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Suda: Lexicon graecum [Greek]
Edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas.
Milan: Johannes Bissolus and Benedictus Mangius, for Demetrius Chalcondylas, 15 Nov. 1499.
Fol. α-ω8 ααα-λλλ8 Α-Ω8 ΑΑ-ΔΔ8 ΕΕ-ΖΖ6. [516] leaves.
Woodcut printer’s device.
ISTC is00829000; Goff S829; BMC VI 792 (IC. 26915); Bod-inc S-333.
The Suda (or Souda) is the title of a 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, erroneously attributed to an author called “Suidas”.
Three copies held by the University of Glasgow
Copy 1
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Hunterian Be.1.8 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variants: | Copies known with misprints in the heading and first column of Salandus’s verses on ZZ6r - cf. BMC (IC. 26913); in this copy the misprints are corrected to “Calchondilo”, “achæum”, “interpetre”, “præter” as BMC (IC. 26915); ZZ6r, line 1 begins: “Ioānes ...” not as in BMC (IC. 26913) “Iohānes ...” |
| Provenance: | Annibale Delfinoni/Hannibal Delphinus (16th century), of Milan: inscription on ZZ5v “Hannibalis Delphinonij”. William Hunter (1718-1783), physician and anatomist: source unknown. University of Glasgow: Hunterian bequest 1807; Hunterian Museum bookplate on front pastedown, with former shelfmark “Ag.6.10”. |
| Binding: | 18th-century mottled calf, covers decorated with a triple gold fillet border, a small gold fleuron at each corner; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; green-edged leaves. Size: 344 x 235 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 333 x 225 mm. |
| Annotations: | Occasional underlining; very occasional marginal annotations in Greek in an early hand; spasmodic foliation in ink in a 16th/17th-century hand. |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
![Colophon and ownership inscription in Suda: Lexicon graecum [Greek]](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5448/10067771143_41efbabc49.jpg)
Copy 2
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll BD9-b.11 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Note: | Gathering ZZ misbound: ZZ1 ZZ3.4 ZZ2.5 ZZ6; ZZ6 is mounted. |
| Variants: | As in Copy 1. |
| Provenance: | Joseph Sams, bookseller, Darlington & London (1784-1860): sold book to William Euing. William Euing (1788-1874 ), insurance broker, Glasgow: purchased 2 July 1849 from Sams according to Euing’s pencil acquisition note with price code “2 7 49 gf/f Sams” on front free endpaper; an early Euing inventory number “33” in pencil on front free endpaper. University of Glasgow: presented by Euing in 1872 according to one of two University Library bookplates on front pastedown. |
| Binding: | 18th-century mottled calf, covers decorated with a border of triple gold fillets; gold-tooled spine; marbled endpapers; red-edged leaves; green silk bookmark; bunch of grapes watermark on front and rear flyleaves. Size: 361 x 250 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 351 x 240 mm. |
| Annotations: | Brief marginal annotations in Greek in an early hand on μ6r and on ψ8r; 19th-century pencil annotations on front free endpaper and front flyleaf quoting Alexander Chalmers, William Beloe, Thomas Dibdin, and (in the same hand) “Fine large copy of a rare & valuable work 5£. 5s.”; on front free endpaper a 19th-century price in code “g/g/o” followed by “not in Cata.” |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
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Copy 3
| Shelf-mark: | Sp Coll Bl10-c.11 (see main library entry for this item) |
| Variants: | As in Copy 1. |
| Provenance: | Robert Foulis (1707-1776) & Andrew Foulis (1712-1775), printers and booksellers, Glasgow. University of Glasgow: purchased via Professor George Ross from Robert and Andrew Foulis, 26 Dec. 1744, for £3.0.0; see Glasgow University Archives 32299; shelfmark “Q.7.9” on book-plate matching entry in A. Arthur, ‘Catalogus impressorum librorum in Bibliotheca Universitatis Glasguensis’ (Glasguae: 1791). |
| Binding: | 18th-century mottled calf; gilt bands on spine; red-edged leaves; front flyleaves have fleur-de-lys watermark and countermark “I V”. Size: 344 x 252 mm. |
| Leaf size: | 336 x 237 mm. |
| Annotations: | Frequent marginal annotations and underlining in a 16th/17th-century hand (annotations mainly in Latin, a few in Greek). |
| Decoration: | None. |
| Imperfections: | None. |
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