Lexicon graecum

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Lexicon graecum

Printer Joannes Bessolus and Benedictus Magius, Italian

Binder Roger Payne (English, 1739 - 1797)

Author Demetrius Chalyondylas (Suidas)

Place of OriginMilan

Date1499

Dimensions14 1/2 x 10 1/4 in.

ClassificationBooks

Credit LineGeorge W. Stevens Fund

Object number

1963.34

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Label TextCompiled by Suidas who lived about 790 A.D., this dictionary contains not only definitions of words, but also accounts of ancient authors, works now lost to the world, and useful points of criticism and of literary history. It is the most elaborate work printed in Greek during the 15th century. The binding is by the famous 18th century London binder, Roger Payne. This was the most elaborate work printed in Greek during the fifteenth Century. The dictionary was compiled by Suidas (active about 970), and besides definitions of words, it included accounts of ancient authors (whose works do not otherwise survive). The binding is by Roger Payne (1738-1797), the most accomplished of the eighteenth bookbinders.