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A, B early 14th cent.

MS. Barocci 56

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Title

A, B early 14th cent.

Shelfmark

MS. Barocci 56

Date

14th century, early

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Contents

MS. Barocci 56 – Part 1
1. (fols. 1r–17v) ⟨Synesius⟩ epistulae
2. (fols. 17v–18r) Lysis epistula ad Hipparchum
3. (fols. 18r–26v) Synesius
3a. (fols. 18r–21r) epistulae
3b. (fols. 21r–23r) κατάϲταϲιϲ ῥηθεῖϲα ἐπὶ τῇ μεγίϲτῃ τῶν βαρβάρων ἐφόδῳ
3c. (fols. 23r–25r) epistulae
3d. (fol. 25rv) κατάϲταϲιϲ
3e. (fols. 25v–26r) ὁμιλία αʹ
3f. (fol. 26rv) ὁμιλία βʹ
4. (fols. 26v–27r) ‡Pythagoras carmina aurea
5. (fol. 27v) ‡Libanius διηγήματα
6. (fol. 27v) Apollonius Tyaneus Musonius Letters
7. (fols. 27v–28r) Isidorus ep. Pelusiota epistulae
8. (fol. 28rv) Gregorius Nazianzenus epistulae
9. (fols. 28v–29v) Basilius Magnus Antipatros Letters
10. (fols. 29v–33r) pr. R. Foerster, Libanii opera, vol. xi, Teubner 1922, pp. 572 ff., as letters 7 (1586), 1 (1580), 15–22 (1594–1601), 2 (1581) §§ 1–4, 3–6 (1582–5), 8–9 (1587–8), 13–14 (1592–3), 10–12 (1589–91).
Basilius Magnus Letters
Libanius Letters
11. (fols. 33r–34v) Iulianus Imperator epistulae
12. (fol. 34v) ⟨Libanius⟩
12a. (fol. 34v) ethopoeia
12b. (fol. 34v) epistulae
13. (fols. 35r–83v) Synesius
13a. (fols. 35r–47r) de regno
13b. (fols. 47r–56v) calvitii encomium
13c. (fols. 56v–67r) Dion
13d. (fols. 67r–81r) Aegyptii sive de providentia
13e. (fols. 81r–83v) ad Paeonium de dono
14. (fols. 84r–87v) unidentified, narrative about Deucalion and Pyrrha
15. (fol. 88rv) ⟨Ps.-Phocylides⟩ sententiae
16. (fol. 89rv) ⟨Gregorius Nazianzenus⟩ epistula
17. (fols. 89v–90v) Basilius Magnus epistula
18. (fols. 90v–94v) Gregorius Nazianzenus epistulae
19. (fol. 95r) Anthologia Palatina
20. (fols. 95v–99r) Synesius hymni
21. (fols. 99r–104v) Libanius epistulae
22. (fols. 104v–107r) Gregorius Nazianzenus poemata
22a. (fols. 104v–106r) 2. 15, pr. PG 37. 766–778.
22b. (fol. 106r) Anthologia Palatina
22c. (fol. 106rv) 2. 27,pr. PG 37. 854–6.
22d. (fols. 106v–107r) 2. 26, pr. PG 37. 851–4, with extra heading at l. 18 ἑτέρα εἰϲ τὸν αὐτόν.
23. (fol. 107r) Pseudo-Aelius Aristides ἔκφραϲιϲ εἰϲ νέον
24. (fols. 107v–131v) Libanius
24a. (fols. 107v–108v) περὶ ἀπληϲτίαϲ
24b. (fols. 108v–110r) ψόγοϲ ὀργῆϲ
24c. (fol. 110rv) βοὸϲ ἐγκώμιον
24d. (fol. 111r) descriptio ii
24e. (fol. 111rv) ὅτι τὸ πλουτεῖν ἀδίκωϲ τοῦ πένεϲθαι ἀθλιώτερον
24f. (fols. 111v–112v) περὶ πενίαϲ
24g. (fols. 112v–131v) epistulae
MS. Barocci 56 – Part 2
Lucianus
1. (fols. 132r–136v) calumniae non temere credendum
2. (fols. 136v–141v) cataplus
3. (fols. 142r–147v) symposium
4. (fols. 147v–151v) Icaromenippus
5. (fols. 152r–154v) rhetorum praeceptor
6. (fols. 154v–155v) Prometheus es in verbis
7. (fols.155v–162r) navis
8. (fols. 162r–163v) amores
9. (fols. 164r–171r) Jupiter tragoedus
10. (fols. 171r–172v) Jupiter refutatus
11. (fols. 173r–175r) bis accusatus

Physical extent

i + 176 leaves.

Binding

Blind-stamped brown leather over wood, with hunting-scene designs; late Byzantine style, 15th or 16th cent.; clasps now missing. Strips of paper from a 15th cent. Greek MS. and another MS. were used to strengthen the binding.

Provenance

Fol. 87v: ἡ βίβλοϲ ἥδε ἐϲτὶν ἐμοῦ Δημητρίου τοῦ Τριβώλη Πελοποννηϲίου ἐκ Ϲπάρτηϲ.

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  • Synesius, of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolemais

  • Apollonius, of Tyana

  • Donus, Andreas, 15th-16th cent.

  • Lucian, of Samosata

  • Pythagoras

  • Julian, Emperor of Rome, 331-363

  • Young, Patrick, 1584-1652

  • Antipater, Cappadox, 4th cent.

  • Libanius

  • Lysis, Tarentinus, 4th cent. BCE (?)

  • Isidore, of Pelusium, Saint, active 5th century

  • Gregorius, Nazianzenus, 329-390

  • Aelius Aristides, pseudo

  • Musonius Rufus, C., (Caius), approximately 30-

  • Δημήτριος Τριβώλης, 15th cent.

  • Phocylides, pseudo

  • Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, approximately 329-379

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