In Latin and Greek., Script: Written by several scribes using various scripts, ranging from humanist minuscule to gothic bastarda and bookhand., Some initials and headings in red. Initial and marginal ornamentation on f. 15r in pink, yellow, and olive green. Marginal design on f. 16v in violet and yellow. Ornate pen initials on f. 158r, 207r, and 229r. Smaller initials and rubrics in violet and red throughout., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Half leather over boards.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on 3 vellum scrolls of laws and statutes of the Byzantine empire. Said to be of the 5th, 9th, and 11th centuries, but actually written in the 19th century
Description:
In Greek., Script: Written partly in gold. Each has a religious painting at the top., All very badly rubbed and in places illegible., and The first two are mounted on cloth; the third has fringe of red yarn on top.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Byzantine Empire.
Subject (Topic):
Literary forgeries and mystifications and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of 1) Table for Oppian, Halieutica. 2) Anonymous Life of Oppian. 3) Oppian of Anazarbos, Halieutica. The order of the text is distorted: I.1-66; 380-543; 67-379; I.544-III.189; IV.562-619; III.198-IV.561; IV.620-end. 4) Oppianus of Apamea, Cynegetica. 5) Colluthus, Raptus Helenae. 6) Tryphiodorus, Troiae Halosis. 7) Dionysius Periegetes, Description of the habitable world (De situ orbis).
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3397 for leaves with text, and to Harlfinger Cloche 31 for blank pages., Script: Text was written by a single scribe. A later hand, bold and ill-formed, supplied the table of contents (ff. iii verso-iv verso), minor marginal notations and the foliation in the upper right corner (for ff. 1-60)., Tinted drawing of Oppian writing his poem while contemplating fish in a nearby stream occurs on f. 1v (perhaps an amateur copy of an author portrait); one simple 6-line initial in red and black penwork, f. 2r; headings in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Title in ink on fore edge. Tan calf case with deep geometric indentations, blind-tooled, with a dark blue, gold-tooled calf label. Similar to the bindings of MSS 256 and 258. Possibly bound by Whitaker (we thank A. R. A. Hobson for this information).
Subject (Geographic):
Greece., Connecticut, New Haven., and Troy (Extinct city)
Subject (Name):
Oppian, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):
Geography, Greek poetry, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Legends, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermarks are faint and obscured by ink) of Ptolemy, Harmonicorum libri III
Description:
In Greek., Script: Written in a neat Greek minuscule by Camillus Venetus., Book and chapter headings and 3-line initials in red. Many delicately drawn diagrams illustrating the text: tones, harmonics, scales, modes, the zodiac., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Original sewing with two strands of thread on five single supports adhered to the inside of the boards. Plain wound endbands are sewn on vegetable fiber cores which are laced into pasteboards. The square spine is lined all along with vellum. The edges are lavender. Covered in black goatskin, blind-tooled with a large diamond in concentric borders made up of flowers, foliage and heads in medallions. Two ribbon fastenings now wanting, as is some spine lining and leather.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):
Charts, diagrams, etc, Greek literature, Hellenistic, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Music theory
Manuscript on paper of 1) Nicomachus Gerasenus, Harmonicum enchiridion, I-II. 2) Gaudentius, Introductio harmonica
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Harlfinger Croix 42; a similar watermark occurs in Beinecke MSS 273 and 274., Script: Written and signed by the scribe Andreas Darmarius, who completed the work in Venice on 26 March 1585., Much rubrication of the text. Small initials, 3- to 1-line, some with floral motifs. Simple headpieces in black and red at beginning of each section., and Binding: Sixteenth century. Lavender edges. Tan leather, flesh side out, over wooden boards with a blind-tooled X and a single line border on each. Probably by the same binder who bound MS 301; almost certainly done in the same bindery.
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., and Discoloration, rubbing and punctures across lines 9-11, effacing some of the text; was once used as a binding reinforcement.
Manuscript on parchment (heavy, dark and poor quality) of 1) Porphyry, Isagoge. 2) Ammonius Hermeiou, In Porphyrii Isagogen. 3) Aristotle, Categoriae. 4) Aristotle, De Interpretatione. 5) Ammonius Hermeiou, In Aristotelis Categorias Commentarius. 6) Michael Psellus, In Aristotelis De Interpretatione Commentarius
Description:
In Greek., Script: Written by a single scribe in minuscule which varies considerably in size and angle. Many marginal notes by later hands., Some crude diagrams by original scribe within text (e.g., f. 33r: diagram illustrating the division of sounds); others added later in margins. Headpiece on f. 1r is a plaited design set in an elaborate rectangle. An elaborate initial O follows headpiece; simpler initials elsewhere. Brown ink used for decoration throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Tan calf case of molded leather, blind-tooled with gold-tooled lettering on spine. Similar to bindings of MSS 255 and 258 and probably by the same binder. Possibly by Whitaker (we thank A. R. A. Hobson for this information).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305.
Subject (Topic):
Charts, diagrams, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
In Greek and Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Chapeau 3387 and Harlfinger Chapeau 12., Script: Written by three scribes: Scribe 1 wrote the Greek words in precise minuscule, using dark ink. Scribe 2 supplied the Latin equivalents for ff. 1r-56r in a delicate humanistic cursive; Scribe 3 supplied them for ff. 57r-323v in a more flamboyant calligraphic style of writing., Intricate but faded headpiece (f. 1r) in red, with intertwining foliage left uncolored, accompanied by a 4-line initial with floral motifs. Small initials, in red, throughout text., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf spine, gold-tooled with decorated paper sides.