Microfilms of manuscripts of Sophocles, with a few other Greek texts: collected by Dr R.D. Dawe, for use in the preparation of his Studies on the text of Sophocles (3 vols., Leiden, 1973-8) and of his Teubner edition of Sophocles (2 vols., Leipzig, 1975-9, 2nd edn. 1984-5).
Microfilms of Manuscripts of Sophocles
This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Reference
- GB 161 MSS. Film 1858-76
- Dates of Creation
- 20th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Ancient Greek (to 1453).
- Physical Description
- 19 shelfmarks
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Dr Roger David Dawe has published works relating to Greek literature.
Access Information
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections).
Acquisition Information
The microfilms were given to the Library by Dr R.D. Dawe in 1990.
Note
Collection level description created by Emily Tarrant, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.
Other Finding Aids
A full description is available in the Library.
Bibliography
See Scope and Content
Additional Information
The originals are located as follows:
- MSS. Film 1858-61 - Florence, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana
- MS. Film 1862 - Heidelberg, University Library
- MS. Film 1863 - Leiden, University Library
- MSS. Film 1864-70 - Paris, Bibliothque Nationale
- MSS. Film 1871-3 - Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
- MS. Film 1874 - Venice, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana
- MS. Film 1875 - Vienna, sterreichische Nationalbibliothek
- MS. Film 1876 - Zagreb, University Library