Phōtiou Myriobiblon, ē Bibliothēkē. Photii Myriobiblion, siue Bibliotheca librorum quos legit et censuit Photius Patriarcha Constantinopolitanus. Graecè edidit Dauid Hoeschelius augustanus, & notis illustrauit. Latinè verò reddidit & scholiis auxit Andreas Schottus Antuerpianus. Opus insigne, è quo theologi, medici, philosophi, historici, oratores, & philologi vberrimum fructum & iucundissimum capere possunt. Hac vltimâ editione recognitum, locisque aliquot sua integritati restitutum.
Saint Photius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c.820-c.891)
Category
Books
Date
1653
Materials
Place of origin
Rouen
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3022229
Summary
Bibliographic description
[32] p., 1624, 104 columns, [24] p. ; fol. Running number: 7733. The whole book has been treated with anti-fungal thymol at some point, though mould- and water-staining are not particularly apparent. Provenance: seventeenth- or eighteenth-century manuscript shelfmark on front pastedown: "A.6.5". Manuscript book number or inventory code on front fly-leaf: "(49)". Binding: seventeenth-century[?] full sprinkled calf (rubbed and scratched); sewn on six raised bands; double gilt fillet border; gold-tooled spine with lozenge-shaped stamps in fillet panels; title lettered in gilt on spine; blue and red sprinkled textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Saint Photius I, Patriarch of Constantinople (c.820-c.891), author David Hoeschel (1556-1617), editor Andreas Schottus (1552-1629), editor