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Harley MS 6300
- Record Id:
- 040-001614048
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001614048
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x0003d0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6300
- Title:
- Euripides, Hecuba, Orestes and Phoenissae
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001614048", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 6300: Euripides, Hecuba, Orestes and Phoenissae" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001614049", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, ff 1-1v: Life of Euripides. inc. Εὐριπίδης Μνησάρχου ἢ Μνησαρχίδου καὶ Κλιτοῦς." },{ "id" : "041-001614050", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, f 1v: Argument to Hecuba. inc. [Μ]ετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου πολιορκίαν." },{ "id" : "041-001614051", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, ff 2-43: Euripides, Hecuba. Few Moschopulean scholia at beginning. Many interlinear glosses." },{ "id" : "041-001614052", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, ff 43v-44: Argument to Orestes. inc. Ὀρέστης τὸν φόνον τοῦ πατρὸς." },{ "id" : "041-001614053", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, ff 44v-96v: Euripides, Orestes. Few Moschopulean scholia at beginning. Many interlinear glosses." },{ "id" : "041-001614054", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, ff 97-97v: Argument to Phoenissae. inc. Ἐπιστρατεία Πολυνείκους μετὰ τῶν Ἀργείων." },{ "id" : "041-001614055", "parent" : "040-001614048", "text" : "Harley MS 6300, ff 98-164: Euripides, Phoenissae. Few old scholia. Many interlinear glosses." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001614048 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 6300 : Euripides, Hecuba, Orestes and Phoenissae - Contains:
- Harley MS 6300, ff 1-1v : Life of Euripides. inc. Εὐριπίδης Μνησάρχου ἢ Μνησαρχίδου καὶ Κλιτοῦς.
Harley MS 6300, f 1v : Argument to Hecuba. inc. [Μ]ετὰ τὴν Ἰλίου πολιορκίαν.
Harley MS 6300, ff 2-43 : Euripides, Hecuba. Few Moschopulean scholia at beginning. Many interlinear glosses.
Harley MS 6300, ff 43v-44 : Argument to Orestes. inc. Ὀρέστης τὸν φόνον τοῦ πατρὸς.
Harley MS 6300, ff 44v-96v : Euripides, Orestes. Few Moschopulean scholia at beginning. Many interlinear glosses.
Harley MS 6300, ff 97-97v : Argument to Phoenissae. inc. Ἐπιστρατεία Πολυνείκους μετὰ τῶν Ἀργείων.
Harley MS 6300, ff 98-164 : Euripides, Phoenissae. Few old scholia. Many interlinear glosses.
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- 032-002045828[6304]/040-001614048
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 7 items
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1500
- End Date:
- 1524
- Date Range:
- 1st quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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Paper. ff. 164. 215 x 145 (145 x 85) mm. Ruling (ff. 39-80) Leroy 10D1n and (ff. 1-38, 81-88) Leroy 20D1n; main text 15 lines (ff. 2-88, 154-163), 22 lines (ff. 89-96), 12 lines (ff. 98-153). B.M. binding of mottled calf (18th cent.).
Written mainly by two hands, viz. (1) ff. 1-88v; (2) ff. 97-164. Scribe (ff. 89-96v) identified as Emmanouel Zacharides (Repertorium I 114).
- Custodial History:
- Owned by the Jesuit College, Agen (f. 1; Fontes pp.47-48).
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.355;
- F. A. Paley, Euripides, with an English Commentary, 3 vols, London 1857-1860 iii pp. xxvii-xxviii, facs. of f. 131 opp. p.xxvii;
- E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review ii (1888) pp.102-104, 171-174; iii (1889) pp.149-155, 440-445ii p.173 No.49;
- A. Turyn, The Byzantine Manuscript Tradition of the Tragedies of Euripides (Illinois Studies in Language and Literature 43), Urbana 1957 p.131.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Euripides, playwright, 484 BC-406 BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121382034
Zacharides, Emmanouel, fl 1525-1575