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Composite manuscript, two parts (Greek)
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| Subtitle |
1. (ff. 1-28) Excerpts from Quaestiones et solutiones / Alexander of Aphrodisia, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 29-53) Methodus cyclorum solarium et lunarium / Isaac Argyros, and other text(s), SCA 51
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| Content |
Part 1 contains, in Greek: (ff. 1r-10v) Quaestiones et solutiones / Alexander of Aphrodisias. Excerpts (quaest. I.4, II.4, 5; III. 13). - De anima / Alexander of Aphrodisias. Incomplete (2 chapters). - (ff. 10v-19v) Epistulae et quaestiones ad Plethonem / Bessario. - Responsa ad quaestiones Bessarionis / Georgius Gemistus Pletho. - (ff. 19v-23v) De scientia naturae / Andronikos Kallistos. - De fato / Andronikos Kallistos. - (ff. 23v-26v) Historiae / Polybius. - (ff. 26v-27v) Lexica: names of days, months, rhetoricians, muses a.o. - Empty: f. 28r-v.
Part 2 contains, in Greek: (ff. 29-31v) Fragment: De motu circulari corporum caelestium / Cleomedes (book 2.6 lin. 101-end). - (ff. 32r-50v) Methodus cyclorum solarium et lunarium / Isaac Argyros. Incomplete (introduction missing). - (ff. 51v-52v). - Solution of an Arabic mathematical problem. With table. - (f. 53r-v) Notes by Scaliger on Isaac Argyros.
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| Creator/other |
Alexander, Aphrodisiensis.
Argyros, Isaac (c.1305-c.1375)
Bessarion, Joannes (1395/1403-1472)
Kallistos, Andronikos (-1478)
Cleomedes (ca50 v. Chr. fl)
Plēthōn, Geōrgios Gemistos (ca. 1355-1452/54)
Polybius (ca. 200-ca. 120 v.Chr)
Castrenos, Demetrios (fl. 1458-1462)
Boistallé, Jean Hurault de (-1572)
Grimani, Domenico (1460-1523)
Scaliger, Josephus Justus (1540-1609)
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| Shelfmark |
SCA 51
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| Subject (topical) |
Reading culture
artes (MMDC)
classical literature/philosophy (MMDC)
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| Subject (temporal) |
Middle Ages
15th century
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| Note |
Beginning of part 2 mutilated.
Script: (part 2) Written by Demetrios Castrenos (see Orlandi 2014).
Binding: Post-medieval binding.
Textual: (ff. 1-10, item 2) Title: Τῶν παρὰ Ἀριστοτέλους περὶ τοῦ ἐφ' ἡμῖν. - (ff. 1v-19v) Bessarionis et Gemistii Plethonis Epistolae mutuae: MPG 161: 713-724. - (ff. 19v-23v) Incipit: Ἐπειδὴ τῆς περὶ φύσεως ἐπιστήμης". - Incipit: Ἡ τύχη καὶ τὸ αὐτόματον. - (ff. 29r-31v) Not identified yet by Molhuysen 1910 ("Fragmentum de Eclipsibus Solaribus et Lunaribus"). - (ff. 32r-50v) Part of this treatise edited in Scaliger 1598, p. 306-310. - (ff. 32r-52r) Transcriptions of these texts in codex VGF 17. - (ff. 51v-52r) Incipit: Δυὸ δοθεισῶν εὐθειῶν δύο μέσας ἀνάλογον εὑρεῖν.
Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870
Description (Heinsius 1640): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:1551005
Description (Molhuysen 1910): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:2040420
Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294
Also described by Pinakes.
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| Reference |
Bouwman 2023 = A. Bouwman, Inventory of western medieval manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries. Leiden 2023
Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932),
De Conihout 2007 = I. De Conihout, 'Jean et André Hurault. Deux frères ambassadeurs à Venise et acquéreurs de livres du cardinal Grimani'. In: Italique 10 (2007), p. 107-148
De Meyier 1951 = K.A. de Meyier, 'Les manuscrits Grecs de Leyde écrits par Nicolas de Torre'. In: Scriptorium 5 (1951), p. 46-59.
Heinsius 1640 = [D. Heinsius], Catalogus bibliothecæ publicae lugduno-batavae. Lugd. Batavorum 1640
Jackson 2004 = D. Jackson, 'The Greek Manuscripts of Jean Hurault de Boistaillé'. In: Studi italiani di filologia classica 2 (2004), p. 209-252,
Jackson 2008 = D. Jackson, 'A List of Greek Mss of Domenico Grimani'. In: Scriptorium 62 (2008), p. 164-169,
Molhuysen 1910 = P.C. Molhuysen, Codices Scaligerani (praeter Orientales). Leiden 1910,
MPG = Migne, Patrologia Graeca = J.-P. Migne (ed.), Patrologiae cursus completus (series Graeca). 161 vols. Paris 1857-1866.
Orlandi 2014 = L. Orlandi, 'Sette nuovi manoscritti copiati e annotati da Demetrio Castreno'. In: Studi Medievali e Umanistici 2014, p. 231-239,
Pinakes = Pinakes. Textes et manuscrits grecs
Scaliger 1598 = J.J. Scaliger, De emendatione temporum. Lugd. Batavorum 1598
Senguerdius & 1716 = W. Senguerdius & al., Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden 1716,
Sharples 1998 = R.W. Sharples, 'Alexander and pseudo-Alexander of Aphrodisias, scripta minima. Questions and problems, makeweights and prospects'. In: W. Kullman & al. (eds.), Gattungen wissenschaftlicher Literatur in der Antike. Tübingen 1998,
Sharples 2004 = R.W. Sharples (transl.), Alexander of Aphorisias. Supplement to On the Soul. London 2004,
Sharples 2004 = R.W. Sharples, 'Alexander of Aphrodisias. What is a Mantissa?'. In: P. Adamson & al. (eds.), Philosophy, science & exegesis in Greek, Arabic & Latin commentaries. I. Supplement by Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 83 (2004)/1, p. 51-67.
Speranzi 2020 = D. Speranzi, 'Classici greci tra Bisanzio e l'Italia'. In: Bollettino dei Classici, ser. 3, 41 (2020), p. 191-212,
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In collection:
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| Part of |
Scaliger, J.J. (1540-1609)
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| Language |
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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| Country |
Italy
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| Form |
1 volume, 53 leaves ; Part 1: ff. 1-28 ; 210x145 mm ; Part 2: ff. 29-53 : tables ; 210x140 mm
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| Extent |
61 scans
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| Ownership |
Owned by: 'Anonymus 23' (see Speranzi 2020). - Domenico Grimani. - Jean Hurault de Boistaillé (inscription on f. 1r). - Josephus Justus Scaliger.
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| Published/created |
Apennine Peninsula, 15th century, second half
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| Persistent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3669104
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| Published (digital) |
Leiden University Libraries,
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