbers in the margins, and scholia.
P—Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 476 (M–R A 1; images online) (Dated to the first part of the 10th century) No initial title. 64v Τῷἀδελφῷδούλῳ
ΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος Νύσης. 64v–65v Ep. to Peter. 65v–66v list of 30 headings. 66v–116v treatise in 30 chapters, with numbers in the margins, and scholia. 116v explicit: Τοῦἁγίου Γρεγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης θεώρια εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου, written around an image of the cross.
S—Oxford, Bodleian, Barocci grec 144 (M–R A*15; images online) (Dated to the second part of the 10th century) No initial title. 98v Τῷἀδελφῷ δούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος Νύσης. 98v–100r Ep. to Peter.
100r–101r list of 30 headings. 101v–174v treatise in 30 chapters, with numbers in ³⁶ See Werner Jaeger, 'Greek Uncial Fragments in the Library of Congress in Washington', Traditio,
5 (1947), 79–102, with plates, and a full and fascinating study of the manuscript's history. Jaeger identifies the ms as having come from Constantinople and calculates that these folios would have been fols. 325 and 332 of Vat. grec 2066.
the margins. 174v explicit in black uncials: τοῦἐν ἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου νύσης θεωρία εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου.
T—Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, grec 408 (M–R C 1; images online) (Dated to the second part of the 10th century) No initial title. 89v Τῷἀδελφῷ δούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος Νύσσης. 89v–91r Ep. to Peter.
91r–92v list of 31 headings. 92v–161v treatise in 31 chapters, with numbers written in the margins and scholia.
10th–11th centuries O—Oxford, Bodleian, Barocci grec 228 (M–R E 6; images online)
65r two dodecasyllables in the hand of the copyist: ὡς αὐτάδελφος καὶὁμότροπος πέλων, πληροῖτὸλεῖπον τοῦσοφοῦΒασιλείου. 65r title: περὶεἰκόνος ἀνθρώπου τοῦ μακαρίου Γρηγορίου ἀδελφοῦτοῦἁγίου Βασιλείου. 65r: Τῷτιμιωτάτῳἀδελφῷ δούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐν κυρίῳχαίρειν. 65r–66r Ep. to Peter. 66r–67r list of 31 headings. 67r–118v treatise in 31 chapters, with numbers in margin, and scholia. 118v, explicit in black uncials: Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης ἀδελφοῦτοῦἁγίου Βασιλείου θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν.
Q—Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coislin 235 (M–R I 1; images online) No initial title. 121r ΤῷἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος νύσης εἰς τὸν ἄνθρωπον. 121r–123r Ep. to Peter. 123r–124v list of 31 headings.
124v–208v treatise in 31 chapters, with numbers in the margins. Text breaks off a few lines before the conclusion of chapter 31, with ἐν τῷἀτελεῖκαὶἐν (chapter 30, line 278).
D—Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 160 (M–R C 3) Beginning damaged; Ep. to Peter missing. 60r Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν
Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης κεφάλαια τριάκοντα εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν, followed by list of 30 headings. 61r–113v, text of treatise missing first seven chapters and first part of chapter 8.
11th century J—Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 562 (113v–117r; images online) Chapter 12 only.
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12th–13th centuries Æ—London, British Library, Burney MS 52 (Forbes α; images online)
No initial title. 88v Πρὸς Πέτρον τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευὴν. 88v–89r Ep. to Peter; 89r–90r list of 31 headings (missing no. 19). 90v–
130r treatise in 31 chapters. Chapter titles, and the numbers in margins, written in red ink.
13th century R—London, British Library, Royal MS 16 D I (images online) 117v, two headings: ἘπιστολὴΓργορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης πρὸς Πέτρον τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν εἰς τὰλοιπὰτοῦἐξαημέρου τοῦἀδελφοῦαὐτῷΒασιλείου then Τῷἀδελφῷ αὐτοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκοπος Νύσης προοίμιον τῶν λα κεφαλαίων τῶν ἐν τῇἐξαημέρῳλεχθέντων τὰπαραλειπόμενα τοῦμεγάλου Βασιλείου. 117v–
118r Ep. to Peter. No list of headings, but instead another heading: τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης followed by heading for chapter 1.
118v–143r treatise in 31 chapters; headings marked by large capitals, only 11 marked by numbers in the margins.
G—Oxford Christ Church Library, grec 45 (M–R A*16) No initial title. 115r–116v Ep. to Peter. 116v–118r list of 30 headings; 118r–194r text in 30 chapters, with scholia. 194r explicit: Τοῦἐν ἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου
Νύσης θεωρία εἰς τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου and this dodecasyllable verse: + ὁ σταυρὸς ἀρχὴκαὶτέλος καλῶν πέλει.
F—Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 134 (M–R D 4; images online) (Dated by ÖNB to 1200 Constantinople; by Pinakes to c.1300) No initial title. 95r τῷἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦΠέτρῳἐπισκόπῳΓρηγόριος ἐπίσκπος νίσης. 95r–96v Ep. to Peter. 96v–98r list of 30 headings. 98r–150v text; headings and numbers, in margins, in red ink.
14th century H—Glasgow, University Library, MS Hunter 447 (V.5.17) Extracts: chapters 1, 3, 6, 7 (with lacunae), 10, 11, 12; then three excerpts from chapter 8, under the title: Διά τι τελευταῖος κατεσκευάσθη ὁἄνθρωπος; then chapters 13, 14, 15, and fragments from chapters 16, 20, 21, then chapters
24 and 30.
I—Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 192 (M–R H 4; images online) (Dated c.1370) 111v title: Τοῦἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης, εἰς τὴν ἑξαήμερον· τοῦμακαρίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης ἀδελφοῦτοῦἁγίου βασιλείου περὶεἰκόνος ἀνθρώπου τῷτιμιωτάτῳἀδελφῳδούλῳτοῦΘεοῦΠέτρῳ γρηγόριος ἐν Κυρίω χαίρειν. 111v–112v Ep. to Peter. 112v–113v list of 31 headings.
114r–166v treatise in 31 chapters, with headings and numbers (placed before the heading) in red ink.
M—Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 570 (M–R E 22) 108r–170v title Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης πρὸς Πέτρον ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν εἰς τὰλοιπὰτῆς ἐξαημέρου τοῦἀδελφοῦαὐτῷΒασιλείου· τουτέστιν εἰς τὴν κατακσκευὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου. Ep. to Peter. List of 30 headings. Treatise in 30 chapters. ß—Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, grec 1277 (Forbes β; M–R D 5; images online) 54v–55r list of 30 headings. 55r–56r Ep. to Peter: Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν
Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευὴν· πρὸς τὸν ἐπίσκοπον ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦΠέτρον. 56r–82v treatise in 30 chapters, with chapter numbers in the margins.
E—Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 168 (M–R: H 7) (Pinakes 14th century; M–R 15th century) Lacking Ep. to Peter and list of headings. 73v title: εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν. 73v–120r treatise in 30 chapters.
A—Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 222
134r ΤοῦΓρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης πρὸς πέτρον τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν εἰς τὰλοιπὰ τῆς ἐξαημέρου τοῦἀδελφοῦαὐτῷΒασιλείου περὶτῶν προγεγονότων τῶν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου γενέσεως. 134r–187r treatise in 30 chapters.
B—Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 278
2r Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης θεωρία εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου κατασκευὴν· πρὸς τὸν ἐπίσκοπον καὶἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦΠέτρον. 2r–49v treatise in 30 chapters.
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15th century C—Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, theol. gr. 113 (M–R F 5)
(Dated 27 August 1412) 79r title: περὶεἰκόνος ἀνθρώπου· τοῦμακαρίου Γρηγορίου ἀδελφοῦτοῦἁγίου Βασιλείου τῷτιμιωτάτῳἀδελφῷδούλῳΘεοῦπέτρῳἐπισκόπῳ
Γρηγόριος ἐν Κυρίῳχαίρειν. 79r–80r Ep. to Peter. 80r–81r list of 31 headings. 81v–
138r treatise in 31 chapters.
L—Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 240 (M–R E 17; images online) (Dated by BSB and Pinakes to the 15th century; by M–R to the 14th century) 65r title: Τοῦἐν ἁγίοις πατρὸς ἡμῶν Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσης κεφάλαια τριάκοντα εἰς τὴν τοῦἀνθρώπου κατασκευήν. 65r–66r Ep. to Peter. 66r–109v text divided into 30 chapters; headings marked by large capital in the margin together with number, in red ink.
16th century K—Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. graec. 206
(Dated to the second half of the 16th century) 1r–34r incomplete. Forbes gives the title as: περὶεἰκόνος ἀνθρώπου τοῦμακαρίου Γρηγορίου ἀδελφοῦτοῦἀγίου
Βασιλείου. On 17v there is the title of chapter 18 (19), with number ι—θ given in the margin, and on 31r title of chapter 30 (31) without an accompanying number; the manuscript would thus have originally been in 31 chapters.
Indirect Witnesses Justinian, Ep. ad Mennam 28.4–14 (τάχα—ἐνφυσήματος) = Ep. ad Mennam (ACO 3, 199.22–31)
28.28–74 (οἱτῷπροτέρῳ—σώμασι) = Ep. ad Mennam (ACO 3, 199.32–200.37) Doctrina Patrum de Incarnatione Verbi 4.6–9 (ἡμὲν γὰρ—διοικουμένην) = 19, VII (Diekamp, 122.14–15)
15.7–10 (πᾶν τὸ—προσηγορίαν ἔχει) = 22, XI (Diekamp, 140.13–18) 15.16–17 (ἃμὴ—τὴν κλῆσιν) = 22, XII (Diekamp, 140.1–2)
John of Damascus, De Sacris Imaginibus 4.11–17 (ὥσπερ—ὀνόματος) = Imag. 1.49/2.45 (Kotter, 3.153.4–11)
5.2–6 (Τὸδὲ—τὸὁμοίωμα) = Imag. 1.50/2.46 (Kotter, 3.154.3–9) John of Damascus (?), Sacra Parallela 4.6–11 (ἡμὲν γὰρ ψυχὴ—φύσιν) = II¹98/K cap. A 2, 20 (Thum, 117.3–9)
4.11–5.3 (ὥσπερ—θεωρεῖται) = II¹38/K cap. A 1, 38 (Thum, 67.11–68.5) 13.12–25 (ὕπνος—ἄνεσις) = II¹2122/K cap. Υ 3, 8 (Thum, 1122.3–19)
16.89–98 (ἐπεὶδὲ—τὴν γνώμην) = II¹99/K cap. A 2, 21 (Thum, 117.12–118.5) 23.6–7 (ὁγὰρ—τέλους) = II¹52/K cap. A 1, 52 (Thum, 86, 10)
A 1, 39 (Thum, 68.8–74.21) 30.90–6 (ἐπειδὴ—πνεῦμα) = II¹1218/K cap. K 1, 19 (Thum, 687.2–11)
30.250–1 (ἀλλὰ—φύσεως) = II¹40/K cap. 1, 40 (Thum, 74.24–5) 30.253–78 (τὸγὰρ—τέλειον) = II¹40/K cap. 1, 40 (Thum, 74.25–75.27)
As mentioned earlier, Forbes had already noted that his manuscripts fell into two main groups. On the basis of the analysis of variant readings noted in this edition, it appears that his second group, D E F, occurs 12 times, always in combination with other manuscripts, never as the only three witnesses. However, D G L P S X occur together as the sole witnesses to a variant reading 29 times, and together with other manuscripts 79 times (with E 10 times; F 10 times; H 25 times). These manuscripts, moreover, all divide the text into 30 chapters. Listed in date order, they are:
X 10th century, first half P 10th century, first half S 10th century, second half D 10th–11th centuries (missing last part of chapter 7 and first part of chapter 8)
G 13th century F 13th century E 14th century H 14th century L 15th century (missing list of chapters after the Letter to Peter).
The remaining manuscripts, A Æ B ß C I K M N O Q R T V W Z, also form a distinct group. This group contains manuscripts having both 30 chapters (A B ß
M V W) and 31 chapters (Æ C I K N O Q R T). However, their variant readings are so close that it seems impossible to differentiate them into two distinct subgroups. Indeed, as mentioned earlier, Forbes had noticed that two pairs are particularly close, A (with 30 chapters) and Æ (with 31), and B-ß, so that he only recorded Æ or ß when A or B had not been noted, and the few times when they disagree with each other. On the seven occasions noted in this edition where
A differs from Æ, it shares readings with the other group (always with D with one
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exception, when it agrees with G P X).³⁷ A full examination of the various groupings of manuscripts, their transmission, and the reason behind some having
30 chapters while others have 31, must await a full examination of all 166 known manuscripts.
For our purposes here, it is sufficient to note that whereas Forbes' group of A/Æ
B/ß C I K M N Q R T occurs together, either by themselves or with other manuscripts, only ten times, the group Æ A B ß I K N O Q T occurs 67 times, and with C a further 25 times, with M 32 times, with R 41 times, with V 14 times, with W 12 times; the fragmentary Z, on the two occasions when it shares variant readings with other manuscripts, does so with W once, and N T V W once. In date order they appear as follows:
W 9th–10th 30 chaps N 9th–10th centuries 31 chaps + list centuries V 9th–10th centuries 30 chaps + list O 10th–11th centuries 31 chaps + list A 14th century 30 chaps Q 10th–11th centuries 31 chaps + list ß 14th century 30 chaps + list T 10th century, second half 31 chaps + list
B 14th century 30 chaps Æ 12th–13th centuries 31 chaps + list M 14th century 30 chaps + list R 13th century 31 chaps I 14th century 31 chaps + list C 15th century 31 chaps + list K 16th century 31 chaps Latin Translations The Latin translations of Dionysius and Eriugena have also been collated for this edition. For that of Dionysius, I have used the edition of Forbes, who used the following manuscripts:
Oxford, Laud Misc. 123 (12th century, English, Gloucester), incip. f. 94v; in 31 chapters, missing list of headings.
Oxford, Ms Bodl. 238 (14th century, English), f. 185r–197r; in 31 chapters, with list, but different set of headings.
³⁷ Chapter 23, line 40 εὑρήσοι A (sed non Æ) D G² P S; 25, line 5 νῦν om. A (sed non Æ) D L; 25, line 7 ἀνάστασιν] διάστασιν A (sed non Æ) G P X; 29, line 72 τοῦφυτοῦ] τούτου A (sed non Æ) D E F L Nmg
P S X; 29, line 77 ψυχικὰς] τῆς ψυχῆς A (non Æ) D E F L P S X; 30, line 16 τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην συστῆναι ζωὴν A (non Æ) D E F H L P S X: τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ζωὴν συστῆναι I. There are ten occasions when
B differs from ß, only one of which is shared with other mss (N and P) at 13, line 156. For A/Æ, the similar case is 30, line 112 τῆς om. A (non Æ) B D E G H P X.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 2633 (12th–13th centuries), incip. f. 98v; in 31 chapters with list of headings.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 1710 (14th century), incip. f. 1r; in 31 chapters with list of headings.
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 1701 (13th century), incip. f. 42v; in 31 chapters with list of headings.
For the translation of Eriugena, we now have the critical edition of Giovanni Mandolino with the extensive introduction by Chiara Tommasi.³⁸ For their edition of De Imagine, the following manuscripts were used:
Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Patr. 78 (olim B.IV.13), f. 88r–114r Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, n.a. Lat. 2664, f. 122r–139v
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Lat. 18095, f. 40v–41r Berlin, Lat. Qu. 690 (Görres 87), f. 186r–186v (fragment)
Reims, Bibliothèque Municipale, 875 Vatican City, Vat. Reg. lat. 195, f. 61v–62r
Mandolino also collated the previous edition of Cappuyns, together with Forbes' edition of the Greek text and his edition of Dionysius' translation, the translation of Löwenklau (Levvenklaius) in PG, and the text as it appears in Eriugena's
Periphyseon, as edited by Édouard Jeauneau. Comparing Eriugena's translation to the variant readings of the Greek manuscripts provided by Forbes, Tommasi concludes that the manuscript to which Eriugena's translation has greatest affinity is Q (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coislin 235). For this edition, notice has only been made of substantive differences (which are indeed significant, especially regarding how Gregory's text has been translated in chapter 16).
Notice has not been made, for instance, of differences of word order or matters more properly pertaining to the transmission of the Latin manuscripts themselves; for example, in chapter 16.14 (line 112) πρὸς ὅτι is rendered aliquid, which Mandolino corrected to ad quid, based on the translation of this passage given in Eriugena's Periphyseon and the Greek text.
This edition thus represents an intermediary stage while we await the full editio maior from GNO. I have transcribed Forbes' text and critical apparatus, putting the latter into a more familiar and accessible format, and checked his readings when his apparatus was unclear, when he was himself in doubt, or when his
³⁸ Iohannis Scotti seu Eriugenae, Carmina; De Imagine, ed. Michael W. Herren, Andrew Dunning,
Giovanni Mandolino, and Chiara O. Tommasi, CCCM 167 (Turnhout: Brepols, 2020).