Pindar , Olympia ; poems with Latin glosses; and Letter to Gregory Nazianzen, written in the 16th cent.

File

MS. D'Orville 119

Comprises:

(p. 1) 'Πίνδάρον 'Ολνμπιόνικαι', i-ix. 142, ending (a leaf being lost) at 'κάλλιστά τε ρέζας.'
(p. 63) 'Περί τής τού βίου ματαιότητος καί άπιστίας καί κοινού πάντων τέλος, Gregorius Nazianzenus', in hexameters: beg.. '"Hθελου ήέ πέλεια, with Latin glosses
(p. 67) 'θρήνος διά τών αύτού μάγων καί πρός Χρίστόν δέησις ...', in hexameters: beg. 'Γαία φίλη ': with Latin glosses: probably also by St. Gregory
(p. 69) ''Επιστολή τού μεγάλου Βασιλείου ...' to Gregory: beg. ''Επέγνων σου τήν έπιστολήν.'

Dates

84 pages

MS. D'Orville 119

Auct. X. 1. 4. 17

Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. IV, no 16997

Our best descriptions for medieval items in this collection are in Medieval Manuscripts in Oxford Libraries under MSS. D'Orville.

On paper

7 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.

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