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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
Cologny
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Bodmer 139
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Polybius, Historiae
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · II + 174 + II ff. · 33.5 x 23.2 cm · Italy (Florence) · 15th century (about 1460-1470?)
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
This manuscript, which was written during the 15th century in Florence, retains its original binding. The humanistic script is the work of a single scribe, with large golden initials and "bianchi girari" (white vine) decorations at the beginning of each book. There are some marginal glosses written in violet ink as well as other, newer additions which were probably made during the 16th century. After Herodotus and Thucydides, Polybius is the third-greatest Greek historian. He concentrated on accounts of the Roman conquest, as characterized in the many conflicts that took place in a variety of different locations. (jos)
Standard description:
Standard description
Pellegrin Elisabeth, Manuscrits latins de la Bodmeriana, Cologny-Genève 1982, pp. 337-339.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-cb-0139 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-cb-0139)
Permanent link:
Permanent link
http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0139
IIIF Manifest URL:
IIIF Manifest URL
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How to quote:
How to quote
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 139: Polybius, Historiae (http://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0139).
Online Since:
Online Since
06/02/2010
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Rights
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Document Type:
Document Type
Manuscript
Century:
Century
15th century
Decoration:
Decoration
Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental
Binding:
Binding
15th century
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