Codex Parisinus Graecus 456, designated by
siglum
Scribal abbreviations, or sigla (singular: siglum), are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek, Old English and Old Norse.
In modern manuscript editing (substantive and mecha ...
H, manuscript of
Origen's Philocalia and
Contra Celsum
''Against Celsus'' ( Greek: Κατὰ Κέλσου, ''Kata Kelsou''; Latin: ''Contra Celsum''), preserved entirely in Greek, is a major apologetics work by the Church Father Origen of Alexandria, written in around 248 AD, countering the writ ...
.
Description
The manuscript contains text of
Origen's Philocalia. It is very closely related to ''Codex Venetus Graecus 48'', but not copied from it.
[Josep Rius-Camps, ''Orígenes Tractat dels principis'', Barcelona 1998, p. 20]
It contains also
Arrian
Arrian of Nicomedia (; Greek: ''Arrianos''; ; )
was a Greek historian, public servant, military commander, and philosopher of the Roman period.
'' The Anabasis of Alexander'' by Arrian is considered the best source on the campaigns of ...
's ''
Expeditio Alexandri'' immediately after the Philocalia. It contains also some iambics of the monk Bessarion on the death of Theodora.
History
The manuscript was brought to
Paris
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from
Constantinople
Constantinople (#Names of Constantinople, see other names) was a historical city located on the Bosporus that served as the capital of the Roman Empire, Roman, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine, Latin Empire, Latin, and Ottoman Empire, Ottoman empire ...
. Today it is housed at the
Bibliothèque nationale de France
The (; BnF) is the national library of France, located in Paris on two main sites, ''Richelieu'' and ''François-Mitterrand''. It is the national repository of all that is published in France. Some of its extensive collections, including bo ...
(Gr. 456) in Paris.
References
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Further reading
* J. Armitage Robinson, ''The Philocalia of Origen: The text revised with a critical introduction and indices''. Cambridge University Press/New York:Macmillan (1893), pp. XIII-XVIII
* Josep Rius-Camps, ''Orígenes Tractat dels principis'', Barcelona 1998, pp. 19–20
External links
Origen: Manuscripts of the ''Philocalia''
Bibliothèque nationale de France collections