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Facsimiles of manuscripts of Euripides from the Gilbert Murray papers

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MS. Facs. d. 168
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Facsimiles of manuscripts of Euripides from the Gilbert Murray papers, comprising:

  1. (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.)
  2. (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

  • Creation: 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

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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