Shelfmark
MS 163
Title
Ē gennēsis kai diēgēsis tou Allexandrou makedōnōn to pōs elennēthi kai anethraphē kai to pōs eixen tēn andrian kai tēn mathēsiskai tēn Xaritan apo tēn archēn. manuscript.
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Vita Alexandri magni barbarè scrip:
Varying form of title
Distinctive title: Vita Alexandri Magni graecobarbara
Publication, distribution, etc.
Italy? 1500s?
Physical description
1 volume ([109] leaves) : paper ; 22 x 15 cm.
Note
Title transliterated from the caption title on fol. [1]r.
Note
Latin title at head of title-page: Vita Alexandri magni barbarè scrip:
Note
First few leaves are numbered in pencil.
Note
Signatures given in Greek alphabet in red ink; a8-k8, ka12+1, kB8-kd8, ke6.
Note
Rubricated in red ink.
Note
Previous shelfmarks: Bo.7.14, Bl.6.18, Bl.7.21.
Note
Engraved armorial bookplates of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Note
Several inscriptions on front flyleaf have been obliterated.
Note
M.R. James suggests this was given to Eton College by Henry Wotton.
Citation/references note
M.R. James, 163
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, Eton 1921/123
Binding
16th century green silk velvet over wooden boards; traces of leather clasps with brass fixtures, with outlines of the clasp fixtures visible on rear board; gilt and gauffred edges; brown morocco spine label with gold tooled title and triple fillet.
Subject
Alexander, 356 - 323 B.C the Great, Biographies.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 possible donor.
Added entry--place
Italy
Language code
grc
Identifier
B46556