Geoponica

Description

Title: Geoponica
Published / Created: [between 1490 and 1510]
Publication Place: Venice (?)
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of notes concerning Arcturus and the Pleiades; Preface to Emperor Constantine Porphyrogenitus; Geoponica
Description: In Greek.
Watermark: similar to Briquet 2538.
Script: Written by a scribe associated with Georgius Moschos.
Decorative designs, in red, on f. 6v and 90r; headings and initials in red.
Binding: Seventeenth century. French calf with original front wrapper as flyleaf.
Provenance: Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (MS 6762, from Bohn). Purchased from H.P. Kraus, December 1978.
Extent: ff. iv + 144 : 297 x 206 (211 x 130) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Manuscripts, Renaissance Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Astronomy, Medieval
Greek literature
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Astronomy, Medieval
Greek literature
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Geoponica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.