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New York, New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
NYPL MA 099
 
 Description:  —  ff. 37  —  Modern (1954) half binding, brown leather and tan cloth.  —  Bought by J.J. Astor III from Roman bookseller Bocca. Given by Astor to the Astor Library of New York in 1885 and became part of NYPL in 1895.  —  Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann, "Catalogue of Greek Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Collections of the United States of America. Part II: The New York Public Library," Manuscripta 50.1 (2006) 21-76, here 30-32.
 Number of Parts: 1  —  Number of Images Available: 6
 
 
 

Part  1: ff. 0r-37v

 
Description:Paper, "Basilisk", similar to Briquet, "basilic"; no. 2641 (Reggio 1427 and 1432, Venice 1430), also no. 2644, no. 2667, no. 2679 244/45 x 165/68. One col.; 23 lines on unnumbered folio, 24-26 lines afterward (12-13 lines of Hesiod's text with 12-13 lines of interlinear glosses); ruled with thin dry point on each verso.
Country:ItalyCardinal point: northern?
Region: City:
Assigned Date: s. XV2 Searchable Date Range: 1450-1499
Dated by scribeNoInscribed Date:
DocumentNoNumber of Scribes: 1
AlphabetGreek
ScriptAngular humanistic cursive
Other DecorationNarrow rectangular headpiece with simple ornament and a pen-ornamented initial M (f. 1r)
Number of Texts:  2
 
 
 
Text 1 of 2: Unfoliated
 
AuthorJohn Tzetzes
TitleProlegomenon-scholion to Hesiod's Works and Days (Ἡσίοδος)
IncipitἸστέον ὅτι πάντα οἱ Ἕλλινες
Explicitτὴν πλεονεξίαν ὁρῶντος αὐτοῦ
Language(s)Greek
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Text 2 of 2: ff. 1r-33v
 
AuthorHesiod
TitleWorks and Days
IncipitΜοῦσαι πιερίηθεν ἀοιδῆσι
Explicitὑπερβασίας ἀλεείνων
Language(s)Greek
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