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Add MS 36539
- Record Id:
- 032-001650261
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001650261
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000035.0x000207
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 36539
- Title:
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Pseudo-Sphrantzes (Macarius Melissenus), Chronicon sive Maius (TLG 3176.001)
- Scope & Content:
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Pseudo-Sphrantzes (Macarius Melissenus), Chronicon sive Maius (TLG 3176.001).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001650261
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001650261
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 137 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_36539 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 137. Two modern paper flyleaves and one contemporary parchment flyleaf at the beginning, and a contemporary paper flyleaf, a contemporary parchment flyleaf, and two modern paper flyleaves at the end, all unfoliated.
Dimensions: 300 x 205 mm.
Ruling: 202 x 125 mm, 31 lines per page.
Binding: Half Black, 19th century.
Scribe: Μανουὴλ Γλυζούνιος, Repertorium 1A, no 248.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, N. E. (Venice).
Provenance:
A note on f 137v, identified as being in the hand of Giovanni Santamaura (Repertorium 1A, no 179), dates the writing of the manuscript to 1478, but this is not consistent with the dating of the scribe Manuel Glynzunius (1540-1596).
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from M. Spirgatis, 16 October 1900.
- Administrative Context:
- Italy, N. E. (Venice).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_36539].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1894-1899, London 1901, pp. 136-137.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 63.
M. Sicherl, 'Manuel Glynzunios als Schreiber griechischer Handschriften', Byzantinische Zeitschrift 49 (1956) pp. 34-54.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
M. D'Agostino, 'La mano di Giovanni Santamaura. Per una lista delle testimonianze librarie', Scripta 4 (2011) pp. 11-14.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)