Etymologikon mega kata alphabēton.
Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596)
Category
Books
Date
1594
Materials
Place of origin
Heidelberg
Collection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 3235202.1
Summary
Pt. 1 of book 'Etymologikon to mega. Ēgoun Hē megalē grammatikē' (Heidelberg, 1594).
Bibliographic description
Leaves A1-M5 (columns 1-284) ; fol. Unbound and wrapped in blank paper bifolia. Provenance: library of Sir Richard Ellys (1682-1742) of Nocton, Lincolnshire. Written in red ink on front of first bifolium: "Quaecunq[ue] rubro in hoc opere notata invenis ex Manuscripto Spectatissimi Viri Richardi Ellys desumta sunt et quaecunq[ue] in ipso Textu lineâ rubrâ subducta sunt ità iisdem verbis reperiuntur in dicto Manus scripto quae verò in Textu nullô rubrô notanti ea in MSCo. non extant. ...". The bifolia are heavily annotated with Greek notes written in red ink; the loose printed leaves have underlining of text in pencil and in red ink, plus marginal and interlinear Greek notes in red ink. Some of the loose printed leaves have a paper slip pasted onto them, containing additional Greek notes in red ink. Binding: loose leaves, unbound. Stored in brown buckram book box. Typescript binder's note loose in box, signed and dated 'Nicholas Pickwoad May 1983'.
Makers and roles
Friedrich Sylburg (1536-1596), author