Porphyrius Tyrius, 'Hermes', Ptolemy — 16th century
MS. Savile 5
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Description
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Title
Porphyrius Tyrius, 'Hermes', Ptolemy — 16th century
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 5
Date
16th century
Language
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iii + 196
Decoration
Diagrams.
Acquisition
Probably claimed for the Savile library in 1655
Provenance
Henry Savile (d. 1622)
Bequeathed by Dr Peter Turner, who died in January 1650/1651
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Title
Greek treatises
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 5
Summary
Greek treatises, including:
Fol.1. 'Εξηγητής α'νώνυμος ει'ς τη'ν τετράβφλον Πτολεμαίον, beg. ' Τά προοίμια ποιείται ό Πτολέμαίος πρὸς τούς τὴν ὰστρονομίαν μή οὶομὲνους είναι τέχνην, ends abruptly in the middle of a page with 'τὸ δὲ περιέχον ὰνευ τούτων συνίσταται καθ' αὺτό'.
Fol. 4. Another much longer commentary on the same work, beg. Κεϕ. a. 'To' προοίμιόν ε'στι προ'ς τούς οι'ομε'νους τη'ν α'στρονομίαν μή εΐναι τέχνην': with diagrams.
Fol. 117. Πορϕυρίου ϕιλοσόϕου ει'σαγωγή ει'ς τη'ν α'ποτελεσματικήν [τούτεστι τετράβιβλον] το͡υ Πτολεμαίου, beg. ''Επειδή τα' περί τ͡ης συγκριτικ͡ης θεωρίας': with diagrams: see fols. 28v, 45v, 87v for the division of books.
Fol. 137. 'Ερμου Τρισμεγίστου λόγος καθολικο'ς προ'ς Tα̑τ, beg. 'Θεὸς τὸ θει̑ον, λέγω νυ̑ν ου' τό γεννητὸν': followed at fol. 139 by Έρμου̑ ι'ερὸς λόγος, beg. 'Δόξα πάντων ὸ θεός'. At fol. 140 follow some Latin astronomical notes 'ex Firmico'. This whole article is in a different hand from the rest.
Fol. 143. Rhetorical tables, with connecting notes, beg. 'Κοινός τεχ[ν]ω̑ν o'pos εστὶν ό λέγων'.
Fol. 164. Κλανδίου Πτολεμαίον ὰρμονικά, ending in cap. 16 'τω̑ν ὰπό του̑ τονιαίου (γένους)': on fol. 187 a fragment of the same work is added in a later hand: cod. S. in Wallis's edition (Oxford, 1698).
The old cover, two leaves of a 15th-century printed book on Roman law, on vellum, is now fols. 190-1.
Date
Written in the 16th century
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
196 Leaves
Custodial history
Bequeathed by Dr Peter Turner, who died in Jan. 1650/51, and claimed on Nov. 9, 1655, for the Savilian library.
Labelled '5'
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