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Sloane MS 804
- Record Id:
- 040-001607919
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x0003ac
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 804
- Title:
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Dioscorides Pedanius, Euporista vel De simplicibus medicinis (TLG 0656.002)
- Scope & Content:
- Euporista vel De simplicibus medicinis (TLG 0656.002) by Dioscorides Pedanius, ff 1r-111v, followed by an index, ff 112r-117r.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-001607919 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 804 : Dioscorides Pedanius, Euporista vel De simplicibus medicinis (TLG 0656.002) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[0819]/040-001607919
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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117 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff v + 117 + vii. Original pagination survives: 1-219.
Dimensions: 145 x 80 mm.
Ruling: 95 x 50 mm, 24 lines per page.
Binding: 18th century gold-tooled English brown binding.
Scribe: identified as Johannes Honorius, Repertorium 1A, no. 174. Many marginal annotations.
- Custodial History:
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Jan de Witt (b. 1662, d. 1701), son of the Grand Pensionary of Holland: his sale, Dordrecht, 20 Oct. 1701, MSS in folio No. 1, 57
Jan van der Marck, of Utrecht.
John Bridges (d. 1724), county historian: his sale, 7 February 1726.
Sir Hans Sloane (b. 1660, d. 1753): bought at Bridges' sale in 1726.
Part of the great collection of manuscripts and artefacts gathered by the physician Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) and purchased at his death from his executors by the Act of Parliament which also established the British Museum. - Publications:
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S. Ayscough, A Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the British Museum, 2 vols, London 1782, vol. 2, p. 534
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 1.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bridges, John, d 1724
Dioscorides Pedanius, physician, botanist and writer, c 40-90
Honorius, Johannes, fl 1533-1566
Honorius, Johannes, scribe, 16th century
Marck, Jan, of Utrecht, Late 17th century-Early 18th century
Witt, Jan de, II, scholar and bibliophile, 1662-1701