Shelfmark
MS 146
Author
Dionysius, Periegetes Periegetes.
Uniform title
[Orbis terrae descriptio. Greek]
Title
Dionysii Orbis periegesis cum commentario Eustathii Graece. manuscript
Publication, distribution, etc.
Crete, [1490-1500]
Physical description
1 volume (232 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 15.5 cm.
Note
The Orbis terrae description of Dionysius Periegetes (ff. 1-28) with the commentary of Eusthatius (ff. 32-232), in Greek.
Note
The leaves between the text and the commentary (ff. 29-32) are blank.
Note
Written space not noted by M. R. James.
Note
Collation adapted from M. R. James: 1-4⁸ 5-29⁸.
Note
22 long lines.
Note
Written in a clear hand.
Note
The scribe is identified in the interleaved, annotated copy of his Descriptive catalogue at ECL (MS 932) as Manuel Grēgoropoulos. He probably copied the manuscript in Crete towards the end of the 15th century.
Note
Secundo folio not recorded by M. R. James.
Note
Place of writing not identified by M. R. James.
Note
At the end is a monogram not deciphered by M. R. James.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.6.1.
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), 146
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 51
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 146
Provenance
No doubt bequeathed to Eton in 1639 by Sir Henry Wotton.
Subject
Dionysius, Periegetes Periegetes Orbis terrae descriptio Manuscripts.
Subject
Geography Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Eustathius Archbishop of Thessalonica
Added entry--name
Gregoropoulos, Manuel, ? - 1532 scribe, attributed name.
Added entry--place
Greece Crete.
Language code
grc
Identifier
B50112