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Add MS 37534
- Record Id:
- 032-002199128
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002199128
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002031.0x0003a2
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 37534
- Title:
- Life and Miracles of Saints Cosmas and Damianus (BHG 373b), imperfect
- Scope & Content:
- Life and Miracles of Saints Cosmas and Damianus (BHG 373b), imperfect, lacking two leaves at the beginning and one or two quires after f 14. All the leaves are mutilated, especially at the top. The narrative differs largely in contents, and wholly in language, from that hitherto known. At the end (f 42r) is a hymn to the archangel Michael in a different hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002199128
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002199128
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 43 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_37534 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 43. One unfoliated modern paper flyleaf at the beginning and two at the end.
Dimensions: 305 x 210 mm, 23 lines per page.
Binding: Half black, 20th century.
Script: Written in Egypt, in a very late uncial hand, probably in the 11th century.
Decoration: Coloured initials, sometimes roughly decorated.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean (Egypt).
Provenance:
Brought from Egypt in 1907 and said to have been found near Edfu (St Mercurius Monastery). Found with Coptic MSS bearing dates in the late 10th and 11th centuries.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Purchased from Robert de Rustafjaell, 9 Nov 1907.
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean (Egypt).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_37534].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1906-1910, London 1912, p. 73.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 71.
E. Rupprecht, Cosmae et Damiani sanctorum medicorum vitam et miracula e codice Londinensi, Berlin 1935.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)