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Demetrius Moschus: Translation of Philostratus' 'Imagines'

Title	Demetrius Moschus: Translation of Philostratus' 'Imagines'
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.6007
Creator	Moschus, Demetrius
Covering Dates	1550 (Circa)
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Demetrius Moschus' background is not known.

Philostratus (c. 171-245) was a Greek biographer and sophist. He was born in Lemnos, where he lived before spending time in Athens and Rome. He wrote the 'Life of Apollonius of Tyana', a philosopher, and the 'Lives of the Sophists'.

Translation into Italian, 160 folios: (fo. 1) note of gift by the donor; (fo. 2v) autograph dedication to Isabella d'Este Marchesa di Mantua by Mario Equicola; (fo. 3) text.

Attached to fo. 1 is a note on the manuscript by Walter Sneyd. Sneyd's bookplate appears inside the front cover, with a note in the hand of Charles Fairfax Murray, 'Lot 615 in the sale of Dec. 16-19 1903'.

The volume was presented to Isabella d'Este by Mario Equicola. It has also been owned by Walter Sneyd. Presented to the Library by Charles Fairfax Murray, 1917.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Demetrius Moschus: Translation of Philostratus' 'Imagines', MS Add.6007

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