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Lansdowne MS 355

Record Id:

040-001780484

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

040-001780484

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000195.0x000154

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100192114272.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Lansdowne MS 355

Title:

Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts

Scope & Content:

Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Greek Manuscripts
Lansdowne Collection

Hierarchy Tree:

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002060013
040-001780484

Is part of:

Lansdowne MS 1-1245 : Lansdowne Manuscripts

Lansdowne MS 355 : Miscellaneous letters of Greek patriarchs, metropolitans, etc., together with letters to John Covel, D.D. and his copies and drafts

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002060013[0223]/040-001780484

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Modern
Latin

Scripts:

Greek
Latin

Start Date:

1652

End Date:

1701

Date Range:

1652-1701

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper.

Foliation: ff 23.

Dimensions: Various sizes.

Binding: British Museum, half brown leather with marbled boards.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

Collected by John Covel, D.D. (Fontes p. 117).

William Petty (formerly Fitzmaurice) (b. 1737, d. 1805), 2nd earl of Shelburne and 1st marquess of Lansdowne, prime minister; purchased by the British Museum together with 1244 other Lansdowne manuscripts in 1807.

Information About Copies:

Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Lansdowne_MS_355].

Publications:

Catalogue of Lansdowne Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1819, p. 108.

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. 117.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 220.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Covel, John, traveller, botanist and college head, 1638-1722

Places:

England