- Creator:
- Oppian, active 2nd century
- Published / Created:
- [between 1490 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 255
- Image Count:
- 308
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Halieutica, etc
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