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Harley MS 5679
- Record Id:
- 040-001613747
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001613747
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x000371
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5679
- Title:
- Dioscorides
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001613747", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5679: Dioscorides" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001613748", "parent" : "040-001613747", "text" : "Harley MS 5679, ff 10-209: Dioscorides Pedanius, De materia medica, Books 1-5. Pedanii Dioscuridis Anazarbei de materia medica libri quinque, ed. M.…" },{ "id" : "041-001613749", "parent" : "040-001613747", "text" : "Harley MS 5679, ff 209-218v: Pseudo-Dioscorides Pedanius, Alexipharmaca. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, ed. K. Sprengel, Leipzig 1830, ii pp.1-41.…" },{ "id" : "041-001613750", "parent" : "040-001613747", "text" : "Harley MS 5679, ff 218v-231v: Pseudo-Dioscorides Pedanius, Theriaca. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei , ed. K. Sprengel, Leipzig 1830, ii pp.42-91. Here…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001613747 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5679 : Dioscorides - Contains:
- Harley MS 5679, ff 10-209 : Dioscorides Pedanius, De materia medica, Books 1-5. Pedanii Dioscuridis Anazarbei de materia medica libri quinque, ed.…
Harley MS 5679, ff 209-218v : Pseudo-Dioscorides Pedanius, Alexipharmaca. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei, ed. K. Sprengel, Leipzig 1830, ii…
Harley MS 5679, ff 218v-231v : Pseudo-Dioscorides Pedanius, Theriaca. Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei , ed. K. Sprengel, Leipzig 1830, ii pp.42-91.…
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- 032-002045828[5682]/040-001613747
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 3 items
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1450
- End Date:
- 1474
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Paper (except f. 1). ff. 231. 285 x 210 (200 x 105) mm. Ruling Leroy 00D1, 30 lines. Gatherings of 10 leaves, numbered αʹ-κγʹ. B.L. binding of half red leather (1986). 18th cent. covers of russian leather kept separately.
Scribe Demetrios Damilas (Repertorium I 93).
- Custodial History:
- BB1' on label pasted down on f. 1; '13988' on f. 1v.
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.287;
- H. Diels, Die Handschriften der antiken Ärzte, II: Die übrigen griechischen Ärzte usfer Hippokrates und Galenos (AKPAW philos.-hist. Klasse 1), Berlin 1906 pp.30, 32.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Damilas, Demetrios, scribe, fl 1450-1500