De legendis gentilium libris
Found In:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De legendis gentilium libris
Description
- Title
- De legendis gentilium libris
- Alternative Title
- Address to young men
- Creator
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
- Contributor
-
Apostolius, Michael, approximately 1422-approximately 1480
Choeroboscus, Georgius.
Gregorios, Metropolitan of Corinth, active 1092-1156.
Lascaris, Constantine, 1434-1501?
Manuel the Rhetorician.
Michael, Syncellus, approximately 761-846.
Phrynichus, Arabius.
Planudes, Maximus, approximately 1260-approximately 1310.
Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305.
Prodromus, Theodore.
Simocatta, Theophylactus
Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais.
Tryphon, active 1st century B.C. - Published / Created
- approximately 1200 - approximately 1599
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
-
Manuscript on vellum and paper of Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris and various treatises on grammar and rhetoric bound together
Contains St. Basilius, De legendis gentilium libris, fols. 2r-14v, on vellum; Constantinus Lascaris, Grammaticae compendium, fols. 75r-104v, 196r-199r; Georgios Choeroboskos, Grammatica, fols. 107r-129r; Manuel the Rhetorician, Opusculum, fols. 134r-136r; Theodorus Prodromus, Erotemata, fols. 137r-160v; Michael Syncellus, De constructione libellus, fols. 178r-195v; Maximus Planudes, De constructione libellus, fols. 202r-233v; Corinthus, De dialectis, fols. 236r-262r; Phrynichus, Eclogae nominum et verborum Atticorum, fols. 282r-293v; Tryphon, De passionibus dictionum, fols. 296r-297v; Constantinus Lascaris, De pronominibus, fols. 344r-353r; Pythagoras, Aurea carmina, fol. 455r; Hymni Orphici, fols. 455r-460v; Michael Apostolios, Epistolae, fols. 463r-471r; Synesius Cyrenaeus, Epistolae, fols. 473r-574r; Theophylactus Simocatta, Dialogus, fols. 575r-587v; Astronomical Tables, fols. 619r-636v, 651r-664r. Also bound with Porphyrius, Liber Homericarum quaestionum, edited by C. Lascaris (Rome, 1518), which is not foliated and is bound between fols. 454 and 455
- Description
-
In Greek.
Decoration: Some sections rubricated; astronomical and astrological tables at end.
Binding: Brown morocco over wooden boards; clasps missing. - Provenance
- Monastery of St. Anastasia. Bookplate of Edouard Le Barbier, Rouen, 1856. Purchased from Edwin Engelberts, 1973 April 10, with funds from the E.J. Beinecke Legacy.
- Extent
- 1 volume (664 leaves) : 206 mm x 148 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Digitization Note
- Foliation errors throughout.
- Language
-
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Greek, Modern (1453- )
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 532
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 13th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- vellum and paper ;
- Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
- Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Classical literature
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Fathers of the church
Grammar, Comparative and general
Language and languages
Grammars
Manuscripts, Medieval
Rhetoric - Subjects
-
Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
Classical literature > Early works to 1800
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) > Early works to 1800
Fathers of the church > Early works to 1800
Grammar, Comparative and general > Early works to 1800
Language and languages > Grammars > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Rhetoric > Early works to 1800
Italy > 13th century
Italy > 14th century
Italy > 15th century
Italy > 16th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Le Barbier, Edouard > Bookplate
Engleberts, Edwin > Ownership
Monastery of St. Anastasia > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9600958
- Object ID (OID)
- 33083024
Manifest Link
