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Add MS 89320
- Record Id:
- 032-003411550
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003411550
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100059824924.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165153137.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89320
- Title:
- News of Europe (Ευρώπης ειδήσεις)
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of political reports from the capitals of Europe, received in the months October to December 1740.
ff. 2-4v Reports from October 1740 on events taking place in St Petersburg, London, Regensburg, Paris, Spain, Warsaw, Naples, Hannover, Vienna
ff. 4v-16v: Reports from November 1740 on events taking place in Vienna ("Death and Burial of Emperor" [Charles VI]); India; Paris, London; Stockholm; Cadiz; Warsaw; Brasov (Transylvania) ("Extract from the letter on the death of the Emperor [Charles VI] and the events following his death"); Report from Vienna; London; Lisbon; St Petersburg; Naples, Hamburg; India; Munich; "Manifest of the New Emperor of Moscovy" [Ivan VI]; "Copy of the report of the Longobard Imperial Surgeon" on the Death of Empress Anna of Russia";
ff. 17r-29v: Reports from December 1740: "Reflections on the Present State of Russia"; Extracts "from Letters of Friends"; reports from Vienna; Frankfurt; Regensburg; Milan; Hamburg; Madrid; Fontainebleau; Paris; London, Malta; "Advice to the House of Austria After the death of Charles VI"; "Manifest of the New Emperor of Russia Ivan III [VI]"; further events in Warsaw; Frankfurt; Hamburg; Paris; Pula; Naples; Hannover; Vienna; Nurnberg.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "032-003411550", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Add MS 89320: News of Europe (Ευρώπης ειδήσεις)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003411550
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003411550
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 30 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100165153137.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Modern
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1740
- End Date:
- 1740
- Date Range:
- 1740
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff iii + 30. f i is the paste-down in the inside front cover. Two unfoliated blank paper flyleaves at the beginning and one at the end.
Dimensions: 332 x 207 mm.
Ruling: 230 x 160 mm, approx. 30 lines per page.
Binding: half calf and marbled board with Ευρώπης ειδήσεις written in gold on spine.
Script: Typical 18th-century Greek hand. Catchwords meticulously placed in margins.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Constantinople(?)
Provenance: Library of the Hon. Frederic North, later 5th Earl of Guilford: His armorial bookplate on the inner side of the front board with "No 20" inscribed in ink. Same bookplate drawn with ink on f. I. Listed in the appendix to the catalogue of Guilford's Greek manuscripts in Add MS 8220, f. 76r. First recorded sale at Thorpe’s 1833 sale (lot 550 in his Catalogue of twelve hundred MSS) to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Phillipps MS 7242 sold at his sale at Sotheby’s on 26 June 1967 to Maggs. Constantine Saccas - His ex libris with his name and shelfmark "236A" and the date "16 September 1978"
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased at Sotheby's, lot 293, 15 May 2018.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)