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Egerton MS 3154
- Record Id:
- 032-002169848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169848
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x00017a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186537439.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 3154
- Title:
- Geoponica (TLG 4080.001) attributed to Cassianus Bassus Scholasticus, imperfect
- Scope & Content:
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Geoponica (TLG 4080.001) attributed to Cassianus Bassus Scholasticus. Imperfect, containing only Books I, II, IV-VII. Preceded (ff 1r-6v) by imperfect πίναξ relating to Books II-XVII. Text inc. (Beckh Geoponica p.3, l. 10 ) Ταραντίνου καὶ Δημοκρίτου καὶ ᾽Αφρικανοῦ. For a similar example of 'crossing' on extended descenders in the last line see Add. MS 41660.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-002169848", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Egerton MS 3154: Geoponica (TLG 4080.001) attributed to Cassianus Bassus Scholasticus, imperfect" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169848
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002169848
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
-
76 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100186537439.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 76 (+ an unfoliated modern paper flyleaf at the beginning and 2 at the end).
Dimensions: 215 x 170 mm.
Ruling: 175 x 120 mm. Leroy P2 33C1, 27-28 lines per page.
Binding: British Museum.
Decoration: Headpieces in brown or brown and red with braided decoration (ff 17v, 46v). Simple headpieces in red or red and brown. Small initials in red.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Great Meteora, Thessaly: in the library in 1859, when it was seen by Porphyre Uspenskij (cf. Augustin and Guignard 2013).
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, suo jure Baroness Burdett-Coutts (b. 1814, d. 1906), philanthropist: given to Sir Roger Cholmeley's School: manuscript number 'II.14' (f 7r).
Sir Roger Cholmeley's School, Highgate.
Owned by Angela Georgina, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who presented the MS to Sir Roger Cholmely's School, Highgate (pencil press-mark 'II.14' (f. 7) appears identical to that of a further Burdett-Coutts MS (see Sotheby's, 23 June 1987, lot 45), now in the National Library of Greece). Purchased with the aid of the Farnborough Funds from the Governors of Highgate School, in 1938.
- Former External References:
- Burdett-Coutts MS II.14 add
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the Governors of Highgate School in 1938, using the Bridgewater fund (£12,000 bequeathed in 1829 by Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829).
- 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=Egerton_MS_3154].Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7152&CollID=28&NStart=3154].
- Publications:
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A. D. Wilson, 'A Greek Treatise on Agriculture', British Museum Quarterly 13 (1938-39) pp. 10-11.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1936-1945, London 1970, p. 343.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 281.
Iulius Africanus Cesti: The Extant Fragments, ed. by M.Wallraff and others, trans. by W. Adler (Die Griechischen Christlichen Schriftsteller, Neue Folge, 18), Berlin 2012, p. CXXX.
P. Augustin and C. Guignard, 'À propos de deux manuscrits classiques du Grand-Météore (London, BL, Egerton 3154 ; München, BSB, gr. 639)', Codices Manuscripti & Impressi 89/90 (2013) pp. 25-37.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)