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Origenis ex parvo tomo in Canticum, quem juvenis scripserat (Ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τὸ ᾎσμα μικροῦ τόμου)

Editors' preface

NOTE — Page 23 read in three full-width thirds. Col 35 carries only Migne's facing Latin version of the fragment (not layer 1, not set). The work's title is printed across the top of cols 35-36; its Greek (with the sub-line) is set in c36 above Τῷ μὴ ἐξειληφότι. The Latin title, untranslated: E PARVO TOMO IN CANTICUM QUEM JUVENIS SCRIPSERAT ORIGENES. The note call (2) before the Greek points to the footnote "Exstat hoc fragmentum Philocaliae cap. 7." (footnotes are set in another pass), and is omitted from the source. Other: the lower half of the page (full width) prints Jerome's prologue to the Homilies (PROLOGUS B. HIERONYMI AD DAMASUM PAPAM, In expositionem Cantici canticorum secundum Origenem; BEATISSIMO PAPAE DAMASO HIERONYMUS), which belongs to the Homilies unit and is not set here.

Editors' notes and page, col. 35

Footnotes

(37) ‹anchor: in cubiculum suum› · call in col 35 (full-width prologue)

Cant. I, 3.

Song of Songs 1:3.

(printed under page 23) (2) printed at this page foot; called in the Greek only (col 36, before Τῷ μὴ ἐξειληφότι): set under col 36

Page

running head: 35 ORIGENIS IN CA
marginal letters: A Qui non perceperit; B obscuritas dictorum non
old-edition numerals: 11 before Qui non
other: full-width title at top across cols. 35-36 (ΕΚ ΤΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΑΣΜΑ ΜΙΚΡΟΥ ΤΟΜΟΥ Ὃν ἐν τῇ νεότητι ἔγραψεν Ὠριγένης. / E PARVO TOMO IN CANTICUM QUEM JUVENIS SCRIPSERAT ORIGENES.) cut off at right edge, not set; middle paragraph (Qui non perceperit ... prophetae faciunt) is facing Latin version of Greek in col. 36, not set; lower half of column (PROLOGUS B. HIERONYMI AD DAMASUM PAPAM In expositionem Cantici canticorum secundum Origenem. BEATISSIMO PAPAE DAMASO HIERONYMUS. Oirgenes, cum in caeteris libris ... placere quae parva sunt.) printed full-width across cols. 35-36 and cut off at right edge, not set

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ΕΚ ΤΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΑΣΜΑ ΜΙΚΡΟΥ ΤΟΜΟΥ

FROM THE SMALL TOME ON THE SONG

Ὃν ἐν τῇ νεότητι ἔγραψεν Ὠριγένης.

Which Origen wrote in his youth.

Τῷ μὴ ἐξειληφότι τὸ ἰδίωμα τῶν προσώπων τῆς θείας Γραφῆς, τῶν τε λεγόντων καὶ τῶν πρὸς ἃ ὁ λόγος, πολλὴν παρέχει σύγχυσιν τὰ λεγόμενα, ζητοῦντι τὸ λέγον πρόσωπον, ὅ τι ποτέ ἐστι, καὶ τὸ πρὸς ὃ ὁ λόγος ὁποῖον, καὶ πότε τὸ λέγον ἐπαύσατο πρόσωπον, τοῦ πρὸς ὃ ἐστι πολλάκις τηρουμένου, καὶ ἑτέρου πρὸς τὸ αὐτὸ λέγοντος, ἢ τῶν πρὸς ὃ ὁ λόγος οὐκέτι ἀκούοντος, ἑτέρου δὲ διαδεξαμένου τὰ λεγόμενα, μένοντος τοῦ λέγοντος. Ἔστι δ' ὅτε μεταβάλλει ἀμφότερα, καὶ τὸ λέγον, καὶ τὸ πρὸς ὃ ὁ λόγος· ἢ ἐπὶ πλεῖον μένοντα ἀμφότερα, οὐ σαφῶς δηλοῦται μένοντα. Τί δὲ δεῖ τὰ παραδείγματα ζητεῖν ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τούτων, πάνυ τῶν προφητικῶν πεπληρωμένων τῆς διαφορᾶς αὐτῶν; Ἥτις καὶ αἰτία ἐστὶ οὐχ ἡ τυχοῦσα μὴ διακρινομένης τῆς ἀσαφείας τῶν λεγομένων. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ αὕτη συνήθεια τῆς Γραφῆς, τὸ ταχέως μεταπηδᾷν ἀπὸ τοῦ περί τινων λόγου εἰς τὸν περὶ ἑτέρων, καὶ τοῦτο ἀσαφῶς ποιεῖν καὶ συγκεχυμένως μάλιστα τοὺς προφήτας.

To one who has not grasped the peculiarity of the persons of divine Scripture, both of those that speak and of those to whom the speech is addressed, the things spoken cause much confusion as he seeks the speaking person, whoever it may be, and of what sort that is to which the speech is addressed, and when the speaking person ceased, while that to which it is addressed is often kept, and another speaks to the same, or while those to whom the speech is addressed no longer listen, and another succeeds to the things spoken while the speaker remains. And sometimes both change, both the speaker and that to which the speech is addressed; or while both remain for a longer time, they are not clearly shown as remaining. And what need is there to seek the examples of each one of these, since the prophetic writings are altogether full of the difference between them? And this is no slight cause of the obscurity of the things spoken remaining unresolved. And this too is a custom of Scripture, to leap quickly across from the discourse concerning certain persons to that concerning others, and for the prophets especially to do this obscurely and confusedly.

Editors' notes and page, col. 36

Footnotes

(2) ‹anchor: Τῷ μὴ ἐξειληφότι› · call in col 36 (Greek only; no call in the facing Latin)

Exstat hoc fragmentum Philocaliae cap. 7.

This fragment is extant in chapter 7 of the Philocalia.

(printed under page 23)