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1. Add MS 42502 A-B

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Add MS 42502 A-B
Title:
SIMONIDES PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of and relating to Constantine Simonides, the forger, collected by John Eliot Hodgkin, the antiquary; 1821-1868. The correspondence is largely concerned with papyri and MSS. which Simonides claimed to have acquired in the Near East or to have discovered in the Egyptological collections of Joseph Mayer, F.S.A., of Liverpool, and also with his claim to have written the Codex Sinaiticus. An account of Simonides, based partly on the present papers, is...
Scope & Content:
Constantine Simonides, forger: Correspondence and papers of and rel. to: 19th cent.: Gr. and Engl. Forgeries: Correspondence, etc., of and rel. to C. Simonides: 19th cent.: Gr. and Engl.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Romanian
Date Range:
1821-1868
Extent:
2 items

2. Add MS 42502 B

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 42502 B
Title:
Scope & Content:
SIMONIDES PAPERS. VOI. II (ff. 199). (I) Miscellaneous correspondence and papers of Simonides, including letters from his father and other members of his family, and some documents relating to the Greek War of Independence; 1821-1862. Mostly in Greek. Many of the items appear to be fabrications ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Romanian
Date Range:
1821-1863
Extent:
1 item