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PREVIOUS Comment on this Record    NEXT New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library,  Beinecke MS 254 Description: ff. iv + 103 + iv - between 1800 and 1829. Tan, diced goatskin, gold-tooled. Bound by C. Lewis (active in London 1807-36). - Collection of Sir Thomas Phillipps (no. 3875). Purchased from L. C. Witten with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957. - Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 254. Notes:-Manuscript on paper (rough; light brown) of 1) Tzetzes, Scholia in Hesiodi Opera et dies. 2) Hesiod, Opera et dies. The codex has been repaired extensively. Certain leaves have been replaced in different periods; in most cases the missing text was supplied in the same format. (Folios added later: 39, 68, 84, 94-97.) Number of Parts: 1 - Number of Images Available: 0 Direct Link: http://ds.lib.berkeley.edu/BeineckeMS254_47 Language: Greek Country: Byzantine Empire Century: 14th View a detailed description: http://brbl-net.library.yale.edu/pre1600ms/docs/pre1600.ms254.htm View in the Beinecke's Digital Library: http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Search/Results?lookfor=Beinecke_MS_254&type=CallNumber&sort=title Part 1: Description: - paper - 191 x 144 (135 x 91) mm. Country: Byzantine Empire Cardinal point: Region: Byzantium City: Assigned Date: 1301. Searchable Date Range: 1301 - 1301 Dated by scribe: No Inscribed Date: Document: No Number of Scribes: Script: The main text was written by a single copyist who used a well spaced, but crude, style of writing for the work of Hesiod, and a more cramped, abbreviated style for the commentary of Tzetzes. Numerous interlinear and marginal notes in several hands. Notes: Title of work and simple initial on f. 1r in red; other ornamental initials, some of which incorporate animal motifs, in black. Diagrams, also in black ink, include: f. 67v (outer margin) mortar and pestle; f. 67v (lower margin) man driving a cart pulled by two oxen; f. 69v (lower margin) plow, with parts labelled. The manuscript is in poor condition with loss of text due to: faded ink, water stains, worm-holes, and repaired leaves. Binding: between 1800 and 1829. Tan, diced goatskin, gold-tooled. Bound by C. Lewis (active in London 1807-36). Number of Texts: 1 Text 1: Author: Hesiod. Other Associate: Tzetzes, John 12th cent. Title: Opera et dies, with scholia of Tzetzes. Subjects: Hesiod.; Classical literature.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.; Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven.; Scholia.; Language(s): Greek

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