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Other Title:

Graeciae excellentium oratorum, Aeschinis et Demosthenis, orationes adversariae.
Hellados exochōn rhētorōn Aischinou kai Dēmosthenous logoi antipaloi.

Subjects:

Oratory -- Early works to 1800.
Oratory.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Annotations.
Orations.
Hybrid books.
Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Greek, with Greek and Latin annotations.

Summary:

Two student texts of the Attic orators Demosthenes and Aeschines from the prosecution of Athenian orator Ctesiphon, edited by German humanist Johann Reuchlin, published in Paris by Christian Wechel in 1543, together with an edition of Isocrates' Encomium Helenae published in Paris by Joannes Lodoicus (Jean Loys) in 1538. 64 pages of Demosthenes's oration On the crown have extensive interlinear annotations in Latin and marginal annotations in Greek. The opening of the Helen is annotated in the same manner.

Contents:

1. p.4-6: Peri staseōs tou kata Ktēsiphōntos logou.
2. p.7-76: Aischinou rhētoros kata Ktēsiphōntos.
3. p.77-78: Aibaniou hupothesis tou peri tou stephanou logou.
4. p.79-162: Dēmosthenous ho peri tou stephanou logos.
5. p.165-179: Isokratous Helenēs enkōmion.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger; title for book on printed title page (p. 1) is Tōn tēs Hellados exochōn rhētorōn Aischinou kai Dēmosthenous logoi antipaloi.
Collation: Paper, 90; 1-19⁴ 20⁶ 21-22⁴; [1], 2-162, [163-180]; contemporary printed pagination, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.
Script: Annotations in a minuscule hand.
Binding: Contract in Latin on parchment, lacking beginning, probably in a French hand (Martayan Lan).
Origin: Probably annotated in Paris, after 1543.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Giuliano Attilio Piovano (bookplate on verso of vellum reinforcement, G. A. Piovano, with motto Panta kai ouden, and inscription "All' amico Piovano con franca amicizia, [G. Vitalis?], Torino, XXII Settembre del MCMXII, p. 180).
Sold by Martayan Lan (New York), 2008.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1242.

Contributor:

Reuchlin, Johann, 1455-1522, editor.
Piovano, Giuliano Attilio, 1881- former owner.

Contains:

Demosthenes. On the crown.
Aeschines. Against Ctesiphon.
Isocrates. Helenae laudatio.

OCLC:

238756275

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