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Greek humanistic miscellany, ca. 1530.
ca. 1530.
Bound volume of miscellaneous Greek texts, written in Italy, possibly Rome, ca. 1530. Texts include an anonymous commentary on the Old Testament Book of Genesis, "Parva Ilias" by Joannes Tzetzes (fl. 12th century), "Ode on a Young Girl" by Anacreon (560-478 B.C.), and "Ode to Aphrodite" by Sappho (fl. ca. 650-590 B.C.). In addition, there are Latin and Greek notes on Heroic poetry.
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- Tzetzes, John, active 12th century
- Anacreon
- Sappho
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Item Summary
Bound volume of miscellaneous Greek texts, written in Italy, possibly Rome, ca. 1530. Texts include an anonymous commentary on the Old Testament Book of Genesis, "Parva Ilias" by Joannes Tzetzes (fl. 12th century), "Ode on a Young Girl" by Anacreon (560-478 B.C.), and "Ode to Aphrodite" by Sappho (fl. ca. 650-590 B.C.). In addition, there are Latin and Greek notes on Heroic poetry.
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Greek humanistic miscellany, ca. 1530.
- Call Number
- Princeton MS. 193
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/gm80j183v
- Date Created
- ca. 1530.
- Extent
- 1 v. (44 folios) : paper.
- Provenance
- Provenance unknown. Most likely written in Italy, ca. 1530.
- Source Acquisition
- Purchased: Chiefly with a gift from Mervin R. Dilts, Princeton Class of 1960. Additional funds provided by the Theodore F. Sanxay Fund, and the Program in Hellenic Studies with the support of the Stanley J. Seeger Hellenic Fund, 2006. AM 2007-26.
- Rights Statement
- No Known Copyright
- Contents
- 1. fols. 1-12v: Anonymous commentary on the Old Testament, Book of Genesis.
- 2. fols. 13r-42r: Joannes Tzetzes (fl. 12th century), "Parva Ilias" ["Prohomerica" or "Antehomerica," "Homerica and Posthomerica"]; Published in F. S. Lehrs and F. Dübner, eds., Hēsiodou Poiēmata... (Paris: Editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1840), pp. 3-10. Fol. 39v is blank.
- 3. fol. 42r, Anacreon (560-478 B.C.), Ode on a Young Girl. Text published in M. L. West, ed., Carmina Anacreontea edidit (Leipzig: Teubner, 1984), no. 60; Anacreon, Anacreonta, tr. David A. Campbell, Cambridge, Harvard University Press, 1988 (Loeb Classical Library, 143).
- 4. fol. 42v, Sappho (fl. ca. 650-590 B.C.), Ode to Aphrodite. Text published in numerous editions of Sappho.
- 5. fol. 44r, Notes on Heroic Poetry, in Latin and Greek, heading, "De heroici carminis speciebus"; incipit, "Tres sunt heroici carminis species..." Fol. 45r-v is blank.
- Notes
- Layout: 44 folios, preceded and followed by [1] paper flyleaf, complete (collation: [2] + i8, ii10, iii-iv8, v4, vi4 + [2]), catchwords, on paper (watermark close to Briquet, "Agneau pascal", no. 58: Rome 1531-1535), written in brown ink in a Greek humanistic script, with numerous abbreviations, some marginal corrections or clarifications in Greek. The manuscript was rebound in Princeton University Library Preservation Office. Page size 208 x 140 mm.
Discovery Information
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 112
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/93056edd-ec53-4720-a625-10cc5c405acb/manifest