Ortus et occasus veterum regum ac regnorum

Contributor:

Overmeer, Cornelius ab (scribe)

Name:

Gronovius, Joannes Fredericus, 1611-1671

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1713

Description:

A history of ancient kings and kingdoms around the Mediterranean and in Asia. Some of the sections are based upon the Roman historian Justinus' work, and act as a commentary to Justinus.

Language:

Latin

Subject:

Justinus, Marcus Junianus. Historiae Philippicae; History, Ancient -- Early works to 1800; History, Ancient

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; histories (literary genre); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

131 leaves : paper; 150 x 95 (115-130 x 65-75) mm bound to 160 x 100 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Ms. codex.; Professor of history, rhetoric and Greek at the University of Leiden, and later the librarian of the University.; Table of contents: 1. p.1-9: Regnum Assyrium.; Table of contents: 2.p.10-14: Regnum Medorium.; Table of contents: 3. p.15-17: Assyrii reges secundi.; Table of contents: 4. p.17-21: Reges Chaldaeorum ex Ptolemaeo.; Table of contents: 5. p.22-25: Reges Lydorum.; Table of contents: 6. p.26-46: Regnum Aegyptiorum.; Table of contents: 7. p.47-54: Reges Persiarum.; Table of contents: 8. p.55-76: Reges Atheniensium ad Justino libro 2 capitulo 6.; Table of contents: 9. p.77-98: Reges Lacedaemoniorum ad Justino libro 3 capitulo 2.; Table of contents: 10. p.99-114: Reges Thebani ad Justino.; Table of contents: 11. p.115-142: Reges Macedoniae.; Table of contents: 12. p.143-148: Reges Epirotarum.; Table of contents: 13. p.149-156: Tiranni Siculorum.; Table of contents: 14. p.157-164: Reges Battiadae Cyrenensium.; Table of contents: 15. p.165-170: Tyranni Heracleae Ponticae.; Table of contents: 16. p.171-177: Regis Pergameni.; Table of contents: 17. p.178-189: Reges Aegypti post Alexandrium.; Table of contents: 18. p.190-210: Reges Syriae et Asiae post Alexandrium.; Table of contents: 19. p.211-227: Reges Parthorum.; Table of contents: 20. p.228-248: Index in usum huius libelli.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Pagination: Paper, 131 leaves; [i-x], 1-227, [228-262]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive book hand by Cornelius ab Overmeer (p. 248).; Decoration: Later bookplate with initials BVH inside upper cover and coat of arms; floral and vine motif stamped on covers is repeated in ink on title page.; Binding: Contemporary gilt calf (Zacour-Hirsch).; Origin: Written in the Netherlands (Zacour-Hirsch), 1713 (p. 248).; Latin, with some Greek notes in margins.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1224