Gnōmologia = Gnomologia. Index eorum, quae in hoc volumine, quam Gnomologiam. I. Moraliu[m] sententia[rum] collectanea merito appelles, co[m]prehe[n]dunt[ur]. Hieronymi Aleandri, qui librum recognouit, Epistola. Theognidis poetae vetustissimi Elegiaco carminae sententiae. Pythagorae Carmina aurea. Epigrammata duo in Phocylidem, cum eiusdem sanctissimis heroico carmine praeceptis. Carmina Sibyllae Erythraeae nomen Iesu dei filii in primis literis pre se ferentia. Diuersorum animalium differentia vocis. Catonis, que[m] pro pueris appellat vulgus, hexametro versusete[n]tiae in graecum e latino conuers[a]e. Vario[rum] poeta[rum] sentienti[a]e ordine Alphabetico, cum indice reru[m] fronti nuper apposite. Epigramma in septem sapientes. Eoru[n]dem pr[a]eclara dicta. Sententiae in inuidiam. Illustrium quorum[n]dam virorum scitu dignissim[a]e sententiae nunq[uam] antea impress[a]e. Addita sunt fini rudimenta qu[a]edam gr[a]eca, cu[m] D[omi]nica Angelica & aliis quibusdam piis orationibus. Quae omnia & bonos mores, & vna gr[a]ecas literas desiderantib[us] no[n] parum conducant.
Girolamo Aleandro (1480 - 1542)
Category
Books
Date
1512
Materials
Place of origin
Paris
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3046291
Summary
Bibliographic description
[90] leaves ; 4to. Running number: 7002. Faint sixteenth-century manuscript inscription on title page, partially lost due to damage at head of leaf. Later sixteenth-century[?] inscription on leaf f4 verso. Provenance: manuscript initial in pencil on front fly-leaf: "M." [i.e. catalogue code of John Mitchell (ca. 1685-1751), librarian to Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742)]. Manuscript bibliographic note written in black ink by John Mitchell on verso of front fly-leaf facing the title page: "These are the first Greek types that ever were used in France, as Mr. Maittaire assured me" [i.e. Mr Maittaire = Michael Maittaire (1667-1747), the Huguenot bibliographer who was a friend of Sir Richard Ellys and advised him on his library]. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; sewn on three supports; five raised bands; gilt double fillet border; blind roll pattern along board edges; gilt double fillet decoration on spine; brown leather spine label with gilt title Gnomologia; red sprinkled bookblock edges.
Makers and roles
Girolamo Aleandro (1480 - 1542), author Phocylides (fl.554-541 BC), author possibly Pythagoras (c.570 – c. 495 BC), author Theognis (fl.6th century BC), author Maximus Planudes (c.1260 - c.1310), translator Franciscus Tissard, author Mathieu Bolsec (fl. 1512), bookseller Gilles de Gourmont, printer Mathieu Bolsec (fl. 1512), publisher