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Papyrus 745
- Record Id:
- 040-002105133
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002104451
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000224.0x0003cb
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100142973803.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Papyrus 745
- Title:
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De Bellis Macedonicis, possibly by Lucius Arruntius (P.Lond.Lit. 121, P.Oxy. I 30, TM 63267)
- Scope & Content:
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Fragment of a Latin historical work, on parchment, concerning the Macedonian wars of Rome.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Greek Manuscripts
Papyri Collections - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002104451
040-002105133 - Is part of:
- Papyrus 1-3136 : Papyri
Papyrus 745 : De Bellis Macedonicis, possibly by Lucius Arruntius (P.Lond.Lit. 121, P.Oxy. I 30, TM 63267) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002104451[0766]/040-002105133
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Papyrus 1-3136
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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One fragment of a parchment codex, writing on both sides, mounted in glass.
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100142973803.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0060
- End Date:
- 0140
- Date Range:
- Late 1st century-Early 2nd century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 85 x 50 mm, mounted in a glass case measuring 140 x 105 mm.
Script: Roman literary cursive, combining rustic capitals, uncials, and old Roman cursive. Medial points mark word divisions.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy?
Provenance: Found at Oxyrhynchus. Part of the collection of papyri (now Papyri 739-834) presented to the British Museum by the Egypt Exploration Society in October 1900.
- Former External References:
- P. Oxy. I 30
- Former Internal References:
- P. Lond. Lit. 121
- Information About Copies:
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Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Papyrus_745]
- Publications:
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The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, Vol. I, London 1898, pp. 59-60, pl. VIII.
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years MDCCCC-MDCCCCV, London 1907, p. 439.
H. J. M. Milne, Catalogue of Literary Papyri in the British Museum, London 1927, p. 93, no. 121.
E. A. Lowe, Codices Latini Antiquiores, Vol. 2, Oxford 1935, no. 207.
J. Mallon, 'Quel est le plus ancien exemple connu d'un manuscrit Latin en forme de codex?' Emerita 16 (1949), pp. 1-8.
R. Cavenaile, Corpus Papyrorum Latinarum, Wiesbaden 1958, no. 43.
E. O. Wingo, Latin Punctuation in the Classical Age, The Hague 1972, pp. 61-63.
E. G. Turner, The Typology of the Early Codex, Philadelphia 1977, pp. 38, 128, no. 497.
C. H. Roberts and T. C. Skeat, The Birth of the Codex, London 1983, p. 28.
B. Bischoff, Latin Palaeography: Antiquity and the Middle Ages, trans. D. Ó Cróinín and D. Ganz, Cambridge 1990, pp. 9, 66-69, 73 n. 141, 182, pl. 2b.
M. P. Brown, A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600, London 1990, pp. 22-23.
M. B. Parkes, Pause and Effect: An Introduction to the History of Punctuation in the West, Aldershot 1992, pp. 14, 22, 31, 165.
G. Cavallo, La scrittura greca e latina dei papyri, Pisa 2008, p. 169, with further bibliography.
S. Ammirati, 'Per una storia del libro latino antico: I papiri Latini di contenuto letterario dal I sec. A. C. al Iex - IIin D. C.' Scripta 3 (2010), pp. 29-45 (pp. 43-44).
A. Kouznetsov, 'A Rhythmical Arrangement of the Fragmentum de Bellis Macedonicis,' Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists 47 (2010), pp. 117-130.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)