06658

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Description

Tenth-century Greek encyclopedia. Text in original Greek, some prefatory matter, colophon and terminal matter in Latin. This first edition was printed at the expense of its Athenian-born editor, Demetrius Chalcondylas, one of the preeminent Greek scholars of the Renaissance.

Creator

Suidas (Lexicographer), Chalcondyles, Demetrius, ca. 1424–1510 or 1511, publisher, Cattaneo, Giovanni Maria,–1529 or 1530, Bissolus, Joannes, printer, and Mangius, Benedictus, printer.

Source

06658. SUIDAS [Greek Lexicon]. Edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas (1423–1511). Milan: Johannes Bissolus and Benedictus Mangius, for Demetrius Chalcondylas, 15 November 1499.

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Language

Greek

Type

Median folio

Collection

Invention and Discovery: Printed Books from Fifteenth-Century Europe

Citation

Suidas (Lexicographer), Chalcondyles, Demetrius, ca. 1424–1510 or 1511, publisher, Cattaneo, Giovanni Maria,–1529 or 1530, Bissolus, Joannes, printer, and Mangius, Benedictus, printer. , “06658,” Bridwell Library Special Collections Exhibitions, accessed April 21, 2025, https://bridwell.omeka.net/items/show/1281.