Shelfmark
MS 11
Author
Uniform title
[De contemnanda morte oratio]
Title
Tou sophōtatou kai logiōtatou kyriou Dēmētriou tou Kydoniou logos hopōs alogon to tou thanatoth deos apodeiknyōn. manuscript
Varying form of title
Headnote title: Demetrii Cydonii Oratio de contemnenda morte
Publication, distribution, etc.
Venice? 1539.
Physical description
1 volume ([18] leaves) : paper ; 32 x 23 cm.
Note
In Greek.
Note
Title transliterated from M. R. James catalogue transcription.
Note
Date and presumed place of writing from colophon: adelphos Balerianos phorolibieus ho albinou egrapse en monastēriō hagiou antōnoiu enetiō[n] etē 1539.
Note
The oration was first printed with the Irrisio of Hermias by Raphael Seiler at Basel in 1553.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bk.1.11.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 11
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 11
Provenance
According to note by M.R. James in annotated ECL copy of his Descriptive catalogue, this manuscript was probably given to Eton College by Sir Henry Wotton.
Added entry--name
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
Language code
grc
Identifier
B49962