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Egerton MS 2744
- Record Id:
- 032-001609211
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001609211
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x00017e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186507770.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 2744
- Title:
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Menaion for the months June, July and August, imperfect
- Scope & Content:
-
Menaion for the months June, July and August. Imperfect at the beginning and end, some leaves are missing from the body of the volume.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-001609211", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 2744: Menaion for the months June, July and August, imperfect" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001609211
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001609211
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 153 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100186507770.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 153. Two unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and three at the end.
Dimensions: 255 x 190 mm.
Ruling: 200 x 150 mm, 40 lines per page.
Binding: 19th century, half black.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean, Epirus: Cataldi Palau (1997) [=2008].
Provenance:
Possibly owned in the 15th century by Neophytus, bishop of Grevena (d. 1422, his ownership inscription is found in Add MS 22492): ownership notes, ff 2v, 5r, 20r, 85v: Cataldi Palau (1997), pp. 25-26 [=2008, pp. 510-512].
Hanmer Lewis Dupuis (b. 1829, d. 1911), diplomat and author.
Purchased from Dupuis while he was Consul at Corfu, 2 August 1890, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Hanmer Lewis Dupuis (b. 1829, d. 1911), diplomat and author, 2 August 1890, 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, Epirus: Cataldi Palau (1997).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_2744].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1888-1893, London 1894, p. 469.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 87.
A. Cataldi Palau, 'Manoscritti epiroti a Londra (British Library), ed a Oxford (Magdalen College)', Codices Manuscripti 20/21 (1997), pp. 3–59 (pp. 25-28) [reprinted in A. Cataldi Palau, Studies in Greek Manuscripts (Testi, studi, strumenti 24), 2 vols, Spoleto 2008, vol. 2 pp. 443-521 (pp. 510-517)].
A. Spanos, Codex Lesbiacus Leimonos 11: Annotated Critical Edition of an Unpublished Byzantine Menaion for June, Berlin/New York 2010.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)