Shelfmark
Ff.4.11(01)
Author
Synesius of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais.
Collective uniform title
Works
Title
Synesiou episkopou Kyrēnēs Peri basileias, eis ton autokratora Arkadion. Diōn ē peri tēs kath'auton diagōgēs. Phalakras enkōmion. Peri pronoias ē Aigyptios. Homilia en panēgyrei. Peri enhypniōn kai eis auto Nikēphorou tou Grēgora hermēneia. Tou autou Synesiou epistolai = Synesij Episcopi Cyrenes De regno ad Arcadium imperatorem. Dion, siue de suæ vitæ ratione. Caluitij laudatio. De prouidentia, seu Ægyptius. Concio quædam panegyrica. De insomnijs, cum Nocephori Gregoræ explicatione. Eiusdem Synesij epistolæ. Ex Bibliotheca Regia..
Varying form of title
Portion of title: De regno ad Arcadium imperatorem
Varying form of title
Peri basileias, eis ton autokratora Arkadion
Varying form of title
Synesii Episcopi Cyrenes De regno ad Arcadium imperatorem
Publication, distribution, etc.
Parisiis : Ex officina Adriani Turnebi typographi Regij. Regijs typis., M.D.LIII. [1553]
Physical description
[4], 134, [2]; 100, [4] p. : ill. ; 31 cm. (fol.)
Language
Parallel title in Latin; text in Greek only.
Note
First part of title in Greek characters, transliterated.
Note
Edited by Adrien Turnèbe.
Note
Colophon: 'Excudebatur Lutetiæ M.D.LIII. cal. Aug.'
Note
Imprint date precedes publisher's name on title page.
Note
Errors in pagination of the 1st sequence: 15, 22, 124, 126, 127-130, 131, and 133 misnumbered as 21, 12, 126, 138, 126-129, 123, and 135.
Note
Signatures: *² A-K⁶ L⁸; a-h⁶ i⁴.
Note
"Synesiou Epistolai" (caption title) begins new pagination and register.
Note
Turnèbe's basilisk device as king's printer for Greek on title-page; foliated and grotesque head-pieces and initials; printed in Garamond's gros-romain font of the Grecs du roi.
Note
Text surrounded by commentary.
Citation/references note
Adams, S2206
Provenance
Engraved armorial bookplate of Eton College on title-page verso.
Provenance
Bought 1597/8. (See ECL card catalogue; see also Birley notebook, Bindings V.)
Binding
Late 16th-century brown calf binding; outer and inner borders formed of three blind fillets joined at corners; inner frame composed of a single roll with compartments containing medallions with profile heads and renaissance ornaments; silver-tooled armorial stamp of Eton College on both covers; remains of brass clasps on front cover; chain holes; six raised bands; spine decoration formed of blind fillets with diapering at head and tail; brown morocco spine-label. See Oldham "English blind-stamped bindings", HMa. 14, no. 783, for roll.
Copy-specific note
Bound with copy of: Hē hagia kai oikoumenikē en Phlōrentia genomenē synodos. 1577.
Copy-specific note
Previously Ea.3.1(01).
Added entry--name
Turnèbe, Adrien, 1512 - 1565 printer.
Added entry--name
Turnèbe, Adrien, 1512 - 1565 editor.
Added entry--place
France Paris.
Language code
grc lat
Identifier
B32524