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.
Between ca. 1400 and ca. 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 or Georgios Gregoropoulos with a reference to Harlfinger dated 30 August 1877.
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
Subject
Geography Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Eustathius Archbishop of Thessalonica
Added entry--name
Gregoropoulos, Georgios, ? - active 15th century scribe, attributed name.
Added entry--name
Gregoropoulos, Manuel, ? - 1532 scribe, attributed name.
Language code
grc
Identifier
B50112