Country of Location: | Country of Location Switzerland |
Location: | Location Cologny |
Library / Collection: | Library / Collection Fondation Martin Bodmer |
Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Bodmer 184 |
Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Maximos Planudes, Vita Aesopi |
Caption: | Caption Parchment · (1) + 54 + (2) ff. · 19.5 x 11.5 cm · Florence · 15th century, around 1482-1485 |
Language: | Language Ancient Greek |
Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary A luxurious copy of the Life of Aesop, part historical and part legendary, that was compiled around 1300 by Maximos Planudes. These pages once constituted the first part of a manuscript of Aesop's Fables , which today is held primarily in New York. It was written in Florence between 1482 and 1485 by Démétrios Damilas, one of the main scribes at the court of the Medici, for Lorenzo the Magnificent’s young son Piero II de' Medici, who was 10-12 years old at the time. On the splendid frontispiece one can recognize the portraits of Planudes and Piero II. |
Standard description: | Standard description Patrick Andrist, Manuscrits grecs de la Fondation Martin Bodmer. Étude et catalogue scientifique, Bâle : Schwabe 2016, p. 147-152.Show standard description |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0184 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0184) |
Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0184 |
IIIF Manifest URL: | IIIF Manifest URL ![]() |
How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 184: Maximos Planudes, Vita Aesopi (https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0184). |
Online Since: | Online Since 12/17/2015 |
Rights: | Rights Images: ![]() (Concerning all other rights see each manuscript description and our Terms of use) |
Document Type: | Document Type Manuscript |
Century: | Century 15th century |
Decoration: | Decoration Other, Figurative, Full Page, Fully Painted, Gold / Silver, Initial, Margin, Ornamental |
Binding: | Binding 16th century |
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