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Detailed record for Egerton 942
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| Author |
Demosthenes |
| Title |
Olynthiac, Philippic and other Orations , including the De corona, with the argumenta of Libanius |
| Origin |
Italy, Central (Florence) |
| Date |
last quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Greek |
| Script |
Greek minuscule |
| Scribe |
Demetrios Damilas |
| Artists |
Attibuted to Gherardo di Giovanni and Monte del Fora (see Gazelli 1985) |
| Decoration |
Full border in colours and gold, with flowers, green parrots, putti, medallions, cameos, and heraldic arms in the lower border (f. 1). Headpiece in gold, red, and blue, with braided decoration (f. 1). Large historiated initial in colours and gold (f. 1). 18 large initials in colours and gold with interlace or foliate decoration (ff. 7, 13v, 21, 30, 42v, 50, 65v, 80v, 86, 92, 98, 107, 115v, 125, 132, 140v, 148, 169). Writing in gold (f. 1). Initials in red with penwork decoration. Simple headpieces in red. Text and apparatus in red. |
| Dimensions in mm |
205 x 125 (140 x 65) |
| Official foliation |
ff. 246 ( + 2 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and at the end) |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Red leather with gold tooling; marbled endpapers; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
? Alexander Farnese (b. 1468, d.1549), from 1534 pope Paul III: Farnese arms (f. 1); made for him after 1490, according to Pernot 1981 p. 696.
Vincenzo Maria Carafa (b. 1739, d. 1814), 7th Prince of Roccella and Duke of Bruzzano: his book-plate 'Ex Libris Vinc. M. Kar.ca.st. pr. Amphiss.' with arms, and the inscription in pen 'G. Cataneo inc.' (inside upper cover).
W. Pickering, purchased 14 May 1842 by the British Museum, using the Farnborough Fund (£3,000 bequeathed in 1838 by Charles Long, Baron Farnborough (b. 1761, d. 1838), a cousin of Francis Henry Egerton, 8th Earl of Bridgewater (b. 1756, d. 1829), founder of the collection. |
| Select bibliography |
Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum in the Years 1841-1845 (London: British Museum, 1850), 1842, p. 105.
E. Maunde Thompson, ‘Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts’, Classical Review, 3 (1889), 149-55, 440-45 (p. 154 no. 97).
A Guide to the Exhibition of Some Part of the Egerton Collection of Manuscripts in the British Museum (London: British Museum, 1929), no. 25.
Marcel Richard, Inventaire des manuscrits grecs du British Museum, Publications de l'Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes, 3 (Paris: C. N. R. S., 1952), pp. 84-85 [with additional bibliography].
Laurent Pernot, ‘La collection de manuscrits grecs de la Maison Farnèse’, Mélanges de l’École Française de Rome, 91 (1979), 457-506 (p. 461).
Laurent Pernot, ‘Nouveaux manuscrits grecs Farnèsiens’, Mélanges de l’École Française de Rome, 93 (1981), 695-711 (pp. 696, 701-2, 710-1) [with additional bibliography].
Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, ed. by Ernst Gamillscheg and Dieter Harlfinger, Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik, 3-1, ed. by Herbert Hunger (Vienna: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1981- ), I: Handschriften aus Bibliotheken Grossbritanniens, 3 vols.
Miniatura fiorentina del Rinascimento, 1440-1525: un primo censimento, 2 vols, ed. by Annarosa Garzelli ([Florence]: Giunta regionale toscana, 1985), II, pl. 950. |
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f. 1
Arms |
f. 21
Illuminated initial |
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