A volume made up of various MSS. containing astronomical and other treatises, Written in various hands in the 16th and 17th century
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MS. Savile 11
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A volume made up of various MSS. containing astronomical and other treatises:
- Fol. 1 Σεξτου̑ 'Εμπειρικου̑ Πυρρωνείων ὐποτυπώσεων ᾱ, β̄, γ̄ (cod. S in Mutschmann's list, Rhein. Mus. 64 (1909), 248).
- Fol. 199 Περι' στρατηγικω̑ν ὀνομάτων τε και' τάξεων άδέσποτον, really Aelian, τακτικη' θεωρία, defective, followed (fol. 230v) by a diagram with a paragraph of explanation from some Byzantine writer.
- Fol. 233 In the hand of John Nathanael: Νικηϕόρου ... του̑ Γρήγορα̑ έξήγησις ει'ς το'ν του̑ περι' ένυττνίων Συνεσίου λόγον,, omitting the preface and incomplete at the end.
- Fol. 262 Excerpts from Origen's Philocalia, viz. bk. ii, chh. 21, 25, 27 (mentioned in J. A. Robinson's ed., p. xxv).
- Fol. 290 In the same hand as MS. Savile 10, art. Κλαυδίου Πτολεμαίου ϕάσεις α'πλανω̑ν α'στέρων και' συναγωγη' ε'πισημασίων (cod. C. in Heiberg's list, Cl. Ptolemaei opera, II, p. iv).
- Fol. 333 ' Iωάννου του̑ Φιλοπόνου ε'ξήγησις ει'ς τὴν ει'σαγωγήν Νικομάχου αριθμητικη'ς ... (This MS. was not used by Hoche.)
- Fol. 430v In the hand of Sir H. Savile: Κλαυδίου Πτολεμαίου σαϕήνεια και' διάταξις τω̑ν προχείρων κανόνων as far as the words σελήνης ψηϕοϕορία γραμματικω̑ς (Heiberg, Teubner ed., ii. 165).
(fols. 433v-48) are blank.
Dates
- Creation: Written in various hands in the 16th and 17th century
Extent
448 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 11
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. 6558
Custodial History
Fol. 430v was bequeathed to the Bodleian by Dr Peter Turner, who died in Jan. 1650/51, and was claimed in 1655 for the Savilian library.
Labelled '11'
Physical Facet
On paper
Dimensions
11 1/4 × 8 in.
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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