Scholia on Oppian

Description

Title: Scholia on Oppian
Published / Created: [between 1550 and 1600]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Scholia in Oppiani Librum Primum here attributed to Theodore Magister, preceded by the life of Oppian and perioche of his work; portions of the text of Oppian are quoted as lemmata
Description: In Greek.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Ancre 558 and to Harlfinger Ancre 78.
Script: Written by 3 scribes. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-35v) writes in an elaborate minuscule with heavy vertical strokes and uses a pen which gives considerable shading. Scribe 2 (ff. 36r-65v) writes a minuscule which slants to the right, and has shading similar to that of Scribe 1. Scribe 3 (ff. 66r-84v) writes in an upright minuscule with little shading.
Headpiece, 2-line initial and heading on f. 3r in dark red.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf, blind-tooled.
Provenance: Purchased from C. W. Traylen in 1970 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library.
Extent: ff. i + 86 + i : 325 x 215 (188 x 110) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

Genre: Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Oppian, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic): Didactic literature, Greek
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholia
Subjects: Oppian, active 2nd century
Didactic literature, Greek
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholia
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Scholia on Oppian. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.