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Shelfmark

Fa.4.13

Author

Uniform title

[Odyssey. Greek 1535]

Title

Homerou odysseia batrachomiomachia hymnoi 32. Homeri Vlyssea. Batrachomyomachia. Hymni. XXXII.

Publication, distribution, etc.

[Lovanii] : Venundantur Louanij a Batholomeo Grauio sub sole aureo, [1535].

Physical description

[233] leaves ; 23cm. (4to).

Note

First five words transliterated from Greek.

Note

Tabs present.

Note

Signatures: A-Zz4, aa-mm4, nn6.

Note

Previously: Fb.3.2.

Note

Colophon: "Louanij ex officina Rutgeri Rescii, pridie Idus August. An.M.D.XXXV. Sumptibus eiusdem, ac Batholomei Gravij".

Note

Oxford records this as a two volume set, including the Iliad, which is missing from this item.

Note

Title page in Greek and Latin, text in Greek.

Note

Batrachomyomachia is no longer attributed to Homer.

Citation/references note

A. Schillings (1961), Matricule de l’université de Louvain, vol. 4, p. 264, no. 118.

Provenance

Circular armorial bookplate of Eton College.

Provenance

Booklabel of John Reynolds, recording donation to Eton College in 1751.

Provenance

Ownership inscription on title-page: Gerardus Aemilius Roterodamus. Presumably the Gerardus Aemilius in the enrolment lists of the Old University of Louvain (28 August 1543). The title-page bears a motto in Greek in the same hand: Ἀστραβής κίων ἡ φιλία (‘Friendship is a steadfast pillar’), perhaps alluding to Pindar (Olympian 2.82).

Provenance

Ownership inscription on title-page: Sum Jacobi à Duvenvoorde & à Woude 1560

Binding

16th-century brown panelled, blind-rolled calf; five raised bands; red spine label; thumb index of vellum tabs in Greek letters.

Copy-specific note

Extensive manuscript notes throughout the text.

Subject

Subject

Greek literature Early works to 1800.

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Added entry--place

Belgium Louvain.

Language code

grc lat

Identifier

B19226
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