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Add MS 41478
- Record Id:
- 032-002169682
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169682
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x000155
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 41478
- Title:
- Aeschylus, Persae. Forged roll by Constantine Simonides
- Scope & Content:
- Aeschylus, Persae. Forged roll by Constantine Simonides.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002169682", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 41478: Aeschylus, Persae. Forged roll by Constantine Simonides" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169682
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002169682
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
1 parchment roll
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 5 strips gripped at the top and wound round an ivory cylinder, each strip measuring 610 x 130 mm.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Egypt?
Provenance:
First noted in Egypt, 1871.
Acquired at Naples by J. A. Spranger.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Presented to the British Museum by J. A. Spranger, 9 April 1927.
- Administrative Context:
- Egypt?
- Publications:
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F. W. Ritschl, 'Aeschylus' Perser in Aegypten: ein neues Simonideum', Rheinisches Museum für Philologie 27 (1872) pp. 114-126.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1926-1930, London 1959, p. 39.
A. N. L. Munby, The Formation of the Phillipps Library from 1841 to 1872 (Phillipps Studies, 4), Cambridge 1956, p. 130, pl.VIII.
Fake? The Art of Deception, British Museum exhibition catalogue, ed. M. Jones, London 1990, No. 178.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 256.
L. Canfora and M. Pinto, 'Il falso Eschilo di Simonidis', in G. Bastianini and A. Casanova (eds.), I papiri di Eschilo e di Sofocle, Florence 2013, pp. 65-79.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Aeschylus
Simonides, Constantine, forger, c 1820-c 1890
Spranger, John Alfred, of Florence, engineer and mountaineer, 1889-1968