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British Library, Add. 17212 is a double palimpsest, with three successive writings: a Syriac translation of St. Chrysostom's ''Homilies'' of the 9th/10th century covers a Latin grammatical treatise from the 6th century, written in cursive, which in turn covers the ''Annales'' of Roman historian Granius Licinianus.〔 〕 It is a rare example of a double palimpsest.〔Falconer Madan, (''Books in Manuscript: a Short Introduction to their Study and Use. With a Chapter on Records'' ), London 1898, p. 72. 〕 The manuscript has survived in incomplete condition. == Description == The manuscript contains 13 leaves (9¼ by 6⅞ inches), most of which were torn along the outer edges. Each page of the manuscript is palimpsest, except folio 9. The youngest text of the palimpsest contains the ''Homilies'' of John Chrysostom. The writing is in two columns per page, 25–29 lines per page, in a good and regular hand. It contains the following homilies: ''On the Prodigal Son'', ''On Lent'', ''On the Human Nature of our Lord'', ''Three discourses on the Contest of our Lord with Satan''. All these homilies follow one another in correct original order, without any lacunae.〔 The older text is of a Latin grammar treatise on folios 1-8, 10-13. It is written in minuscule letters. The writing is most legible on folios 2, 7, and 10.〔 Probably it was written in North Italy. The text of the fragment was published by Elias Avery Lowe in ''Codices Latini antiquiores'' (1935).〔(''British Library Add MS 17212 (fol. 1-8, 10-13)'' ) – Trismegistos.〕 The oldest text of the palimpsest, the ''Annales'' of Granius Licinianus, is written in elegant, small-sized uncial letters. The most visible text survives on pages 1 verso and 5 recto.〔 These fragments were edited by Karl Pertz in 1857.〔Karl Pertz, (''Gai Grani Liciniani Annalium quae supersunt ex codice ter scripto Musei Britannici Londinensis'' ) (Berlin 1857)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「British Library, Add. 17212」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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