Life of Oppian, etc

Description

Title: Life of Oppian, etc
Contributor: Tzetzes, John, active 12th century.
Published / Created: 1580.
Publication Place: Salamanca
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of 1) Life of Oppian. 2) Summary of the poem in art. 1. 3) Scholia on Oppian, Halieutica, attributed to Tzetzes. 4) Paraphrasis of Oppian, Cynegetica, attributed to Tzetzes
Description: In Greek.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Croix latine 5683 and Main 11292.
Script: Written by Andreas Darmarius in Salamanca and dated 17 November 1580.
Headings and simple initials in red. A few diagrams to illustrate text, mainly geometrical figures showing the elements of the cosmos (ff. 31r-32v), but also one stemmatic diagram illustrating the divisions of fishing (f. 72v).
Binding: Nineteenth century (?). Limp vellum case; remains of tawed skin ties. Lettering in ink on spine.
Provenance: Purchased from C. A. Stonehill with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957 (MS 42).
Extent: ff. i + 176 + ii : 289 x 201 (215 x 103) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Renaissance Spain 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): Greek poetry, Hellenistic
Hunting
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholia
Subjects: Oppian, active 2nd century
Greek poetry, Hellenistic
Hunting > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholia
Spain > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Life of Oppian, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.