Pausaniou Tēs Hellados periēgēsis. Hoc est, Pausaniae Accurata Graeciae descriptio, qua lector ceu manu per eam regionem circumducitur: a Guilielmo Xylandro Augustano diligenter recognita, & ab innumeris mendis repurgata. Accesserunt annotationes, quae a G. Xylandro paulo ante obitum inchoatae, nunc vero a Frid. Sylb. continuatae, magnaq[ue] accessione locupletatae, non exiguum ad genuinam Pausaniae lectionem momentum afferunt. Addita etiam doctissima Romuli Amasaei versio, a plurimis & ipsa mendis vindicata, breuibusque notatiunculis illustrata. Appendice quoq[ue] aucta est haec Pausaniae periēgēsis, & aliis, quae vndecima ab hinc pagina prolixius recensentur. Cum tribus rerum & verborum indicibus amplissimis.
Pausanias (fl.c.150-175AD)
Category
Books
Date
1583
Materials
Place of origin
Frankfurt am Main
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3194334
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12], 357, [1] p., 359-507 columns, p. 508, [77] p.; [12], 302 p., 303-352 columns, [1] p. ; fol. Running number: 5102. Ruled in red throughout. The index (i.e. [76] p. section, signatures AA-EE6 FF-GG4) has been mis-bound at the end following the Latin translation. Provenance: former shelfmarks: "R.2.3" (crossed-out) and "Q.2.14". Manuscript inscription on title page: "Dusaur[?]...[rest illegible] pm[?] 7tt". Binding: sixteenth-century greenish yellow reversed calf, tooled in black (originally silver but now oxidised and turned black); sewn onto six supports; single black fillet border; black oval centrepiece stamp with interlacing strapwork and foliage, with some traces of original silver colouring (possibly gold leaf as well) remaining; spine has eight raised bands each with a single black fillet across, with remaining traces of gilt stamps in the panels; gilt title on brown leather label on spine.
Makers and roles
Pausanias (fl.c.150-175AD), author Wilhelm Xylander (1532 - 1576), editor Romolo Quirino Amaseo (1489 - 1552), editor Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596), editor