A manuscript, being an early witness to the Catechetical School of Alexandria referencing Clement, Origen, and Pantaenus, circa 1250, possibly Paris.
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An important early witness to the Catechetical school of Alexandria, mentioning Pantaenus, Clement, and Origen, and particularly mentioning Clement's Stromata, the earliest extant witness of which is circa the 11th century. This MS being c.1250 makes it an extremely early witness to the Early Church Fathers of the Alexandrian school, and its contents are of particular interest which are sure to profitably reward study. Produced during the medieval scholastic period, contemporaneously with St. Thomas Aquinas.
Transcription:
Below is an approximate transcription of a photographed section (not of the full MS).
Quod putatur post apostolos apud Alex-
andriam Pantaenus. Sed per
ordinem clementis terminos admi-
nistravit Origenes ipsius discipulus Cle-
mentis. Cum clemens in ope stramateo
nbi etiam tempora quos libros discribetat
in [theatro] designavit. Ad finem
[napn] comodi protendit. Unde certum est
quod tenent tempora hoc ipsa quae nunc habent
in [marmore contineatur].
Which is thought to be after the apostles, in Alexandria, Pantaenus. But through the order of Clement, Origen, his disciple, administered its boundaries. When Clement was working on the Stromata, he also recorded at that time which books, and in the theatre, he designated them. Toward the end, for indeed he extended it for convenience. From which it is certain that time itself holds these very things, which now are preserved in marble.
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Size: 135 x 195 mm (approx.)
Condition:
Probably rescued from a binding given the toning around the edges. Contents are generally bright and legible, mildly toned. Attractive rubrication in blue and red. Some creasing at the foot on both sides with text loss in this area. Early marginalia on recto. Minor staining on verso. Small pinprick hole at upper right (w.r.t. recto). Parent MS unknown, likely not extant.
