| Location: | Cologny |
| Library / Collection: | Fondation Martin Bodmer |
| Shelfmark: | Cod. Bodmer 5 |
| Manuscript title: | Aesopus, Fabulae, Epigrammata et proverbia, Oraculum sibyllinum · Ps. Pythagoras, Carmen aureum, Praecepta delphica · Phocylides, Sententiae · Aristophanes, Nubes, Vita Aristophanis, Hypothesis in Aritophanis Plutum |
| Caption: | Paper · 96 ff. · 21.0 x 15.4/15.6 cm · ca. 1491 |
| Language: | Ancient Greek |
| Manuscript summary: | Although the Aesopian tradition enjoyed great popularity during the middle ages, thanks to the dissemination of Latin translations, the Greek text of the fabulist was first rediscovered during the Renaissance. CB 5, which was written on paper near the end of the 15th century, is a collection of some 150 fables ascribed to the poet, which served as an inspiration for La Fontaine. Following are, among other things, the Delphic prophecies of Pseudo-Pythagoras, which transmit the well-known aphorism "Know thyself!", and The Clouds, the comedy that made the Athenian writer Aristophanes famous. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-cb-0005 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/cb/0005 |
| How to quote: | Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 5: Aesopus, Fabulae, Epigrammata et proverbia, Oraculum sibyllinum · Ps. Pythagoras, Carmen aureum, Praecepta delphica · Phocylides, Sententiae · Aristophanes, Nubes, Vita Aristophanis, Hypothesis in Aritophanis Plutum (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/cb/0005) |
| Online since: | 11/04/2010 |
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