Manuscripts, Greek
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Manuscripts entirely or partially in Greek
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
MS 228: Erotemata by Manuel Chrysoloras, ? 16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 228
Contents
Writing
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
MS 229: Onomasticon of Julius Pollux [incomplete], ? 15th century
Item
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
MS 230: Geoponica, including excerpts of De re rustica by Cassianus Bassus, ? late 16th century
Item
Identifier: MS 230
Contents
This manuscript contains the Geoponica, a twenty-book compilation including texts on various agricultural subjects, chiefly drawing on the writings of Cassianus Bassus (6th-7th c.), who himself used the work of an earlier Greek author, Vindonius Anatolius (4th c., also known as Anatolius of Berytus). The Geoponica was written by an unknown writer in the 10th century at the behest of the Emperor Constantine VII...
Dates:
? late 16th century