Harley MS 5691
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Date
4th quarter of the 15th century-16th century
Title
Works of Manuel Bryennios, Aristides Quintilianus, Theocritus etc.
Content
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| | Harley MS 5691, ff 1-93v(1). Manuel Bryennios, Harmonica, with diagrams. The Harmonics of Manuel Bryennios, ed. G. H. Jonker, Gröningen 1970. His cod. H (p.36). Harley MS 5691, ff 94-133v(2). Aristides Quintilianus, De Musica. Aristidis Quintiliani de musica libri tres, ed. R. P. Winnington-Ingram, Leipzig 1963. His MS 40 (p.x). Imperfect, expl. ὃ δὴ καλοῦσιν ἑλικῶνα καὶ τῆς τετάρτης τὸν ὑποκείμενον (p.99, l. 2 ). Harley MS 5691, ff 134-141v(3). Prolegomena on Hephaestion's Enchiridion extracted from Longinus. Hephaestionis enchiridion cum commentariis veteribus, Leipzig 1906, pp.81-87. Used in Burney 400. Harley MS 5691, ff 142-162v(4). Theocritus, Bucolica, with Latin and Greek commentary by a later hand on inserted leaves (ff. 143-144, 146-147, 149, 151, 154, 156, 158, 160-161). Copyright © The British Library Board |
Languages
Latin
Greek, Ancient
Physical Description
- Paper (w.m. cf. (ff. 12-93) PiccardAnkerV 101-109, especially 104 (circa1557-1568); (ff. 142, 145, 148, 150, etc.) Briquet Monts 11799-11808, especially 11807 (A.D. 1487); (ff. 143, 144, 146, 147, etc.) PiccardWaageVI 123-158 (circa1500-1530)). ff. 163. 298 x 200 (252 x 170) mm. 29 lines (ff. 1-93), 30 lines (ff. 94-162). Gatherings of 10 with catchwords. B.M. binding of half red leather (1966).
- Written mainly by four scribes, viz. (1) ff. 1-12, 94-141v Camillus Zanettus (Repertorium I 212, circa 1557-1587); (2) ff. 12v-87, 93-93v; (3) ff. 142, 145, 148, 150, etc. Demetrios Moschos (Repertorium I 97); (4) ff. 143-144v, 146-147v, etc.
Ownership
Owned by the Jesuit College, Agen (f. 1; Fontes p.47).
Bibliography
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.288;
- E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review ii (1888) pp.102-104, 171-174; iii (1889) pp.149-155, 440-445 iii p.150 No.68.
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