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Egerton MS 2625
- Record Id:
- 032-001609081
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609081
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00017a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2625
- Title:
- Thucydides, Historiae (TLG 0003.001), with scholia
- Scope & Content:
- Thucydides, Historiae (TLG 0003.001), with scholia. This manuscript originally formed a single manuscript with Add MS 5110, which contains Xenophon's Hellenica along with extracts from other Greek and Byzantine authors. In the original manuscript, the text of Thucydides preceded that of Xenophon.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001609081", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2625: Thucydides, Historiae (TLG 0003.001), with scholia" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609081
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001609081
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 203 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2625 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 203 ( + 2 unfoliated paper leaves at the beginning and at the end).
Dimensions: 300 x 220 mm.
Ruling: 200 x 155 mm, 35 lines per page.
Binding: 18th century gold tooled English brown binding (typical Askew binding), similar to the binding of Add MS 5110, but with the addition of the armorial crest of Michael Wodhull.
Decoration: 8 large headpieces in ink and a brown wash, with heads or animals and/or foliate or braided decoration at the beginning of books (ff 1r, 31v, 56r, 81v, 111v, 133v, 157r, 179v). 8 large initials in brown with penwork decoration, including of heads at the beginning of books (ff 1r, 31v, 56r, 81v, 111v, 133v, 157r, 179v). Text in red.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean (Crete?)
Provenance:
Anthony Askew (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: inscription 'Leigh's Auction/ Dr Askew's manuscript, by Wodhull (f [i]; his sale, 1785: bought by Wodhull.
Michael Wodhull (b. 1740, d. 1816), book collector and poet: his signature and price code 'M. Wodhull Mar: 16th 1785 £2' and notes (f [i]); his binding; his sale, 11 January 1883.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased at Sotheby’s (J. E. Severne sale, of items collected by Michael Wodhull), 11-21 January 1886. Bought using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean (Crete?)
- Information About Copies:
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Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2625].Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7579&CollID=28&NStart=2625].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1882-1887, London 1889, p. 356.
E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review 3 (1889) p. 151.
A. Dain, 'Liste des Manuscrits de Thucydide', Revue des études grecques 46 (1933) pp. 20-28, 476, esp. p. 22.
J. E. Powell, 'The Cretan Manuscripts of Thucydides', Classical Quarterly 32 (1938) pp. 103-108.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 86.
D. F. Jackson, 'Varia Palaeographica', Classical Journal 65 (1969) pp. 8-13 (pp. 11-13).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)