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Add MS 19391
- Record Id:
- 032-002169280
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169280
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x000124
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 19391
- Title:
- Geographical works
- Scope & Content:
- Geographical works, including: Map of the world. Map of the British Isles. Map of Europe.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002169280", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 19391: Geographical works" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-002169281", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, f 1: ὁ τῶν γραφέντων ὦδε βιβλίων πίναξ." },{ "id" : "040-002169282", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 1-3: Geographiae expositio compendiaria (TLG 0092.001)." },{ "id" : "040-002169283", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 3r-v: Agathemerus, Geographiae informatio (TLG 0090.001), imperfect at the end, up to 25. 7 ἔστι γὰρ μακρά." },{ "id" : "040-002169284", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, f 4: Dionysius of Byzantium, Per Bosporum navigatio (TLG 0083.003), imperfect at the beginning, from 96. 2 τῶν ἀπὸ τῆς…" },{ "id" : "040-002169285", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 4-7v: Periplus ponti Euxini (TLG 0075.001)." },{ "id" : "040-002169286", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 7v-9: Arrian, Periplus ponti Euxini (TLG 0074.004)." },{ "id" : "040-002169287", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 9-12: Periplus Maris Erythraei (TLG 0071.001)." },{ "id" : "040-002169288", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 12r-v: Periplus Hannonis (TLG 0064.001)." },{ "id" : "040-002169289", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 12v-13v: Philo of Byzantium, De septem orbis spectaculis (TLG 2595.001)." },{ "id" : "040-002169290", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, f 13v: Χρηστομάθεια ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Στράβωνος Γεωγραφικών Βιβλίων." },{ "id" : "040-002169291", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 14-17: Ptolemy, Geographia VII-VIII, 1-4, with tables." },{ "id" : "040-002169292", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 17v-18: Map of the world." },{ "id" : "040-002169293", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, ff 19v-20: Map of the British Isles." },{ "id" : "040-002169294", "parent" : "032-002169280", "text" : "Add MS 19391, f 21v: Map of Europe." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169280
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 19391, f 1 : ὁ τῶν γραφέντων ὦδε βιβλίων πίναξ.
Add MS 19391, ff 1-3 : Geographiae expositio compendiaria (TLG 0092.001).
Add MS 19391, ff 3r-v : Agathemerus, Geographiae informatio (TLG 0090.001), imperfect at the end, up to 25. 7 ἔστι γὰρ μακρά.
Add MS 19391, f 4 : Dionysius of Byzantium, Per Bosporum navigatio (TLG 0083.003), imperfect at the beginning, from 96. 2 τῶν ἀπὸ…
Add MS 19391, ff 4-7v : Periplus ponti Euxini (TLG 0075.001).
Add MS 19391, ff 7v-9 : Arrian, Periplus ponti Euxini (TLG 0074.004).
Add MS 19391, ff 9-12 : Periplus Maris Erythraei (TLG 0071.001).
Add MS 19391, ff 12r-v : Periplus Hannonis (TLG 0064.001).
Add MS 19391, ff 12v-13v : Philo of Byzantium, De septem orbis spectaculis (TLG 2595.001).
Add MS 19391, f 13v : Χρηστομάθεια ἐκ τῶν τοῦ Στράβωνος Γεωγραφικών Βιβλίων.
Add MS 19391, ff 14-17 : Ptolemy, Geographia VII-VIII, 1-4, with tables.
Add MS 19391, ff 17v-18 : Map of the world.
Add MS 19391, ff 19v-20 : Map of the British Isles.
Add MS 19391, f 21v : Map of Europe.
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- 032-002169280
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 19391
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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21 folios
- Digitised Content:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1300
- End Date:
- 1324
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 21.
Dimensions: 370 x 270 mm.
Binding: Half leather binding, British Museum, 20th century.
- Custodial History:
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Likely created in Constantinople at the beginning of the 14th century: Burri 2013, p. 251.
Vatopedi Monastery, Mount Athos: acquired before 1540, when the Greek scholar Nikolaos Sophianos annotated it: his hand, ff 4r, 7v, 12v, 13v.
Constantine Simonides: acquired the 21 leaves that now constitute the present manuscript in 1852: Burri 2013, p. 253.
Purchased from Constantine Simonides, 12 March 1853.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Constantine Simonides, 12 March 1853.
- Administrative Context:
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Likely created in Constantinople at the beginning of the 14th century: Burri 2013, p. 251.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1848-1853, London 1868, pp. 228-29.
A. Diller, 'The Vatopedi Manuscript of Ptolemy and Strabo', American Journal of Philology 58.2 (1937), pp. 174-184.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, pp. 33-34.
R. Devreesse, Introduction à l'étude des manuscrits grecs, Paris 1954, p. 246 (n. 3), 247 (n. 6).
Renate Burri, Die 'Geographie' des Ptolemaios im Spiegel der griechischen Handschriften (Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte 110), Berlin 2013, pp. 238-55.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)