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

MS. Savile 12

Summary Catalogue no.: 6559

Contents

1.
Ptolemy, Quadripartitum siue Tetrabiblos

Books 1, 2 and 3 as far as περί γονέων (fol. 29v in the edition of Camerarius)

Language(s): Greek
2.

Followed (fol. 63) by the anonymous commentary, defective at the beginning and end and in at least two other places. (It begins at p. 3, col. 1, of the 1559 Bâle edition and ends at p. 170, col. 1. There are gaps at fols 77-80 corresponding to p. 15, col. 1-p. 17, col. 1, and at fols 99v-100 corresponding to p. 32, col. 1.)

Language(s): Greek

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: 275 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.125 × 5.375 in.

Hand(s)

Written in two hands

History

Origin: 13th century, late – 14th century

Provenance and Acquisition

Henry Savile (d. 1622)

Given by him in 1620

Record Sources

Description adapted (December 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)

Bibliography

Last Substantive Revision

2023-12-12: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)