(Q3972)
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Eis ta Harmonika Ptolemaiou hypomnēma.
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Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305
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Speyr Passavant, J. H. de
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872
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[between 1560 and 1580?]
16. century
1560Gregorian
1580Gregorian
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Extent: 242 leaves : paper ; 291 x 196 (213 x 95) mm bound to 294 x 210 mm
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Collation: Paper, i + 242; 1-11¹⁰ 12⁴ 13-20⁸ 21¹⁰ 22-27⁸ 28⁸(-2); [1-242]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 1-12; gatherings 13-28 signed 16-31 in Greek numerals, lower center of first recto.
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Origin: Written in Spain or Italy, probably between 1560 and 1580, under the direction of the 16th-century scribe and dealer Andreas Darmarios (inscription, inside upper cover) but not in his hand.
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Title from caption title (f. 1r).
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Ms. codex.
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Layout: Written in 20 long lines.
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Binding: Contemporary 16th-century blind-stamped and roll-tooled tanned leather over wooden boards; rebacked with old spine laid down.
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Decoration: 8 diagrams in brown or brown and red ink (f. 223v-241r); rubrics, decorative initials, and occasional words in red.
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Script: Written in a cursive script.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 17 June 1997, lot 47, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Formerly in the collection of The Garden Ltd.; sold at auction as part of that collection at Sotheby's (New York), 9 Nov. 1989, lot 65.
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Formerly owned by J. H. de Speyr-Passavant (Basel); perhaps his no. 5 (label on upper cover, inscription inside upper cover); probably sold at auction as part of his collection at R. E. Evans, 27 Apr. 1836.
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Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 3877 (spine label, later inscription in pencil inside upper cover); sold at auction as part of his collection at Sotheby's, 8 Jul. 1975, lot 3404.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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