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Harley MS 5557
- Record Id:
- 040-001780201
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001780201
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000136
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5557
- Title:
- New Testament, Psalms, Menologion.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001780201", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5557: New Testament, Psalms, Menologion." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001780202", "parent" : "040-001780201", "text" : "Harley MS 5557, ff 1, 294: Psalms 64(65): 3-14 and 67(68): 2-13. Former pastedowns. 2 leaves of text missing after f 1." },{ "id" : "041-001780203", "parent" : "040-001780201", "text" : "Harley MS 5557, ff 2-26: Menologion." },{ "id" : "041-001780204", "parent" : "040-001780201", "text" : "Harley MS 5557, ff 27-293: New Testament: Acts (beg. 2:11), Catholic epistles, Paulines, Pastoral epistles and Hebrews, mostly with hypotheses, and…" }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001780201 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5557 : New Testament, Psalms, Menologion. - Contains:
- Harley MS 5557, ff 1, 294 : Psalms 64(65): 3-14 and 67(68): 2-13. Former pastedowns. 2 leaves of text missing after f 1.
Harley MS 5557, ff 2-26 : Menologion.
Harley MS 5557, ff 27-293 : New Testament: Acts (beg. 2:11), Catholic epistles, Paulines, Pastoral epistles and Hebrews, mostly with hypotheses,…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Harley MS 5557 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[5559]/040-001780201
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5557 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1100
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 12th century-15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
- Parchment and (ff 1, 294) paper. ff 294. 180 x 150 (128 x 93) mm. Ruling (ff 27-293) Leroy C 44C1, 22 lines. Titles in gold. Illuminated headpieces and initials (ff 97, 98, 105, 131, 159v, 206v, 216v, 226v, 234, 240, 246, 258v, 264v, 268v, 270). Binding of red morocco gilt in 'Harleian' style by Chapman over thick wooden boards.
- Custodial History:
- ff 1, 294 written in 14th cent.; ff 2-26 written in 15th cent. Owned by John Covel, D.D., at Constantinople in 1675 (ex-libris, f 27; his Greek MS XLIV, 'Covel 3', f 2; Fontes p.115). Purchased from Covel for the Harleian Library, 27 Feb. 1715/6 (Diary pp
- Publications:
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- Novum Testamentum, ed. J. Mill, London 1707, Prolegomena p.163.
- Novum Testamentum, ed. J. Mill (rev. W. Kuster), Rotterdam 1710, Prolegomena § 1485 ('Cov. 3').
- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, III pp.276-277.
- C. E. Wright and R. C. Wright, The Diary of Humphrey Wanley 1715-1726, 2 vols, London 1966, pp.xxxiv-xxxvi.
- C. E. Wright, Fontes Harleiani: A Study of the Sources of the Harleian Collection of Manuscripts preserved in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1972, p.115.
- K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (Berlin and New York, 2nd edn., 1994), p. 66 (GA 321).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)