Shelfmark
CS.1362.02
Author
Uniform title
[Works. 1885.]
Title
Facsimile of the Laurentian manuscript of Sophocles / with an introduction by E.M. Thompson and R.C. Jebb.
Varying form of title
Cover title: Laurentian ms. of Sophocles
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Printed for the Society for the promotion of Hellenic Studies, 1885.
Physical description
23 p., [236] plates : facsims ; 41 cm.
Language
Text of facsimile in ancient Greek with an introduction in English.
Note
"The text of Sophocles is here reproduced in autotype facsimile from the vellum MS. numbered XXXII. 9 in the Biblioteca Mediceo-Laurenziana at Florence"--p. [3].
Note
Loose sheets in portfolio.
Note
"Richard Clay and Sons, Bread Street Hill, London, E.C. and at Bungay, Suffolk"--T.p. verso.
Note
Pages of facsimile are numbered: 118 p. [i.e. 236 p.]
Provenance
Armorial bookplate on front pastedown reading "Liber E bibliotheca regie schole Etonensis Esto Perpetua donodedit J. J. Hornby, D. D. Provost [name supplied in ms.]", recording the donation to the Eton College Library.
Binding
19th century full morocco binding; gilt title on front cover; missing spine; green endpapers.
Copy-specific note
Loosely inserted leaf (paginated as p. 347) from another publication, one side containing a fragment of a list and sources of illustrations, the other side features a timeline.
Subject
Sophocles Manuscripts.
Subject
Manuscripts, Greek Italy Facsimiles.
Subject
Manuscripts Italy.
Genre/Form
Plays.
Genre/Form
Facsimiles.
Added entry--name
Thompson, Edward Maunde, 1840 - 1929 Sir, writer of introduction.
Added entry--name
Jebb, R. C., 1841 - 1905 writer of introduction.
Added entry--name
Hornby, J. J. (James John), 1826 - 1909 former owner.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Richard Clay and Sons printer.
Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
grc eng
Identifier
B53395