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MS 136: Works on Latin prosody by John Seward, c 1410-1422

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Identifier: MS 136
Scope and Contents MS 136 is a volume of works by the fifteenth-century London schoolmaster, John Seward (or Seguarde). Seward wrote about a dozen short treatises on Latin prosody during the reigns of Henry IV and Henry V, and these works were primarly known and examined in a manuscript of Merton College, Oxford, thought to be unique. However, examination of MS 136 reveals that the Merton manuscript is a slightly later, and finer copy of the original text contained in MS 136. In fact, MS 136 is most probably...
Dates: c 1410-1422
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS 137: Institutes of Grammar, also known as Priscianus Major, by Priscian Caesariensis, 12th century

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Identifier: MS 137
Contents MS 137 is a volume on Latin grammar. It contains the first sixteen books on the topic by 6th-century author, Priscian of Caesarea. Priscian's work contains eighteen books, based on earlier works by Herodian and Apollonius. Early medieval scholars in the eighth and ninth centuries produced abridgements of Priscian's original eighteen books. Many manuscripts of these abridgments exists, and they characteristically contain only the first sixteen books of Priscian's original text. This medieval...
Dates: 12th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS 226: Lexikon by Pseudo-Zonaras, 15th-16th century

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Identifier: MS 226
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The Lexikon traditionally attributed to the Byzantine chronicler John Zonaras (12th century) is now believed to be spurious. The beginning of the text contained in this manuscript is incomplete.

Dates: 15th-16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS 227: Erotemata by Manuel Chrysolaras, 16th century

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Identifier: MS 227
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The Erotemata ('Questions') was the first Greek grammar in use in Western Europe and it became widely popular among humanists after its publication in 1484. Manuel Chrysolaras (1355-1415), born in Constantinople, moved to Italy after having being invited by the humanist Coluccio Salutati to teach Greek in Florence.



Illumination

Initials and headings are in red, one is illuminated.

Dates: 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS 228: Erotemata by Manuel Chrysoloras, ? 16th century

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Identifier: MS 228
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The Erotemata ('Questions') was the first Greek grammar in use in Western Europe and it became widely popular among humanists after its publication in 1484. Manuel Chrysolaras (1355-1415), born in Constantinople, moved to Italy after having being invited by the humanist Coluccio Salutati to teach Greek in Florence.



Writing

Initials and headings red. Writing Western in appearance, perhaps 16th century.

Dates: ? 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS 229: Onomasticon of Julius Pollux [incomplete], ? 15th century

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Identifier: MS 229
Scope and Contents This manuscript contains an incomplete copy of the Onomasticon by Julius Pollux, a Greek thesaurus of Attic words arrnaged by subject. It starts as follows on f. 1r: 'Όνομασίαι θεῶν καὶ δαιμόνων καὶ τών περὶ αὐτἁ καὶ τιμῶν καὶ τόπων καὶ χωρῶν καὶ τῶν περὶ αυτ... καὶ τὰ τῶν τχνητῶν καὶ τῶν θε ραπευτῶν.', and includes the chapters 1-10 of Book 1, with some lacunae.There are two pastedowns at the beginning and end of the volume, which contains...
Dates: ? 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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