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Harley MS 952
- Record Id:
- 040-001612848
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001612848
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x00028a
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 952
- Title:
- Ilias in Nuce sive Homeri φληάς vel skipsodia, a parodic epic poem in Homeric Greek about fleas in Glamorgan
- Scope & Content:
- Ilias in Nuce sive Homeri φληάς vel skipsodia. Res a pulicibus gestae Illustrissimo Nipskinno rege. Poema ab aliquando bono dormitante Homero conscriptum...; et in usum Scholae Glamorganensis editum. Inc. Μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ ταφιηϊάδεω κάμβροιο οὐλομένην, ἥ μύρια φληοῖς ἄλγε' ἔθηκε Πολλὰς τὲ στουτὰς ψυχὰς ἀΐδι προΐαψεν.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001612848", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 952: Ilias in Nuce sive Homeri φληάς vel skipsodia, a parodic epic poem in Homeric Greek about fleas in Glamorgan" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001612848 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 952 : Ilias in Nuce sive Homeri φληάς vel skipsodia, a parodic epic poem in Homeric Greek about fleas in Glamorgan - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[0952]/040-001612848
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_952 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1665
- End Date:
- 1675
- Date Range:
- c 1670
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper (watermark: horn, cf. Heawood 1950 2664-2702; 'Amsterdam' cf. Churchill 11 (1670)).
Foliation: ff 34+3*. Three unfoliated contemporary leaves after f 3 (and before f 3*). Thirty-three unfoliated contemporary leaves between f 33 and f 34. One additional unfoliated contemporary leaf at the end.
Dimensions: 140 x 85 mm.
Ruling: 105 x 85 mm. 12/14 lines per page. Text written at right angles to page.
Binding: Calf.
- Custodial History:
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Origin:
Wales (Glamorgan?)
Provenance:
John Wickins, Rector of Stoke Edith: owned in the late 17th or early 18th century, see ownership note on the front fly-leaf, 'This Book belongs to the Reverend Mr Wickins rector of Stoke Edith & must be returned. R. H.'). Acquired by Robert Harley before 1712 (bookplate f 2v).
The Harley Collection, formed by Robert Harley (b. 1661, d. 1724), 1st earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician, and Edward Harley (b. 1689, d. 1741), 2nd earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts.
Edward Harley bequeathed the library to his widow, Henrietta Cavendish, née Holles (b. 1694, d. 1755) during her lifetime and thereafter to their daughter, Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (b. 1715, d.1785), duchess of Portland; the manuscripts were sold by the Countess and the Duchess in 1753 to the nation for £10,000 (a fraction of their contemporary value) under the Act of Parliament that also established the British Museum; the Harley manuscripts form one of the foundation collections of the British Library.
- Administrative Context:
- Wales (Glamorgan?)
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_952].
- Publications:
-
A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, I, p. 481.
E. Heawood, Watermarks mainly of the 17th and 18th Centuries (Monumenta chartae papyraceae historiam illustrantia 1), Hilversum 1950.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 86.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)