Suidae Lexicon (Κ-Ο, Ω, Π-Τ, ΟΙ, Υ-Ψ); Italy (Milan), 1454

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Title

Suidae Lexicon (Κ-Ο, Ω, Π-Τ, ΟΙ, Υ-Ψ); Italy (Milan), 1454

Shelfmark

MS. Holkham Gr. 111

Place of origin

Italy, Milan

Date

14 February 1454 (colophon)

Language

Ancient Greek (to 1453)

Suidae Lexicon

1. (fols 1r–51v) Κ, tit. in red ink: ἀρχὴ τοῦ κάππα· στοιχείου· ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, Leipzig, 1933, pp. 1–224.

2. (fols 51v–65v) Λ, tit. in red ink: + ἀρχὴ τοῦ λαῦδα· στοιχ(είου): ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 225–303.

3. (fols 65v–88v) Μ, tit. in red ink: + ἀρχὴ τοῦ μ῀ στοιχείου· ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 304–431.

4. (fols 88v–99v) Ν, tit. in red ink: + ἀρχὴ τοῦ Ν῀ στοιχείου· ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 432–490.

5. (fols 99v–103r) ⟨Ξ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 491–504.

6. (fols 103r–124v) ⟨Ο⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 505–603.

7. (fols 125r–130v) ⟨Ω⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 604–632.

8. (fols 130v–191v) ⟨Π⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, Leipzig, 1935, pp. 1–280

9. (fols 191v–197r) ⟨Ῥ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 281–309.

10. (fols 197r–230v) ⟨Σ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 310–493.

11. (fols 230v–254v) ⟨Τ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 494–613.

12. (fols 254v–258v) ⟨ΟΙ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 614–630.

13. (fols 259r–274r) ⟨Υ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 631–689.

14. (fols 274r–291r) ⟨Φ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 690–778.

15. (fols 291r–302r) ⟨Χ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 779–837.

16. (fols 302r–305r) ⟨Ψ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 838–854.

Form

codex

Support

Paper

Physical extent

ii + 306 + ii at the end foliated as 306–307.

Hands

Δημήτριος Ξανθόπουλος, RGK I, 98; RGK II, 132; RGK III 166. Possibly apograph of MS. Par. gr. 2623; Ms Holkham Gr 111 was made in Milan. See A. Adler, Dissertatio de codicibusSuidae, in Suidae Lexicon, ed. ead., V, Praefationem, indices, dissertationem continens, Stuttgart, 1938, pp. 240–241, and D. Speranzi, ‘Scritture, libri e uomini all’ombra di Bessarione. I. Appunti sulle lettere del Marc. Gr. Z. 527 (coll. 679)’, Rinascimento 57 (2017) 160–161.

Decoration

Almost all the initials of each lemma with no decoration, but in red ink.

Binding

Typical Holkham binding of light 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: /SUIDÆ/ LEXICON/ GR.// M.S./ SÆC. XII./; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 111/; below, in gilt, shelfmark from the Holkham Binding: 288.

Provenance

Ownership Notes: paste down, upper, left side (in black ink): signature of Thomas William Coke. Catalogue Nrs: paste down (in pencil): MS. Holkham Gr. 111; fol. i(r) (in pencil): D6B.3 /No 292 (sup lin. 288)= Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 288.

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