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Royal MS 1 D II
- Record Id:
- 040-001614685
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000154
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 1 D II
- Title:
- Old Testament: Historical books and Isaiah of the Septuagint version (Rahlfs 93), imperfect and with extensive marginal notes
- Scope & Content:
- Old Testament: Historical books and Isaiah of the Septuagint version (Rahlfs 93), imperfect and with extensive marginal notes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-001614685 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 1 D II : Old Testament: Historical books and Isaiah of the Septuagint version (Rahlfs 93), imperfect and with extensive marginal notes - Contains:
- Royal MS 1 D II, ff 1r-2v : Ruth.
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 3r-80r : Kings (1-4).
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 80v-114v : Chronicles (1-2).
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 115r-131r : Esdras (i.e. Ezra and Nehemiah, but not 1 Esdras).
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 131r-136v : Esther.
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 136v-179v : Maccabees (1-3).
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 180r-187v : Esther (a different text).
Royal MS 1 D II, ff 188r-216r : Isaiah, imperfect, f 216 having a part of one column of text torn away. ff 203-216 are supplied by a 15th-century hand.
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- 032-002105724[0042]/040-001614685
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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216 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_1_D_II (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1200
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 13th century-15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 216. Two small repair patches for f 12v kept in a separate bag.
Dimensions: 320 x 225 mm.
Ruling: 235 x 160 mm, ff 1r-80r; 245 x 175 mm, ff 81r-202v; 225 x 165 mm, ff. 203r-216r. Leroy V 00A2 and (ff 81r-112r) V 00A3. Written in 2 columns (ff 1r-80v, 113r-216r) and 3 columns (ff 81r-112v); 49 lines (ff 1r-80v), 46 lines (ff 81r-112v), 45-47 lines (ff 113r-202v), 36 lines (ff 203r-216r).
Collation: Gatherings of 8 leaves (except xxx3, xxxi7). Gatherings numbered ιηʹ-μγʹ (ff 1-202).
Binding: 18th century, parchment.
Script: Two hands, ff 203-216 being supplied by a 15th century hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Monastery of the Holy Trinity, Chalce, owned: inscription, f 1r.
Thomas Howard (b. 1585, d. 1646), 2nd earl of Arundel, 4th earl of Surrey, and 1st earl of Norfolk, art collector and politician, probably acquired by him together with several Arundel MSS.
Thomas Howard (b. 1628, d. 1677), 4th earl of Arundel, 6th earl of Surrey, and 5th duke of Norfolk, owned by him while 4th Earl of Arundel, before 1655: see Harley MS 7522B, ff 118r-221v.
Royal library mark of a seal of a ship with three masts, f 1r.
Royal Catalogue of 1666, f 18v.
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.
- Administrative Context:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_1_D_II].
- Publications:
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E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, Oxford 1697, no. 8560.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (p. 325).
F. G. Kenyon, Facsimiles of Biblical MSS in the British Museum, London 1900, pl.VIII.
A. Rahlfs, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des alten Testaments (Nachrichten der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, philol.-hist. Klasse), Berlin 1914, pp. 113-14.
Sir G. F. Warner and J. P. Gilson, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Old Royal and King's Collections in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1921, pp. 15-16.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 222.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)