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Suda

Lexicon graecum [Greek] (ed. Demetrius Chalcondylas).

 

Analysis of Content

Α1r Niger, Stephanus: Διάλογος βιβλιοπώλης καὶ φιλομαθής . Botfield, 230. See M. Fantuzzi, ‘Il medium tipografico negli editori greci', in Dotti Bizantini e libri Greci nell'Italia del secolo XV. Atti del Convegno internazionale, Trento, 22-23 ottobre 1990, ed. M. Cortesi and E. V. Maltese (Naples, 1992), 37-60, at 46.

Α1v Motta, Antonius: [Epigram in praise of Demetrius Chalcondylas]. Botfield, 230. On these two epigrams see Fantuzzi, ‘Medium tipografico', 46.

Α1v Motta, Antonius: [Epigram on the publication of the Suda in Milan]. Botfield, 231.

Α2r Cataneus, Johannes Maria: [Preface addressed to] Albertus Pius (Prince of Carpi). Botfield, 231-2. See Fantuzzi, ‘Medium tipografico', 46-7; Aldo Manuzio editore, pp. xxix–xxx.

Α2v [Chalcondylas, Demetrius: Epistola]. ‘ Κυρίου Δημητρίου Χαλκονδύλου ’.’ Botfield, 232. Demetrius claims to have drawn on many manuscripts, correcting mistakes, and adding his own glosses and explanations within the body of the text. These additions largely derive from Zonaras; see Suidae Lexicon, ed. A. Adler, Lexicographi Graeci recogniti et apparatu critico instructi (Leipzig, 1928-38), I p. xi.

Α3r [Proemium.] ‘ Τὸ μὲν παρὸν βιβλίον Σουιδα. Οἱ δὲ συνταξάμενοι του̂το ἀνδρες σοφοί ’. Suidae Lexicon, I 1. Authorship cannot be attributed to the listed writers: Eudemos, Helladios son of Theodosios, Eugenios of Augoustopolis, Zesimos Gazaios, Longinos Cassios (or Casinus), Louperkos of Beirut, Ioustinos Iulios, Pakatos, Pamphilos, Polion Alexandreus; see Suidae Lexicon, I p. xi.

Α3r [Suda.] Edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas, as stated in the prefaces by Johannes Maria Cataneus and Demetrius himself. ‘ Ἀρχη ὴ του̂ άστοιχειον ’. Suidae Lexicon, I 2-549, and II‑IV. Franz Dölger, Der Titel des sogenannten Suidaslexicons, Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Abteilung, 6 (Munich, 1936), argues that the original title of the work was ‘Suda'; see also Der Kleine Pauly, V 407 ff. This edition is mentioned in Suidae Lexicon, I p. xi.

ΖΖ6r Salandus, Johannes: [Carmen addressed to] Demetrius Chalcondylas. Incipit: ‘Maiestas decus et nitor uetustus | Argoi eloquii perire uisus'; 48 hendecasyllabics.

ΖΖ6r Salandus, Johannes: [Carmen addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Qui plenis monumenta soles haurire libellis | Attica qui graecis fontibus orsa trahis'; 5 elegiac distichs.

Imprint

Imprint: Milan: Johannes Bissolus and Benedictus Mangius, for Demetrius Chalcondylas, 15 Nov. 1499. Folio.

Collation

Collation: α–ω ααα–λλλ Α–Ω ΑΑ–ΔΔ⁸ ΕΕ–ΖΖ⁶.

References

ISTC: is00829000

Hain: HC *15135;

Goff: Goff S‑829;

BMC: BMC VI 792;

Proctor: Pr 6077;

Others: BSB‑Ink S‑606; CIBN S‑495; Oates 2324-6; Rhodes 1651; Sheppard 5040-1.

LCN: 14009068, 14009207

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