1581 FOLIO Loci Communes Medieval Greek
Monk Melissa Orthodox Socrates Gessner
Antonius Melissa was an 11th-century Greek monk who is
primarily known for his only surviving work ‘Loci Communes’. This work is a collection of sentences, adages, and
sermons on human morality and virtues. Melissa utilized the theologies and
teachings of earlier church fathers, pagan leaders, and Jewish priests
throughout ‘Loci’. Notable names
included in this work include John Chrysostom, Saint Ignatius, Saint Gregory of
Nazianzus, Athanasius, Plato, Xenophon, Socrates, Demosthenes, and many others.
This 1581 edition features contributions by Marco Antonio Antimaco and
Conrad Gessner, who used the writings of Stobaeus throughout.
Item number: #21167
Price: $950
MELISSA, Antonius
Loci communes sacri et profani sententiarum omnis generis ex authoribus
Graecis plus quam trecentis congestarum per Ioannem Stobaeum et veteres in
Graecia monachos Antonium et Maximum
Francofurti: ex officina Typographica Andreae Wecheli, impensis Roberti
Cambieri, 1581.
Details:
· Collation:
Complete with all pages
o [20], 962, [6]
o Signatures: à⁶, è⁶, A-Z⁶, Aa-Zz⁶, AA-ZZ⁶, Aaa-Lll⁶, Mmm⁴
· References:
USTC 673136
· Language:
Latin
· Binding: Vellum;
tight and secure
· Size: ~13.5in X 9.25in (34.5cm x 23.5cm)
· Rare and desirable
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