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Name Isocrates, Attic orator, 436 BC-338 BC Digitised Content Yes (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Burney MS 87

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 87
Title:
Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem (TLG 0010.013), imperfect, with interlinear Latin translation
Scope & Content:
Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem (TLG 0010.013), imperfect. On ff 1r-2r the first two chapters (expl. περὶ τοῦ βίου καθ' ἑκάστην) have been copied, in a very corrupt version. The text begins again, in another hand, on ff 3v-10r, 11r-25v, breaking off (ch. 12) πρὸς ἀρετὴν ὠφελήσαιμεν and resuming (ch. 19) τ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4rd quarter of the 16th century-1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

26 folios

2. Papyrus 132

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 132
Title:
Isocrates, On the Peace (P.Lond.Lit. 131, TM 61326, LDAB 2470, MP3 1272)
Scope & Content:
Isocrates, On the Peace 13-145, with marginal annotations and end-title. Papyrus 132(1): On the Peace 13-20; Papyrus 132(2): On the Peace 20-32; Papyrus 132(3): On the Peace 32-47; Papyrus 132(4): On the Peace 47-62; Papyrus 132(5): On the Peace 62-79; Papyrus 132(6): On the Peace 79-92; ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 1st century-mid 2nd century
Extent:

Fragments of a papyrus roll, housed in ten glass frames named Papyrus 132(1), Papyrus 132(2), Papyrus 132(3), Papyrus 132(4), Papyrus 132(5), Papyrus 132(6), Papyrus 132(7), Papyrus 132(8), Papyrus 132(9), Papyrus 132(10). All mounted on cardboard, except for Papyrus 132(8), which bears a small trace of ink on the back, at the top. There remain 44 columns running along the fibres, each with an average of 45 lines, measuring around 220 x 70 mm; the first 19 columns are badly mutilated, while the others are abraded and rubbed in places; 4 columns are lost at the beginning of the roll.

Papyrus 132(1): Fragments of varying size, light-brown, with portions of 4 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(2): Fragments of varying size, darker in places, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(3): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(4): Fragments of varying size, with portions of 5 columns, mutilated and rubbed in places; with part of upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(5): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-brown, darker at the top; rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(6): Portion of the roll, mid-brown, rubbed in places, otherwise well preserved; with 5 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(7): Portion of the roll with detached scrap, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(8): Portion of the roll with four detached scraps, dark-brown; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins on the front; small trace of ink on the back;

Papyrus 132(9): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 4 columns, upper and lower margins;

Papyrus 132(10): Portion of the roll, mid-dark brown; rubbed in places; with 3 columns, traces of the preceding column and two additional lines on the right; with upper, right and lower margins.

3. Papyrus 230

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 230
Title:
Psalms and Isocrates, Ad Demonicum (P.Lond.Lit. 207, P.Lond.Lit. 255, TM 62310, LDAB 6473, MP3 1245, 2751.434)
Scope & Content:
Portion of a papyrus roll with two texts, presumably teachers’ models (Cribiore 1996; Barker 2007). Recto (P.Lond.Lit. 207): Psalms 11(12):7-14(15):4, with titles and syllabification through supralinear dots as a reading aid (against Jourdan-Hemmerdinger (1979), who suggests that the dots are m...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
mid 3rd century- mid 4th century
Extent:

Portion of a papyrus roll, pale-brown, broken off on the sides, with holes and surface damage in places; written on both sides. The front bears two columns of 37 lines each, written along the fibres; the width of the column is 130 mm; the intercolumn varies between 35 and 10 mm. A sheet-join runs from top to bottom along the left edge. The back contains portions of two columns of 25 and 6 lines respectively; the second column is followed by large blank space; the intercolumn measures 30-35 mm. The papyrus is housed in a glass frame.

4. Royal MS 15 A I

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 15 A I
Title:
Jane Lumley, translation of Isocrates, Archidamus
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a copy of Archidamus, one of the Orationes of the Ancient Greek rhetorician Isocrates (b. 436, d. 338 BC), in a Latin translation composed by Jane Lumley (b. 1537, d. 1578), Baroness Lumley. The manuscript is a presentation copy, probably intended as a New Year's gift fo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:
1 volume