Erotemata (grammar) : in Greek]. (DS3710) (Q17153)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Erotemata (grammar) : in Greek]. (DS3710) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Boston Public Library (8444793, MS q Med.113) |
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28 November 2023
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Erotemata (grammar) : in Greek].
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Calcondila, Demetrio, 1423-1511
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Nicholas, Della Torre
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Freeman, Gladys
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Plimpton, George A. 1855-1936
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Reichner, Herbert, 1899-1971
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Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Greek language--Alphabet--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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Greek language--Grammar--Early works to 1800
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Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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ca. 1480
15. century
1480Gregorian
1480Gregorian
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Extent: 56 leaves : parchment ; 147 x 110 (106 x 65) mm bound to 16 cm, in box 18 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Greek.
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Title devised and romanized by cataloger.
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Secundo folio: Tietisyllabe...
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Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 56 + i (first and last are free flyleaves conjugate with pastedowns, and final flyleaf is also a text page); i + 1-78 + i ; modern arabic pencil foliation, upper right recto each quire, numbers first flyleaf as 1 and final flyleaf as 58, those numbers used here for reference.
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Layout: 1 column, 20 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind.
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Script: Written in a humanistic Greek bookhand, possibly the hand of Nicholas della Torre, in brown ink with red rubrics.
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Decoration: 1-line red capitals throughout, blank space for initial left unfilled on fol. 1.
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Binding: Original blind-stamped leather (possibly goat) over boards, interlace blindstamps, lacking clasp, partially rebacked, pachment pastdowns conjugate with front and rear flyleaves, housed in green cloth clamshell box, label on spine (author misidentified): "Constantinus/ Lascaris/ Grammar" and "MS. Q. Med. 113".
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Origin: Written in Italy around the year 1480, possibly by the scribe Nicholas della Torre (see 1940 correspondance from Kirsopp Lake to owner Herbert Reichner, laid-in).
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Provenance: According Bond and Faye, the manuscript was "described in [a] catalogue of an Italian family of Messina as once belonging to Lascaris," although the source of this assertion is unknown. Later owned by Gladys Freeman, from whom it was acquired by George Plimpton (New York, NY), his MS 7 (Census II:1755) (Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts 58563), and passed to Herbert Reichner.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Sold to BPL by Herbert Reichner in 1943 (Schoenberg Database 57055).
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Call number: MS q Med.113.
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Former call number: MS 1541.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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4 December 2023
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