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Title:
Summarized description in English
Language:
Greek, Latin
Origin:
Italy and France
Date range:
1500-1600?
Author(s):
(Patricius Junius, 1584-1652)
Athenaeus mechanicus (fl. 1st c. BC) (ff. 1r-4r, 13r-24r)
Diodorus Siculus/Diodorus of Sicily (90-30 BC) (ff. 5r-12r)
Biton of Pergamon (fl. 2nd/3rd BC) (ff. 24v-32r)
Athenaeus mechanicus (fl. 1st c. BC) (ff. 1r-4r, 13r-24r)
Diodorus Siculus/Diodorus of Sicily (90-30 BC) (ff. 5r-12r)
Biton of Pergamon (fl. 2nd/3rd BC) (ff. 24v-32r)
Description:
VMI 2 is a convolute constructed from 4 paper fragments, totalling 35 folia. It has a new paper binding.
Part I (ff. 1-4) contains lettre A aver croix dans un cercle watermarks. Its leaves measure 345 × 235 mm. Text covers an area of 215 × 120 mm over 30 lines. It was written by Camillus Venetus. Decorations, inscriptions, and initials are rubricated. It originated in Italy.
Part II (ff. 5-12) has leaves measuring 343 × 235 mm. The first 4 folia are numbered A-D.
Part III (ff. 13-33) contain watermarks similar to Briquet no. 8423. Its leaves measure 360 × 225 mm. Text covers an area of 250/255 × 130/135 mm over 26 lines in hard point ruling. Inscriptions and initials are rubricated.
Part IV (ff. 34-35) is written in Latin. Its leaves measure 326 × 220 mm. It was written by Hieronymus Groslotius Lislaeus.
Part I (ff. 1-4) contains lettre A aver croix dans un cercle watermarks. Its leaves measure 345 × 235 mm. Text covers an area of 215 × 120 mm over 30 lines. It was written by Camillus Venetus. Decorations, inscriptions, and initials are rubricated. It originated in Italy.
Part II (ff. 5-12) has leaves measuring 343 × 235 mm. The first 4 folia are numbered A-D.
Part III (ff. 13-33) contain watermarks similar to Briquet no. 8423. Its leaves measure 360 × 225 mm. Text covers an area of 250/255 × 130/135 mm over 26 lines in hard point ruling. Inscriptions and initials are rubricated.
Part IV (ff. 34-35) is written in Latin. Its leaves measure 326 × 220 mm. It was written by Hieronymus Groslotius Lislaeus.
Classification:
Ancient Greece – warfare – machinery
Other Resources:
==> Library Catalogue Universiteit Leiden
==> Pinakes | Πίνακες
==> The Text Tradition of the Greek Artillery Manuals
==> Pinakes | Πίνακες
==> The Text Tradition of the Greek Artillery Manuals
DOI:
10.1163/9789004373563_VMI-002
Journal:
VMI 02 - 1 (f. 1-4): Anthemii fragmentum de mirabilibus machinis. – 2 (f. 5-12): Variantes [etc.]