Demosthenes, Speeches, 16th century, middle
Demosthenes, Speeches. Has coat of arms drawn.
Dates
- Creation: 16th century, middle
Extent
216 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Gr. 5
Arrangement
Originally arranged and housed in 1641 at the Bodleian in Duke Humfrey’s Library, Selden End, compartment as ‘B 26’, see 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. II, p. 14
Other Finding Aids
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. II, no. 507
For a full description in Latin see, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens (Oxford, 1853, reprinted with corrections by H. O. Coxe, Oxford, 1969), Laud no. 5
Custodial History
Manuscript 1755 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
? 16th cent. By same scribe as MS. Laud Gr. 4, and, like that, in Italian binding
Repository Details
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