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Page from the first printed edition (editio princeps) of collected works by Homer. Florence, 1489. BnF, Réserve des livres rares, RES-YB-2, fol. KK3v

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Homer: Homerus: Opera  wikidata:Q124016880 reasonator:Q124016880
Author
Homer  (fl. 8th century BC
date QS:P,–750–00–00T00:00:00Z/7
)  wikidata:Q6691 s:en:Author:Homer q:en:Homer
 
Homer
Alternative names
Birth name: Ὅμηρος; Homerus; Homeros; Mæonides
Description -Greek poet, author and writer
Date of birth/death circa 9th century BC
date QS:P,-850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1480,Q5727902
 Edit this at Wikidata		 circa 8th century BC
date QS:P,-750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1480,Q5727902
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Location of birth/death Ios
Work period 8th century BC
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creator QS:P170,Q6691
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image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Editor
Dimitrios Chalkokondyles  (–1511) wikidata:Q983661 s:it:Autore:Demetrio Calcondila
 
Dimitrios Chalkokondyles
Alternative names
Demetrius Chalcocondyles; Demetrios Chalkokondyles; Demetrios Chalkondylas
Description Byzantine writer and university teacher
Date of birth/death 1423 / 1424 Edit this at Wikidata 9 January 1511 / 1511 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Athens Milan
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Title
Greek:
Ποίησις ά̀πασα Edit this at Wikidata

Homerus: Opera
title QS:P1476,el:"Ποίησις ά̀πασα Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Lel,"Ποίησις ά̀πασα Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Homerus: Opera"
Printer
Demetrio Damilas Edit this at Wikidata
Object type incunable / version, edition or translation / editio princeps Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Page from the first printed edition (editio princeps) of collected works by Homer. Florence, 1489. Printed in Florence in 1489 by brothers Bernardo and Nerio Nerli, with font designed by Demetrios Damilas and text edited by Demetrios Chalcondylas.

The present copy is one of the Greek books ceded around 1542 to Francis I by Gian Francesco Torresani d'Asola, brother-in-law of Aldus Manutius and an informed Hellenist who had been associated with the Aldine enterprise for almost twenty years.

Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Réserve des livres rares, RES-YB-2, fol. KK3v
Language Greek Edit this at Wikidata
Publication date after 13 January 1489
date QS:P,+1489-01-13T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1489-01-13T00:00:00Z/11
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institution QS:P195,Q193563
Accession number
RES-YB-2, fol. KK3v
Place of publication Florence Edit this at Wikidata
References Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 12895 Edit this at Wikidata
Source/Photographer https://essentiels.bnf.fr/fr/image/b0bd62f3-8809-415b-a771-ee46f4901085-oeuvres-grecques-opera-graeca

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