Exhibition: Wild Boar in the Vineyard: Martin Luther at the Birth of the Modern World

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Wild Boar in the Vineyard: Martin Luther at the Birth of the Modern World: Theology: Academic and Vernacular: The Iliad of Homer

Item Information

Homērou Ilias ; [Odysseia ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymnoi 1b] = Homeri Ilias ; [Vlyssea ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymni XXXII]; File 3

Dublin Core

Title

Homērou Ilias ; [Odysseia ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymnoi 1b] = Homeri Ilias ; [Vlyssea ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymni XXXII]; File 3

Subject

Manuzio family

Creator

Homer

Torresanus, Andreas (De Asula), 1451-1529

Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 1450-1515

Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560

Luther, Martin, 1483-1546

Torresani, family of printers

Homer. Iliad

Homer. Odyssey

Manuzio (Firm)

Publisher

In aedibus Aldi, et Andreae Asulani soceri

Date

mense Iunio 1517

Rights

No Copyright - United States

Language

Ancient Greek

Type

Still Image

Identifier

7820626

MODS

Key Date

1517

Publication Place

Venetiis

Form/Genre

manuscripts

Physical Description

2 volumes ; 17 cm (octavo)

Repository Name

Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Subrepository

Butler 6th Fl. East

Shelf Location

880 1517 H37

Notes

original filename:ldpd_7821252_002_00000513

Imprint from colophon, v. [2]

Signatures: v. 1: 1-7⁸ A-2L⁸ 2M⁶; v. 2: a-z⁸ A-H⁸ I⁴

Last leaf of v. [1] blank

Vol. 1: [56], 277, [1] leaves ; Vol. 2: 251, [1] leaves

Aldine device on t.p. and verso of final leaf of each vol; capital spaces with guide letters

The second Aldine edition. Each vol. has a distinct pagination. The life of Homer is on 56 unpaged leaves

Includes register

Rare Book copy: Pagination: v.1. 177, [1] leaves ; v.2. 251, [1] leaves, [56] leaves

Rare Book copy: Signatures: v. 1. A-2L8, M4; v. 2 a-z8, A-H8, I4, 1-7

Rare Book copy: Volume 1, copy 1: Worm hole in first two leaves with slight loss of text

Rare Book copy: Volume 2: Signature p either misbound or misprinted as 113, 116, 115, 114, 117, 110 [sic], 119, 118

Rare Book copy: Volume 2: Trimmed with slight loss of annotations in margins

Rare Book copy 1: Inscribed by Philipp Melanchthon to Martin Luther. Extensively annotated throughout, in more than one hand, probably including Philipp Melanchthon. The notes seem to be lecture notes, either Melanchthon's preparatory notes or by students

Rare Book copy 1: Bound in alum-tawed pigskin decorated in blind with tools and rolls. Remnants of 2 clasps on fore-edge

Digital Origin

reformatted digital

Citation

Homer et al., “Homērou Ilias ; [Odysseia ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymnoi 1b] = Homeri Ilias ; [Vlyssea ; Batrachomyomachia ; Hymni XXXII]; File 3,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed December 6, 2025, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/martin-luther/item/11408.