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MS. Holkham Gr. 111

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

Diktyon no.: 48179

Suidae Lexicon (Κ-Ο, Ω, Π-Τ, ΟΙ, Υ-Ψ); Italy (Milan), 1454

Contents

Language(s): Greek

Suidae Lexicon,

Κ-Ο, Ω, Π-Τ, ΟΙ, Υ-Ψ, possibly the second part of a full set.

1. (fols 1r-51v)

Κ, tit. in red ink: ἀρχὴ τοῦ κάππα· στοιχείου· ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, Leipzig, 1933, pp. 1–224.

2. (fols 51v-65v)

Λ, tit. in red ink: + ἀρχὴ τοῦ λαῦδα· στοιχ(είου): ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 225–303.

3. (fols 65v-88v)

Μ, tit. in red ink: + ἀρχὴ τοῦ μ῀ στοιχείου· ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 304–431.

4. (fols 88v-99v)

Ν, tit. in red ink: + ἀρχὴ τοῦ Ν῀ στοιχείου· ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 432–490.

5. (fols 99v-103r)

⟨Ξ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 491–504.

6. (fols 103r-124v)

⟨Ο⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 505–603.

7. (fols 125r-130v)

⟨Ω⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars III, pp. 604–632.

8. (fols 130v-191v)

⟨Π⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, Leipzig, 1935, pp. 1–280

9. (fols 191v-197r)

⟨Ῥ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 281–309.

10. (fols 197r-230v)

⟨Σ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 310–493.

11. (fols 230v-254v)

⟨Τ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 494–613.

12. (fols 254v-258v)

⟨ΟΙ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 614–630.

13. (fols 259r-274r)

⟨Υ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 631–689.

14. (fols 274r-291r)

⟨Φ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 690–778.

15. (fols 291r-302r)

⟨Χ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 779–837.

16. (fols 302r-305r)

⟨Ψ⟩, ed. A. Adler, Suidae lexicon, Lexicographi Graeci, vol. 1, pars IV, pp. 838–854.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: Paper
Extent: ii + 306 + ii at the end foliated as 306–307.
Dimensions (leaf): 295 × 215 mm.

Collation

1 × 2 (ii), 1 × 10 (10), 1 × 8 (18), 28 × 10 (298), 1 × 8–1 (305), 1 × 2 (307), 1 pasted endleaf.

Layout

ca. 31 lines per page.

Hand(s)

Δημήτριος Ξανθόπουλος, RGK I, 98; RGK II, 132; RGK III 166. Possibly apograph of MS. Par. gr. 2623; Ms Holkham Gr 111 was made in Milan. See A. Adler, Dissertatio de codicibusSuidae, in Suidae Lexicon, ed. ead., V, Praefationem, indices, dissertationem continens, Stuttgart, 1938, pp. 240–241, and D. Speranzi, ‘Scritture, libri e uomini all’ombra di Bessarione. I. Appunti sulle lettere del Marc. Gr. Z. 527 (coll. 679)’, Rinascimento 57 (2017) 160–161.

Decoration

Almost all the initials of each lemma with no decoration, but in red ink.

Additions: fol. ii(v) in pencil, possibly in hand of Frederic Madden: 306 leaves; fol. 124v, monokondylon in red ink: τέλος; fol. 273v (either pen-trial or from a text which was never completed here): τί ταῦτ(α)· fol. 305r: Colophon: + ἐτελειώθει^η^ ὁ παρὼν σουίδ(ας) (συίδας, Förster, Schenkl), διὰ χειρὸς ἐμοῦ δημη|τρίου τοῦ ξανθοπούλου ἐν ἔτει ιςωϡωξωβω: +κ(α)τὰ μῆνα| φ(ε)υρ(ουάριον) (φευρουαρίου Förster, Schenkl; φευρουάριου Adler, Speranzi) ιδ´ τ(ῆς) νῦν τρεχούσης (ἰ)ν(δικτιῶνος); A later hand (19th c.?) transcribed the text, but omitted number 14 from the date: ἐτελειώθη ὁ παρὼν Σουΐδας διὰ χειρὸς ἐμοῦ δημητρίου τοῦ ξανθοπούλου/ ἐν ἔτει ιςωϡωξωβω: (subscr. 6962) κατὰ μῆνα φευρουάριον τῆς νῦν τρεχούσης ἰνδικτιῶνος. Additions in pencil: Α. Μ. (before 6962) and below 5508/ A. D. 1454 signature of F(rederic) M(adden).

Binding

Typical Holkham binding of light brown leather, with Coke family ostrich crest in gilt in the centre of the upper cover; Date: early nineteenth century. Rebound by John Jones of Liverpool (worked for Holkham 1816–1823). The spine lettered in gilt: /SUIDÆ/ LEXICON/ GR.// M.S./ SÆC. XII./; in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 111/; below, in gilt, shelfmark from the Holkham Binding: 288.

History

Origin: 14 February 1454 (colophon) ; Italy, Milan

Provenance and Acquisition

Ownership Notes: paste down, upper, left side (in black ink): signature of Th(om)as William Coke. Catalogue Nrs: paste down (in pencil): MS. Holkham Gr. 111; fol. i(r) (in pencil): D6B.3 /No 292 (sup lin. 288)= Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 288.

Record Sources

Description by Dimitrios Skrekas (2020), with the support of the Leventis Foundation, the Oxford Centre for Byzantine Research, the Yerolemou Trust and the Michael Marks Charitable Trust.

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2020-09-11: New description by D. Skrekas.