Shelfmark
MS 113
Author
Uniform title
[History]
Title
Herodotus, Historiae (in Greek). manuscript
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Title in M. R. James catalogue: Herodoti Helicarnassensis Historia Graece
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Historia Graece
Publication, distribution, etc.
between ca. 1400 and ca.1500.
Physical description
1 volume (270, viii leaves) : parchment ; 41 x 26.5 cm.
Note
Herodotus, in Greek.
Note
Final eight leaves are blank.
Note
35 long lines.
Note
Collation as given by James: a² 1-27¹⁰ b⁶.
Note
Rubricated ornaments at the beginnings of the books.
Note
Marginal notes in Greek and Latin by both the original scribe and a later hand.
Note
Secundo folio not recorded in James.
Note
Rebound at Eton?
Note
Traces of a dedication or letter of about 18 lines, carefully erased, on the first parchment flyleaf; the words "famulo tuo" are legible at the end of line 1.
Note
One-line erasure on the first page of the text, and probably also a name in Greek.
Note
Presumably given by Wotton; see provenance note below.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.2.12.
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), 113
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 73
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 113
Provenance
No doubt bequeathed to Eton by Sir Henry Wotton, Provost of Eton, in 1639.
Subject
Subject
Wotton, Henry (), 1568 - 1639 Sir former owner.
Subject
Ancient history Manuscripts.
Language code
grc
Identifier
B50043