Bartholomew of Edessa (?), Bartholomew of Edessa — 15th century

Title

Bartholomew of Edessa (?), Bartholomew of Edessa — 15th century

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 188

Date

15th century

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

iii + 64leaves

Acquisition

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804

Provenance

This volume originally contained a treatise of Methodius Περί τών ἐθνών ἀποδημίας κτλ. (18 leaves) and a treatise Περὶ των οβ' 'Ερμηνευτών. There is a full account of this MS. and of art. 2 in particular in the Miscellaneae Observationes Criticae, vol. ix, tom i (1738), pp. 100-139.

Gabriel Severos (-1616): E. Elia, R. Piccione, 'A Rediscovered Library. Gabriel Severos and His Books', in R. Piccione (ed.), Greeks, Books and Libraries in Renaissance Venice, (Berlin - Boston, De Gruyter, 2020), pp. 33-82, at 35 n. 13.

Owned and annotated by 'Ianus Rutgersius' (Johannes Rutgers, 1589-1625) in 1608.

In 1738 it appears to have been in the public Library at Amsterdam (Miscellaneae Observationes Criticae, cited above): i.e. the library of the Athenaeum Illustre.

Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)

Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent

Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent

Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian

Title

Astronomical calculations, chiefly of Eclipses

Shelfmark

MS. D'Orville 188

Summary

'Σύνταγμα Ψηφιφορικὸν καὶ σύνοδος πανσέληνος.'Εκλειψις ήλίου καὶ σελήνης. Εὔρεσις ἀκριβής. Τονηθεȋσα [sic] παρα τού ἱερωτάτον μητροπολίτου ϴεσσαλονίκης καὶ έξάρχου πάσης θετταλίας κυρίου'Iσηδώρου', comprising:

(fol. 15) Glosses on the 'Αλιευτικά of Oppian, from i. 126 (''Ραδινόν τό λεπτόν') to v. 546

(fol. 18) 'Κατά Μωαμεδ: beg. 'Kατὰ Σαρακινὢν οἴ καλούνται'Iσμαη-λἴται

(fol. 24v) 'Ελγχος'Αγαρηνοὔ [i.e. 'Αραβικοῦ] πρὸς Χριστιανόν ούκ ἔχει ἀρχὴν τὸ ἀμφίβολον': beg. ''o Χριστιανός. Καὶ οὔτως εὗρον ταύτα ἐν τῷ Κουρανίω σου γεγραμμένα': at end 'Tέλος τού βιβλίου τού ἀκαθάρτου Μονχαμέτ.'

This volume originally contained a treatise of Methodius Περί τών ἐθνών ἀποδημίας κτλ. (18 leaves) and a treatise Περὶ των οβ' 'Ερμηνευτών. There is a full account of this MS. and of (fol. 18) in particular in the Miscellaneae Observationes Criticae, vol. ix, tom i (1738), pp. 100-139.

Date

written in the 15th cent.

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

64 Leaves

Custodial history

Owned and annotated by 'Ianus Rutgersius' in 1608: in 1738 it appears to have been in the public Library at Amsterdam.