Hard-coded id of currently selected item: . JSON version of its record is available from Blacklight on e.g. ??
Metadata associated with selected item should appear here...
Add MS 11885
- Record Id:
- 040-001780054
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002041530
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x00010b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 11885
- Title:
- Theocritus, Idyllia; Moschus, Works; Virgil, Eclogae
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002041530
040-001780054 - Is part of:
- Add MS 11828-12117 : Collection belonging to the late Right Rev. Samuel Butler, D.D., Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
Add MS 11885 : Theocritus, Idyllia; Moschus, Works; Virgil, Eclogae - Contains:
- Add MS 11885, ff 1-31 : Theocritus, Idyllia 1-8 (TLG 0005.001). ff 1-6. Idyl 1. ff 6-11v. Idyl 2 Φαρμακεύτρια. ff 12-13v. Idyl 3.…
Add MS 11885, ff 1-6 : Idyl 1.
Add MS 11885, ff 6-11v : Idyl 2 Φαρμακεύτρια.
Add MS 11885, ff 12-13v : Idyl 3.
Add MS 11885, ff 13v-16 : Idyl 4 Κορύδων καὶ Βάττος.
Add MS 11885, ff 16-21 : Idyl 5 Κομάτα καὶ Λάκων.
Add MS 11885, ff 21-22v : Idyl 6.
Add MS 11885, ff 22v-27 : Idyl 7.
Add MS 11885, ff 28-31 : Idyl 8.
Add MS 11885, ff 31-35 : Moschus of Syracuse, Epitaphius Bionis (TLG 0035.003).
Add MS 11885, ff 35v-41 : Moschus of Syracuse, Europa (TLG 0035.002).
Add MS 11885, ff 41r-v : Moschus of Syracuse, Eros drapeta (TLG 0035.001), incomplete to 25.
Add MS 11885, ff 42-64v : Virgil, Eclogae (Latin), 1.26 to 9.2.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Add MS 11885 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002041530[0057]/040-001780054
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 11828-12117
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 13 items
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Add_MS_11885 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
Please request the physical items you need using the online collection item request form.
Digitised items can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
Readers who have registered or renewed their pass since 21 March 2024 can request physical items prior to visiting the Library by completing
this request form.
Please enter the Reference (shelfmark) above on the request form.If your Reader Pass was issued before this date, you will need to visit the Library in London or Yorkshire to renew it before you can request items online. All manuscripts and archives must be consulted at the Library in London.
This catalogue record may describe a collection of items which cannot all be requested together. Please use the hierarchy viewer to navigate to individual items. Some items may be in use or restricted for other reasons. If you would like to check the availability, contact our Reference Services team, quoting the Reference (shelfmark) above.
- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
-
- Material: Parchment.
- Foliation: ff (i) + 64 + (i).
- Dimensions: 197 x 146 mm.
- Ruling: 113 x 88 mm; 14 lines per page.
- Binding: Full leather binding.
- Custodial History:
- Belonged to the Right Rev. Samuel Butler, D.D., bishop of Lichfield (d. 1839).
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from the library of Samuel Butler, 5 July 1841.
- Publications:
-
- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum, 1841-1845 (London, 1850), 1841, p. 15.
- E. M. Thompson, 'Classical Manuscripts in the British Museum', Classical Review, 3 (1889), p. 150.
- M. Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum I, Fonds Sloane, Additional, Egerton, Cottonian et Stowe (Paris, 1952), p. 20.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)