Catalogue Entry: THEM00399

Drafts on chronology: section 2a

Author: Isaac Newton

Source: Yahuda Ms. 25.2a, National Library of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel

[Normalized Text] [Diplomatic Text]

Custodial History

Bought at the Sotheby sale by Gabriel Wells for £90 and presumably acquired by Yahuda not long afterwards.

Sotheby Lot

SL226

[1] 1 King. 11.

[2] Cant. VI.9 & VIII.1, 2, 8.

[3] Diodor. l. 1. p. 34.

[4] Diodor. l. 1. p. 34.

[5] Herod. l. 2

[6] Steph. in Άμμονία

[7] a Diodor. l. 1. p. 34, 35.

[8] a Diodor. l. 1. p. 34, 35.

[9] b Strabo l. 16. p. 769.

[10] c Strabo l. 17. p. 790. Plin. l. 6. c. 29.

[11] d Diodor. l. 1. p. 35. Herod. l. 2. c. 102.

[12] e Plin. l. 6. c. 29

[13] 1 King. XIV.25

[14] a Manetho apud Ioseph. cont. Apion. l. 1. p. 1041.

[15] b Diodor. l. 1. p. 35.

[16] c Anthen. apud Clement. Alexandr. Admon. ad Gent. p. 31. Et Porphyr. apud. Euseb. Præp. l. 4. c. 16.

[17] d Herod. l. 2. c. 103.

[18] aVide Bochart. Geog. l. IV c. 31.

[19] b Pindar. Isthm. Ode. 11.

[20] Homer Odys. 10.

[21] d Odys. 4

[22] Eustath. in fine Epist. ante Dionysij περιήγησιν

[23] f Argonaut. 4. v. 272.

[24] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[25] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[26] a Plin. l. 33. c. 3.

[27] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[28] Strabo l. 11. p. 499

[29] Argonaut. l. V. v. 420.

[30] b Iustin l. 2

[31] c Arrianus apud Photium, Bibl. cod. 58. p. 54.

[32] d Herod. l. 1.

[33] Appolon. Argonaut. l. IV. v. 277 & in eum locum Scholiastes.

[34] e Argonauticon l. V. v. 420.

[35] f Gen. 10.4. Bochart. Geog. l. 4. c. 31.

[36] g Bochart. Geog. l. 4. c. 32.

[37] h Gen. 10.14.

[38] Strabo l. 11. p. 503 504.

[39] Diodor. l. 1. p. 35.

[40] Diodor. l. 4. p. 192 Servius in Geor. 3. & Æn. 1.

[41] Odys. 4. v. 188 & Hymn. in Ven.

[42] Hesiod. Theogon. Pindar. Nem. Ode 1.

[43] Pindar. Nem. Ode

[44] Manetho apud Iosephum cont. Apion. p. 1041. Diodor. l .1. p. 37. Herod. l. 2. c. 107.

[45] Apollonij Scholiaste ad l. 1. v. 4. Ammianus l. 22.

[46] . Steph. in Ἀια.

[47] Clemens Admó. ad Gentes p. 32.. Diodor. l. 1. p. 36.

[48] Hygin. Fab. 275.

[49] Diodor. l. 1. p. 84, 85.

[50] Diodor. l. 1. p. 53.

[51] Diodor. l. 1. p. 14. Steph. in Διοσπ.

[52] Diodorus l. 3 p. 139.

[53] Plutarch. in Theseo.

[54] Apud Apollonij Scholiastem l 4

[55] Plutarch. in Iside.

[56] Diodor. l. 1. c. 2. p. 11.

[57] Lucian. de saltatione.

[58] Strabo l. 17. p. 822. Diodor. l. 3. c. 1. p. 103.

[59] Diodor. l. 1. p. 39.

[60] Servius in Georg. l. 1. p. 67

[61] Herod. l. 2

[62] Diodor. 1. 1. p. 7.

[63] Plutarch. in Iside

[64] Pocock. in specimine Historiæ Arabum p. 106.

[65] Pocock ib.

[66] Dionys. Perieg. Diodor. l. 3. Appolodor. l. 3. c. 5. Eurip. in Bacchis. Strabo Geog. l. 3. p. 171.

[67] Schol. Iuvenal. ad Sat. 15. v. 6.

[68] Ammian. l. 22

[69] Pausan. Phocic. c. 29. p. 869.

[70] Euseb. Chron. gr.

[71] Pausan. in Atticis.

[72] Arrian. l. 2. p. 43.

[73] Diodor. l. 3. c. 4. & l. 4 .c. 1.

[74] Athen. l. 15. p. 675.

[75] Hygin. Fab. 130.

[76] Arrian. l. 6. p. 143. Lucian. in Baccho. Diodor. l. 4. c. 1.

[77] Diodor. l. 3. c. 4. p. 138.

[78] Strabo. Geog. l. 10. p. 468, 471.

[79] Diodor. lib. 3. p. 139.

[80] Thymetes apud Diodor. l. 3. p. 130.

[81] Diodor. l. 3. c. 4. p. 130.

[82] Diodor. ib.

[83] Dionys. apud Scholiastem Appollonij lib. 2

[84] Ammian. l. 22.

[85] Iustin. l .2.

[86] Pausan. Corinth. c. 20. p. 155. & c. 22. p. 160.

[87] De Nat. Deor. l. 3.

[88] Pausan. Corinth. c. 23 p. 164.

[89] Pausan. Phocic. c. 29. p. 869.

[90] Herod. l. 2.

[91] Diodor. l. 1. c. 1. p. 10

[92] Pompon. Læt. in Dioclesiano.

[93] Plutarch. Quæst. Rom. p. 279.

[94] Megasthenes apud Arrian. in Indicis. p. 174

[95] Strabo l. 15. p. 686. / Plin. l .4. c. 7.

[96] Eudoxes apud Athen. l. 9. p. 339.

[97] Clearchus apud Lycophronis Scholiastem p. 65.

[98] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[99] Pindar. Pyth. Ode 9. Herod l. 4. c. 158, 159. Diodor. l. 1. c. 3. p. 19.

[100] Herod. l. 2. c. 50

[101] Apud. Diodor. l. 5. c. 4.

[102] Diodor. l. 1. p. 16.

[103] Plutarch. in Iside

[104] Herod. l. 2. c. 50

[105] Plutarch in Iside

[106] Lucian de saltatione

[107] Agatharc. apud Photium

[108] Plutarch. in Iside

[109] Euanthes apud Athenæum l. 6. p. 296

[110] Odys. 1

[111] Natal. Com. l. 8. c. 7.

[112] Strom. l. 1. p. 327 a.

[113] Hygin. Fab. 150

[114] Pausan. l. 1. c. 30. Orphei Argonaut. v. 738.

[115] Apud Pausan. l. 7. c. 21.

[116] Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. ult.

[117] Hesiod. Theogon.

[118] Bochart in Canaan. l. 1. c. 1.

[119] Æschylus in Promotheo v. 296, 467.

[120] Hesiod. Theogon.

[121] Quidam apud Natal. Com. Mythol. l. 4. c. 7

[122] Diodor. l. 3. p. 132, 133.

[123] Vide Hygin. Post. Astronom. l. 2. c. 32

[124] Diodor. l. 5. p. 231.

[125] Cic. de Natura Deor. l. 3. p. 171.

[126] Pausan. l. 4. c. 23. p. 337.

[127] The contents of this note are only visible in the diplomatic transcript because they were deleted on the original manuscript

[128] Plin. l. 6. c. 26

[129] Diodor. l. 1. p. 17

[130] Diodor. l. 1. c. 6. p. 51

[131] Athenæus l. 1. p. 32.

[132] Hygin. Fab. 275.

[133] Diodor. l. 5. c. ult. p. 238.

[134] Homer. Odyss. l. 8. v. 268 et seq.. & Hymn. 1 & 2 in Venerem Hesiod. Theogon. v. 192.

[135] Homer. Odys. l. 8

[136] Hesiod. Theogen. v. 945

[137] Pausan. l. 1. c. 20 Clemens Admon. ad Gentes p. 18

[138] Clemens Alexandr. Admonit. ad Gent. p. 21. Plin. l. 7. c. 56.

[139] Homer. Il. λ

[140] Pindar Nem. Ode 8. Tyrtæus Poeta. Clemens Alex. Pæag. l .3. c. 6.

[141] Plin. l. 7. c. 48

[142] Pindar Pyth. Ode 2.

[143] Suidas in Cinyra.

[144] Clemens Admonit. ad Gent. p. 10

[145] Apollodor. l. 3. c. 13.

[146] Pindar Pyth. Ode 2.

[147] Hesych. in Κινυράδαι &

[148] clemens Admonit. ad gentes p.

[149] Herod. l. 1. c. 105

[150] Tacit. Hist. l. 11. p. 338. Steph. in Amathus. Strabo l. 16. p. 755.

[151] Lucian. de Dea Syria.

[152] Hygin. Fab. 242, 248, 251, 271. Apollodor. l. 3. c. 13. s. 4 Anton. Lib. c. 32

[153] Apollon. Argonaut l. 4. v. 426.

[154] Anton. Lib. c. 33

[155] Apollon. Argon. l. 4. v. 427.

[156] Panyasis apud Apollodor. l. 3. c. 13.

[157] Hygin. Fab. 242

[158] Strabo l. 10. p. 466, 473.

[159] Pindar. Pyth. Ode 2

[160] Arnob. adv. Gentes. l. 6. p. 191.

[161] Diodor. l. 1. p. 8

[162] Lucian. de Dea Syria.

[163] 2 Chron. 15.

[164] 2 Chron. 14.

[165] Diodor. l. 1. p. 12.

[166] Diodor. l. 1. p. 12

[167] Diodor. l. 1. p. 38.

[168] Diodor. l. 1. p. 15

[169] Diodor. l. 1. p. 12.

[170] Plin. l. 6. c. 29

[171] Herod. l. 2. c. 110.

[172] 2 Chron. 14 & 15

[173] 2 Chron. XV.

[174] Manetho apud Iosephū c. Apion p 1052, 1053

[175] Herod. l. 2. c. 54, 55, 56, 57, 58.

[176] Bochart Phæ{leg} p. 822. Marsham Chron. Can. p. 65. Pollet Archæol. gr. vol. 1. l. 2. c. 8.

[177] Herod. l. 2. c. 52, 58.

[178] Plutarch. in Lycurgo

[179] a see Potter's Archæologia gr. vol. 1 l. 2. c. 8, 9, 10.

[180] Strabo l.8

[181] Virgil. Æn. 4. v. 143

[182] Strabo l. 9.

[183] Macrob. Saturn. l. 1. c. 17. Herod. l. 4. c. 1.

[184] Pausan. l. 2. c. 24

[185] Herod. l. 1. c. 46.

[186] Steph. in Αβαι.

[187] Pausan. l. 7. c. 21.

[188] Plutarch. in Agide

[189] Pausan. l. 3. c. 26

[190] Herod. l. 2. c. 50, 52.

[191] Pausan. l. 1. c. 2.

[192] Hesiod. Oper. et l. 1. v. 250.

[193] Apoc. 17.15

[194] Plato in Timæo et Critia.

[195] Homer. Odyss. 1. et 5.

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