Baroccianus is an adjective applied to manuscripts indicating an origin in the Baroccianum, a Venetian collection assembled by the humanist Francesco Barozzi

Francesco Barozzi

Francesco Barozzi was an Italian mathematician, astronomer and humanist.-Life:...

 (Barocius). A large part of that collection was sold after the death of Iacopo Barozzi or Barocci (1562-1617), nephew and heir to Francesco; and the purchase by William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke

William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, KG, PC was the son of Henry Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke and his third wife Mary Sidney. Chancellor of the University of Oxford, he founded Pembroke College, Oxford with King James. He was warden of the Forest of Dean, and constable of St Briavels from 1608...

 led in turn to his donation in 1629 of a substantial collection of Greek manuscripts from the Baroccianum to the Bodleian Library

Bodleian Library

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. The designation Codex Baroccianus followed by a number is an indication that a manuscript is in the Bodleian Catalogue and has its provenance in this donation.

History

The Earl of Pembroke's purchase cost him £700; his donation was bound in 242 volumes. He was persuaded to make the deal and gift by William Laud

William Laud

William Laud was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1633 to 1645. One of the High Church Caroline divines, he opposed radical forms of Puritanism...

. Some remaining manuscripts from the collection were given by Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....

 in 1654. Both Pembroke and Cromwell were Chancellor of the University of Oxford at the time of their gifts.

In fact the manuscripts of Barozzi were already with Laud: they had been brought to England by Henry Featherstone in 1628. Featherstone acted as agent for the Bodleian, from 1621. The origins of the Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

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 are connected with Laud's plan to have these manuscripts edited and published, even though it took around 40 years and the efforts of John Fell

John Fell (clergyman)

John Fell was an English churchman and influential academic. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, and later concomitantly as Bishop of Oxford.-Education:...

 to take the practical steps to create a scholarly publishing house in Oxford.

Manuscripts

• Barocci 3
  Minuscule 314
  Minuscule 314 , O11 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.Formerly it was labelled by 23a, 28p, and 6r.- Description :...
  
   (minuscule 314 Gregory-Aland)
• Barocci 7 – Thucydides Contiones 15th century
• Barocci 15 – Psalterium in Greek, 1105 AD
• Barocci 28 – Euthymius Zigabenus, Commentaries on four Gospels, 14th century
• Barocci 29
  Minuscule 46
  Minuscule 46 , ε 1285 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Paleographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has complex contents and full marginalia....
  
   (minuscule 46 Gregory-Aland)
• Barocci 31
  Minuscule 45
  Minuscule 45 , ε 442 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century. It has complex contents and full marginalia....
  
   (minuscule 45 Gregory-Aland)
• Barocci 55 – John Chrysostom, Homilies, 10th/11th century
• Barocci 59
  Minuscule 526
  Minuscule 526 , 610 , ε 1127 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on a parchment, dated to the 11th century.The manuscript was adapted for liturgical use...
  
   (minuscule 526 Gregory-Aland)
• Barocci 96 – Menologion, palimpsest, the upper text contains poems of Gregorius Nazianzen
• Barocci 126 – Gregory Nazianzen, Homilies, 13th/14th century
• Barocci 131
• Barocci 160 – Commentary on Psalms, 15th century
• Barocci 167 – John Chrysostom, Homilies on Acts of Apostles, 14th/15th century
• Barocci 170
• Barocci 197
  Lectionary 205
  Lectionary 205, designated by siglum ℓ 205 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment...
  
   (lectionary 205 Gregory-Aland)
• Barocci 201
• Barocci 202
  Lectionary 5
  Lectionary 5, designated by siglum ℓ 5 .It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on vellum leaves. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 10th century.- Description :...
  
  (lectionary 5 Gregory-Aland)
• Barocci 206 – lectionary, 9th century, palimpsest
• Barocci 242 – John Chrysostom, Homilies on Genesis

External links

• Mss. Barocci at the Bodleian Library