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Add MS 58224
- Record Id:
- 032-002169810
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x00016d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 58224
- Title:
- Appian, Historia Romana
- Scope & Content:
- Appian, Historia Romana. Included are Prooemium (TLG 0551.001), ff 1r-4v; Celticorum epitome (TLG 0551.005), ff 4v-6r; Syriaca (TLG 0551.013), ff 6r-27r; Libyca (TLG 0551.009), ff 27v-64r; fragment of the beginning of Illyrica (TLG 0551.012), ff 64r-65r; Parthica, ff 66r-83v; Mithridatica (TLG 0551.014), ff 83v-126v, and Bellum Civile 1-5 (TLG 0551.017), ff 127r-337r. The text belongs to Mendelssohn's family i (deteriores) of which, according to Dilts (1971), the primary manuscript is Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, MS 70.5. The text breaks off after 11 lines on f 65r, after which 37 unfoliated leaves are left blank, marking the lacuna in the Illyrica first found in the Florence manuscript.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002169810", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 58224: Appian, Historia Romana" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169810
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002169810
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
338 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_58224 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1445
- End Date:
- 1460
- Date Range:
- c 1450-1460
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 338. 37 unfoliated leaves left blank after f 65.
Dimensions: 290 x 215 mm.
Ruling: 210 x 135 mm (ff 1-72, 114-270, 283-337); 205 x 135 mm (ff 73-113, 271-282). 30 lines per page (ff 1-16); 29 lines per page (ff 17-72, 114-270, 283-337); 28 lines per page (ff 73-113, 271-282).
Collation: Gatherings mostly of 8 leaves.
Binding: Wooden boards with pigskin spine. Stamped on lower cover 'A. Lucas 1958'.
Scribe: Emmanuel Zacharides (Repertorium 1A, no. 114), ff 127-211. Five other scribes, probably working on Crete.
Decoration: Decorative headpiece, f 1r.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean (Crete?).
Provenance:
Late 15th century note (f 338r): Liber mei Benedicti Cornelii quem emi meis pecuniis (cf. Vienna, MS phil. gr. 160, note of purchase dated 1490).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased of E. N. Bauer, of Lincoln, 30 August 1974.
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean (Crete?).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_58224].
- Publications:
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M. R. Dilts, 'The Manuscripts of Appian's Historia Romana', Revue d'histoire des textes 1 (1971) pp. 68-69.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Library (New Series), 1971-1975, London 1998.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 271.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)