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Madrid, El Escorial, 424 (ψ.i.4)

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  • Appr. Date: 16th c. (16th c. (1573))
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

Revilla-Andrés 424.
Nota Antiqua ψ.i.4.
Miller no. 422.
Iter Psellianum no. 1054.

In the stunningly beautiful and unbelievably controlled hand of “Nicolás de la Torre” (Νικόλαος Τουρριανός of Crete: V&G 358sq.), for whom see Andrés (1969) in the bibliography (plates 28 & 29 are of fols. 1 & 226 of this manuscript). Our links here are to two of his other manuscripts (Scorialensis Σ.I.8 and Brit. Mus. Harley 6317).

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231v  Φιλίππῳ βασιλεῖ καθολικῶ κρατερῷ τ’ αἰχμητῇ.


The Escorial Library have put the whole of Revilla & Andrés’s thorough catalogue (see bibliography) online in pdf/aspx format, in fifteen parts, as follows:
1/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp. i-cxxxv (prologue, corrigenda &c.).
2/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp.001-100 (codd. 1-24 [r.i.1—r.ii.4]).
3/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp.100-200 (codd. 25-58 [r.ii.5—r.iii.24]).
4/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp.201-309 (codd. 59-87 [r.iii.25—σ.ii.7]).
5/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp.310-402 (codd. 88-124 [σ.ii.8—τ.i.4]).
6/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp.404-501 (codd. 125-157 [τ.i.5—τ.i.18]).
7/15:  Vol. 1 (Revilla), pp.502-560 (codd. 158-178 [τ.ii.19—τ.iii.18] and indices).
8/15:  Vol. 2 (Andrés), pp. i-xvi (prologue) and 001-095 (codd. 179—251 [φ.i.1-υ.i.12]).
9/15:  Vol. 2 (Andrés), pp. 096-193 (codd. 252-308 [υ.i.13—y.i.15]).
10/15:  Vol. 2 (Andrés), pp.193-282 (codd. 309-372 [y.ii.1—χ.ii.12]).
11/15:  Vol. 2 (Andrés), pp. 283-357 (codd. 373-420 [χ.ii.13—χ.iv.25]).
12/15:  Vol. 3 (Andrés), pp. 001-119 (codd. 421-503 [ψ.i.1—ω.i.2]).
13/15:  Vol. 3 (Andrés), pp. 120-203 (codd. 504-551 [ω.i.3—ω.iii.18]).
14/15:  Vol. 3 (Andrés), pp. 204-263 (codd. 552-649 [ω.iii.19—82.vii.22]).
15/15:  Vol. 3 (Andrés), pp. 265-368 (indices).

Bibliography

  • Iter Psellianum: A Detailed Listing of Manuscript Sources for All Works Attributed to Michael Psellos, Including a Comprehensive Bibliography (Open in Zotero)
  • Catálogo de los códices griegos de la Biblioteca de El Escorial (Open in Zotero)
  • Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la bibliothèque de l’Escurial (Open in Zotero)
  • El cretense Nicolás de la Torre, copista griego de Felipe II: biografía, documentos, copias y facsímiles (Open in Zotero)
  • Die griechischen Schreiber des Mittelalters und der Renaissance (Open in Zotero)