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Archive of A.B. Poynton

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Fair copy by A.B. Poynton of his notes towards an edition of the Scholia of Joannes Siceliota on Hermogenes, On ideas, with (d. 5) duplicated typescript of an article by Poynton on 'Gregory of Nazianzus and the Greek rhetoricians. (A supplement to the index of Walz, Rhetores graeci, ix)'.

Dates

  • Creation: 20th century

Extent

0.16 Linear metres (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Gr. class. c. 101, fols. 1-2].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Gr. class. c. 101, Gr. misc. d. 5

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 13753, 13754

Abstract

Archive of Arthur Blackburne Poynton (1867-1944).

Biographical / Historical

Arthur Blackburne Poynton (1867-1944) was a Greek scholar at Oxford. More details can be found in Who Was Who.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given to the Library by A.B. Poynton in 1941 and (d.5) 1933.

Related Materials

See a selective concordance by A.B. Poynton to the Opuscula of Dionysius Halicarnassensis (MS. Gr. class. d. 139); and Transcripts by A.B. Poynton of John Doxopater on Hermogenes (MS. Gr. class. d. 160).

Title
Catalogue of the archive of A.B. Poynton
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Susan Thomas; EAD version 2019 by Pauline Soum-Paris
Date
EAD version 2019
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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