Commentarius, auctore Symeone Metaphrasta
Standard abbreviation: Hypom. Bapt.
Other titles: A Writing Treating the Birth, Conduct, and Decapitation of the Holy and Prophet and Baptist John the Forerunner
Clavis numbers: ECCA 530; CANT 182
Category: Hagiographa
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Status: unassigned
Citing this resource (using Chicago Manual of Style):
1. SUMMARY
2. RESOURCES
3. BIBLIOGRAPHY
3.1 Manuscripts and Editions
3.1.1 Greek (BHG 835–837b)
Athens, Ethnikê Bibliothêkê tês Hellados, 282, fols. 383v–406 (16th cent.)
Athens, Ethnikê Bibliothêkê tês Hellados, 998, fols. 193–210v (16th cent.)
Athens, Ethnikê Bibliothêkê tês Hellados, 2471, fols. 378–394 (14th cent.)
Athens, Ethnikê Bibliothêkê tês Hellados, 2628, fols. 71–83v (14th cent.)
Athens, Ethnikê Bibliothêkê tês Hellados, Metochion tou Panagiou Taphou 852, fol. 1 (10th cent.)
Basel, Universitätsbibliotek, A.III.12, fols. 29–33 (14th/15th c.)
Escorial, Real Biblioteca, y.II.11 (Andrés 319), fols. 135–149v (12th cent.)
Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 9.33, fols. 426v –443v (14th cent.)
Genova, Biblioteca Franzoniana, Urbani 35, fols. 1–21v (11th cent.)
Grottaferrata, Biblioteca Statale del Monumento Nazionale, B.α.23.9 (gr. 98), fols. 15–22v (11th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Batopediou, 425, fols. 99–105 (14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Batopediou, 435, fols. 47–57 (16th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Batopediou, 632, fols. 256–264 (1422)
Mount Athos, Monê Batopediou, 634, fols. 215–243 (1422)
Mount Athos, Monê Batopediou, 788, fols. 89v–112 (14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Batopediou, 826, fols. 33–56 (18th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Dionusiou, 52 (Lambros 3586) (13th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Dionusiou, 54 (Lambros 3588) (11th/12th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Dionusiou, 181 (Lambros 3715), fols. 173v–189 (14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Dionusiou, 501 (Lambros 4035) (16th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Dionusiou, 641 (1594)
Mount Athos, Monê Docheiariou, 69 (Lambros 2743), fols. 171–186v (14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Ibêrôn, 16 (Lambros 4136), fols. 259v–282v (1042)
Mount Athos, Monê Koutloumousiou, 109 (Lambros 3182), fols. 61–79 (15th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Megistês Lauras, Δ53 (Eustratiades 429), fols. 255–272 (11th/12th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Megistês Lauras, Δ62 (Eustratiades 438), fols. 35–37 (14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Megistês Lauras, Ε182 (Eustratiades 644), fols. 312–341 (12th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Megistês Lauras, Η179 (Eustratiades 834), fols. 359–378 (14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Megistês Lauras, Ω154 (Eustratiades 1966), fols. 727–734 (1668)
Mount Athos, Monê Pantokratos, 6 (Lambros 1040), fols. 305–313v (1301–1325)
Mount Athos, Monê Philotheou, 87 (Lambros 1851), fols. 433–454 (1340)
Mount Athos, Monê Stauronikêta, 18 (Lambros 883), fols. 340v–354v (13th/14th cent.)
Mount Athos, Monê Xêropotamou, 39 (Lambros 2372), fols. 144v–167v (16th cent.)
Istanbul, Patriarchikê Bibliothêkê, Theologikê scholê, 40
Jerusalem, Patriarchikê bibliothêkê, Hagiou Saba 105, fols. 272–288 (14th cent.)
Jerusalem, Patriarchikê bibliothêkê, Panaghiou Taphou 134, fols. 303v–325 (1582)
Jerusalem, Patriarchikê bibliothêkê, Panaghiou Taphou 135 (14th cent.)
Manchester, John Rylands University Library, gr. 8, fols. 139–160 (11th cent.)
Messina, Biblioteca Regionale Universitaria, S. Salv. 49, fols. 244–266v (12th cent.)
Meterora, Monê Metamorphôseôs, 552, fols. 188v (13/14th cent.)
Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, C186 inf. (Martini-Bassi 878), fols. 158–174 (1073)
Moscow, Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej, Sinod. gr. 173 (Vlad 378), fols. 255v–276 (11th cent.)
Moscow, Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej, Sinod. gr. 9 (Vlad 382), fols. 210–233 (1063)
Moscow, Gosudarstvennyj Istoričeskij Musej, Sinod. gr. 160 (Vlad 383) (11th cent.)
Moscow, Rossijskaja Gosudarstvennaja Biblioteka, Φ.270 (P. I. Sevast’janov), 34 (gr. 35), fols. 40–57 (15th cent.)
Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale, II.C.25 (1380)
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Barocci 234, fols. 393–398 (12th/13th cent.)
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Cromwell 6, pp. 125–172 (15th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 307, fols. 375–383v (1552)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Coisl. 383, fols. 309–340 (15th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1474, fols. 174v–191r (11th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1475, fols. 136v–151v (11th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1516, fols. 144v–160 (11th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1527, fols. 179v–197v (11th/12th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1528, fols. 197r–216r (12th cent.)
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, gr. 1548, fols. 152–166 (11/12th cent.)
Patmos, Monê tou Hagiou Iôannou tou Theologou, 183 (11th cent.)
Rome, Biblioteca Vallicelliana, B 14, fols. 245r–256r (11th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Chig. R.VII.50 (gr. 41), fols. 177–195v (11th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ottob. gr. 87, fols. 39–48, 57–60 (13th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 820, fols. 271–284v (14th/15th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 822, fols. 225v–247v (12th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 823, fols. 186–203v (12th cent.)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 1190, fols. 407v–414r (1542)
Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. gr. 2043, fols. 220v–240v (11th cent.)
Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. II.131 (coll. 1361), fols. 290–334v (16th cent.)
Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, gr. II.168c (coll. 1113), fols. 752v–768 (1481)
Latyšev, Vasilij V. Menologii anonymi byzantini saeculi X quae supersunt. 2 vols. St. Petersburg: Tipografija Imperatorskoj Akademii Nauk, 1911–1912 (edition based on Moscow, Sinod. gr. 9, with readings from Sinod. gr. 160, and Sinod gr. 173, in vol. 2, pp. 384–408).
Lippomano, Luigi (Aloisius Lipomanus). Sanctorum priscorum patrum vitae numero centum sexagintatres, per gravissimos et probatissimos auctores conscripta. 8 vols. Rome: ex Officina Salviana and Venice: ad Signum Spei, 1551–1560 (Greek edition, vol. 6, pp. 199–203).
Surius, Laurentius. Historiae seu vitae sanctorum, juxta optimam coloniensem editionem. 1570–1575. 13 vols. Turin: Marietti, 1875–1880 (Latin translation, vol. 8, pp. 706–23).
3.2 Modern Translations
3.3 General Works
Edition (BHG 838e) and French translation: F. Halkin, “Notice de saint Jean Baptiste BHG 838e,” in Le ménologe impérial de Baltimore (Brussels, 1986), 76–82.