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Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 57, 24

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Additional Information

  • Appr. Date: 15th c. (15th c.)
  • Genres: Letters
  • Illustrations: No

Notes

For full digital reproduction of the ms., see Online Resources. (New foliation in the ms.; Glykys' works start at fol. 125v)
John XIII Glykys, fl. ca.1260 - ca.1320. Letter to Michael IX Palaeologus [Ἡ παραίτησις τοῦ πατριαρχείου]; letter to general logothete [Theodoros Metochites].
Fol. 127v: Medical excerpt on diagnostic blood test. Inc. Τὸ ἀπὸ φλεβοτομίας αἷμα εἰ μὲν μαῦρον (in later hand).
Ms. was very likely bought in 1491 in Corfu by John Lascaris for Lorenzo de' Medici.

Bibliography

  • Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae varia continens opera Graecorum patrum (Open in Zotero)

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