Lykophronos Alexandra
Subtitle: to skoteinon poiēma
By: kai ... eis auto toutou Isakiou tou Tzetzou exēgēma = Lycophronis Chalcidensis Alexandra, siue, Cassandra : poema quidem obscurum etiam doctis appellatum / sed ita eruditissimis Isacii Tzetzis ... commentarijs (quae ... nunc primùm in lucem eduntur) illustratum atq[ue] explicatum ... ; adiectus quoque est Ioannis Tzetzae Variarum historiarum liber, uersibus politicis ab eodem Graecè conscriptus, & Pauli Lacisii ... opera ad uerbum Latinè conuersus, nec unquam antea editus.
Contributors: Tzetzes, John, 12th cent.; Tzetzes, Isaac, d. 1138.; Lacisius, Paulus; Arlenio, Arnoldo.; Gerbel, Nicolaus, ca. 1485-1560.; Crawford, William Horatio, 1815?-1888 (bookplate); Kay, Arthur (bookplate); Elton, Mary Augusta, 1838-1914 (bookplate)
Publisher: Ex officina Ioannis Oporini
Published: 1546
Place of publication: Basileae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 268
Other titles: Cassandra
Work titles: Alexandra.
Notes: Imprint from colophon.

Text in Greek.

Edited by Arnoldo Arlenio, and Nicolaus Gerbel.  Cf. Brit. Mus. cat.

Signatures: alpha-beta4 A-X4 Y6 *4 2A-2Z4 3A-3L4 (last blank)

The commentary on Lycophron's Alexandra is now believed to be the work of Joannes Tzetzes rather than that of his brother Isaac.  Cf. L.C.

"Iōannou tou Tzetzou Biblion historikon ... = Ioannis Tzetzae Variarum historiarum liber ..." ([7], 268 p.) has special t.p.

RBSC copy: Blank leaf 3L4 wanting.  With index in MS. to John Tzetzes' work tipped in at front.  Several pages slightly mutilated.  With the bookplates of William Horatio Crawford, Lakelands, Cork [Franks 7289]; of A.K. [i.e. Arthur Kay], and of M.A. Elton.