MS. Bywater 4
Contents
(fols. 155r–186v)
, De generatione et corruptione (ends at ii.337a17 due to loss of leaves) Language(s): Greek
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 192 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 215–20 mm.
Hand(s)
Written by Johannes Chionopoulos
Decoration
Titles and initials in vermillion
Headpieces in penwork accompanied by initials with penwork executed by the scribe at the beginning of each new section of text.
Binding
Italian 19th-century half-binding of parchment
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Written by Johannes Chionopoulus, perhaps commissioned by Francesco Barbaro
Marginal annotations by Ermolao Barbaro the younger (d. 1493), fols. 4r-57v
G. B. Mittarelli, MS. 70
Pietro Girometti, MS. 13
Bequeathed by him to the Bodleian in 1915
Record Sources
Abbreviated from B. Crostini Lappin, Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts acquired by the Bodleian Library since 1916 (2003), pp. 1–6
Bibliography
Irmgard Hutter, Corpus der byzantinischen Miniaturenhandschriften, I-III, Oxford, Bodleian Library, 3 vols. in 4 (Stuttgart, 1977–82), iii, 175 [Internet Archive]
Online resources:
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.
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