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New York, New York Public Library, Manuscripts and Archives Division
NYPL MA 100
 
 Description:  —  ff. 26  —  Bound by former owner in reddish-brown calf over thick pasteboard. Both covers are gold-stamped with a chain-like frame and small-sized arms of Braschi-Onesti.  —  From the collection of Cardinal Romualdo Braschi-Onesti, probably owned by Marchese Taccone of Naples, given by J.J. Astor III to the Astor Library in 1885 and transferred to NYPL in 1896.  —  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 33-36.
 Number of Parts: 1  —  Number of Images Available: 6
 
 
 

Part  1: ff. 1r-26v

 
Description:Paper, "Deer Head", close variant of Briquet, "tête de cerf": no. 15509 (Bamberg, 1412, etc.), no. 15513 (Verona, 1410-20). 231/32 x 156. One col.; 26-27 lines, interlinear space 6 mm, ruled with thin dry point on each verso.
Country:ItalyCardinal point:
Region: City: Mantua?
Assigned Date: s. XV1 Searchable Date Range: 1400-1450
Dated by scribeNoInscribed Date:
DocumentNoNumber of Scribes: 1
ScribePetros Kretikos
AlphabetGreek
ScriptHumanistic
Other DecorationOne narrow oblong headpiece with interlace ornament on f. 1r, pen-ornamented initials.
Number of Texts:  2
 
 
 
Text 1 of 2: ff. 1r-26r
 
AuthorAesop
TitleΑἰσώπου μῦθοι
TitleFables
IncipitἈετὸς καὶ ἀλώπηξ φιλωθέντες
Explicitφαῦλα ἐργάζονται.
Language(s)Greek
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Text 2 of 2: f. 17r-v
 
AuthorIgnatios the Deacon
TitleTetrasticha iambica
IncipitΜῦς εἷλκέ τις μῦν, ἔργον
Explicitτὸ ἀμφίβολον, ἐν κοινωνίαις ἄπιστον.
Language(s)Greek
NotesBk 1, poem 8: Περὶ δύο μυῶν; Bk 1, poem 19: no title, beginning Φέρων λέοντος δέρμα…; Bk 1, poem 22: no title, beginning Πᾶσι πέφυκει θηρσὶ καὶ πτηνοῖς μάxη…
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