Cyril of Alexandria, Thesaurus de sancta et consubstantiali trinitate
MS. Holkham Gr. 46
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Cyril of Alexandria, Thesaurus de sancta et consubstantiali trinitate
Shelfmark
MS. Holkham Gr. 46
Date
16th century
Language
Latin
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
iii + 412 leaves + ii (numbered as 413 and 414 ult)
Hands
Possibly one scribe, who occasionally changed ink and pen. See e.g. fols 1r-3r.
Decoration
Fol. 1r: decorative head-piece in red carmine ink, above of which another cruciform flower with initials ΙΣ ΧΣ on two sides. Red initials quite often throughout the text.
Binding
Typical Holkham binding of 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: CYRILLI/ THESAURUS/ GR.–M. S./ SÆC. XV./ in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 46
Provenance
Ownership Notes: fol. 1r (at the top): handwritten note in black ink by B. de Montfaucon: 1698· Cod. num. 68. Cyril Alex. (The text has been trimmed in the binding process, as in MS Holkham Gr. 45) /Thesauri. Cod. annorum circ. 150.
Old Catalogue Nrs: fol. ir: (in pencil); Holk Cat. No. 71 73 CI.B3; fol. 1r (at the bottom, in grey ink): ΙΘον = Morezenos 19, Giustiniani 68, Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 73
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