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PREVIOUS Comment on this Record    NEXT New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,  Beinecke MS 490 Description: ff. i + 86 + i - Nineteenth century. Brown calf, blind-tooled. - Purchased from C. W. Traylen in 1970 by Edwin J. Beinecke for the Beinecke Library. - Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 490. Notes:-Manuscript on paper of Scholia in Oppiani Librum Primum here attributed to Theodore Magister, preceded by the life of Oppian and perioche of his work; portions of the text of Oppian are quoted as lemmata. Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0 Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS490_47 Language: Greek Country: Italy Century: 16th View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms490.htm View in the Beinecke's Digital Library: http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=Beinecke_MS_490&type=CallNumber&sort=title Part 1: Description: - paper - similar to Briquet Ancre 558 and to Harlfinger Ancre 78. - 325 x 215 (188 x 110) mm. Country: Italy Cardinal point: Region: Italy City: Assigned Date: [between 1550 and 1600] Searchable Date Range: 1550 - 1600 Dated by scribe: No Inscribed Date: Document: No Number of Scribes: Script: Written by 3 scribes. Scribe 1 (ff. 1r-35v) writes in an elaborate minuscule with heavy vertical strokes and uses a pen which gives considerable shading. Scribe 2 (ff. 36r-65v) writes a minuscule which slants to the right, and has shading similar to that of Scribe 1. Scribe 3 (ff. 66r-84v) writes in an upright minuscule with little shading. Notes: Headpiece, 2-line initial and heading on f. 3r in dark red. Binding: Nineteenth century. Brown calf, blind-tooled. Number of Texts: 1 Text 1: Title: Scholia on Oppian. Subjects: Oppian, fl. 2nd cent.; Didactic literature, Greek.; Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.; Scholia.; Language(s): Greek

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