John Tzetzes, Antehomerica, Homerica and Posthomerica, with scholia, ff 3r-42v, inc. Ἀργαλέου πολέμοιο μέγαν πόνον Ἰλιακοῖο. Scholia inc. Ὁ παρὼν ποιητὴς φιλοσύντομος ὤν. Preceded by a title-leaf, ff 2r-v, with epitaphs of Laomedon and Hector and Δημητρίου ἐπῶν ποιητοῦ πρὸς τοὺς φθονερούς, taken ...
John Tzetzes, Antehomerica, in a Latin verse translation
Scope & Content:
Latin verse translation of Tzetzes' Antehomerica, Homerica and Posthomerica and scholia, with verse arguments preceding each work, ff 1r-88r. Followed by: f 88v, An extract from the letter of Jean Perrelle prefixed to his 1535 edition of Theodorus Gaza, De mensibus. ff 90r-93v, Agathemerus, Ge...
ff. 1v-2r: Dedication in Greek and Latin to James I by William Tooker (d. 1621), Royal chaplain and Dean of Lichfield. Autograph. f. 2v: Latin note, in the hand of Patrick Young, concerning both the attribution in Royal 16 D i of the following text to St Gregory of Nyssa and his addition of var...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Constantine Palaeocappas, Catalogue of 26 Greek MSS
Scope & Content:
Catalogue of 26 Greek MSS which were transcribed by Constantine Palaeocappas at Paris. Harley MS 1879, ff. 11r-18v is a copy from the second half of the 16th century.
Constantinus Manasses, Breviarium Chronicum (TLG 3074.005), ff 3-163, with marginal corrections (ff 3-22) in a western 16th-17th century hand which also supplied f 163. Imperfect from around line 5654, ff 137-162 having suffered progressively greater losses to the lower right. Prologue inc. ῾Η μὲ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century-3rd quarter of the 15th century
Galen, De diebus decretoriis libri III (TLG 0057.065), with a few marginal notes party in Latin. Followed on f 104v by a table of weights and measures, inc. ὁ μέδιμνος ἔχει λίτρας ρμδ, possibly a variant of [Galen] De ponderibus et mensuris (TLG 0530.022) fr. 58 (inc. ὁ μέδιμνος ἔχει λίτρας μη').