A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Auct. F. 3. 24

Summary Catalogue no.: 2936

Contents

Xenophon, Cyropaedia
Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Hutter iii. 80:

Ornamental headpiece, ornamental strips.

Decorated initials.

Binding

Stamped red leather on boards, re-backed, perhaps early 16th cent. Continental work.

History

Origin: 12th century, first half ; Byzantine, Constantinople

Provenance and Acquisition

Presented by Thomas Cecil, earl of Exeter, in 1618.

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Quarto Catalogue (H. O. Coxe, Catalogi codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Bodleianae pars prima recensionem codicum Graecorum continens, Quarto Catalogues I, 1883, repr. with corrections 1969). Decoration, localization and date follow Hutter (1977–1982).

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04-04: Add binding information from Summary Catalogue.