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Harley MS 5631
- Record Id:
- 040-001613460
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001613460
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x00032c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5631
- Title:
- Chronicle of Constantinople from Constantine the Great to Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and Ps.-Kodinos, De structura templi S. Sophiae.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001613460", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5631: Chronicle of Constantinople from Constantine the Great to Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and Ps.-Kodinos, De structura templi S. Sophiae." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001613461", "parent" : "040-001613460", "text" : "Harley MS 5631, ff 4*, 1-305: Chronicle of Constantinople from Constantine the Greatto Nikephoros III Botaneiates. inc. (rubric) Ἔτος ἀπὸ…" },{ "id" : "041-001613462", "parent" : "040-001613460", "text" : "Harley MS 5631, ff 306v-328v: Ps.-Kodinos, De structura templi S. Sophiae. T. Preger, Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum, Leipzig 1901-1907,…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001613460 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5631 : Chronicle of Constantinople from Constantine the Great to Nikephoros III Botaneiates, and Ps.-Kodinos, De structura templi S. Sophiae. - Contains:
- Harley MS 5631, ff 4*, 1-305 : Chronicle of Constantinople from Constantine the Greatto Nikephoros III Botaneiates. inc. (rubric) Ἔτος…
Harley MS 5631, ff 306v-328v : Ps.-Kodinos, De structura templi S. Sophiae. T. Preger, Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum, Leipzig…
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- 032-002045828[5634]/040-001613460
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 2 items
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5631 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Italian
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1555
- End Date:
- 1555
- Date Range:
- 28 Aug 1555
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Paper (w.m. Hand: cf. Harlfinger 39, 40; Briquet 10760). ff. 1*-4*, 332. 215 x 150 (140 x 85) mm. 1 col., 19 lines. No ruling visible. Gatherings of 8, numbered αʹ-μαʹ (μβʹ6). Headpiece (f. 4*), decorated initials and titles in red ink. Fore-edges decorated in red ink by the same hand with interlinked circles containing crosses. B.L. binding (1976), with old B.M. gilt spine pasted inside front cover.
Scribe Georgios Basilikos of Constantinople (colophon dated 28 Aug. 1555, f. 329; Repertorium I 56) for an unidentified person whose name has been deleted and 'Konstantinos Kantakouzenos' substituted.
- Custodial History:
- Purchased from an unnamed Spaniard by Alexandros Moscholeos in front of the Palace of the Viceroy of Naples in 1603 (Greek notes, ff. 305v, 329v; Fontes p.246). Greek ex-libris of Moscholeos, ff. 4*, 329. Inscriptions in Italian dated 9 Oct. 1612 (f. 2*,
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.283;
- H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes xlv (1884) pp.314-350, 584. p.339;
- T. Preger, Beiträge zur Textgeschichte der Patria Konstantinoupoleos, Munich 1895, p.10;
- T. Preger, '"Chronicon Georgii Codini", Zur Vulgärparaphrase des Konstantinos Manasses', BZ iv (1895) pp.515-518;
- T. Preger, Scriptores originum Constantinopolitanarum, Leipzig 1901-1907, i p.xiii (cod. 14); ii p.vii (cod. 10).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)