Proclus, Theologia Platonica; Michael Psellos (1550) - Page 4

Codex XCVII.

Paper, of solid and polished paper, with red titles, numbers, and initials, written in a small and neat minuscule hand, transcribed by George, surnamed Tryphon, in folio, collated with the original, incomplete, consisting of 444 leaves. 16th century, very well preserved and inscribed. †. Sent from Paris.


Proclus the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato.	Proclus the Platonic Successor, on the Theology of Plato.
Beg: All of Plato's philosophy...	End: ...and to record in these.

†. At the end, the scribe added these words:

Thanks be to God, the perfecter of good things.
O book, bless him who wrote you,
yet not through yourself, for you have no strength,
but through men of learning and industry,
who hold you in their own hands.
If God gives, envy avails nothing;
and if He does not give, labor avails nothing.
George was the writer, he who is also called Tryphon.

Thanks be to God, the perfecter of good things. O book, proclaim your writer blessed, not through yourself (for you have no power), but through men of talent and industry by their reading of you. If God gives, envy avails nothing, and if He does not give, neither does labor avail. George wrote this, surnamed Tryphon. This work in six books first appeared in Hamburg, 1618, folio, with the version of Aemilius Portus.

Fol. 256.	Fol. 256.
Proclus the Successor, on the First Alcibiades of Plato.	Proclus the Successor, on the First Alcibiades of Plato.
Beg: Of the Platonic dialogues...	End: ...the evil and the base.

†. Excerpts from this commentary under the title "Proclus on the Soul and the Daemon" appeared in Latin among the works of Marsilio Ficino, Basel 1561–1576, Paris 1641, folio. The Electoral Codex is not without small gaps.

Fol. 387.	Fol. 387.
Letter of the most honorable Psellos to the Caesar.	Letter of the most honorable Psellos to the Caesar.
M. 122, 1176 Beg: As many as are your thoughts, O Caesar...	End: ...but I, milk and cheeses.

Fol. 388.	Fol. 388.
By the same, to the same.	By the same, to the same.
Beg: Whether I charm you as a flute-player...	End: ...and your music in the voice.

Fol. 390.	Fol. 390.
By the same, to the same.	By the same, to the same.
Beg: Not that I am writing now...	End: ...it will be for satiety.

Fol. 391.	Fol. 391.
By the same, to the same.	By the same, to the same.
Beg: The camel of the myth...	End: ...rejoicing in these letters.

Fol. 392.	Fol. 392.
To Aemilianus, Patriarch of Antioch.	To Aemilianus, Patriarch of Antioch.
Beg: I indeed thought, O honored by God...	End: ...and having the revolution.

Fol. 394.	Fol. 394.
To the same.	To the same.
Beg: But for what reason, O honored by God...	End: ...he brought upon the one set forth.

Fol. 397.	Fol. 397.
To Leo, Protosacellarius.	To Leo, Protosacellarius.
Beg: Whenever you interpret yourself...	End: ...you may reach the summit.

Fol. 399.	Fol. 399.
An extemporaneous discourse by the same to Pothus the Bestarches, who requested that he write on the theological character.	An extemporaneous discourse by the same to Pothus the Bestarches, who requested that he write on the theological character.
Beg: Do not wonder, my dearest Pothus...	End: ...let us contribute to the banquet.

†. In the library of Antonio Agustín, codex 191, two orations on this matter are indicated, perhaps one divided into two. Lorenzo Tiepolo, in his catalog, cites only a single one and asserts it is unpublished, codex 524, p. 285.

Fol. 408.	Fol. 408.
To the same President and Judge, Lord Constantine.	To the same President and Judge, Lord Constantine.
Beg: You seem to wonder greatly...	End: ...it comes to be in the forms.

†. In the catalog of Greek manuscripts of St. Mark’s by Tiepolo, the title is: "To Constantine, the brother and judge."

Fol. 410.	Fol. 410.
An exposition by the same of the mathematics in the Timaeus of Plato.	An exposition by the same of the mathematics in the Timaeus of Plato.
Beg: You have asked me in part...	End: ...this is the mathematical [science].

Fol. 412.	Fol. 412.
An exposition of another Platonic thought from the Timaeus.	An exposition of another Platonic thought from the Timaeus.
Beg: You love the Platonic source of difficulty...	End: ...but we are able to look upon it.