Greek treatises, Written in the 16th century
File
MS. Savile 5
Held at the Weston Library
Greek treatises, including:
- Fol.1. 'Εξηγητής α'νώνυμος ει'ς τη'ν τετράβφλον Πτολεμαίον, beg. ' Τά προοίμια ποιείται ό Πτολέμαίος πρὸς τούς τὴν ὰστρονομίαν μή οὶομὲνους είναι τέχνην, ends abruptly in the middle of a page with 'τὸ δὲ περιέχον ὰνευ τούτων συνίσταται καθ' αὺτό'.
- Fol. 4. Another much longer commentary on the same work, beg. Κεϕ. a. 'To' προοίμιόν ε'στι προ'ς τούς οι'ομε'νους τη'ν α'στρονομίαν μή εΐναι τέχνην': with diagrams.
- Fol. 117. Πορϕυρίου ϕιλοσόϕου ει'σαγωγή ει'ς τη'ν α'ποτελεσματικήν [τούτεστι τετράβιβλον] το͡υ Πτολεμαίου, beg. ''Επειδή τα' περί τ͡ης συγκριτικ͡ης θεωρίας': with diagrams: see fols. 28v, 45v, 87v for the division of books.
- Fol. 137. 'Ερμου Τρισμεγίστου λόγος καθολικο'ς προ'ς Tα̑τ, beg. 'Θεὸς τὸ θει̑ον, λέγω νυ̑ν ου' τό γεννητὸν': followed at fol. 139 by Έρμου̑ ι'ερὸς λόγος, beg. 'Δόξα πάντων ὸ θεός'. At fol. 140 follow some Latin astronomical notes 'ex Firmico'. This whole article is in a different hand from the rest.
- Fol. 143. Rhetorical tables, with connecting notes, beg. 'Κοινός τεχ[ν]ω̑ν o'pos εστὶν ό λέγων'.
- Fol. 164. Κλανδίου Πτολεμαίον ὰρμονικά, ending in cap. 16 'τω̑ν ὰπό του̑ τονιαίου (γένους)': on fol. 187 a fragment of the same work is added in a later hand: cod. S. in Wallis's edition (Oxford, 1698).
The old cover, two leaves of a 15th-century printed book on Roman law, on vellum, is now fols. 190-1.
Dates
- Creation: Written in the 16th century
Extent
196 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 5
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. 6552
Custodial History
Bequeathed by Dr Peter Turner, who died in Jan. 1650/51, and claimed on Nov. 9, 1655, for the Savilian library.
Labelled '5'
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
12 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk