Geras ei monomaseias spanion tōn spoudaiōn, ouk an hamartois dēladē, tēs alētheias phile.
Arsenios, (1464-1535) Archbishop of Monemvasia
Category
Books
Date
circa 1519
Materials
Place of origin
Rome
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3037421.2
Summary
Item 2 in volume.
Bibliographic description
[60] p. ; 8vo. Running number: 7027. Bound with: 'Apophthegmata philosophōn kai stratēgōn, rhētorōn te kai poiētōn' (Rome, ca. 1519). Provenance: manuscript initial on stub of printed waste at front: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]; with Mitchell's manuscript code: "β½" [i.e. beta 1/2 = Greek number 2 1/2]. Manuscript inscription at head of title page of first bound-in item: "Arsenius" [i.e. catalogue entry note for author's name written by John Mitchell]. Eighteenth-century former shelfmarks on inside front board: "M.14.20" (crossed-through) and "P.15.16". Binding: eighteenth-century full reversed calf; sewn on four tawed leather supports laced through pasteboards; triple blind fillet border; gilt roll pattern on board edges; blind-tooled spine with fillet and hatched decoration; bookblock edges stained greenish-blue, manuscript number "16" on written on fore-edge; stubs of printed waste at front, partial leaf of printed waste at rear (title page of 'The saints cordials. As they vvere deliuered in sundry sermons upon speciall occasions ...', London 1629. ESTC S117272, STC 22503).
Makers and roles
Arsenios, (1464-1535) Archbishop of Monemvasia , author Vittorio Carmelio, printer possibly Angelo Colocci (1474-1549), printer possibly Zacharias Kalliergēs (1499-1523), printer Stamperia Greca del Ginnasio Mediceo, publisher