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Add MS 40726
- Record Id:
- 032-002250112
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002250112
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000063.0x0001ca
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- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 40726
- Title:
- Manual of Byzantine ecclesiastical painting, similar to that written by Dionysius of Fourna
- Scope & Content:
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Manual of Byzantine ecclesiastical painting, similar to that written by Dionysius of Fourna, Ἑρμηνεία τῆς ζωγραφικῆς τέχνης (edited by Papadopoulos-Kerameus 1909). Two distinct manuscripts (the division is at f 68), in different hands and with different original pagination, are bound together to form the present volume.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
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- 032-002250112
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- not applicable
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- Add MS 40726, ff 1r-v : Introduction, inc. Πασῶν τῶν ἐραστῶν...γινώσκεται τοίνυν ὦ…
Add MS 40726, ff 2r-67v : Iconography, inc. Ἀρχὴ σὺν θεῷ ἁγίῳ τῆς ἑρμηνεἰας τῆς ζωγραφικῆς…
Add MS 40726, ff 68r-77v : Technology, inc. ἑρμηνεία τῆς ζωγραφικῆς τέχνης ἤτοι πῶς νὰ…
Add MS 40726, ff 77v-79r : Περὶ τοῦ πῶς νὰ ϊστορήσῃς ἐπι σοί χαίρει. Ἐπὶ σοὶ χαίρει.
Add MS 40726, ff 79v-83v : Ἡ ἀποκάλυψις τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ θεολόγου καὶ…
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- 032-002250112
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 83 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_40726 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Modern
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 83 + ii. Unfoliated modern papyer flyleaf at the beginning, followed by i, contemporary paper flyleaf with inscriptions. At the end is ii, a contemporary paper flyleaf with inscriptions, followed by two unfoliated modern paper flyleaves.
Dimensions: 170 x 120 mm.
Binding: Leather cover with large simple panel.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Mr T. Zographos, 9 December 1922.
- 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=Add_MS_40726].
- Publications:
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A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, Ἑρμηνεία τῆς ζωγραφικῆς τέχνης, Saint Petersburg, 1909.
H. J. M. Milne, 'An Iconographic Sketchbook', British Museum Quarterly 10 (1935) pp. 65-66.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1921-1925, London 1950, p. 145.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 82.
Διονυσίου τοῦ ἐκ Φουρνᾶ, Ἑρμηνεία τῆς Ζωγραφικῆς Τέχνης, Karyes Mt Athos 2009.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)