Plutarch, Parallel Lives

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Title

Plutarch, Parallel Lives

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 96

Date

15th century

Language

Latin

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Plutarch Parallel Lives

1. (fol. iii(v)) List of Lives in Latin by a later hand (possibly of 16th c.).

2. (fols 1r–21v) Lycurgus, ed. B. Perrin, Plutarch's lives, vol. 1, Cambridge, Mass, 1914 (repr. 1967), pp. 204–302; fol. 1r: a later hand added the name in Latin as: Lygurgi.

3. (fols 22r–42v) Numa, ed. B. Perrin, Plutarch's lives, vol. 1, pp. 306–382; fol. 22r: a later hand added the name in Latin as: Numae.

4. (fols 42v–61r) Solon, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, 4th edn., Leipzig, 1969, pp. 82–123; fol. 42v: a later hand added the name in Latin as: Solonis

5. (fols 61r–76v) Publicola, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 124–152; fol. 61v: a later hand added the name in Latin as: Publicolis

6. (fols 76v–94v) Aristides, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 249–287. A later hand added the name in Latin as: Aristidis.

7. (fols 94v–114r) Cato maior, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 287–324.

8. (fols 114r–132r) Themistocles, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 157–197.

9. (fols 132r–157v) Camillus, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 197–248.

10. (fols 157v–171r) Cimon, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 332–359.

11. (fols 171r–183v) Lucullus, ed. K. Ziegler, Plutarchi vitae parallelae, vol. 1.1, pp. 359–419.

Form

codex

Support

Paper

Physical extent

iii + 183 + ii at the end foliated as 184–185.

Hands

Μανουὴλ Γρηγορόπουλος, RGK I, 249; RGK II, 342; RGK III, 411; Álbum de copistas de manuscritos griegos en España, I, 49 Gregoropulus, Manuel (accessed 12 February 2020). Old attribution to Γεώργιος Γρηγορόπουλος, father of Μανουήλ, was erroneous. See R. Stefec, ‘Der Codex Seitenstettensis des Plutarch’, Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 156 (2013) 180, fn. 29.

Decoration

Nice decorative initial only on fol. 1r, as the rest remained unfinished.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding of brown leather, with Coke family ostrich crest in gilt in the centre of the upper cover; Date: early nineteenth century. Rebound by John Jones of Liverpool (worked for Holkham 1816–1823. The spine lettered in gilt: /PLUTARCHI VITSÆ PARALLELSÆ GR.–//MS. SÆC. XII./; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 96.

Provenance

Ownership Notes: Ownership Notes: front paste down (top, right in black ink): signature of Thomas William Coke. fol. 1r: erased notes on top and bottom.

Catalogue Nrs: paste down (in pencil): MS. Holkham Gr. 96; fol. 1(r) (in pencil): No 275 D6B.5. (= Old Catalogue Nrs: Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 275)/ Ms. Saec XV.

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