MS. Holkham Gr. 93
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Diktyon no.: 48161
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Contents
Language(s): Greek
Subdivided into ten books, numbering runs alphabetically from Α-Κ: ed. I. Bywater, Aristotelis ethica Nicomachea, Oxford, 1894 (repr. 1962), pp. 1–224 (Bekker 1094a1–1181b23): i) fols 1r-13r: Book I; ii) fols 13r-21v: Book II; iii) fols 21v-34r: Book III; iv) fols 34r-45v: ⟨Book IV⟩; v) fols 45v-57v: ⟨Book V⟩; vi) fols 57v-65v: ⟨ Book VI⟩; vii) fols 65v-78v: ⟨Book VII⟩; viii) fols 78v-90r: ⟨Book VIII⟩; ix) fols 90r-100v: Book IX; x) fols 101r-113v: Book X.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
25 lines per page.
Hand(s)
Written possibly by an Italian hand.
Decoration
Rather simple decorative initials indicating beginning of each book.
Binding
Holkham binding of dark blue tooled 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: /ARISTOTELIS/ E THIC. /AD/ NICOMACHUM/GR.–/ MS. VEL./ SÆC. XV./ in pasted black leather: MS. /HOLKHAM/ Gr. 93. Underneath this pasted leather (in gilt): 279
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Ownership Notes: fol. 1r, top right in black ink: signature of Th(omas) William Coke
Catalogue Nrs: front paste down, i(v), middle, in pencil: MS Holkham Gr. 93; fol. ii(r): (in pencil) No 271 (sup lin 293) 279 D2 B7; Olim Holkham Hall, Libr. of the Earl of Leicester, 279
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-08-21: New description by D. Skrekas.