De legendis gentilium libris
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Description
- Title
- De legendis gentilium libris
- Creator
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
- Published / Created
- 13th-16th centuries
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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Bound with various treatises on grammar and rhetoric, including works of Constantinus Lascaris, Georgios Choeroboskos, Manuel the Rhetorician, Theodorus Prodromus, Maximus Planudes, Corinthus, Phrynichus, and Tryphon, and several literary texts, including the Aurea carmina of Pythagoras, Hymni Orphici, Epistolae of Michael Apostolios and Synesius Cyrenaeus, and the Dialogus of Theophylactus Simocatta, and a printed text: Porphyrius, Liber Homericarum quaestionum, edited by C. Lascaris, Rome, 1518.
Manuscript on vellum and paper of Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris. Bound with various treatises on grammar and rhetoric, including works of Constantinus Lascaris, Georgios Choeroboskos, Manuel the Rhetorician, Theodorus Prodromus, Maximus Planudes, Corinthus, Phrynichus, and Tryphon, and several literary texts, including the Aurea carmina of Pythagoras, Hymni Orphici, Epistolae of Michael Apostolios and Synesius Cyrenaeus, and the Dialogus of Theophylactus Simocatta, and a printed text: Porphyrius, Liber Homericarum quaestionum, Rome, 1518.
- Description
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Binding: Brown morocco over wooden boards; clasps missing. The printed text, which is not foliated, is bound between ff. 454 and 455. It is missing the final page of the first quire (Cf. Gfp 83. n518).
Some sections rubricated; astronomical and astrological tables at end. - Extent
- ff. 664 : vellum and paper ; 206 x 148 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 532
- Collection Title
- De legendis gentilium libris
- Collection/Other Creator
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, ca. 329-379
- Collection Created
- Italy, 13th-16th centuries
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
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Manuscripts
Marginalia
Rubrics - Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Topic)
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Classical literature
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Fathers of the church
Grammar, Comparative and general--Early works to 1800
Language and languages--Grammars--Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Rhetoric--Early works to 1800
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9600958
- Object ID (OID)
- 2055862
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms532.htm
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