- Published / Created:
- [between 1550 and 1600]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 490
- Image Count:
- 184
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- 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., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf, blind-tooled.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Oppian, active 2nd century.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Scholia on Oppian
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