Manuscripts relating to Theocritus
MS. D'Orville 267
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Manuscripts relating to Theocritus
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 267
Summary
Made up of several MSS., comprising:
(fols. 3, 19, 29, 37, 54, 67) Collations of the Idylls, and in some cases the Epigrams, of Theocritus in the Paris 'Codices Regii' nos. 3335, 1513, 3312, 2794, Colb. 1193, Coisl. 169, with the Oxford edition of 1699
(fols. 49, 94, cf. 35). Collations of the 'Επιτάφιον Βίωνος (Moschus, idyll 3) in the Paris 'Codices Regii' nos. 3335, 1513 & 3312, and some other MS., with the Bâle edition of 1541.
At fol. 53 is 'Γένος Θεόκρίτον άρίστον ποιητού.'.
Date
written in the first half of the 18th cent.
Language
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
95 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
Manuscripts relating to Theocritus
