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Tou agiou Ioustinou philosophou kai martyros Zena kai Sereno ... ex Bibliotheca Regia.
1551
Medium/Technique
Printed book: letterpress with manuscript title page and annotations
Dimensions
Overall: 35 x 23.3 x 3.6 cm (13 3/4 x 9 3/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas Michie
Accession Number2014.2479
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Catalogue Raisonné
Adams, J-494; BM STC French, 1470-1600, p. 247
Description(Lutetiae [Paris]: Ex officina Roberti Stephani typographi Regii, Regiis typis, M.D.L.I. [1551]); [8], 311, [5] p; 16th-century paneled calf, with 18th(?)-century spine label (JUSTINUS MARTYR.); shelf mark and inscription on fore-edge:Cr [?] / VI / 12. / IUSTI / NUS / MAR / TIR.
Text includes, from title page: Zena kai Sereno = Logos parainetikos pros Ellenas = Pros Tryphona Apologia ... = Apologia B ... = Peri Theou monarchias = Ekthesis pisteos ... = Anatrope dogmaton ... = Eroteseis Christianikai pros tas Ellenas ... = Apokriseis pros tous orthodoxous ... = Eroteseis Ellenikai pros tas Christanous ...
Text includes, from title page: Zena kai Sereno = Logos parainetikos pros Ellenas = Pros Tryphona Apologia ... = Apologia B ... = Peri Theou monarchias = Ekthesis pisteos ... = Anatrope dogmaton ... = Eroteseis Christianikai pros tas Ellenas ... = Apokriseis pros tous orthodoxous ... = Eroteseis Ellenikai pros tas Christanous ...
ProvenanceApollonius Scott. 1703, Nathaniel Crewe, Lord Bishop of Durham, and Baron Crewe of Ste[a]ne (b. 1633 - d. 1721), Steane, UK. Sir John Trelawny (b. 1816 - d. 1885), London; by inheritance to Trelawny's heirs; June 28, 1921, Sir John Trelawny sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 119, to "Michie," for either 18 or 28 shillings; H. Stuart Michie (b. 1871 - d. 1943), Worcester, MA; 1943, by inheritance to his wife, Jeanne Hatch Michie (d. 1958), Worcester, MA; 1958, by inheritance to her daughter, Anne Michie Sherman (b. 1921 - d. 2013), Madison, CT; 2013, by inheritance to her nephew, Thomas Michie, Brookline, MA; 2014, year-end gift of Michie to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 25, 2015)