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MS. Auct. T. 6. 7

Summary Catalogue no.: 27893

Contents

1. (fol. 1)
Homily against drunkenness
Rubric: κατὰ Μεθνόντων
Incipit: Κινεῖ μέν με πρὸς τὸν λόγον τὰ ἑσπερινὰ Θεάματα

Ends abruptly (perhaps two leaves are missing) with 'ὲνύπνιον γὰρ αὐτοῖς'

With many Latin notes and glosses

Language(s): Greek
2. (fol. 5)
Homer; Ps. Homer

Extracts, the first of which is from the 'Battle of the Frogs and Mice'

With Latin notes and glosses

Language(s): Greek
3. (fol. 9)
Homer, Iliad
Rubric: Ἰλιάδο Α´ Ὁμηροῦ ῥαψῳδιας

Bοοκ 1, followed by excerpts from Βοοκ 2

With Latin notes and glosses

Language(s): Greek
4. (fol. 41)
Hesiod, Works and Days

Printed text: the first thirty-six pages of an edition of Ἒργα καὶ Ἡμέραι printed at Antwerp in 1564 (Ἒργα 1-768), interleaved

With Latin notes and glosses

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: i + 71 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 7.25 × 4.75 in.

Condition

Imperfect

History

Origin: 16th century, second half

Provenance and Acquisition

This manuscript was reported as being lost (see 27893 on p. 385 of the Summary Catalogue) but was then found unbound in the Gough Room in 1884. The identification with the 'Homeri Batrachomyomachia MS.' manuscript was made because the title 'Ὁμηροῦ Βατραχομυομαχία' is prominent on fol. 5 (see item 2 above)

'Homeri Batrachomyomachia MS.' bought for 15s. from James Fletcher, bookseller of Oxford, in 1774

Record Sources

Description adapted (January 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2025-01-21: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905)