Uppsala University Library, Gr. 27
Aelian, On Animals
Bologna, 1490s
Paper
120, ii' leaves
230 × 165 mm
Greek
(ff. 1r:4–1r:19) Prooemium; (ff. 1r:19–8v:6) Liber I; (ff. 8v:8–8v:30) Index libri II; (ff. 8v:31–15r) Liber II; (ff. 15v:2–15v:20) Index libri III; (ff. 15v:21–21r) Liber III; (f. 21r) Index libri IV; (ff. 21v–28r) Liber IV; (f. 28v) Index libri V; (ff. 28v–36v) Liber V; (f. 36v) Index libri VI; (ff. 37r–45v) Liber VI; (f. 45v) Index libri VII; (ff. 46r–53r) Liber VII; (f. 53v) Index libri VIII; (ff. 53v–58r) Liber VIII; (ff. 58r–58v) Index libri IX; (ff. 58v–65r) Liber IX; (ff. 65r–65v) Index libri X; (ff. 65v–72v) Liber X; (f. 72v) Index libri XI; (ff. 72v–78v) Liber XI; (ff. 78v–79r) Index libri XII; (ff. 79r–86r) Liber XII; (f. 86r) Index libri XIII; (ff. 86r–92r) Liber XIII; (f. 92r) Index libri XIV; (ff. 92r–99r) Liber XIV; (ff. 99r–99v) Index libri XV; (ff. 99v–105v) Liber XV; (f. 105v) Index libri XVI; (ff. 105v–112r) Liber XVI; (ff. 112r–112v) Index libri XVII; (ff. 112v–118r) Liber XVII; (ff. 118r–119r:1) Epilogus.
ff. 119v–S120r are blank. f. S120v contains a note in Latin.
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Watermark 1a
ff. 1/16, 3/14, 24/25, 36/45, 38/43, 40/41, 51/62, 54/59, 56/57, 71/74, 82/95, 85/92, 87/90, 115/S120,Watermark 1b
ff. 6/11, 7/10, 19/30, 21/28, 23/26, 34/47, 50/63, 65/80, 67/78, 69/76, 88/89,Watermark 2a
ff. 97/114, 98/113, 100/111,Watermark 2b
ff. 102/109, 116/119,Foliation
Script
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Hand 1
(ff. 1r–119r) Written in a minuscule script, most likely by Michael Souliardos based on subscription (f. 119r). Numerous σημείωσαι and ὡραῖον references in the margins, sometimes partly cut out.Hand 2
(f. 1r, 8v, 15r–15v, 21r–21v, 28r–28v, 36v–37r, 45v–46r, 53r–53v, 58r–58v, 65r–65v, 72v, 78v–79r, 86r, 92r, 99r–99v, 105v–53v, 112r–112v, 118r)Hand 4
(f. S120v) Latin note by unknown hand: ‘Theodorus samius primo clavem mostravit’ (cf. Plin. 7.198).Additions
Origin
Written by Michael Souliardos in Bologna, probably in the 1490s, cf. subscription on f. 119r.
- Aurivillius (1806), pp. 12–14.
- Jacobs (1832), vol. 1, pp. lxxvi–lxxvii.
- Jacobs (1832), vol. 2, pp. 95–132.
- Graux (1889), pp. 52–53.
- De Stefani (1902), pp. 209–210.
- Lampros (1907), p. 492.
- Lampros (1909), p. 280, n. 2.
- Lobel (1933), pp. 54–56.
- García Valdés (2009), pp. vii–viii.
- Speranzi (2010), p. 283.
