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Egerton MS 2626
- Record Id:
- 032-001609159
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609159
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00017b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2626
- Title:
- Sozomen, Historia ecclesiastica (TLG 2048.001); Evagrius Scholasticus, Historia ecclesiastica (TLG 2733.001)
- Scope & Content:
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Sozomen, Historia ecclesiastica (TLG 2048.001), ff 9r-140v, preceded by a table of contents written by Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos, ff 1r-8v; Evagrius Scholasticus, Historia ecclesiastica (TLG 2733.001), ff 141r-207r, each chapter being preceded by a table of contents written by Xanthopoulos. The codex is an apograph of Baroccianus 142, according to Diller, 'A Greek manuscript' (1962) pp. 40-41.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609159
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 2626, ff 1r-140v : Sozomen, Historia ecclesiastica (TLG 2048.001), ff 9r-140v, preceded by a table of contents, written by…
Egerton MS 2626, ff 141r-207r : Evagrius Scholasticus, Historia ecclesiastica (TLG 2733.001), ff 141r-207r; each chapter is preceded by a table…
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- 032-001609159
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 2626
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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207 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2626 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1524
- End Date:
- 1524
- Date Range:
- 1524
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 207. Three unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and three at the end.
Dimensions: 336 x 220 mm.
Ruling: 250 x 130 mm, 33 lines per page.
Binding: 18th century gold tooled English brown binding, with the armorial crest of Michael Wodhull.
Scribe: Μιχαὴλ Δαμασκηνός (Repertorium 1A, no 279): colophon, f 140v.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, Central (Rome).
Provenance:
The manuscript was written for Giovanni Matteo Giberti, Bishop of Verona, by Michael Damascenus, the Cretan, at Rome, in 1524, according to a colophon at the end of Sozomen's text, f 140v: ''Μιχαῆλος Δαμασκηνὸς ὁ Κρής˙ τῷ αἰδεσιμωτάτῳ, καὶ πανσοφωτάτῳ κυρίῳ, κυρίῳ/ Ἰωάννῃ Ματθαίῳ τῷ Γιβέρτῳ, καὶ ἀξίως ἐπισκόπω Βερώνης, ταύτην τὴν ἑρμείου τοῦ Σωζομένου περὶ ἐκκλησιαστικῆς ἱστορί(ας) θεῖαν ἐξέγραψα βίβλον/ ἐν ἔτει ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰ(ησο)ῦ Χ(ριστο)ῦ ἁγί(ας) Σαρκώσεως ᾳφκδ’, μηνὸς Ὀκτωβρίου ιδῃ/ ἐν τῇ ἀρχαἰα τῶν Ρωμαίων πόλει''.
Anthony Askew (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: inscription 'Leigh's Auction/ Dr Askew's manuscript, by Wodhull (f [ii]); his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 599.
Michael Wodhull (b. 1740, d. 1816), book collector and poet: his signature 'M. Wodhull Mar: 16th 1785' (f [ii]).
- 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:
- Italy, Central (Rome).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2626].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1882-1887, London 1889, p. 356.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 86.
A. Diller, 'A Greek manuscript strayed from the Vatican Library', The Bodleian Library Record 7 (1962) pp. 39-42.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)