Athens, Onassis Library (GR)
: ΟΥΜ 54
N° ISTCia00924000
AuteurApollonius Rhodius
TitreArgonautica [Greek]. With the Scholia of Lucillus, Sophocles, and Theon. Ed: Janus Lascaris
Adresse bibliographiqueFlorence : [Laurentius (Francisci) de Alopa, Venetus], 1496
Format4°
Languegrc
SujetLittérature
Mots cléscommentary; poetry
Périodeclassical
Description de l’exemplaire
ID de l’exemplaire02015909
Institution de conservationAthens, Onassis Library (GR)
CoteΟΥΜ 54
Note sur la coteEditio princeps of this Greek epic, written in the third century BC. This text is based on a tenth century manuscript (the now famous Codex laurentianus XXXII 9), which also included seven plays by Sophocles and six by Aeschylus, discovered by Giovanni Aurispa during his 'book buying' trip in the Levant in 1421-23.
The text, with the scholia of Lucillus, Sophocles and Theon, was edited by Janus Lascaris, 'arguably the greatest of all Greek scholars of the first generation after the Fall of Constantinople', (Barker, p.15). He established his own press for the printing of Greek texts in Florence, with the assistance of Lorenzo di Alopa as his printer. His distinctive typeface of small inscriptional capitals was very easy to read (particularly here, where it clearly distinguishes the main text from the commentary) compared with the standard intricacies of Greek typography. The date of Alopa's Greek venture overlaps with Aldus's, and indeed Lascaris's pupil Marcus Musurus became one of Aldus's main editors of Greek texts.
Notecreated by Vasiliki Vichou
Description matérielle171 leaves (of 172, without final blank leaf). α-θ λ κ-φ8 χ4, 28 lines of text,
Taille du feuillet232 × 169 mm
Particularités d'exemplaire (complétude)Complète
Support du textePapier
Provenance
1892
LieuAlthorp, Northamptonshire (Geonames ID: 7296694)
Aire géographiquee-uk-en
Période - 1892
Type de provenanceSource (d'information) bibliographique
NoteBased on Bibliotheca Spenceriana : or a descriptive catalogue of the books printed in the fifteenth century, and of many valuable first editions, in the library of George John Earl Spencer ; 1 / by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall (1814). p. 252-253.
Mode d’acquisitionInconnu
Description de la reliureBound in red morocco
Date de reliure18ème siècle
Materiau de reliureCuir
Statut de la reliure/Etat de la reliureRelié à nouveau
Dimensions du volume relié238 × 171 × 35 mm
Décor de fersA froid
TranchesNon colorées
Annotations sur les tranchesAucune
Niveau de certitudeCette provenance est à vérifier
SourceBibliographie
Provenance
1900 -
LieuManchester (Geonames ID: 2643123)
Aire géographiquee-uk-en
Période1900 -
PossesseurManchester, John Rylands University Library, 1900- [Collectivité; Ancien possesseur] (Bibliothèque, Laïc) Spencer's library on its sale in 1892, it was acquired by Mrs. Rylands and became one of the cornerstones of the John Rylands Library which she established in Manchester in memory of her husband.
Type de provenanceSource (d'information) bibliographique
NoteBooks from the John Rylands University Library of Manchester [ Sotheby's, auction catalogue, sale date: 14 April, 1988]
Niveau de certitudeCette provenance est considérée comme certaine
SourceCatalogue de vente / de vente aux enchères
Provenance
1970 -
2009
LieuAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Aire géographiquee-gr
Période1970 - 2009
Type de provenanceEx-libris
NoteBookplate pasted on front pastedown with the script "Ex libris Κ. Σπ. Στάικος" (in greek)
Mode d’acquisitionAchat
Niveau de certitudeCette provenance est considérée comme certaine
SourceLivre en main
Provenance
2009 -
LieuAthens (Geonames ID: 264371)
Aire géographiquee-gr
Période2009 -
PossesseurOnassis Library [Collectivité; Possesseur actuel] (Bibliothèque, Laïc)
Type de provenanceEx-libris
NoteBookplate pasted on front pastedown with the script "Κοινωφελές Ίδρυμα Αλέξανδρος Σ. Ωνάσης Εκ της Βιβλιοθήκης" (in greek)
Mode d’acquisitionAchat
Niveau de certitudeCette provenance est considérée comme certaine
SourceLivre en main
Informations supplémentaires
ComplétudeLa description des marques de provenance est considérée comme incomplète
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