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Harley MS 5684
- Record Id:
- 040-001780355
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001780355
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000145
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 5684
- Title:
- Four Gospels. Imperfect, lacking several leaves throughout the MS. The right column of f 107 has been excised. ff 65, 243 are supplied by a 14th cent. hand, and f 154 by a 12th cent. hand. One half-leaf is part of Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.17.20. Gregory-Aland 011; Scrivener4 evan. G; von Soden ε 87 (Ki).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Tree:
- [{ "id" : "040-001780355", "parent" : "#", "text" : "Harley MS 5684: Four Gospels. Imperfect, lacking several leaves throughout the MS. The right column of f 107 has been excised. ff 65, 243 are supplied…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "041-001780356", "parent" : "040-001780355", "text" : "Harley MS 5684, ff 1-65: Matthew." },{ "id" : "041-001780357", "parent" : "040-001780355", "text" : "Harley MS 5684, ff 65v-116: Mark." },{ "id" : "041-001780358", "parent" : "040-001780355", "text" : "Harley MS 5684, ff 116-190v: Luke." },{ "id" : "041-001780359", "parent" : "040-001780355", "text" : "Harley MS 5684, ff 191-251v: John." }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001780355 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 5684 : Four Gospels. Imperfect, lacking several leaves throughout the MS. The right column of f 107 has been excised. ff 65, 243 are… - Contains:
- Harley MS 5684, ff 1-65 : Matthew.
Harley MS 5684, ff 65v-116 : Mark.
Harley MS 5684, ff 116-190v : Luke.
Harley MS 5684, ff 191-251v : John.
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- 032-002045828[5687]/040-001780355
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 4 items
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Harley_MS_5684 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0800
- End Date:
- 0999
- Date Range:
- 9th century-10th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Parchment (except ff 65, 154, 243). ff 252. 255 x 205 (180 x 120) mm. Ruling Leroy 23D2do, 20-22 lines. Original headpiece and decorated initial (f 191). 20th cent. B.M. binding of brown calf over wooden boards, with Harley armorial stamp on covers.
- Custodial History:
- Owned by Andreas Erasmus Seidel. Purchased of Seidel's estate by Mathurin Veyssière de Lacroze, who gave it to Johann Christoph Wolf (Fontes pp.301, 338, 358). Acquired for the Harleian Library in 1731 (Diary pp. 140 n.5, 142, 148, 154; Fontes p.358; Heyw
- Publications:
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- A Catalogue of the Harleian Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols, London 1808-1812, III p.287.
- F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament for the Use of Biblical Students, 2 vols, 4th edn London 1894, i pp.134-136 (evan. G), facsimile 29 (Trinity fragment).
- W. H. P. Hatch, The Principal Uncial Manuscripts of the New Testament, Chicago 1939, pl.lviii.
- R. Devréesse, Introduction à l'étude des manuscrits grecs, Paris 1954, p.154.
- C. E. Wright and R. C. Wright, The Diary of Humphrey Wanley 1715-1726, 2 vols, London 1966, pp. 140 n.5, 142, 148, 154.
- 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, pp.301, 338, 358.
- K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des Neuen Testaments (Berlin and New York, 2nd edn., 1994), p. 19 (GA 011).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)