SEP ONB 00003 - Austria - Vienna - Österreichische Nationalbibliothek - Med. gr. 1 - Reading Room

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0 CE - 2025 CE

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Country	Austria VIAF
City	Vienna VIAF
Repository	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek VIAF
Shelfmark	Med. gr. 1
Common Name	Vienna Dioscurides
Current Status	In situ
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	491 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	6th century
Language(s)	Greek
Genre(s)	Scientific works; Medical works; Poems; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian); Hagiographies; Fragments
Feature(s)	Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Anthropomorphic; Decoration, Architectural; Decoration, Calligraphic; Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Drawing(s); Illumination; Illustration(s); Marginalia
Notes	Fragments of a Menologion for January, fol. 486r-491v. Note on medicine and philosophy, fol. 1r
Bibliography	Herbert Hunger, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (1969), vol. 2.
Ext. Bibliography	ÖNB Katalog
Alt. Surrogate	HMML Sep. Austria. Wien. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. CVP. Med. gr. 1
HMML Proj. Num.	SEP ONB 00003
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/121797
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Cataloged by Josh Mugler
Surrogate Format	Microform
Access Restrictions	On-site only
Rights	http://www.vhmml.org/terms

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Object
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Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	491 leaf(ves)
Binding	Binding by Chortasmenos, Iōannēs, approximately 1370-1431, for the monk Nathanael (1406 CE)
Provenance	Copied for Anicia Juliana; Monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Rock (Constantinople); Mosheh ben Mosheh; Moses ben Joseph Hamon; Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq (1569 CE); acquired by the repository before 1576 CE
Former Owner	Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592 VIAF
Former Owner	Hamon, Moses ben Joseph, approximately 1490-1554 VIAF
Former Owner	Anicia Giuliana, approximately 463-approximately 528 VIAF
Condition Notes	Imperfect: wanting leaves; tearing and leaf deterioration with some loss of text. Fol. 287r-289v replaced by a later scribe. Repaired in 1960-1965 CE

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1v-485v
Place of Origin	Turkey, Istanbul
Century(ies)	6th century
Year Range	500-528
Support	Parchment
Support Dimensions	37 x 30 cm
Writing System	Greek
Script(s)	Greek Majuscule
Decoration	Portraits of Dioscorides Pedanius of Anazarbos and other scholars, fol. 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v; dedicatory portrait of Anicia Juliana, fol. 6v; illustrations of plants and animals throughout
Notes	Marginal notes in Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew

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Part 1

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 1v-387r
Author	Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos, approximately 40-approximately 90 VIAF
Author NS	Διοσκουρίδης Πεδάνιος
Title	Peri hylēs iatrikēs
Title NS	Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς
Uniform Title	Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos. De materia medica VIAF
Language(s)	Greek
Item Notes	Tables of contents, fol. 4r-7r, 8r-10v

Item 2
Item Location	fol. 388r-392r
Title	Poem on plants
Title NS	Περὶ βοτανῶν
Alternate Title	Carmen de viribus herbarum
Alternate Title	Carmen de herbis
Alternate Title	Peri botanōn
Associated Name	Rufus, of Ephesus, active 1st century-2nd century VIAF
Language(s)	Greek
Item Notes	Sometimes attributed to Rufus of Ephesus

Item 3
Item Location	fol. 393r-437v
Author	Eutecnius VIAF
Author NS	Εὐτέκνιος
Title	Tōn Nikandrou Thēriakōn metaphrasis
Title NS	Τῶν Νικάνδρου Θηριακῶν μετάφρασις
Uniform Title	Eutecnius. Paraphrasis in Nicandri Theriaca VIAF
Alternate Title	Paraphrase of Nicander of Colophon's Thēriaka (Theriaca)
Associated Name	Nicander, of Colophon, active 2nd century BCE VIAF
Language(s)	Greek

Item 4
Item Location	fol. 438v-459v
Author	Eutecnius VIAF
Author NS	Εὐτέκνιος
Title	Paraphrasis eis ta Nikandrou Alexipharmaka
Title NS	Παράφρασις εἰς τὰ Νικάνδρου Ἀλεχιφάρμακα
Uniform Title	Eutecnius. Paraphrasis eis ta Nikandrou Alexipharmaka VIAF
Alternate Title	Paraphrase of Nicander of Colophon's Alexipharmaka
Associated Name	Nicander, of Colophon, active 2nd century BCE VIAF
Language(s)	Greek

Item 5
Item Location	fol. 460r-473r
Title	Paraphrase of Oppian's Halieutika (Halieutica)
Associated Name	Oppian, active 2nd century VIAF
Language(s)	Greek

Item 6
Item Location	fol. 474r-485v
Title	Paraphrase of Dionysius Periegetes's Ornithiaka
Associated Name	Dionysius, Periegetes, active approximately 2nd century VIAF
Language(s)	Greek
Item Notes	Core text also attributed to Dionysius of Philadelphia

Overview

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Country	Austria VIAF
City	Vienna VIAF
Repository	Österreichische Nationalbibliothek VIAF
Shelfmark	Med. gr. 1
Common Name	Vienna Dioscurides
Current Status	In situ
Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	491 leaf(ves)
Century(ies)	6th century
Language(s)	Greek
Genre(s)	Scientific works; Medical works; Poems; Liturgical books (Eastern Christian); Hagiographies; Fragments
Feature(s)	Border(s), Decorative; Decoration, Anthropomorphic; Decoration, Architectural; Decoration, Calligraphic; Decoration, Full-page; Decoration, Geometric; Decoration, Vegetative; Decoration, Zoomorphic; Drawing(s); Illumination; Illustration(s); Marginalia
Notes	Fragments of a Menologion for January, fol. 486r-491v. Note on medicine and philosophy, fol. 1r
Bibliography	Herbert Hunger, Katalog der griechischen Handschriften der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (1969), vol. 2.
Ext. Bibliography	ÖNB Katalog
Alt. Surrogate	HMML Sep. Austria. Wien. Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. CVP. Med. gr. 1
HMML Proj. Num.	SEP ONB 00003
Permanent Link	https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/121797
Processed By	HMML
Acknowledgments	Cataloged by Josh Mugler
Surrogate Format	Microform
Access Restrictions	On-site only
Rights	http://www.vhmml.org/terms

Object
Description

Type of Record	Manuscript
Extent	491 leaf(ves)
Binding	Binding by Chortasmenos, Iōannēs, approximately 1370-1431, for the monk Nathanael (1406 CE)
Provenance	Copied for Anicia Juliana; Monastery of St. John the Baptist in the Rock (Constantinople); Mosheh ben Mosheh; Moses ben Joseph Hamon; Ogier Ghislain de Busbecq (1569 CE); acquired by the repository before 1576 CE
Former Owner	Busbecq, Ogier Ghislain de, 1522-1592 VIAF
Former Owner	Hamon, Moses ben Joseph, approximately 1490-1554 VIAF
Former Owner	Anicia Giuliana, approximately 463-approximately 528 VIAF
Condition Notes	Imperfect: wanting leaves; tearing and leaf deterioration with some loss of text. Fol. 287r-289v replaced by a later scribe. Repaired in 1960-1965 CE

Part 1

Type	Manuscript
Part Location	fol. 1v-485v
Place of Origin	Turkey, Istanbul
Century(ies)	6th century
Year Range	500-528
Support	Parchment
Support Dimensions	37 x 30 cm
Writing System	Greek
Script(s)	Greek Majuscule
Decoration	Portraits of Dioscorides Pedanius of Anazarbos and other scholars, fol. 2v, 3v, 4v, 5v; dedicatory portrait of Anicia Juliana, fol. 6v; illustrations of plants and animals throughout
Notes	Marginal notes in Greek, Latin, Arabic, and Hebrew

Item 1
Item Location	fol. 1v-387r
Author	Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos, approximately 40-approximately 90 VIAF
Author NS	Διοσκουρίδης Πεδάνιος
Title	Peri hylēs iatrikēs
Title NS	Περὶ ὕλης ἰατρικῆς
Uniform Title	Dioscorides Pedanius, of Anazarbos. De materia medica VIAF
Language(s)	Greek
Item Notes	Tables of contents, fol. 4r-7r, 8r-10v

Item 2
Item Location	fol. 388r-392r
Title	Poem on plants
Title NS	Περὶ βοτανῶν
Alternate Title	Carmen de viribus herbarum
Alternate Title	Carmen de herbis
Alternate Title	Peri botanōn
Associated Name	Rufus, of Ephesus, active 1st century-2nd century VIAF
Language(s)	Greek
Item Notes	Sometimes attributed to Rufus of Ephesus

Item 3
Item Location	fol. 393r-437v
Author	Eutecnius VIAF
Author NS	Εὐτέκνιος
Title	Tōn Nikandrou Thēriakōn metaphrasis
Title NS	Τῶν Νικάνδρου Θηριακῶν μετάφρασις
Uniform Title	Eutecnius. Paraphrasis in Nicandri Theriaca VIAF
Alternate Title	Paraphrase of Nicander of Colophon's Thēriaka (Theriaca)
Associated Name	Nicander, of Colophon, active 2nd century BCE VIAF
Language(s)	Greek

Item 4
Item Location	fol. 438v-459v
Author	Eutecnius VIAF
Author NS	Εὐτέκνιος
Title	Paraphrasis eis ta Nikandrou Alexipharmaka
Title NS	Παράφρασις εἰς τὰ Νικάνδρου Ἀλεχιφάρμακα
Uniform Title	Eutecnius. Paraphrasis eis ta Nikandrou Alexipharmaka VIAF
Alternate Title	Paraphrase of Nicander of Colophon's Alexipharmaka
Associated Name	Nicander, of Colophon, active 2nd century BCE VIAF
Language(s)	Greek

Item 5
Item Location	fol. 460r-473r
Title	Paraphrase of Oppian's Halieutika (Halieutica)
Associated Name	Oppian, active 2nd century VIAF
Language(s)	Greek

Item 6
Item Location	fol. 474r-485v
Title	Paraphrase of Dionysius Periegetes's Ornithiaka
Associated Name	Dionysius, Periegetes, active approximately 2nd century VIAF
Language(s)	Greek
Item Notes	Core text also attributed to Dionysius of Philadelphia

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