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.
Note
In this copy, the words "Coloniæ Allobrogum" in the imprint have been canceled, and "Geneuæ" printed above.
Citation/references note
CLC, S1973
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.” pasted over Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate with inscription “This book belongs to the library of the Cathedral Church of New Sarum. James Evans, D. D. Librarian. 1817.”
Binding
17th-century sprinkled brown calf over paper boards; sewn on six supports; blind fillets and rolls forming rectangular frame towards perimeter of boards; spine with six raised bands, blind fillets and gilt fillets; spine label on vol. 1 with "Suidas", and on vol. 2 "Græc: Lexicon"; "Geneva 1630" in gilt at foot of spine of vol. 1; gilt roll around board edges; volume number in ink on fore-edge; text block edges sprinkled red; evidence of chain plate at fore-edge of lower board.
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, suggesting that there were no preliminaries.
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
Haeredes Petri de la Roviere printer.
Added entry--place
Switzerland Geneva.
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