Iōannou tou Stobaiou Eklogai apophthegmatōn. Ioannis Stobaei Collectiones sententiarum.
Stobaeus (fl.5th century)
Category
Books
Date
1535 - 1536
Materials
Place of origin
Venice
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3193761
Summary
Bibliographic description
[628] p. ; 4to. Running number: 5043. Provenance: manuscript code in pencil on front pastedown: "C0^9/g-w". Manuscript price[?] in pencil on front fly-leaf: "4-6". Manuscript inscriptions on title page: one crossed-out, possibly reading "Jo: Capelle", and "Richardi Grosuenor" [i.e. Richard Grosvenor]. With some manuscript marginal annotations in Greek. Binding: sixteenth-century calf; blind thin thick thin fillet border; blind oval centrepiece with strapwork and foliage; single blind fillet on board edges. Rebacked in sheepskin. Gilt author and date stamped on spine. Two fragments of medieval manuscript (vellum, tiny writing) pasted onto front pastedown, presumably lining strips salvaged from the original spine. Repair note in pencil on front pastedown: "Repaired at Cambridge 1956".
Makers and roles
Stobaeus (fl.5th century) Vettore Trincavello (1496-1568)