18th-19th century notes on the text, provenance and scribe of the present volume, in Italian, English and Latin, ff 1r, 3r. Extract from St Jerome's Catalogus scriptorum ecclesiasticorum on the copying of texts, f 4r.
John Taylor of St John's College, Cambridge, Notes on Lysias' In Nicomachum
Scope & Content:
John Taylor of St John's College, Cambridge, Notes on Lysias' In Nicomachum. Copy with autograph annotations. Partly Latin and English. Inscribed '1732' (f. 1v).
Included are: ff 7r-12v, Dicta Catonis. English translation. ff 13r-24v, 'Lexicon Homericum'. Imperfect, ending with the entry for ἀποδύω. ff 25r-30r, Numerical collation of Plutarch's works published by Henry Estienne (Paris, 1572), with Frobenius' edition of the Moralia (Basel, 1542). Morel...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 18th century-3rd quarter of the 18th century
Collection of papers, partly relating to Greek literature
Scope & Content:
Collection of papers, partly relating to Greek literature. The writers include Anthony Askew, Thomas Morell, and John Taylor. Preceded by an index in Burney's hand. Partly in Latin and English, and partly printed.