Main entry--uniform title
Suda lexicon
Title
Souidas = Suidas, / nunc primum integer Latinitate donatus, & ex collatione multorum manuscriptorum codicum infinitis mendis purgatus, pristinóque suo nitori redditus: in quo variorum auctorum loca intricata explicantur, obscura dilucidantur, ac innumera desiderata restituuntur, opera & studio Aemilio Porti ... Opus non grammaticis solum et literarum Graecarum amatoribus, verùm etiam historicis, iureconsultis, politicis, rhetoribus, & omnium disciplinarum professoribus pernecessarium..
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Suidas
Varying form of title
Parallel title: Svidas
Imprint
Coloniæ Allobrogum, : Apud heredes Petri de la Rouiere., M. DC .XXX. [1630]
Physical description
2 v. ([8], 1558, [2]; [2?], 1189, [1] p.) ; 35 cm (fol.)
Note
Signatures: vol. 1: [paragraph]⁴ A-Z⁶ AA-ZZ⁶ AAA-ZZZ⁶ AAAa-ZZZz⁶ AAAaa-ZZZzz⁶ AAAaaa-PPPppp⁶ (PPPppp6 blank) -- vol. 2: [Preliminaries lacking] A-Z⁶ AA-ZZ⁶ AAA-ZZZ⁶ AAAA-ZZZZ⁴ AAAAa-FFFFf⁶ GGGGg⁸ (-GGGGg8).
Note
Title page vignette; head- and tail- pieces; initials.
Note
" ... Souidas, or Souda, dictionary of names and things. It was believed, until recently, that "Souidas" was the name of the compiler of the dictionary, but it was proven that "Souidas" was a mispronunciation of the word "Souda"."--LC NAF.
Note
Greek and Latin printed in parallel columns, interspersed with notes.
Note
First word of title romanized from the Greek.
Note
Title page of vol. 1 in black and red.
Citation/references note
CLC, S1973
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Reverend Herbert Hawes, with address “Rollestone Street, Salisbury.”.
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Binding
17th-century mottled brown calf (possibly sheep) over paper boards; sewn on six supports; blind fillets forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of board, with blind stamps at inner corners; spine with six raised bands, blind fillets and stamps; red goatskin spine label with "Suidas Lexicon Græ: Vol: I. [-II.]; gilt roll around board edges; text block edges sprinkled red.
Copy-specific note
Vol. 2 lacks all before leaf A1 (that is, it lacks title page and any other preliminaries). The other copy in Salisbury Cathedral Library, and the copy at Queen's College, Oxford similarly lack all before leaf A1.
Copy-specific note
Upper right-hand portion of vol. 1 has been affected by damp and by insect activity, so that page numbers are not visible for most of the first 40 pages or so.
Subject
Greek language Dictionaries Early works to 1700.
Subject
Greek language Dictionaries Early works to 1800. Latin
Subject
Greek language, Medieval and late Dictionaries Early works to 1800. Latin
Added entry--name
Suidas (Lexicographer) attributed name.
Added entry--name
Portus, Aemilius, 1550-1614 or 1615 editor.
Added entry--name
Hawes, Herbert, -1837 former owner.
Added entry--name
Haeredes Petri de la Roviere printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
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