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Harley MS 5543
- Record Id:
- 040-001613054
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001613054
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x0002d1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5543
- Title:
- 150 Aesopic fables arranged in alphabetical order. The fables are preceded by a prose life of Aesop.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001613054", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5543: 150 Aesopic fables arranged in alphabetical order. The fables are preceded by a prose life of Aesop." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001613054 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5543 : 150 Aesopic fables arranged in alphabetical order. The fables are preceded by a prose life of Aesop. - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5545]/040-001613054
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5543 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1450
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Parchment. ff. 52. 147 x 97 (105 x 63) mm. Ruling Leroy 00D1, 20 lines. Gatherings of 10, numbered αʹ-εʹ (ff. 1-50). B.M. binding of half red leather (1966).
Scribe identified as Georgios Alexandrou (Repertorium Ι 54).
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.275 ;
- Corpus Fabularum Aesopicarum, I: Fabulae Aesopicae soluta oratione conscriptae, fasc. 1, ed. A. Hausrath and H. Hunger, Leipzig 1970, p.xvii No.98.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Alexandrou, Georgios, fl 2nd half of the 15th century