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Harley MS 2688, ff 47r-54v
- Record Id:
- 041-001612929
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-001612920
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002012.0x0000b8
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100060276198.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 2688, ff 47r-54v
- Title:
- Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae (books 4-5)
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 47r-54v: Priscian (fl. 500), Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar), books 4-5 with interlinear and marginal glosses, begins imperfectly in chapter 2 of book 4, beginning: '[...] in tus desinentibus derivantur abiecta .s. assumunt do ut habitus habitudo'; ending imperfectly in chapter 4 of book 5: 'In multis enim videmus commutatione terminationis'.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- England and France 700-1200 Project
Greek Manuscripts
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-001612920
041-001612929 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 2688 : A collection of fragments including Liutprand of Cremona, Antapodosis; a Miscellany; Quintus Horatius Flaccus Epodes; Quintus…
Harley MS 2688, ff 47r-54v : Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae (books 4-5) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[2689]/040-001612920[0009]/041-001612929
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Harley MS 2688
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 0850
- End Date:
- 0899
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 9th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 350 x 280 mm (text space: 295 x 200 mm).
Script: Caroline minuscule and uncial capitals.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Northeastern France or Southern Netherlands.
Provenance:
Johann Georg Graevius (b. 1632, d. 1703), German classical scholar and critic: his manuscript numbers 24, 27 and 30; possibly sold to Johann Wilhelm in 1703 with the rest of his library (see Clark, 'The Library of J. G. Graevius' (1891); Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)).
Johann Wilhelm, elector Palatine (b. 1658, d. 1716), owner of a library in Düsseldorf: bought the entire Graevius library in 1703 (see Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)).
Giovanni Giacomo Zamboni (d. 1753), resident in London for the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (c. 1723-1753), friend of Michael Maittaire (b. 1670, d. 1747), classical scholar and historian of printing: bought the Johann Wilhelm library sometime before 1724 through Johann Büchels (b. 1659, d. 1738): ff. 1-54 sold by him to Edward Harley: ff. 17-22, 23-46 and 47-54 on 6 August 1724, and ff. 1-16 on 20 October 1725 (see Wright and Wright, The Diary of Humfrey Wanley (1966); Wright, Fontes Harleiani (1972)).
- Information About Copies:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Priscian, fl 500-530,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000399133112,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/76294069 - Subjects:
- Grammar
- Places:
- Northeastern France
Southern Netherlands