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Add MS 59864
- Record Id:
- 032-002169822
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169822
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x00016f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 59864
- Title:
- George Acropolites, Annales (TLG 3141.002), imperfect
- Scope & Content:
- George Acropolites, Annales (TLG 3141.002), imperfect, expl. (1220A) μετὰ παραδρομήν. Not noted in Heisenberg (1903).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002169822", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 59864: George Acropolites, Annales (TLG 3141.002), imperfect" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169822
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002169822
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
157 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_59864 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1325
- End Date:
- 1349
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff vi + 157. f i is the inside upper board. f ii is a loose folded sheet of paper placed between the upper board and the first flyleaf (f iii).
Dimensions: 220 x 140 mm
Ruling: 155 x 90 mm (ff 1-5); 160 x 90 mm (ff 6-25); 140 x 85 mm (ff 26-37); 150 x 85 mm (ff 37v-157)), 17 lines (ff 1-5); 18 (ff 6-25); 20 (ff 26-37); 22 (ff 37v-157).
Collation: Greek signatures. Gathering ιʹ is misbound after ιαʹ and now forms ff 81-88.
Binding: 17th century binding of parchment over card boards, with fragments of title-labels on spine.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Gulielmus Stephens, owned in 1693: a separate leaf (f ii) contains a Latin exercise by him, dated 1693, and a contemporary copy of part of the Greek text on ff 103v-104.
Thomas Tenison (1623-1715), Archbishop of Canterbury: bequeathed by him to St Martin's Library, Westminster.
St Martin's Library, Westminster: No 44 in 1786 MS library catalogue (Add MS 11257, f 42r). Press-mark 'M/III/20', f i.
Sir Thomas Phillipps, baronet (1792-1872), collector of books and manuscripts: purchased at the sale of St Martin's Library, Sotheby's, 1 July 1861, lot 1; sold at the Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, 28 June 1976, lot 3865.
- Former External References:
- Phillipps MS 15753
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Alan G. Thomas, 14 March 1977 (his Catalogue 36 [1977] item 2).
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_59864].
- Publications:
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A. Heisenberg, Georgii Acropolitae Opera, Leipzig 1903 (rev. 1978), vol. I.
A. N. L. Munby, Phillipps Studies, 5 vols, Cambridge 1951-1960, IV, p. 195.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Library (New Series), 1976-1980, London 1995, p.45.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 272.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)