Menaeum; ca. 1475
Lincoln College MS. Gr. 26
Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Menaeum; ca. 1475
Shelfmark
Lincoln College MS. Gr. 26
Date
c. 1475
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper folded in 4°, Griffinwatermarks similar to Briquet7451 (attested in 1472), chain-distance 32 mm (ff. 1–194) ; mountainwatermarks similar to Piccard on-line 150636 (attested in 1477), chain-distance 32 mm (ff. 195–220).
Physical extent
222 leaves
Hands
Produced by a single anonymous scribe.
Decoration
There is no ornament.
Binding
Binding (probably sixteenth-century) of brown leather over squared and grooved wooden boards. There are four slightly protruding ridges on the spine, the endbands are raised, the covers are flush with the book-block. Traces remain of a pin on the upper cover and a leather thong on the lower one.
Acquisition
Bequeathed by Sir George Wheler (1651–1724), who acquired it during his journey to Greece (1675–1676).
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