Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379
Published / Created:
approximately 1200 - approximately 1599
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 532
Image Count:
1416
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on vellum and paper of Saint Basil of Caesarea, De Legendis Gentilium Libris and various treatises on grammar and rhetoric bound together and 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
Alternative Title:
Address to young men
Description:
In Greek., Decoration: Some sections rubricated; astronomical and astrological tables at end., and Binding: Brown morocco over wooden boards; clasps missing.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and 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, and Rhetoric
Manuscript on paper of Pier Candido Decembrio (Petrus Candidus Decembrius, 1392/1399-1477), 1) Peregrina historia. 2) Grammaticon, a Latin grammar in two Books, dedicated to the Milanese lawyer Guarniero Castiglione
Description:
In Latin., Watermark: var. Briquet 6654 (?)., Script: Copied by one hand in Humanistica Cursiva Libraria under some Gothic influence (occasionally uncial d)., Pale red headings and explicit formulas. The scribe wrote guide-letters but the initials (height: 2 lines) are wanting., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Italian brown morocco over wooden boards bevelled at the inside, blind-tooled with rope interlace and other tools, with some gold. Remnants of two brass clasps attached to the rear cover. Rebacked. On the spine a paper label with the handwritten title "Historia di Publio [sic] Candido". Parchment pastedowns. On the yellow-coloured fore-edge the title "P. Candid*" is inscribed.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Decembrio, Pier Candido, 1399-1477.
Subject (Topic):
Cosmography, Grammar, Comparative and general, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, Language and languages, and Grammars
Title varies slightly., Issued in parts as a supplement to 1st series, v. 1-10 of: Izvi︠e︡stīi︠a︡ Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk po Otdi︠e︡lenīi︠u︡ russkago i︠a︡zyka i slovesnosti., and SML,Y Ht10 +Ak13a: t.4 bound with t.6; t.3 bound with t.5.
Publisher:
Tip. Imp. akademīi nauk
Subject (Topic):
Slavic languages, Sanskrit language, and Language and languages
Title varies slightly., Issued in parts as a supplement to 1st series, v. 1-10 of: Izvi︠e︡stīi︠a︡ Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk po Otdi︠e︡lenīi︠u︡ russkago i︠a︡zyka i slovesnosti., and SML,Y Ht10 +Ak13a: t.4 bound with t.6; t.3 bound with t.5.
Publisher:
Tip. Imp. akademīi nauk
Subject (Topic):
Slavic languages, Sanskrit language, and Language and languages
Title varies slightly., Issued in parts as a supplement to 1st series, v. 1-10 of: Izvi︠e︡stīi︠a︡ Imperatorskoĭ akademīi nauk po Otdi︠e︡lenīi︠u︡ russkago i︠a︡zyka i slovesnosti., and SML,Y Ht10 +Ak13a: t.4 bound with t.6; t.3 bound with t.5.
Publisher:
Tip. Imp. akademīi nauk
Subject (Topic):
Slavic languages, Sanskrit language, and Language and languages