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Record Id:

032-002167817

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002167817

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Add MS 5424

Title:

Works of Synesius of Cyrene and Georgios Gemistos Plethon

Scope & Content:

Works of Synesius of Cyrene and Georgios Gemistos Plethon, including: Oracles from Herodotus. Alexander Phil., In Aristotelis meteorologicorum libros commentaria, p. 79, 19-28 (TLG 0732.008), repeated twice, f 145v and f 146.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

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Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts

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Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ…" },{ "id" : "040-002167828", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 101-119: Invocations of the Gods." },{ "id" : "040-002167829", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, f 114: inc. Καὶ ταύτης τῆς προσρήσεως ἐκ τῶν ἡμερῶν ταῖς βεβήλοις" },{ "id" : "040-002167830", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, f 119: inc. Καὶ ταύτης τῆς προσρήσεως ἐκ τῶν ἡμερῶν ταῖς βεβήλοις." },{ "id" : "040-002167831", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 119-123: Prosrhesis to Zeus, inc. Ζεῦ βασιλεῦ, σὺ ἀυτοών τε ὤν." },{ "id" : "040-002167832", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 123-129: Georgios Gemistos Plethon, Twenty-seven Hymns to Gods (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ…" },{ "id" : "040-002167833", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 129-134: Georgios Gemistos Plethon, Order of Hymns and Prayers (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ…" },{ "id" : "040-002167834", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 133-134: Georgios Gemisthos Plethon, The order of months and years. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς…" },{ "id" : "040-002167835", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 134v-145: Georgios Gemistos Plethon, De legibus (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα…" },{ "id" : "040-002167836", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, f 134v: Exordium. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 2-4)" },{ "id" : "040-002167837", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 135-137: Table of contents. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 6-14)" },{ "id" : "040-002167838", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 137-138v: Βοοk 1, chapter αʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 16-26)" },{ "id" : "040-002167839", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 139-140v: Βοοk 1, chapter βʹ. ((ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 26-36)" },{ "id" : "040-002167840", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 141-142: Βοοk 1, chapter γʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 36-42)" },{ "id" : "040-002167841", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, f 142: Βοοk 1, chapter δʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 44)" },{ "id" : "040-002167842", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 142-144: Βοοk 1, chapter εʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 44-56)" },{ "id" : "040-002167843", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 144r-v: Βοοk 2, chapter κςʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 80-82)" },{ "id" : "040-002167844", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 144v-145: Βοοk 3, chapter ιαʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα, 84-86)" },{ "id" : "040-002167845", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, f 145: End of book 3, chapter λαʹ; inc. καὶ θανάτῳ ἤδη. ζημιοῦν … διαγινώσκειν (ed. Alexandre,…" },{ "id" : "040-002167846", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 145r-v: Βοοk 3, chapter λβʹ. (ed. Alexandre, Πλήθωνος Νόμων συγγραφῆς τὰ σωζόμενα 130-132)" },{ "id" : "040-002167847", "parent" : "032-002167817", "text" : "Add MS 5424, ff 145v-146: Alexander Phil., In Aristotelis meteorologicorum libros commentaria, p. 79, 19-28 (TLG 0732.008), repeated twice, f 145v and…" }]

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Record Type (Level):

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

15th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 1-146.
Dimensions: 220 x 145 mm.
Ruling: 151 x 95 mm.
Scribal features: Change of ink at ff 138-140v.
Binding: Half goat leather binding with brown cloth and corners.
Scribes: Demetrios Rhaoul Kabakes (Δημήτριος Ῥαοὺλ Καβάκης, Repertorium 1A, no. 95), Plethon’s admirer, if not a pupil, ff 2v, 99-138, 141-142, 144-146.

Custodial History:

Origin: Greece (Mistra?) or Italy, Central (Rome).

Provenance: ff 2v, 99-138, 141-142, 144-146 written by Demetrios Rhaoul Kabakes (Δημήτριος Ῥαοὺλ Καβάκης, Repertorium 1A, no. 95), known to have been active in Mistra and Rome.

Charles Townley (b. 1737, d. 1805), collector of antiquities.

Source of Acquisition:

Presented by Charles Townley, 5 March 1792.

Administrative Context:

Greece (Mistra?) or Italy, Central (Rome).

Information About Copies:

Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_5424].

Publications:

M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe (Paris, 1952), p. 5.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien, 3 vols (Vienna, 1981), no. 95.
F. Bacchelli, « Di Demetrio Raoul Kavàkis e di alcuni suoi scritti (con due lettere inedite di Gemisto Pletone) », Unomolti, 1, 2007, p. 129-187: 143 n. 40, 144, 184 n. 31.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Kabakes, Demetrios Raoul, scribe, fl 15th century
Townley, Charles, collector of antiquities, 1737-1805