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2. Harley MS 6300
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6300
- Title:
- Euripides, Hecuba, Orestes and Phoenissae
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 16th century
- Extent:
- 7 items
3. Lansdowne MS 740
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Lansdowne MS 740
- Title:
- Miscellany of historical extracts and poetry
- Scope & Content:
- ff. 1r–173r: A miscellany which includes extracts relating to Roman history, and poems made during the reign of King James VI and I, including several pieces by John Donne, Sir Thomas Overbury, and others. ff. 1r–6r: Extracts relating to Roman history, from Greek historians and poets. Imperfec...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English and Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 17th century
- Extent:
-
1 volume
4. Papyrus 485
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 485
- Title:
- Euripides, Antiope (P.Petr. I 1-2, P.Lond.Lit. 70, TM 59927, LDAB 1037, MP3 433)
- Scope & Content:
- Portion of a roll from mummy cartonnage, with the end of Euripides’ Antiope: Zetus and Amphion, sons of Zeus and Antiope, have killed Dirce; king Lycus enters, eager to capture Antiope. Hermes appears and commands Lycus to relinquish his power to Antiope’s sons.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
- Three larger fragments with three detached scraps from a papyrus roll, reused as mummy cartonnage, with surface damage in places; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. On the front, there are portions of four columns, each of 36-37 lines, for a total of 112 lines; the column’s height is 165 mm. Part of the upper and lower margins survive. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
5. Papyrus 486
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 486
- Title:
- Miscellaneous Literary Texts (TM 60165, 61233, 62771, 62675)
- Scope & Content:
- Upper left papyrus (A) (P.Petr. I 3(1), P.Lond.Lit. 57, 71, TM 62675): Gnomic anthology with quotations arranged by topic, quoting Ps.-Epicharmus and Euripides. Assigned to the first three quarters of the 3rd century BC. Upper right papyrus (B) (P.Petr. I 3(2), P.Lond.Lit. 79, TM 62771): Fragme...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC-2nd century BC
- Extent:
-
Four papyrus fragments that do not belong together, extracted from mummy cartonnage, mounted on cardboard in one glass frame.
Upper left papyrus (A): Upper portion of a papyrus, complete at the top, broken off on the other sides; written on one side along the fibres. The front bears the ends of 9 lines; the upper margin is extant. The back is blank.
Upper right papyrus (B): Papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres and preserving the foot of a column, with the beginnings of 18 lines. The back is blank.
Lower left papyrus (C): Papyrus fragment, broken off on all sides, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of 6 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom. The back is blank.
Lower right papyrus (D): Light-brown papyrus fragment, written on one side along the fibres. The front bears parts of two adjacent columns of 20 and 19 lines respectively. The lower margin survives partly. The back is blank.
6. Papyrus 590
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 590
- Title:
- Euripides, Hypsipyle (P.Petr. II 49(c), P.Lond.Lit. 74, TM 59928, LDAB 1038, MP3 439)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment from mummy cartonnage containing Euripides’ Hypsypyle 830-850.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
- Papyrus fragment, from mummy cartonnage, broken off on the sides and with surface damage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. There is one column of 21 lines, with parts of the upper and lower margins. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
7. Papyrus 688
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 688
- Title:
- Tragedy (P.Grenf. II 1, P.Lond.Lit. 80, P.Lond. III 688 descr., TM 65748, LDAB 7002, MP3 1708)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments from the same roll as Papyrus 1822, containing trimeters from a tragedy: post-classical? or Euripides’ Oeneus?
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
-
Three fragments of varying size from the same papyrus roll as Papyrus 1822, reused as mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Upper left fragment (A.1): Portions of 6 lines, with traces of another line at the bottom; lacking beginnings and ends; no margin extant.
Upper right fragment (A.2): Small fragment with few letters from three lines, wanting beginnings and ends; part of the upper margin survives.
Lower fragment (B): Layer of horizontal fibres lost at the top; traces of two columns; of the first, the ends of 8 lines survive; of the second column, only scant traces from the beginnings of few lines.
8. Papyrus 783
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 783
- Title:
- Euripides, Phoenissae (P.Oxy. II 224, P.Lond.Lit. 76, TM 59843, LDAB 948, MP3 421)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a roll with Euripides’ Phoenissae. Column 1: Phoenissae 1017-1043. Column 2: Phoenissae 1064-1071. Another fragment of the same roll, published as P.Ryl. III 547 and housed in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, contains lines 646-657.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- mid 2nd century-mid 3rd century
- Extent:
-
Fragment of a papyrus roll, written on one side along the fibres, with the back being blank. It preserves parts of two columns; the first column has 29 lines; of the second, few traces of 7 lines remain. Each column would have contained 29-30 lines.The column is 120 mm wide and 154 mm high; the intercolumn measures 60 mm. The surface is damaged in places. The upper and lower margins survive to 46 and 40 mm respectively; the side margins are lost. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Oxy. II. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case. Another fragment of the same roll is housed in the John Rylands Library, Manchester.
9. Papyrus 1524
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1524
- Title:
- Hypothesis of Euripides’ Electra and Account (P.Oxy. III 420, P.Lond.Lit. 72, TM 59860, LDAB 966, TM 111095)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragment of a summary (hypothesis) of Euripides’ Electra, lines 341-584, on the recognition of Orestes by Electra. The back was reused to host an account from the late third century.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century
- Extent:
-
Medium-brown papyrus fragment, written on both sides. On the front, there are 22 lines from the top of a column, written along the fibres and abraded in places. The upper margin survives. On the back, there are portions of one column written across the fibres, of which 13 lines survive. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.
10. Papyrus 1822
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 1822
- Title:
- Tragedy (P.Hib. I 4, P.Lond.Lit. 80, TM 65748, LDAB 7002, MP3 1708)
- Scope & Content:
- Fragments from the same roll as Papyrus 688, containing trimeters from a tragedy: post-classical? or Euripides’ Oeneus?
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Date Range:
- 3rd century BC
- Extent:
-
Six fragments of varying size from the same roll as Papyrus 688, reused for mummy cartonnage; written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank; mounted on cardboard in a glass frame.
Fragment A: Portions of 2 columns, of 9 and 7 lines respectively, broken off at the bottom;
Fragment B: Portions of 5 lines;
Fragment C: Portions of 10 lines;
Fragment D: Portions of 11 lines;
Fragment E: Portions of 6 lines;
Fragment F: Portions of 4 lines.