Shelfmark
Fa.4.13
Author
Homer
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
Homer
Subject
Greek literature Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Reynolds, John, 1667 - 1727 former owner.
Added entry--name
Rescius, Rutgerus, ? - d. 1545 printer.
Added entry--name
Grave, Barthélemy de, ? - d. 1578? printer.
Added entry--name
Wassenaer, Jacob van (heer van Duvenvoorde), 1509 - 1577 former owner.
Added entry--name
Aemilius, Gerardus (Roterodamus), ca. 1530 - ? former owner.
Added entry--place
Belgium Louvain.
Language code
grc lat
Identifier
B19226