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Harley MS 5596

Record Id:

040-001613254

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001613254

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x00030a

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Harley MS 5596

Title:

Divinations, magic, etc.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002045828
040-001613254

Is part of:

Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts

Harley MS 5596 : Divinations, magic, etc.

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002045828[5598]/040-001613254

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

14 items

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

15th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Paper (w.m. Star cf. Briquet 6086-6091). ff. 58. 340 x 230/235 (220 x 155) mm. 27 lines. B.L. binding (1994).

Custodial History:

Owned by John Covel, D.D. (his Greek MS XIII; notes f. 1; Fontes p.115). Puchased from Covel for the Harleian Library, 27 Feb. 1715/6 (Diary pp.xxxiv-xxxvi).

Publications:

A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.279;
P. Tannery, 'Notices sur des fragments d'onomatomancie arithmétique', Notices et extraits des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Nationale xxxi.2 (1885);
C. C. McCown, The Testament of Solomon (Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testaments 9), Leipzig 1922;
S. Weinstock, Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum, Vol. IX: Codices Britannos, Brussels 1951-1953, No.43, pp.14-16.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)