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Commentarius in Harmonica Ptolemaei
Title
Commentarius in Harmonica Ptolemaei.
Created
Italy, [ca. 1550]
Physical Description
ff. i + 418 + i : paper ; 192 x 144 (135 x 83) mm.
Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Notes
Script: Written by Camillus Venetus in neat Greek minuscule.
Headings and initials in red. Several diagrams in black and red.
Binding: Twentieth century. Fairly limp vellum case with a tight back. Bound in the same manner and by the same binder as Beinecke MS 271.
In Greek.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Barbara Shailor.
Provenance
Purchased from C. A. Stonehill with funds from the Jacob Ziskind Charitable Trust in 1957 (MS 54).
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper (watermarks obscured by tight binding) of Porphyry's Commentary on Ptolemy's Harmonica.
Publications
Faye and Bond, p. 48, no. 270. Ziskind Catalogue, p. 53.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 08, 2011
References
Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 270.
Porphyry, Commentarius in Harmonica Ptolemaei. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Porphyry, Commentarius in Harmonica Ptolemaei. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 16th century.
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