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Royal MS 16 C IV Part 1
- Record Id:
- 040-001614769
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x000188
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 C IV Part 1
- Title:
- John Tzetzes, Antehomerica
- Scope & Content:
- John Tzetzes, Antehomerica, Homerica and Posthomerica, with scholia, ff 3r-42v, inc. Ἀργαλέου πολέμοιο μέγαν πόνον Ἰλιακοῖο. Scholia inc. Ὁ παρὼν ποιητὴς φιλοσύντομος ὤν. Preceded by a title-leaf, ff 2r-v, with epitaphs of Laomedon and Hector and Δημητρίου ἐπῶν ποιητοῦ πρὸς τοὺς φθονερούς, taken from Aristaeneti epistolaeamatoriae e biblioteca clar. viri Ioannis Sambuci, Antwerp 1566; Ἰωαχεί. Καμερ. εἰς Οἴαγρον ἐξεῖναι τοῖς παλαιοῖς ῥήμασι χρησάμενον εὐσεβῆ μοῦσαν ἀσκεῖν; and a Latin note on Tzetzes, inc. Joannes Zezes vir doctrina multiplici. Followed by an incomplete Latin verse translation of the Antehomerica by Petrus Morellus, ff 42v-44r, inc. Iliaci cineres belli, Troiaeque ruinas; scholia inc. Cum brevitatis studiosus sit imprimis hic poeta; epitaphs of 26 Greek leaders taken from Aristaneti epistolae, Nos 1-17 in Greek and Latin, nos 18-25 and 30 in Latin only. No. 1 inc. Λεύσσεις Ἀτρείδεω Ἀγαμέμνονος, ὦ ξένε, τύμβον.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-001614769 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 C IV Part 1 : John Tzetzes, Antehomerica - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1295]/040-001614769
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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46 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_16_C_IV_Part_1 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- French
Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1560
- End Date:
- 1603
- Date Range:
- 1560-1603
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 46.
Dimensions: 155 x 115 mm.
Ruling: 130 x 85-100 mm. 1 column for the text, with another for the marginal scholia, 22-38 lines.
Binding: British Museum, 1965.
Scribe: Petrus Morellus (Repertorium 1A, 348).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: France (Tours).
Provenance:
Scribbling in French and Latin ending with the date 9 September 1603: f 1v.
Isaac Casaubon ((1559-1614): Craster 1926-28 p.100, no.47.
Ship seal, f 2r.
Royal Catalogue of 1666, f 19r.
Presented to the British Museum by George II in 1757 as part of the Old Royal Library.
- Administrative Context:
- France (Tours).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_16_c_iv_Part_1].
- Publications:
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Aristaeneti epistolae amatoriae e biblioteca clar. viri Ioannis Sambuci, Antwerp 1566.
E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, Oxford 1697, no. 8574.
H. L. D. Ward and J. A. Herbert, Catalogue of Romances in the Department of Manuscripts of the British Museum, 3 vols, London 1883-1910, I, pp. 2-10.
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, II, pp. 181-2.
H. H. E. Craster, 'Casaubon's Greek MSS.', Bodleian Quarterly Record 5 (1926-28), pp. 97-100.
O. Masson, 'Notes sur quelques manuscrits de Jean Tzetzes', Emerita 19 (1951) pp. 104-16 (p. 112).
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
J.-M. Olivier and M.-A. Monégier du Sorbier, 'Morelliana. Recherches sur la vie et l'oeuvre philologique d'un humaniste méconnu: Pierre Moreau de Loches', Revue d'histoire des textes 17 (1987) pp. 73-218, esp. pp. 174-181.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 229.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)