Manuscript on paper (variety of watermarks) of Part I: Dionysius the Areopagite, De caelesti hierarchia with the Paraphrasis of George Pachymeres. Part II: Dionysius the Areopagite, De divinis nominibus I.1-II.9, with Paraphrasis of George Pachymeres. Part III: Nicetas of Serres, Commentarius in Gregorii Nazianzeni orationes. Part IV: Theophanes Cerameus, Homiliae (text of 13 sermons). Part V: Andrew of Crete, Encomium in Martyres X. Part VI: Nicephorus Blemmydes, De anima. Part VII: Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De compositione verborum, extract (ch. 14-15).
Description:
Belonged to Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827). Belonged to Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 9480). Purchased from L. C. Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957., Binding: 18th-19th centuries. Rigid vellum, rebacked., In Greek., Part I: Carefully executed woven headpieces in black and red on ff. 1r and 7r; beginning of each portion of the text marked by large initial in red, accompanied by flowers outlined in red and filled with pale yellow. Rubrics stop on f. 22v. Part II: Crude headpiece (in imitation of that on f. 7r?) occurs on f. 100r. Large painted initials, in red, with vine-leaf appendages, mark sections of the text. Part III: Delicate floral headpiece on f. 138r: each flower is outlined in red and painted with pale grey and red washes; details added in black. More modest headpiece in similar style, but painted with yellow, occurs on f. 148v; intricate initials in same colors on ff. 138v and 148v. Part IV: Simple woven headpieces, in red, on ff. 266r and 269r. Initials with floral motifs accompany rubricated titles for each sermon; decoration is incomplete (stops on f. 320r). Part V: One initial, in black, occurs at the beginning of the text (f. 330r). Part VII: Small decorative initial and heading, in red, at the beginning of the work., and Script: The codex is composed of several small manuscripts and booklets, each copied by a different scribe but all written in similar styles of minuscule, that were originally bound together in the 17th century shortly after being copied.
Subject (Name):
Andrew, of Crete, Saint, approximately 660-740, Dionysius, of Halicarnassus, Dionysius,--the Areopagite, Saint,--1st cent, Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint, Nicephorus, Blemmydes, 1197-1272, and Pachymeres, George, 1242-ca. 1310
Subject (Topic):
Christian martyrs, Cosmology, Ancient, Fathers of the church, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Scholia, Sermons--Early works to 1800, and Theology--Early works to 1800
"A faithful index of the dull as well as ingenious passages in the Tatlers. Vol. I": p. i-iv, bound following numb. 114., "An index to the Tatlers. Vol. II": p. i-vi, bound following numb. 271., At foot of v. 1 title page: "Note, the bookbinder is desired to place the index after Tatler, no. 114, which ends the first volume in folio.", At foot of v. 2 title page: "Note, the bookbinder is desired to place the index after Tatler, no. 271, which ends the second volume in folio.", Began with Vol. I; ceased with Vol. II., BEIN 1977 +52: Autograph: J. Reynolds. Autograph: M.L. Gwatkin. Bookplate: Charles L. Rosenbloom. Bookplate: Frank L. Hogan. Unidentified autograph., Collects, with added prefatory material and subject indexes, original folio issues of: The Tatler., Dedication to Mr. Maynwaring in v. 1. signed: "Isaac Bickerstaff". Steele signed second and third dedications in v. 2., Each volume has subject index., Essays on manners politics, social life, philosophy; the Tatler was wildly popular in its day and the collection was reprinted several times during the 18th century. Continuations by others were less successful, but were frequently reissued with the originals., Individual issues exist in several states, some with different settings of type, some lacking colophons, some with different catchwords., Individual issues have caption title: The tatler., Individual issues have designations: v. 1: Numb. 1 (Tuesday, April 12, 1709)-numb. 114 (from Thursday December 12 to Saturday December 31, 1709); v. 2: numb. 115 (from Saturday December 31 [1709] to Tuesday January 3, 1709 [i.e. 1710])-numb. 271 (from Saturday December 31 [1710] to Tuesday January 2, 1710 [i.e. 1711])., Individual issues of no. 1-4 have colophons reading: London: Printed for the author, 1709; individual issues of no. 5-271 have colophons reading: "Sold by John Morphew", without date or place of publication., Issue dates given according to Lady Day dating., Reissue. Originally published three times a week from Apr. 12, 1709 to Jan. 2, 1711 with title: The tatler. Contributions by Steele, Addison and others., and The collected issues have appeared in several states; some volumes include the continuation issues. No. 272 (6 Jan. 1711) was published by John Morphew who carried the series to no. 330 (19 May 1711) with the editorial assistance of William Harrison; these numbers were later advertised as reprinted, but no copies are known (cf. Post Boy #2587, 8/11 Dec. 1712). John Baker undertook to publish his own no. 272-273, but did not continue. Mrs. Ann Baldwin issued a series of her own, assisted initially by Harrison before he went to work with Morphew; at least one issue is partially credited to Swift (cf. BL cat.); her effort lasted for seven issues, no. 1-6 (13-30 Jan. 1711), and one final unnumbered issue: 6 Feb. 1711 (cf. McLeod).
Publisher:
Printed and sold by John Morphew, near Stationers-Hall,
Subject (Geographic):
England--Intellectual life--18th century--Periodicals., England--Social life and customs--18th century--Periodicals., and Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714--Periodicals.
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719., Gwatkin, M. L.--Autograph., Hogan, Francis Joseph,--1877-1944--Bookplate., Reynolds, Joshua,--Sir,--1723-1792--Autograph., Rosenbloom, Charles J.--Bookplate., and Steele, Richard, Sir, 1672-1729.
"The New Testament" has special t.-p., London, Printed by John Baskett ... and the assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills, deceas'd. and Includes Apocrypha.
Publisher:
Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty, and the University,
Chronological designation dropped after Apr. 22, 1926 issue; issues for Jan. 1925-Apr. 1926 also called 4. Jahrg.; issues after Apr. 22, 1926 called 5. Jahrg., Nr. 8-5. Jahrg., Nr. 26 and published May-Dec. 1926?, Feb.-Dec. 1926, IV. Jahrg., Nr. 3 (1. Januar 1925)-V. Jahrgang, 26 Nr. ([1926]), Semimonthly,, Title from cover., and Two issues for Mar.; no issue for Sept. 1925.
Publisher:
Neuer Deutscher Verlag,
Subject (Topic):
Communism--Periodicals., Labor movement--Germany--Periodicals., Labor--Germany--Periodicals., and Working class--Germany--Periodicals.
Dedication signed: John Donne [the younger]., Imperfect: p. [1]-[4] mutilated; port. wanting. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's copy, with manuscript annotations in his hand (originally Charles Lamb's book which Coleridge apparently borrowed, see note on back board). Ms. notes by George T. Strong, of New York., Printer's name from Wing CD., Signatures: A⁴ B-2D⁸ (2D8, blank)., and With frontis. portrait (A1v) of John Donne.
Publisher:
In the Savoy, Printed by T[homas] N[ewcomb] for Henry Herringman, at the sign of the Anchor, in the lower-walk of the New-Exchange,
Subject (Name):
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,--1772-1834--Autograph., Coleridge, Samuel Taylor,--1772-1834--Ms. notes., Donne, John, 1604-1662., Lamb, Charles,--1775-1834--Ownership., and Strong, George Templeton,--1820-1875--Ms. notes.