Pindarou. Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia. Meta exēgēseōs palaias panu ōphelimou, kai scholiōn homoiōn. Pindari. Olympia. Pythia. Nemea. Isthmia.
Pindar (Pindaros) (c.522-c.443 BC)
Category
Books
Date
1542
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt am Main
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3193704
Summary
Bibliographic description
370, [8] leaves ; 4to. Running number: 5033. Provenance: manuscript inscriptions on title page: [1] "12 Julii [15]70 Lipsius"; [2] "Constat 13 [et?] Jenae C. 5 [et?] 6 [et?] Lipsius 69"; [3] "Reinerus Reineccius Steinhemius" [i.e. Reiner Reineccius (or Reineck) (1541-1595), born in Steinheim; from 1578 professor of history at Frankfurt an der Oder and from 1582 at Helmstedt; lived in various places, including Jena and in Leipzig (1569), which is presumably where he bought this book and had it bound]; and [4] seventeenth-century presentation inscription "Clarissimo et nobilissimo[?] Viro D[omi]no Friederic Gunther[?] Oberni[?] F. D[omi]no, et amico Noteri sincerissimo hunc libellum memoria causa trasmitto[?] Adam[us] Luchtenins Phil. et Med. D. Calend. Feb. 2 1624 ..." [the rest cropped off] [Adamus Luchtenins = Adam Luchten (1570-1631), physician in Halberstadt and professor at Helmstedt; possibly he married Reineccius' widow Elizabeth]. With manuscript marginal annotations and underscoring of text. Binding: sixteenth-century alum-tawed pigskin over bevelled edge wood boards; sewn on four supports; blind-tooled all-over with a design of concentric frames divided by thin thick thin fillets, the outer frame with a pictorial roll containing Biblical figures, the middle frame with a heads in medallions roll containing the Protestant reformers (Erasmus, Melanchthon, Luther, Hus), the inner frame with a roll containing classical heads in medallions and heraldic symbols, the small central panel with fleur-de-lys stamps. Initials R R S and date 1570 tooled in blind on upper cover [RRS = Reinerus Reineccius Steinheimius (1541-1595)]. Pair of brass catches on upper board, pair of brass clasps on alum-tawed pigskin hinges on lower board. Double blind fillets on turn-ins. Spine has blind fillets alongside the four raised bands and at head and foot, and with manuscript title. Manuscript fore-edge title: "Pindarus cum schol.".
Makers and roles
Pindar (Pindaros) (c.522-c.443 BC) Demetrius Triclinius (b.c.1300) Magistros Thōmas (fl.1310-1327) Zacharias Kalliergēs (1499-1523) Peter Braubach (1500-1567)