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Royal MS 16 D XV
- Record Id:
- 040-001614994
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002105724
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001515.0x0001ed
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100186564469.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Royal MS 16 D XV
- Title:
- Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea
- Scope & Content:
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Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea, in eight πράξεις, inc. Οἱ τῆς ἀμωμήτου ἡμῶν πίστεως.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Royal Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002105724
040-001614994 - Is part of:
- Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X : Royal Manuscripts
Royal MS 16 D XV : Acts of the Second Council of Nicaea - Hierarchy:
- 032-002105724[1332]/040-001614994
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Royal MS 1 A I-20 E X
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
381 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100186564469.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1574
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper (except f. 1*).
Foliation: ff 1*+381.
Dimensions: 325 x 210 mm.
Ruling: 230 x 125 mm, 29 lines per page ff 1r-8v; 210 x 125 mm, 28 lines per page, ff 9r-34v; variable ruling and lines per page, ff 35r-39v; 230 x 125 mm, 28 lines per page, ff 40r-47v; variable ruling and lines per page, ff. 48r-161r; 205 x 115 mm, 26 lines per page, ff 162r-381r.
Collation: Gatherings α-γ8 δ4 ε6 ς5 ζ-ι8 ια6 ιβ12 ιγ6 ιδ-κα8 κβ6 κγ-μθ8 ν4. Catchwords horizontal ff 16r, 24r, 28r, 34r, 362r; vertical ff 39r-361r, 377r.
Binding: British Museum, 18th century. f 1* is a fragment from the old covers, with title in Latin
Scribes: (ff 9r-34v, 367r-369v) ᾽Ανδρέας Δαρμάριος (Repertorium 1A, no. 13); (ff 162r-366v, 370r-381r) Μιχαὴλ Μυροκεφαλίτης (Repertorium 1A, no. 284); (ff 35r-39v, 48r-143v, 150r-151v, 156r-161v) Νικόλαος Χωνιάτης (Repertorium 1A, no. 321).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, N. (Venice or Trento).
Provenance:
Price 'ii v', f 1r (cf. Royal 16 D xi, f 1r).
?Jean de Vulcob (d. 1607): inscribed 'De Vulcob', f 1r, as in Bern MSS 273, 557 and 691 (all subsequently owned by Jacques Bongars), cf. Olivier and Monégier du Sorbier (1987) p. 119 n. 214.
'Carte 388', f 381v.
Isaac Casaubon (b. 1559, d. 1614): cf. Craster p. 99, no. 28.
Royal Catalogue of 1666, f 19v.
Not in Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, Oxford 1697.
- Administrative Context:
- Italy, N. (Venice or Trento).
- 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_XV].
- Publications:
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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. 193.
H. H. E. Craster, 'Casaubon's Greek MSS.', Bodleian Quarterly Record 5 (1926-28) pp. 97-100 (p. 99, no. 28).
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981, no. 13, 284, 321.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) p. 119 n. 214.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 249-50.
E. Lamberz, Concilium universale Nicaenum secundum, concilii actiones I-III (ACO II.3.1), Berlin 2008, p. xix.
- 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
Choniates, Nikolaos, fl 1525-1600
Darmarios, Andreas, book trader, fl 4th quarter of the 16th century
Lugizos, Michael, fl 2nd half of the 16th century
Vulcob, Jean de, French diplomat, d 1607