Manuscript on paper of Didymus' interpretation of the Odyssey.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Wooden boards. Quarter bound in brick-red goatskin. Bound for the convent of San Marco, Florence; title in gold on spine with number "232"., Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 10371), who purchased it from Payne. Acquired in 1953 by Thomas E. Marston from C. A. Stonehill. Gift of Thomas E. Marston in 1959., Script: Written and signed by the scribe Ioannes Skoutariotes, who finished the manuscript 4 October 1453., Simple initials and headings, in red, at the beginning of each book., and Watermarks: Harlfinger Fleur 108, from a manuscript dated 4 Nov. 1445 and attributed to Ioannes Skoutariotes.
Subject (Name):
Didymus,--Chalcenterus
Subject (Topic):
Classical poetry, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Scholia
Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536 Froben, Johann, d. 1527. bkp Oecolampadius, Johann, 1482-1531
Published / Created:
1516]
Call Number:
MLh691 +b516
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Books, Journals & Pamphlets
Alternative Title:
Bible. N.T. Greek. 1516.
Description:
"The earliest published edition of the New Testament in Greek."--Hist. cat. of printed Bibles, no. 4591., BEIN MLh691 +b516 Copy 2: Variant copy. 32 cm. In the 2d count, p. 215 misprinted 126 (misprinted 216 in the preceding variant), and p. 419, 620, 625 misprinted respectively 434, 670, 675 (numbered correctly in the preceding variant)., Epistles of Paul bound in after first p. 324., Greek text and Latin translation in parallel columns., and Printer's mark on t.-p. and at end; dedications within ornamental borders; head pieces and initials (part in red).
Publisher:
in ædibus I. Frobenij,
Subject (Topic):
Bible. N.T. Epistles of Paul--Greek and Bible. N.T. Greek--Versions--Erasmus