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Add MS 41668
- Record Id:
- 032-002169703
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169703
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x000159
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100161510160.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 41668
- Title:
- Philosophical and Rhetorical Miscellany
- Scope & Content:
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- ff. 1r-32r: St. John of Damascus, Fons Scientiae, Part I, with prologue and πίναξ. expl. ἀσύγχητόν τε καὶ ἄτρεπτον. Chapter 66 has been placed at the end, after chapter 68. Many marginal notes and manicula.
- f. 32v: philosophical extracts.
- ff. 33r-70v: Meletius Syrigos, Εἰς ἄπασαν τὴν λογικὴν τοῦ Ἀριστοτέλους μέθοδον προδιοίκησις ἤτοι εἰσαγωγή. Inc. Τί ἐστὶ λογική. Printed at Venice in 1792. ff. 90r-91v are misbound, and should come after f. 55v. (Attributed to Georgios Sougdoures in the manuscript.).
- ff. 71r-80v: Extracts from Ammonius son of Hermeias. (Σημειώτατα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Ἀμμωνίου λογικῆς καὶ πρῶτον ἐκ τῶν πεντε φωνῶν.) Inc. Ἐκ τῶν ὀρισμῶν μανθάνομεν τὰ πράγματα.
- ff. 81r-89v: Σύνοψις τῆς διαλεκτικῆς δαψιλεστάτη. Προλεγόμενον πρῶτον περὶ τῆς καθόλου φολοσοφίας. Inc. Τί δηλοῖ τοὔνομα τῆς φιλοσοφίας. Imperfect at end. Same text in BNF Suppl. Grec 683, ff. 60-76v.
- ff. 93r-168v: Francis Skouphos, Τέχνη ῥητορικῆς Φραγκίσκου ἱερέως τοῦ Σκοῦφο Κρητὸς τοῦ ἐκ Κυδωνίας. Inc. Ἰξεύρω πῶς ἐστάθη γνώμη τῶν παλαιῶν. Printed in Venice in 1681.
- ff. 169r-187v: Meletius Syrigos, Περὶ τοῦ πῶς δεῖ ὁμιλίαν ξυγγράφειν. Inc. Μέλλοντι ὁμιλίαν συγγράφειν. (Attributed to Georgios Sougdoures by the manuscript, but authored by Meletius, cf. Duobountotes (1920))
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169703
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002169703
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
Paper codex.
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_41668 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Modern
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1723
- End Date:
- 1725
- Date Range:
- 1723-1725
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Foliation: ff. 187.
Dimensions: 210 x 150 (Text Space: 175 x 105 (ff. 1r-73r, 81r-91r); 165 x 110 (ff. 74r-80r); 170 x 110 (ff. 93r-187r)) mm.
Ruling: 25 lines (ff. 1r-73r, 81r-91r); 26 lines (ff. 74r-80r); 27 lines (ff. 93r-187r).
Script: Greek cursive of the 18th century written by Ioannes Zambelli (colophons ff. 32r (dated 1724), 70v (dated 1724), 168v (dated 1723), and 187r (dated 1725).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy.
Written by Ioannes Zambelli (colophons ff. 32r (dated 1724), 70v (dated 1724), 168v (dated 1723), and 187r (dated 1725).
Provenance:
Purchased, together with Add MS 41669, at Hodgson's, 23 January 1929, lot 583 (part).
- Publications:
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Κωνσταντίνος Δυοβουνιώτης, "Μελετίου Αθηνών περί του πώς δεί ομιλίαν συγγράφειν", Εκκλησιαστικός Φάρος 19 (1920), 326.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1926-1930, (London: British Museum, 1959), p. 121.
D. Harlfinger and J. Wiesner, 'Die griechischen Handschriften des Aristoteles und seiner Kommentatoren', Scriptorium 18 (1964) p. 257.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, (London: British Library 1999), p. 258.
Digitisation has been made possible thanks to the generous support of the Hellenic Foundation.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)