| Witness / tradition | What it calls the list | What it says about “Clement” | Form of the list | Relationship to the Marcianus kernel |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcianus epitome (Zahn’s “Codex Marcianus note,” Latin) | (short “burial/death-place” notices) | Explicitly framed as coming from Clement’s Hypotyposeis V in the way Zahn/Harnack discuss (“Clemens in quinto libro hypotyposeon / informationum” dossier) | Kernel: terse place-of-burial / death | Base layer: supplies the order + the distinctive toponyms that later lists elaborate |
| Greek “Anonymus I” family (BHG 153c) | “List of apostles: where they preached / where they died” | Often transmitted as “anonymous,” but belongs to the Clement-tagged dossier in cataloguing traditions | Expanded: preaching + death + burial (variable) | Expansion of kernel: retains order and rare place-names; adds narrative material |
| Appendix traditions (e.g., BHG 152n etc.) | Add-on blocks to the list | Usually “Clement” becomes a framing-authority more than a source-citation | Further expansion / appendices | Secondary growth on top of the Anonymus I-type list |
| JTS witnesses you screenshot (Vat. gr. 1506; Verona LI 49) | “De xii apostolis in quibus locis predicaverunt et consummati sunt” + colophon “Explicuerunt canones… missi ad Clementem…” | Clement explicitly named: “ut refert Clemens in quinto Informationum…” (i.e., Hypotyposeis V as “Informationes”). This is exactly the Clement–Hypotyposeis V hook. | Greek/Latin dossier: list + canons colophon | These manuscripts show how the Clement frame travels with (and authorizes) the list tradition as it expands |
| Monastic/Greek codex headings (e.g., Vatopedi codex evidence cited in modern editions) | Title like “Διάταξις τῶν ἀποστόλων διὰ Κλήμεντος…” (“Disposition… through Clement…”) | “Clement” as title-authority for the whole piece | Greek title tradition | This is the stage where “Clement” becomes a rubric, not merely a source-note |
| Oriental versions (Ethiopic ‘History of the Apostles’ type) | Full narrative “how they preached / died / where buried” | Usually no need to cite Hypotyposeis; Clement frame may vanish, but the kernel-order + distinctive loci persist | Fully expanded narrative | Best explained as translation/adaptation of the expanded Greek layer, which itself presupposes the Marcianus kernel |
Friday, January 2, 2026
Clement's Authority and the Various "List of the Apostles"
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