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Harley MS 5541

Record Id:

040-001613041

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001613041

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x0002cf

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5541

Title:

Horologion, Psalms, Prayers; Basil of Caesarea, De legendis libris gentilibus.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-001613041

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5541 : Horologion, Psalms, Prayers; Basil of Caesarea, De legendis libris gentilibus.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002045828[5543]/040-001613041

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

8 items

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1475

End Date:

1524

Date Range:

4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Parchment. ff. 269 (+ 27 blank leaves). 141 x 96 (97 x 59) mm. 24 lines. B.M. binding (19th cent.).

Scribe identified as Demetrios Damilas (Repertorium I 93).

Custodial History:

Owned by Georgio Antonio Vespucci, of Florence (ex-libris, f. 1*; Fontes p.338; de la Mare p.108 n.10, p.132 No.81). Acquired for the Harleian Library, 17 Feb. 1726/7 (f. 1*).

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.275;
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes xlv (1884) pp.314-350, 584. p.332;
P. O. Kristeller, Iter Italicum. A Finding List of Uncatalogued or Incompletely Catalogued Humanistic Manuscripts of the Renaissance in Italian and other Libraries, IV (Alia Itinera II): Great Britain to Spain, Leiden 1989, p.152.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Damilas, Demetrios, scribe, fl 1450-1500