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Royal MS 16 D XII, ff 37r-272r
- Record Id:
- 041-001614962
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002016.0x0002ff
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186631066.0x000003
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 D XII, ff 37r-272r
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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III. Life of Oppian, inc. Ὀππιανὸς ὁ ποιητὴς πατρὸς μὲν ἦν Ἀγησιλάου, ff 37r-39v, followed by scholia on Oppian's Halieutica by John Tzetzes and others, inc. Διὰ τί εἶπεν ἔθνεα καὶ οὐκ εἶπε πλήθη, ff 37r-156v; John Tzetzes, Paraphrasis in Oppiani Cynegetica, inc. Σοὶ τοὺς περὶ κυνηγεσίων, ff 157r-214v, preceded by eight iambic and four hexameter lines, inc. Τὰς ᾽Οππιανοῦ τῆς κυνηγίας βίβλους and Οὐδὲ σέθεν γεραρὴν ἰδ' ἐρατὴν πυκτηίδα; John Tzetzes, scholia on Philostratus' Imagines, imperfect, comprising the scholia on I.1-26 (ff 215r-259v), together with the text of Imagines I.27-31 (TLG 1600.001) (ff 260r-265r), inc. Τὸ τοῖν δυοῖν ἅρμα ἱπποῖν; extract from Gregorius Pardus, Commentarium in Hermogenis librum περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος (TLG 4092.002), inc. Σκοπὸς ἐστὶ τῷ ῾Ερμογένει διδάξαι.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-001614956
041-001614962 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 D XII : John Tzetzes, Eusebius, Oppian and Hermogenes
Royal MS 16 D XII, ff 37r-272r : III. Life of Oppian, inc. Ὀππιανὸς ὁ ποιητὴς πατρὸς μὲν ἦν Ἀγησιλάου,… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1329]/040-001614956[0003]/041-001614962
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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236 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_16_D_XII (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 236. Early pagination 1-99 (ff 37-87).
Dimensions: 315 x 210 mm.
Ruling: 215 x 100 mm. 20 lines per page.
Collation: Gatherings of 12 leaves: αʹ-ιʹ (ff 37-156), αʹ-εʹ (ff 157-214; εʹ lacks 2 leaves), αʹ-εʹ (ff 215-272; εʹ lacks 2 leaves).
Scribe: ᾽Ανδρέας Δαρμάριος (Repertorium 1A, no. 13).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy.
Provenance:
Henri Estienne (1528-1598), printer and classical scholar: possibly owned, see Craster 1926-28 p. 98.
Isaac Casaubon (1559-1614), classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian: owned, when preceded by and bound with Royal MS 16 D xiii, see Craster 1926-28 p. 100, no. 45.
Royal Catalogue of 1666, f 19r (separate volume, without Royal MS 16 D xiii).
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library. - Administrative Context:
- Italy.
- Publications:
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E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, Oxford 1697, no. 8570.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (p. 334).
Sir G. F. Warner and J. P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1921, II, pp. 191-192.
H. H. E. Craster, 'Casaubon's Greek MSS.', Bodleian Quarterly Record 5 (1926-28) pp. 97-100.
J.-M. Olivier and M.-A. Monégier du Sorbier, 'Morelliana. Recherches sur la vie et l'oeuvre philologique d'un humaniste méconnu: Pierre Moreau de Loches', Revue d'histoire des textes 17 (1987) pp. 174-181.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 246-47.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)