Monuments of Early Greek Printing

Title

Monuments of Early Greek Printing

Subject

First Greek prints of classical literature, Greek scholarship, and New Testaments

Creator

Bridwell Special Collections

Publisher

SMU Libraries

Date

Originally Exhibited December 14, 2018–May 20, 2019

Collection Items

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06355
Florentine edition of Homer, considered a significant edition of Greek literature.

06045
Printed by Aldus Manutius (ca. 1450–1515).

06044
Title proper romanized from Greek; contents listed on t.p. in Greek and Latin.
Imprint from colophon on verso of leaf [347]
Edited by Marcus Musurus and Aldo Manuzio.
Scholia, by Musurus, surrounds the text.
Leaves [90] and [348] blank.
Woodcut…

06831
Imprint from second colophon (M[Mu]4 recto). Rhodes gives title in Greek, '[Grammatikē eisagōgē]'. Signatures: a⁸ b[beta]-l[lamda]⁸, ²a⁸ b¹⁰, A[Alpha]-L[Lamda]⁸ M[Mu]⁴. Bound in 18th century boards, rebacked. 'Gaza' on spine. Sunderland…

06658
A comprehensive etymological dictionary. Text in original Greek, some prefatory matter, colophon and terminal matter in Latin. Caption title, fol. alpha iii recto; imprint from colophon, fol. [515] verso. Ed. by Dēmētrios Chalkokondylēs,…

06287
Modern goatskin binding by Bernard Middleton.
Greek title romanized.
Latin title in Goff: Etymologicum Magnum Graecum.
Edited by Marcus Musurus.
PROVENANCE: 1. erased inscription. 2. J. S. Pagnetti(?), signature. 3. Alan G. Thomas (London), 1974.…

BRA2476
First Greek and Latin New Testament Published,

00002
First Greek New Testament Published,
Imprint from colophon.
Head pieces; initials.
Edited by Nicolaus Gerbel; text follows Erasmus' 2d ed., Harrison #10.

24780
Cardinal Francisco Ximénez de Cisneros (1436–1517) assembled scholars at the Complutense University in Alcalá de Henares in order to compile a Bible to be printed in Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, and Latin. The Old Testament is printed in three parallel…
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