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Harley MS 6317
- Record Id:
- 040-001614103
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001614103
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001481.0x0003dc
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 6317
- Title:
- Military treatises by Athenaeus, Biton and Leo VI
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001614103", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 6317: Military treatises by Athenaeus, Biton and Leo VI" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001614104", "parent" : "040-001614103", "text" : "Harley MS 6317, ff 1-8: Athenaeus, Περὶ μηχανημάτωνSix pen drawings (ff. 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 8). R. Schneider, Griechische Poliorketiker…" },{ "id" : "041-001614105", "parent" : "040-001614103", "text" : "Harley MS 6317, f 8-10: Biton, Κατασκευαὶ πολεμικῶν ὀργάνων καταπελτιστῶν. Rehm-Schramm pp.9-28. Imperfect,…" },{ "id" : "041-001614106", "parent" : "040-001614103", "text" : "Harley MS 6317, ff 11v-21: De velitatione bellica, once attributed to Nicephorus Phocas PG 117.928. Imperfect, comprising part of ch.13 and chs 14-19…" },{ "id" : "041-001614107", "parent" : "040-001614103", "text" : "Harley MS 6317, ff 22-32v: Leo VI the Wise, Tactica. Imperfect, comprising const. VI and VII.1-67 (PG 107 . 721B-753C)." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001614103 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 6317 : Military treatises by Athenaeus, Biton and Leo VI - Contains:
- Harley MS 6317, ff 1-8 : Athenaeus, Περὶ μηχανημάτωνSix pen drawings (ff. 4v, 5, 6, 6v, 7, 8). R. Schneider, Griechische…
Harley MS 6317, f 8-10 : Biton, Κατασκευαὶ πολεμικῶν ὀργάνων καταπελτιστῶν. Rehm-Schramm pp.9-28.…
Harley MS 6317, ff 11v-21 : De velitatione bellica, once attributed to Nicephorus Phocas PG 117.928. Imperfect, comprising part of ch.13 and chs…
Harley MS 6317, ff 22-32v : Leo VI the Wise, Tactica. Imperfect, comprising const. VI and VII.1-67 (PG 107 . 721B-753C).
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- 032-002045828[6322]/040-001614103
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 items
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1562
- End Date:
- 1564
- Date Range:
- ?1563
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Paper. ff. i+33. 320 x 210 (200 x 120) mm. Ruling Leroy D 32D1b, 26 lines. Gatherings of 8, numbered αʹ-δʹ. Binding of gilt-tooled red morocco in 'Harleian' style by Elliott.
Scribe identified as Nikolaos Tourrianos (Repertorium I 319), apparently at Venice in 1563 (Andrés Nicolas de la Torre p.160).
- Custodial History:
- Purchased for the Harleian Library from Andrew Hay, 2 April 1725 (f. i; Diary p.350 n.4; Fontes p.183).
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, p.356;
- H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes xlv (1884) pp.314-350, 584. pp.347-348;
- A. Dain, 'Inventaire raisonné des cents manuscrits des "Constitutions Tactiques" de Léon le Sage', Scriptorium i (1946-1947) pp.33-49 pp.38, 39 No.34;
- G. de Andrés, El Cretense Nicolas de la Torre,copista Griego de Felipe II: Biografia, Documentos, Copias, Facsimiles, Madrid 1969, pp.17, 160 No.16.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Tourrianos, Nikolaos, c 1535-c 1610