WorkColluthus of Lycopolis

Harpē Helenēs [The Rape of Helen]

Harpē Helenēs [The Rape of Helen] (c. 490–500 CE) Inferred

InferredNamed explicitly as 'this minion of Coluthus' — refers to Colluthus's The Rape of Helen. Jules describes his treasured manuscript copy of Coluthus, 'writ in red bistre and azure by Bessarion's scribe' — referring to a Byzantine illuminated manuscript in the collection associated with Cardinal Bessarion (1403–1472), famous collector of Greek manuscripts.

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Documented 1846

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York

VI. Europe1record

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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Papers on Literature and Art

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“This minion of Coluthus, writ in red / Bistre and azure by Bessarion's scribe”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.

Inferred Named explicitly as 'this minion of Coluthus' — refers to Colluthus's The Rape of Helen. Jules describes his treasured manuscript copy of Coluthus, 'writ in red bistre and azure by Bessarion's scribe' — referring to a Byzantine illuminated manuscript in the collection associated with Cardinal Bessarion (1403–1472), famous collector of Greek manuscripts.