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Pseudo-Callisthenes 13th cent. (first half)

MS. Barocci 23

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Title

Pseudo-Callisthenes 13th cent. (first half)

Shelfmark

MS. Barocci 23

Date

13th century, first half

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

1. (fols. 1r–49v) Pseudo-Callisthenes historia Alexandri Magni
This MS. used to contain a grammatical fragment and 13 letters of Tzetzes , as listed in Coxe’s catalogue, but there is no trace of them now, and on the question of authorship see C. Wendel, RE s.v. Tzetzes, col. 2006.

Form

codex

Support

Oriental paper (fols. 1–49); Western paper, watermarked but with a design that cannot be identified (fols. i–xxxviii, 50–59).

Physical extent

xxxviii + 59 leaves.

Binding

Binding of blind-stamped brown leather over wood, in late Byzantine style, 15th–16th cent.; hunting-scene stamps.

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