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2861. Egerton Papyrus 4

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 4
Title:
2 Chronicles 24 (P.Lond.Christ. 3, TM 61936, LDAB 3093)
Scope & Content:
Fragments of a leaf of a papyrus codex preserving 2 Chronicles 24:17-27. The front side, written across the fibres, contains 24:17-23; the back side, written along the fibres, contains 24:23-27. With 11 scraps.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

2 larger fragments forming the upper and lower parts of the leaf of a papyrus codex, and 11 unplaced scraps. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, and across them on the other side; the side with the text against the fibres precedes the other. Each page originally contained one column of 24-25 lines, with each line having an average of 27 letters. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2862. Egerton Papyrus 5

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 5
Title:
Liturgical Book? (TM 64581, LDAB 5811)
Scope & Content:
One leaf of papyrus codex containing prayers on healing, forgiveness, and acceptance of prayers, with numbering at the top of the page. The codex might have served as a liturgical book; whether it is Christian or Jewish is debated. On the side written along the fibres some Coptic text was added ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Coptic and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th century-5th century
Extent:
Leaf of a papyrus codex, slightly damage throughout, with holes and strips of fibres missing in places. Writing is on both sides; the side written across the fibres comes first, as indicated by the number A (=1) at the top of the page; the other side, with writing along the fibres, is numbered as B (=2). Each side contains a column of 17 lines. In the upper and lower margin of the side written along the fibres, Coptic text was added at a later stage in different ink. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2863. Egerton Papyrus 15

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 15
Title:
Summons (TM 942812)
Scope & Content:
Order from the night-strategi (nyktostrategoi) to some officials (comarchs and demosioi) of the village of Adaiou, in the Oxyrhynchite nome. to 'come up' with a man sent by them. The names of three men follow, whose appearance is apparently demanded.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
early 4th century
Extent:

Papyrus sheet, complete, with some surface damage, especially along the folds; written on one side across the fibres, the back being blank. The front bears 5 complete lines; all margins are extant. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

2864. Egerton Papyrus 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 34
Title:
Contract for the Training of a Slave (P.Grenf. II 59, TM 11361)
Scope & Content:
A contract for the training of a slave for a period of twenty months so that he may learn the art of weaving. The contracting parties are Taseus, of Soknopaiou Nesos, aged thirty, owner of the slave, acting with her guardian, and Paouetis, aged eighty.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
13 November 188
Extent:

Papyus sheet, broken off at the bottom, irregularly cut to the right. Writing runs along the fibres on one side, the back being blank. One column of 19 lines surivive. Upper and side margins are extant, the right being irregular and occasionally minimal. There is surface damage in places; a strip of vertical fibres seems to have been glued to the front, perhaps to fix a fault in manufacture. Horizontal folds are visible. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

2865. Egerton Papyrus 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 35
Title:
Contract of Labour of Purple Dyers (P.Grenf. II 87, TM 22640)
Scope & Content:
A contract whereby Aurelius Ioannes and his two sons, purple-dyers of Hermopolis, acknowledge to have received almost five gold solidi each in advance from Colluthus, a flax-worker of Hermopolis, on account of the work they will be doing for Colluthus at his workshop. The work consists of dying ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
23 May 602
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, of lighter colour in the middle portion, with damage along the folding lines and broken off at the bottom. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a two-line docket. On the front the upper and lower margins are lost. No margin was left to the sides. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2866. Egerton Papyrus 36

Reference (shelfmark):
Egerton Papyrus 36
Title:
Letter on a Donation to a Bishop (P.Grenf. I 63, TM 38216)
Scope & Content:
The bishop Flavius Theodorus writes to Flavius Melas, administrator of Apollonopolis, concerning a donation he wants to make to Senouthes, bishop of Apollonopolis, which the recipient is asked to deliver. The donation includes 50 artabas of wheat and 100 jars of wine. A donation on behalf of The...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
6th century-7th century
Extent:
Papyrus sheet, complete, with little damage along the folding lines. Writing runs along the fibres on both sides, the back having a one-line docket. All margins extant, the side margins being irregular and minimal. The papyrus is housed in a glass case.

2867. Harley MS 82

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 82
Title:
Register of Reading Abbey; Usuard, Martyrology; 'Sir John Mandeville', Voyage d’outre mer
Scope & Content:
This composite manuscript contains three parts that were separately produced: I: ff. 1r–3v (Register); II: ff. 4r–34v (Martyrology); III: ff. 35r–104v (Voyage d'outre mer). The martyrology was written in the 12th century at the Benedictine abbey of St Mary the Virgin in Reading. The first pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
12th century-14th century
Extent:

1 volume

2868. Harley MS 180

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 180
Title:
Printed and manuscript tracts on royal marriages, collected by Sir Simonds D'Ewes
Scope & Content:
This is a collection of four tracts, the first two printed and the last two in manuscript, on royal marriages between 1555 and 1624. A Supplicacyon to the quenes maiestie [1555], an attack on the marriage of Queen Mary I to Philip of Spain (later King Philip II), was written by a Protestant ex...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Hebrew
Date Range:
1555-1627
Extent:

1 volume

2869. Harley MS 185

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 185
Title:
Latin verse and prose by Simonds D’Ewes, with some goods inventories of Paul D’Ewes
Scope & Content:
Various Latin poetic works, essays, and exercises written by Simonds D’Ewes as a boy, with some Greek. Includes a section of inventories of household goods in the hand of his father, Paul D’Ewes (ff. 39-44). Contents: f. 1: Decorative title page for Acta Apostulorum, a Latin poem on the Acts of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1615-1618
Extent:
1 volume

2870. Harley MS 263

Reference (shelfmark):
Harley MS 263
Title:
Dialogues of Pope Gregory the Great, translated into Greek by Zachary, Saint and Pope. Printed 1615.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume

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