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Egerton MS 3157
- Record Id:
- 032-002169850
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002169850
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x00017c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186538765.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Egerton MS 3157
- Title:
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Xanthopulus and Ephraem the Syrian
- Scope & Content:
- Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus, Synaxaria; Ephraem the Syrian, Sermo in pulcherrimum Ioseph, imperfect. All seriously damaged by fire. f i recto has an offset of further Greek text in a similar hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Egerton Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002169850
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Egerton MS 3157, ff 1r-95v : Nicephorus Callistus Xanthopulus, Synaxaria, preceded (ff 1r-v) by a metrical table of contents. Imperfect, lacking…
Egerton MS 3157, ff 96r-114v : Ephraem the Syrian, Sermo in pulcherrimum Ioseph (TLG 4138.152; CPG 3938), imperfect, expl. (p. 34A)…
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- 032-002169850
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Egerton MS 3157
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
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114 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100186538765.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1375
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper (w.m. cf. Harlfinger Corne 11). ff.8-9 are later insertions: the watermark on f 8 shows part of a hand surmounted by a star, resembling Briquet 10755 (Syracuse, 1529).
Foliation: ff ii + 114 ( + 3 unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end). ff i and ii are the old covers.
Dimensions: 205 x 145 mm.
Ruling: 145 x 85 mm. 24 lines (ff16-114).
Binding: BM/BL in-house. Rebound in 1968 (former contemporary binding of wooden boards and tooled leather, with metal bosses on each side kept separately as Egerton MS 3157/1, foliated as ff i, ii.)
Decoration: 33 drawings in ink and watercolours (ff 1v, 5r, 7r, 19v, 22r, 27r, 29r, 31v, 36r, 39r, 40v, 43v, 45v, 48r, 53r, 59v, 65r, 67v, 73r, 75r, 79r, 84v, 87v, 89v, 99v, 101v, 104v, 105v, 106r, 108r, 109r, 111v, 113r). Headpieces in brown and red, some with braided decoration. Headpiece and large decorated initial in watercolours (f 96r). Simple endpieces in red or brown. Initials in red, some with penwork decoration. Rubrics in red.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
ff 8-9 are later insertions: the watermark on f 8 shows part of a hand surmounted by a star, resembling Briquet 10755 (Syracuse, 1529).
? Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts, suo jure Baroness Burdett-Coutts (b. 1814, d. 1906), philanthropist: probably her manuscript number 'II:6' in pen on a paper label affixed to the inside front cover (f i recto).
Numbers '172' in red ink and '19' in pencil (f i recto).
- Former External References:
- Burdett-Coutts MS II.6
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Maggs in 1939 by the British Museum, 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:
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Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Egerton_MS_3157].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6985&CollID=28&NStart=3157].
- Publications:
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C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes, 4 vols, Geneva, etc. 1907 (repr. Amsterdam 1965).
A. D. Wilson, 'An Illustrated Greek Manuscript of c.1500', British Museum Quarterly 13 (1938-1939), pp. 81-82.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1936-1945, London 1970, pp. 345-47.
D. and J. Harlfinger, Wasserzeichen aus griechischen Handschriften, I-II, Berlin 1974-1980.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 282.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)