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Fabulae Aesopeae (Greek) / Babrius, and other text(s)
Opera et dies
Aesopian fables
Tabulae ceratae assendelftianae
Assendelft wax tablets
inscribed
Subject
- classical literature/philosophy (MMDC)
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture (medieval)
- Reading culture
- Reading culture
Type of item
- manuscripts (documents)
- Manuscript
Medium
- Wax
- Wax
Subject
- classical literature/philosophy (MMDC)
- Middle Ages
- Reading culture (medieval)
- Reading culture
- Reading culture
Type of item
- manuscripts (documents)
- Manuscript
Medium
- Wax
- Wax
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Creation date
- [3rd century, before 273]
- 0200-0272
- 0200/0272
- 3rd century
Places
- Syria?, Palmyra?
- Palmyra
- Syria
- Syria
Current location
- Leiden University Library
Provenance
- Donated by A.D van Assendelfft de Coningh (brother of H.) in 1883.
- Owned by H. van Assendelfft de Coningh, who acquired the wax tablets in Palmyra in 1881.
- Assendelfft de Coningh, A.D
- Assendelfft de Coningh, H
Identifier
- Shelfmark: BPG 109
Extent
- 7 wax tablets
- c.145x120 mm
Format
- books
- Book
Language
- grc
- Ancient Greek
- grc
Is part of
- Art of Reading in the Middle Ages: previously digitised item
- In collection: Bibliotheca Publica Graeca
Is referenced by
- Breugelmans 1987 = R. Breugelmans (ed.), Goed gezien. Tien eeuwen wetenschap in handschrift en druk. [Exhib. cat.]. Leiden 1987, nr. 4
- Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932), p. 95
- Crusius 1894 = O. Crusius, 'Fabeln des Babrius auf Wachstafeln aus Palmyra'. In: Philologus 53 (1894), p. 228-252
- Crusius 1897 = O. Crusius (ed.), Babrii Fabulae Aesopeae. Leipzig 1897.
- De Meyier 1965 = K.A. de Meyier, Codices Bibliothecae Publicae Graeci. Leiden 1965, p. 194-195
- Du Rieu 1893 = W.N. du Rieu, 'De Grieksche wastafeltjes der Leidsche bibliotheek'. In: De Nederlandsche spectator 1893, nr. 18.
- Hesseling 1892 = D.C. Hesseling, 'Waxen tablets with fables of Babrius (tabulae ceratae assendelftianae)'. In: Journal of Hellenic studies 13 (1892-1893), p. 293-314.
- Pack 1967 = R.A. Pack, The Greek and Latin literary texts from Greco-Roman Egypt. 2nd. ed. Ann Arbor 1965, nr. 174
- Pinakes = Pinakes. Textes et manuscrits grecs
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2022-02-02T16:01:23.761Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-02-29T09:55:44.806Z
Table of contents
- Contains, in Greek: (Iv) Opera et dies (vs. 347) / Hesiod. – (IIr-VIIr) Fabulae Aesopeae (ed. Crusius 1897, nrs. 136, 137, 78, 97, 138, 117, 91) / Babrius. – (VIIv) Opera et dies (vs. 347) / Hesiod. – Empty: Ir