MS. Holkham Gr. 116

Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)

Homer, Iliad

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex

Support: parchment

Decoration

Decorated initials (Hutter, III, no. 177 and Abb. 631–5).

History

Origin: 15th century, second quarter ; Italy, Mantua (?)

Record Sources

Summary description adapted from Hutter (see bibliography)

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Bibliography

Irmgard Hutter, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften, I-III, Oxford, Bodleian Library, 3 vols. in 4 (Stuttgart, 1977–82), III, no. 177 [Internet Archive]