Iliad

Description

Title: Iliad
Creator: Homer
Published / Created: [between 1000 and 1200]
Publication Place: Byzantium
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on one leaf of parchment of Homer, Ilias, 24.493-536 (lines 501-02 are nearly illegible).
Description: In Greek.
Script: Written by one hand in Greek minuscule, using brown ink; some accent marks added later in black.
1-line initial in red.
Discoloration, rubbing and punctures across lines 9-11, effacing some of the text; was once used as a binding reinforcement.
Provenance: Gift of Laurence Witten in 1957.
Extent: f. 1 : 205 x 147 (177 x 125) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Byzantine Empire 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Homer.
Subject (Topic): Epic poetry, Greek
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Homer
Epic poetry, Greek
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Byzantine Empire > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Homer, Iliad. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.