Aristoxenus Tarentinus, Ptolemaeus Claudius, Nicomachus Gerasenus mathematicus, Gaudentius, Alypius musicus, Manuel Bryennius, Hero Alexandrinus — 16th century, late
MS. Auct. F. 1. 4
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Aristoxenus Tarentinus, Ptolemaeus Claudius, Nicomachus Gerasenus mathematicus, Gaudentius, Alypius musicus, Manuel Bryennius, Hero Alexandrinus — 16th century, late
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. F. 1. 4
Associated place
Oxford
Place of origin
England
Date
15th century
16th century, late
Language
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Paper. The main watermark is a crown surmounted by fleur-de-lys, somewhat resembling Briquet 4845 (1591); another (e.g. fols. 229, 511) is a crown resembling Briquet 4857 (1588).
Physical extent
ii (pp. i-iv) + 288(pp. 1-578) + ii (pp. 579-82)
Binding
Blind-stamped calf over pasteboard, Oxford, late 16th century: cf. D. Pearson, Oxford Bookbinding 1500-1640 (2000), centrepiece i, state b (p. 76, fig. 41)
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Title
Aristoxenus etc.: musical treatises
Shelfmark
MS. Auct. F. 1. 4
Summary
Aristoxenus etc.: musical treatises
Date
Written late in the 16th century
Language
Modern Greek (1453-)
Physical extent
288 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2951 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Acquisition
Bequeathed by dr. Peter Turner, Savilian prof. of Geometry, who died in Jan. 1650/1.
Subject
16th century
Greek literature
Music
