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Title:
Description in De Meyier Catalog
Language:
Greek
Origin:
Paris, France
Date range:
1550-1600?
Author(s):
Pappus of Alexandria (ca.290-ca.350) (1r-228v)
Description:
VGF 18 is a paper codex, its leaves measuring 332 × 218 mm. It is constructed of 29 quires of mostly 4 bifolia + 1* and 2*, totalling 22 folia. Catchwords are visible, as well as quire signatures up to f. 177r. Written space occupies an area of 230 × 120 mm, spread across 30 lines marked in hard point ruling. Ff. 1r-179v was written by one hand, ff. 180r-228v by another. A later hand corrected the text in places. Initials and titles are rubricated. It has a 17th-c. parchment cover, with leather straps.
Classification:
Roman Empire – mathematics – philosophy
DOI:
10.1163/9789004373563_VGF-018
Journal:
VGF 18 - Pappi Alexandrini quae supersunt