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Harley MS 5658
- Record Id:
- 040-001613640
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001613640
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x00035d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5658
- Title:
- Homer, Odyssey
- Scope & Content:
- Homer, Odyssey, and an extract from Philostratus' Heroicus
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001613640", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5658: Homer, Odyssey" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001613641", "parent" : "040-001613640", "text" : "Harley MS 5658, ff 1-258: Homer, Odyssey. A few scholia and later annotations." },{ "id" : "041-001613642", "parent" : "040-001613640", "text" : "Harley MS 5658, ff 260-260v: Philostratus, Heroicus 25.1-9 (TLG 0638.002), imperfect, expl. τὸν Ὀρφέως τρόπον…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001613640 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5658 : Homer, Odyssey - Contains:
- Harley MS 5658, ff 1-258 : Homer, Odyssey. A few scholia and later annotations.
Harley MS 5658, ff 260-260v : Philostratus, Heroicus 25.1-9 (TLG 0638.002), imperfect, expl. τὸν Ὀρφέως τρόπον…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Harley MS 5658 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5661]/040-001613640
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
260 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5658 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1479
- End Date:
- 1479
- Date Range:
- 10 Aug 1479
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 250 (numbered 1-79, 90-260).
Dimensions: 228x146mm.
Ruling: 150x80mm. 25 lines per page. Leroy D 31D1a.
Binding: Red morocco gilt in 'Harleian' style by Elliott.
Scribe: Ioannes Rhosos (Repertorium, IA, 178) for Βαρθολομαῖος ὁ Κρυσπιανὸς, in Rome 10 Aug. 1479 (colophon, f 259). ff 260-260v added by a later annotator of ff 1-258.
Decoration: Headpiece (faded) and decorated initials.
- Custodial History:
- Purchased for the Harleian Library from Conyers Middleton, 20 Feb. 1725 (f 1; Diary p.336 n.8; Fontes p.239).
- Publications:
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A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p. 285.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584, p. 342.
E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review 2 (1888) pp. 102-104, p. 103 No. 15.
Palaeographical Society, Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions, Series I and II, ed. E. A. Bond, E. M. Thompson and G. F. Warner, London 1873-1901, Vol. I p. 182.
T. W. Allen, 'The Text of the Odyssey', Papers of the British School at Rome 5 (1910), pp. 1-85, pp. 4-5, 45-48.
S. Follet, 'Un fragment non identifié de Philostrate dans un manuscript de Londres (Harleianus 5658, folio 260)', Revue d'histoire des textes 8 (1978) pp. 277-279.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 159-160.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)