Interpretatio in Odysseam

Description

Title: Interpretatio in Odysseam
Creator: Didymus, Chalcenterus
Contributor: Homer.
Published / Created: 1453.
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of Didymus' interpretation of the Odyssey
Description: In Greek.
Watermarks: Harlfinger Fleur 108, from a manuscript dated 4 Nov. 1445 and attributed to Ioannes Skoutariotes.
Script: Written and signed by the scribe Ioannes Skoutariotes, who finished the manuscript 4 October 1453.
Simple initials and headings, in red, at the beginning of each book.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Wooden boards. Quarter bound in brick-red goatskin. Bound for the convent of San Marco, Florence; title in gold on spine with number "232".
Provenance: Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 10371), who purchased it from Payne. Acquired in 1953 by Thomas E. Marston from C. A. Stonehill. Gift of Thomas E. Marston in 1959.
Extent: ff. i + i + 164 + i + i : 273 x 208 (202 x 112) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Repository: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number: Beinecke MS 278
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Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Didymus, Chalcenterus.
Subject (Topic): Classical poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholia
Subjects: Didymus, Chalcenterus
Classical poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholia
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Didymus, Interpretatio in Odysseam. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.