MS 163
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.
Parallel title: Vita Alexandri magni barbarè scrip:
Distinctive title: Vita Alexandri Magni graecobarbara
Italy? 1500s?
1 volume ([109] leaves) : paper ; 22 x 15 cm.
Title transliterated from the caption title on fol. [1]r.
Latin title at head of title-page: Vita Alexandri magni barbarè scrip:
First few leaves are numbered in pencil.
Signatures given in Greek alphabet in red ink; a8-k8, ka12+1, kB8-kd8, ke6.
Rubricated in red ink.
Previous shelfmarks: Bo.7.14, Bl.6.18, Bl.7.21.
Engraved armorial bookplates of Eton College Library on front pastedown.
Several inscriptions on front flyleaf have been obliterated.
M.R. James suggests this was given to Eton College by Henry Wotton.
M.R. James, 163
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, Eton 1921/123
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.
Alexander, 356 - 323 B.C the Great,
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 possible donor.
Italy
grc
B46556