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Papyrus 114
- Record Id:
- 040-002104494
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000173.0x000316
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100147472189.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 114
- Title:
- The Bankes Homer (P. Lond. Lit. 28)
- Scope & Content:
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The Bankes Homer, consisting of Iliad 24.127-804 (P. Lond. Lit. 28; TM 60500), with a colophon at the end: Ἰλίαδος Ω. Imperfect, lacking the first 126 lines of Iliad 24 (and possibly also all of Iliad 23). Includes, in the margins, the names of characters to indicate passages of direct speech, as well as abbreviated notes marking narrative sections of text. The breathing marks and accents have in most cases been added by a later hand.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Papyri Collections
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002104494 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 114 : The Bankes Homer (P. Lond. Lit. 28) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0032]/040-002104494
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
1 papyrus roll, writing on one side only, mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100147472189.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0100
- End Date:
- 0199
- Date Range:
- 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Papyrus.
Dimensions: 240x2325mm
Ruling: 16 columns, each measuring 195x105mm and containing between 42 and 44 lines.
Script: Written along the fibres in an uncial hand.
Decoration: The colophon is surrounded by a decorative pattern of lines and arrow-heads.
- Custodial History:
-
William John Bankes (1786-1855), traveller and antiquary: purchased the papyrus in Elephantine, Egypt in 1821 (Bankes 1830).
Walter Ralph Bankes (1853-1904): sold the papyrus to the British Museum in 1879.
- Former External References:
- P. Lond. Lit. 28
- Source of Acquisition:
- Purchased from Walter Ralph Bankes (1853-1904) in 1879.
- Administrative Context:
- Egypt.
- Information About Copies:
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New Palaeographical Society, Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, etc., Series I and II, ed. by E. M. Thompson et al., London, 1903-1932, Series I, vol. 2, pl. 153.
E. G. Turner, Greek Papyri: an introduction, 2nd edn., Oxford 1980, pl. IV.
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri, Pisa/Rome 2008, pp. 95-96, pl. 72.
F. Schironi, Τὸ Μέγα Βιβλίον: Book-ends, End-titles, and Coronides in Papyri with Hexametric Poetry (American Studies in Papyrology 48), Durham (NC) 2010, no. 25 (pp. 134-35).
Digital images are available from the Homer Multitext Project: http://folio.furman.edu/projects/Bankes/
A diplomatic transcription and a critical edition have been produced by the Homer Multitext Project: http://homericpapyri.appspot.com/
Full digital coverage for this manuscript is available on Digitised Manuscripts.
- Publications:
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W. J. Bankes, Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Giovanni Finati, Native of Ferrara, 2 vols, London 1830, vol. 2, pp. 357-58.
G. C. Lewis, 'Iliadis Codex Aegyptiacus', Philological Museum 1 (1832) pp. 177-87.
Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, 2 vols, London 1881, vol. 1, p. 6, pl. 6.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCLXXVI.-MDCCCLXXXI, London 1882, p. 280.
E. Maunde Thompson, 'Early Classical Mss. in the British Museum', Classical Review 1 (1887) pp. 38-40 (p. 39).
F. W. G. Foat, 'Sematography of the Greek Papyri', Journal of Hellenic Studies 22 (1902) pp. 135-73 (p. 140).
Catalogue of the Literary Papyri in the British Museum, ed. by H. J. M. Milne, London 1927, no. 28 (p. 27).
New Palaeographical Society, Facsimiles of Ancient Manuscripts, etc., Series I and II, ed. by E. M. Thompson et al., London, 1903-1932, Series I, vol. 2, pl. 153.
E. G. Turner, Greek Papyri: an introduction, 2nd edn., Oxford 1980, pl. IV.
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papiri, Pisa/Rome 2008, pp. 95-96, pl. 72.
F. Schironi, Τὸ Μέγα Βιβλίον: Book-ends, End-titles, and Coronides in Papyri with Hexametric Poetry (American Studies in Papyrology 48), Durham (NC) 2010, no. 25 (pp. 134-35).
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)