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Sloane MS 2437
- Record Id:
- 040-001607982
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002112337
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001442.0x0003e1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Sloane MS 2437
- Title:
- Hero of Alexandria, Definitiones (TLG 0559.008), with figures of geometrical shapes
- Scope & Content:
- Hero of Alexandria, Definitiones (TLG 0559.008), with figures of geometrical shapes, ff 2r-47v, preceded and followed by two paper leaves from a noted Latin psalter (of 15th-16th century), ff 1r-v and 48r-v.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Sloane Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002112337
040-001607982 - Is part of:
- Sloane MS 1-4100 : Sloane Manuscripts
Sloane MS 2437 : Hero of Alexandria, Definitiones (TLG 0559.008), with figures of geometrical shapes - Hierarchy:
- 032-002112337[2427]/040-001607982
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Sloane MS 1-4100
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 48 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1650
- End Date:
- 1650
- Date Range:
- 1650
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff iv + 48 + iv.
Dimensions: 330 x 210 mm.
Binding: Half brown, British Library, 1984.
Scribe: Marc Meibon: colophon, f 1r: 'Marcus Meibonius hunc codicem descrispsi ex bibliotheca Lugduno-batavae codice Scarilegiano ex bibliotheca L.', i.e. Leiden, Scal. gr. 12, written by Ἰωάννης Μαυρομάτης (Repertorum 1A, no. 171).
- Custodial History:
-
Written by Marc Meibon in Leiden in 1650: colophon, f 1r.
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.
- Administrative Context:
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Netherlands, N. (Leiden)
- Publications:
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S. Ayscough, A Catalogue of the Manuscripts preserved in the British Museum, 2 vols, London 1782, vol. 1, p. 395.
M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe, Paris 1952, p. 2.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Heron, of Alexandria, mathematician and engineer, c 10-c 70
Mauromates, Ioannes, fl 1550-1575
Meibon, Marc, scribe, fl 1650 - Related Material:
- This manuscript is a copy of Leiden, Scal. gr. 12.