Microfilms of manuscripts of Aeschylus, with a few other Greek texts: collected by Professor M.L. West, with the aid of a research grant from the British Academy, for use in the preparation of his Teubner edition of Aeschylus.
Dates
- Creation: 20th cent.
Extent
0.95 Linear metres (19 boxes)
Language of Materials
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Film 1839].
Full range of shelfmarks:
MSS. Film 1839-1857
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 7021
Abstract
Microfilms of Manuscripts of Aeschylus collected by Professor M. L. West.
Biographical / Historical
Martin Litchfield West (b 1937), classical philologist, is a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The microfilms were given to the Library by Professor M.L. West with the concurrence of the British Academy in 1990.
Existence and Location of Copies
The originals are located as follows:
- MS. Film 1839 - Cambridge, University Library
- MSS. Film 1840-4 - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
- MS. Film 1845 - Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana
- MS. Film 1846 - Naples, Biblioteca Nazionale
- MSS. Film 1847-9 - Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale
- MS. Film 1850 - Rome, Biblioteca Vallicelliana
- MS. Film 1851 - Salamanca, University Library
- MSS. Film 1852-6 - Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- MS. Film 1857 - Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
Bibliography
Subject
- Aeschylus | ? 525 BC-? 456 BC | Greek playwright (subject, Person)
- West | Martin Litchfield | b 1937 | Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford (subject, Person)
- Title
- Microfilms of Manuscripts of Aeschylus
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2023 by Alice Zamboni
- Date
- EAD version 2023
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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