Menaeum; late 13th c.
Lincoln College MS. Gr. 2
Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Menaeum; late 13th c.
Shelfmark
Lincoln College MS. Gr. 2
Date
late 13th c.
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Parchment
Physical extent
i+232+ileaves
Hands
Produced by a single anonymous scribe, who wrote on f. 232r: Πληρῶν δοξάζω Θ(ε)ῶ τῶ δόντι τέλος ( DBBE 2913).
Decoration
There is an ornamented headband drawn in red ink on f. 106v.
Binding
Binding (probably eighteenth-century) of marbled paper over pasteboard. The endpapers and pastedowns contain no watermarks.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Sir George Wheler (1651–1724) , who acquired it during his journey to Greece (1675–1676).
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