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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 86, 15

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Additional Information

  • Appr. Date: 14th c. (14th c. (1347))
  • Illustrations: Yes

Notes

Not listed in Pinakes:
Fols. 1r-152r: Nicephorus, Blemmydes. Νικηφόρου μοναχοῦ καὶ πρεσβυτέρου τοῦ κτίτορος εἰσαγωγικὴ ἐπιτομὴ περὶ τῶν φυσικῶν αἰτιῶν καὶ μετεώρων. [Epitome physica, PG 142:1110,1].
Fol. 152r-152v: Quaestiones theologicae de Latinis (aceph.). Inc. Προσπίπτουσιν οἱ Λατῖνοι θύοντες τὰ ἄζυμα. Des. Ἐν οἷς πρώτως ἡ τῆς κακίας φύσις ἔσχε τὴν γένεσιν.
Fols. 153r-180v: Psellus, Michael. De omnifaria doctrina (ed. Westerink 1948). At the end of text (fols. 179v-180v): table of contents; subscription of the scribe.
Fol. 181r-181v: [Psellus, Michael?]. De memoria et discretione. Scholia in Ego indurabo cor Pharaonis; Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram.
Fols. 182r-184r: [Anon.]. Αἱ ἀπορίαι τῶν πέντε φωνῶν Πορφυρίου. Inc. Εἰ οὐ δεκτικός ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος. Des. εἰς τὴν οἰκείαν ἐνέργειαν αὐτῆς.
Fols. 184v-185v: Johannes Grassus (John of Otranto; Ἰωάνντης Ὑδρουντίνος in the ms.). Solutio quaestionis. (incorrect folio numbers in Pinakes).

Fol. 147r: Astrological scheme of planets and zodiac signs.
Blemmydes' text has zodiac and planet signs in the margins; Psellus' has modest initials.

Copied by the priest Nikolaos Sellarios in Gallipoli (Terra d'Otranto).
Two foliations in the ms; this catalog follows folio numbers in top margin, in accordance with Pinakes and Bandini's catalog.

Bibliography

  • Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae varia continens opera Graecorum patrum (Open in Zotero)
  • Dated Greek Manuscripts of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries in the Libraries of Italy (Open in Zotero)
  • De omnifaria doctrina (Open in Zotero)

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