Manuscript on paper of 1) Origen, De Engastrimytho. 2) Eustathius, De Engastrimytho contra Origenem. 3) Gregory of Nyssa, Epistola de Pythonissa ad Theodosium episcopum. 4) Zeno, Admonitio de unione
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: Harlfinger Lettre 18 and similar to Briquet Lettre M 8392 and Monts 11932., Script: Written by a single scribe in calligraphic minuscule., and Binding: Date? The binding has been removed along with all flyleaves. Sewn with long stitches over two pieces of tawed skin to a narrow piece of vellum which is wrapped around the spine.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Origen. and Witch of Endor (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Fathers of the church, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Pastoral literature, Greek
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., and Binding: Seventeenth century. French calf with original front wrapper as flyleaf.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Greek literature, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript on paper of Scholia in Oppiani Librum Primum here attributed to Theodore Magister, preceded by the life of Oppian and perioche of his work; portions of the text of Oppian are quoted as lemmata
Description:
In Greek., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Ancre 558 and to Harlfinger Ancre 78., Script: Written by 3 scribes. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-35v) writes in an elaborate minuscule with heavy vertical strokes and uses a pen which gives considerable shading. Scribe 2 (ff. 36r-65v) writes a minuscule which slants to the right, and has shading similar to that of Scribe 1. Scribe 3 (ff. 66r-84v) writes in an upright minuscule with little shading., Headpiece, 2-line initial and heading on f. 3r in dark red., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf, blind-tooled.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Oppian, active 2nd century.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Greek, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
