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Royal MS 16 D XIII
- Record Id:
- 040-001614967
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x0001eb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186562342.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 D XIII
- Title:
- Sextus Empiricus, with marginal notes by Isaac Casaubon
- Scope & Content:
- Sextus Empiricus, with marginal notes by Isaac Casaubon.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-001614967 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 D XIII : Sextus Empiricus, with marginal notes by Isaac Casaubon - Contains:
- Royal MS 16 D XIII, ff 1r-2v : Tabular definitions taken from parts of the following text. Imperfect as a result of the loss of the lower half of…
Royal MS 16 D XIII, ff 3r-201r : Sextus Empiricus, Pyrrhoniae hypotyposes (TLG 0544.001), with each Book preceded by a table of contents (that for…
Royal MS 16 D XIII, ff 202r-414r : Sextus Empiricus, Adversus mathematicos (TLG 0544.002). Imperfect. Marginal notes in Casaubon's hand.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Royal MS 16 D XIII - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1330]/040-001614967
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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414 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100186562342.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 414. Four unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and six at the end.
Dimensions: 320 x 215 (210 x 95) mm, ff 3r-64v, 71r-201r; 310 x 210 (215 x 95) mm, ff 202r-315v; 320 x 215 (210 x 110) mm, ff 316r-321v; 320 x 215 (210 x 95) mm, ff 322r-371v, 408r-414r; 320 x 215 (210 x 115) mm, ff 65r-70v; 320 x 215 (215 x 115) mm, ff 372r-407v.
Ruling: 20 lines per page (ff 3r-64v), 26 (ff 65r-70v), 20 (ff 71r-315v), 26 (ff 316r-321v), 20 (ff 322r-371v), 27 (ff 372r-407v), 20 (ff 408r-414r).
Collation: Gatherings: ff 4-201 + 9 blanks a-f10 g5 h-n10 o12 p-x10; ff 202-315 A(αʹ)-K(ιʹ)12; ff 316-414 + 414* L6 M-T10 V6 X8. Horizontal catchwords.
Binding: Red leather.
Scribes: ff 202r-315v: ᾽Ανδρέας Δαρμάριος (Repertorium 1A, no. 13. ff 1r-64v, 71r-201r, 316r-321v, 332r-371v, 408r-414r: Μανουὴλ Γλυνζούνιος (Repertorium 1A, no. 248).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, N. (Venice?)
Provenance:
Henri Estienne (b. 1528, d. 1598), printer and classical scholar: possibly owned, see Craster 1926-28, p. 98.
Isaac Casaubon (b. 1559, d. 1614), classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian: owned, when the MS was followed by and bound with Royal 16 D xii, ff 37-372 (see Craster 1926-28, p. 100, no.45).
Richard 'Dutch' Thomson (d. 1613), theologian and translator: borrowed the MS from Casaubon in 1594.
Royal Catalogue of 1666, f 19v (in present state).
Not listed in Bernard 1697.
- Administrative Context:
- Italy, N. (Venice?)
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_16_D_XIII].
- Publications:
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E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, Oxford 1697.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (p. 334).
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, p. 192.
H. H. E. Craster, 'Casaubon's Greek MSS.', Bodleian Quarterly Record 5 (1926-28) pp. 97-100.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 248.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Casaubon, Isaac, classical scholar and ecclesiastical historian, 1559-1614,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121340643
Darmarios, Andreas, book trader, fl 4th quarter of the 16th century
Empiricus, Sextus, Greek Pyrrhonist philosopher and Empiric school physician, fl Late 2nd century-Early 3rd century
Estienne, Henri, also known as Henricus Stephanus; French printer and classical scholar, c 1528-1598
Thomson, Richard 'Dutch', philologist and Church of England clergyman, d 1613
Γλυνζούνιος, Μανουὴλ, 1540-1596