Cestoi

Description

Title: Cestoi
Creator: Africanus, Sextus Julius
Published / Created: [ca. 1580]
Publication Place: Italy (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper
Description: In Greek.
Same watermark as Harlfinger Croix 41, from a manuscript signed by Andreas Darmarius and dated 5 April 1582.
Script: Written by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who signed the completed manuscript.
Headpiece in black ink, on f. 1r. Headings and chapter notations, in red. 3-line initial, with decoration above and below letter, in red on f. 4r; other small initials in red throughout codex at beginning of each section.
Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Limp green vellum case, blue-green edges.
Provenance: Purchased from C. A. Stonehill by Thomas E. Marston in 1959; his gift to Yale in 1959.
Extent: ff. ii + 70 + i : 295 x 202 (215 x 96) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 276
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Genre: Early works to 1800
Early works to 1600
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Africanus, Sextus Julius.
Subject (Topic): Geography, Ancient
Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Africanus, Sextus Julius
Geography, Ancient > Early works to 1800
Encyclopedias and dictionaries > Early works to 1600
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Sextus Julius Africanus, Cestoi. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.