Facsimiles of manuscripts of Euripides from the Gilbert Murray papers
Single Item
MS. Facs. d. 168
Facsimiles of manuscripts of Euripides from the Gilbert Murray papers, comprising:
- (fols. 1-164) The Medes in four manuscripts, i (fols. 1-21) Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 32, 2, fols. 166v-176v (‘L’, early 14th century), ii (fols. 24-39) Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, grec 2712, pp. 74-76, 79-91 (‘Paris A’, 14th century) and iii (fols. 41-83) grec 2713, fols. 108-126 (‘Paris B’, 12th century), iv (fols. 85-164) Vatican Library, Vat. gr. 909, fols. 117-157 (‘V’, c. 1280 A.D.)
- (fols. 167-186) The Iphigenia in Tauris in Laur. 32, 2, fols. 134v-144, one of a set of originally eight copies used presumably for teaching (the copy given by Murray to M. Platnauer is now MS. Facs. d. 156), with (fol. 166) a printed hand-out concerning ‘MSS. of Iph. Taur.’
Negative photostats.
Dates
- originals dated 12 and 14th century
Extent
186 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
- Latin
- Italian
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Facs. d. 168, fols. 1-2].
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Shelfmark:
MS. Facs. d. 168
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 21576
Abstract
Facsimiles of manuscripts of Euripides from the Gilbert Murray papers.
Biographical / Historical
Gilbert Murray (1866-1957) was a classicist and internationalist, and Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford. Details are given in the Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Acquired 1958.
- Title
- Facsimiles of manuscripts of Euripides from the Gilbert Murray papers
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2021 by Hannah Jordan
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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