Manuscript on parchment (heavy, dark and poor quality) of 1) Porphyry, Isagoge. 2) Ammonius Hermeiou, In Porphyrii Isagogen. 3) Aristotle, Categoriae. 4) Aristotle, De Interpretatione. 5) Ammonius Hermeiou, In Aristotelis Categorias Commentarius. 6) Michael Psellus, In Aristotelis De Interpretatione Commentarius
Description:
In Greek., Script: Written by a single scribe in minuscule which varies considerably in size and angle. Many marginal notes by later hands., Some crude diagrams by original scribe within text (e.g., f. 33r: diagram illustrating the division of sounds); others added later in margins. Headpiece on f. 1r is a plaited design set in an elaborate rectangle. An elaborate initial O follows headpiece; simpler initials elsewhere. Brown ink used for decoration throughout., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Tan calf case of molded leather, blind-tooled with gold-tooled lettering on spine. Similar to bindings of MSS 255 and 258 and probably by the same binder. Possibly by Whitaker (we thank A. R. A. Hobson for this information).
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305.
Subject (Topic):
Charts, diagrams, etc, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
Manuscript fragment on vellum of a lectionary. Arrived at the Beinecke as two separate accessions. Accession 1 (1 leaf): recto: Luke 18:35-43 and Luke 17:3-4a; verso: Luke 17:4a-10. Accession 2 (4 leaves): F. 1 recto: Luke 22:32-39 and Matt. 26:2; verso: Matt. 26:3-13. F. 2 recto: Matt. 14:15-14:22 and 15:32; verso: Matt. 15:32-33 and Matt. 14:22-25. F. 3 recto: Matt. 26:20; verso: Matt. 26:31-39. F. 4 recto: John 19:7-13; verso: Matt. 27:3-14.
Description:
In Greek., Initials in red., and Edges cut; later inscription at bottom rubbed out.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados.
Subject (Topic):
Lectionaries, Lectionary preaching, Orthodox Eastern Church, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single scribal hand, of a Gospel lectionary containing the daily lessons for the ecclesiastical year for both fixed and moveable feasts. Manuscript begins the readings of John from Easter to the sixth Sunday after Easter, and concludes with the readings from 21 May to 31 August
Description:
In Greek., Accompanied by detailed list of contents., Script: Greek minuscule., Decoration: ornamented headbands in red ink mark the four major sections of the text. Ornamented initials in red ink at the beginnings of some Gospel readings., Bookplate: L. A., and Binding: Fifteenth-century? Greek-style binding of full brown leather over squared and grooved boards. Blind-tooled; bordered with interlace tendrils, diapered and checker-ruled with additional circular tools containing peacock, Agnus Dei, vase, rampant lion, eagle and fleuron designs.
Manuscript on paper (rough, brown; trimmed; no watermarks) of the Life of Josephus, which was perhaps an appendage to his Antiquitates. This codex appears to be one of the earliest surviving authorities for the autobiography of Josephus
Description:
In Greek., Script: Written by a single scribe in well-spaced minuscule; a second scribe added four lines on f. 32v, partly damaged and undeciphered., Crude headpiece on f. 1r, with title and small initials in red., The upper and lower portions of the manuscript are waterstained. Most folios have been repaired; the final leaf is badly mutilated with much damage to the text., and Binding: 17th-18th centuries (?). Rebound in brick-red leather, blind-tooled with a rope interlace with small dots in the border and a floreate cross in the center.
