- Record No.
- 146
- Manuscript
- Italy, Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, Pal. 257
- Former Shelfmark(s)
- N/A
Physical Description
- Format
- Codex
- Support
- Paper
- Size of Leaves
- 219 x 158 mm.
- Number of Leaves
- i + 90 + i
- Collation
- Unknown.
- Foliation
- -
- Layout
- Single column, 20 lines.
- Hands
- Written in one hand.
- Scribe(s)
- Antonius de Carpo
Contents
- Language(s)
- Latin
- Contents
1. fols 1r-88r: Dictys of Crete (Dictys Cretensis), Ephemeridos belli Troiani
1.1. fols 1r-1v: Prologue
1.2. fols 1v-12v: Book I
1.3. fols 12v-39r: Book II
1.4. fols 39r-53r: Book III
1.5. fols 53r-66r: Book IV
1.6. fols 66r-78v: Book V
1.7. fols 78v-88r: Book VI
Colophon: Troianae historiae liber sextus et ultimus explicit per me Antonium de Carpo notarium die vigesimo septimo mensis junii anni millesimi quadringentesimi septuagesimi hora vigesima prima cum dimidia vale qui legeris.
[fols. 88v-90v: blank]
History
- Date of Origin
- Third quarter of the fifteenth century, 27 June 1470
- Place of Origin
- Northern Italy (?)
- Notes
This manuscript is not included in the edition. The date is mistakenly given as 1400 by Piastra due to a misreading of the colophon.
Additional Information
- Online Facsimile
N/A
- Bibliography
Edition(s)
Dictys of Crete. Dictys Cretensis. Ephemeridos belli Troiani libri. A Lucio Septimio ex Graeco in Latinum sermonem translati. Accedunt papyri Dictys Graeci in Aegypto inventae. Edited by Werner Eisenhut. 2nd edn. Bibliotheca scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana. Stuttgart: B. G. Teubner, 1973; 1994.
Secondary Literature
Piastra, Clelia-Maria. “Un nuovo codice di Ditti Cretese.” Aevum 27: 5 (1 September 1953): 449–50.
- Last Updated on
- October 18, 2018
- License
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