Uppsala University Library, Gr. 44
Poliorcetics
Venice, 1565–1570
paper
i, 191 ff.
285 × 195 mm
Greek
The textual transmission of Julius Africanus has long been under discussion. The so-called Apparatus Bellicus is nowadays considered a compilatory product from the late 9th or early 10th century Constantinople, a collection of earlier tactical fragments along with some minor authorial additions. The first part of it (ch. 1–30, following Thevenot’s numbering; from Περὶ ὁπλήσεως to Ἐπισφράγισμα περὶ βέλων) comes from Julius Africanus’ Kestoi, as is also stated in our manuscript. The middle part (ch. 31–59; from Πῶς δι οἴνου κτλ. to Περὶ τους πολλοὺς κτλ.) is a compilation on military technology from various authors; among them Sextus Julius Africanus, Aeneas Tacticus, and Polyaenus have been attested. The last part (ch. 60–79 in Thevenot’s numbering; from Περὶ τοξείας to Περὶ φυλακῶν in our manuscript) probably stems from Syrianus Magister ’s military compendium, with some minor authorial additions at the end. See also the discussion in Mecella (2009), .
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ff. LCI, SL1r–SL1vWatermark 4
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pp. 1–382Watermark 1a
pp. 1–2/15–16, 5–6/11–12, 7–8/9–10, 19–20/29–30, 37–38/43–44, 39–40/41–42, 49–50/63–64, 51–52/61–62, 53–54/59–60, 67–68/77–78, 81–82/95–96, 83–84/93–94, 87–88/89–90, 97–98/111–112, 99–100/109–110, 101–102/107–108, 113–114/127–128, 117–118/123–124, 119–120/121–122, 129–130/143–144, 133–134/139–140, 149–150/155–156, 163–164/173–174, 165–166/171–172, 179–180/189–190, 183–184/185–186, 199–200/201–202, 345–346/359–360, 347–348/357–358, 349–350/355–356, 361–362/375–376, 379–380/381–382,Watermark 1b
pp. 3–4/13–14, 17–18/31–32, 21–22/27–28, 23–24/25–26, 33–34/47–48, 35–36/45–46, 55–56/57–58, 65–66/79–80, 69–70/75–76, 71–72/73–74, 85–86/91–92, 103–104/105–106, 115–116/125–126, 131–132/141–142, 135–136/137–138, 145–146/159–160, 147–148/157–158, 151–152/153–154, 161–162/175–176, 167–168/169–170, 177–178/191–192, 181–182/187–188, 193–194/207–208, 195–196/205–206, 197–198/203–204, 225–226/231–232, 351–352/353–354, 363–364/373–374, 365–366/371–372, 367–368/369–370, 377–378/RCI,Watermark 2a
pp. 211–212/221–222, 215–216/217–218, 227–228/229–230,Watermark 2b
pp. 209–210/223–224, 213–214/219–220,Watermark 3a
pp. 251–252/261–262, 265–266/279–280, 269–270/275–276, 271–272/273–274, 281–282/295–296, 283–284/293–294, 285–286/291–292, 287–288/289–290, 297–298/311–312, 299–300/309–310, 313–314/327–328, 319–320/321–322, 329–330/343–344,Foliation
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Hand 1
(f. SL1r) and (pp. 1, 3–4, 6, 10, 12, 15, 81, 191, 345–345) Scattered Greek marginal glosses in brownish black ink and brief comments in Latin, possibly by the same cursive minusculehand. Deletion of notes and title information on (pp. 1, 81, 345–345).Textblock
Hand 2
(pp.3–379) Andreas Darmarios. For a description of the well-known minuscule hand of this professional scribe, see RGK, vol. 1, no. 13.Hand 3
(pp. 13–14, 19, 23, 43, 47, 54, 65, 84, 92, 97, 350, 358, 369, 374–374) Nicholas de la Torre, who uses a right-sloping, ornate minuscule. Letters and spiritus often connected with the accents; extended, upright grave and acute accents; Iota subscriptum. Only the captions and illustrations are in de la Torre’s hand. These appear in the first five texts in the manuscript (Athenaeus, Biton, Heron’s Cheiroballista, Heron’s Belopoeica, and Apollodorus) and in the last text (Heron’s Belopoeica). See further under Illustrations.Decorations
Binding
290 × 205 × 45 mm
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Former shelfmarks
- Graux (1889), pp. 64–65
- Rudberg (MS),
- Torallas Tovar (1994), pp. 248–252