Eis ta Harmonika Ptolemaiou hypomnēma

Contributor:

Darmarios, Andreas, active 1550-1580 (associated name)

Name:

Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1560

Description:

Porphyry's commentary on about half of Ptolemy's treatise Harmonics, focusing on harmonics and acoustics.

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Provenance:

Formerly owned by J. H. de Speyr-Passavant (Basel); perhaps his no. 5 (label on upper cover, inscription inside upper cover); probably sold at auction as part of his collection at R. E. Evans, 27 Apr. 1836.; Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 3877 (spine label, later inscription in pencil inside upper cover); sold at auction as part of his collection at Sotheby's, 8 Jul. 1975, lot 3404.; Formerly in the collection of The Garden Ltd.; sold at auction as part of that collection at Sotheby's (New York), 9 Nov. 1989, lot 65.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 17 June 1997, lot 47, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Speyr Passavant, J. H. de, former owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1333429; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs97.html; Collation model: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/117/

Subject:

Ptolemy, active 2nd century. Harmonics; Music theory -- Early works to 1800; Music theory

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); commentaries; diagrams; Manuscripts, Greek; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

242 leaves : paper; 291 x 196 (213 x 95) mm bound to 294 x 210 mm

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Collation: Paper, i + 242; 1-11¹⁰ 12⁴ 13-20⁸ 21¹⁰ 22-27⁸ 28⁸(-2); [1-242]; modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Horizontal catchwords on the last verso of gatherings 1-12; gatherings 13-28 signed 16-31 in Greek numerals, lower center of first recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 20 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: 8 diagrams in brown or brown and red ink (f. 223v-241r); rubrics, decorative initials, and occasional words in red.; Binding: Contemporary 16th-century blind-stamped and roll-tooled tanned leather over wooden boards; rebacked with old spine laid down.; Origin: Written in Spain or Italy, probably between 1560 and 1580, under the direction of the 16th-century scribe and dealer Andreas Darmarios (inscription, inside upper cover) but not in his hand.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Greek.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 97

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)