/ en /tale-two-iliads-oxford-new-college-298-and-trinity-college-dublin-922 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2023-12/Trinity%20College%20Library%20Dublin%2C%20MS%20922%2C%20f.%2031v%20%5Bdetail%5D.jpg.webp?itok=8fP8Awaj" width="655" height="435" alt="Trinity College Library Dublin, MS 922, f. 31v [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> A Tale of Two Iliads: Oxford Ï㽶ֱ²¥ 298 and Trinity College Dublin 922 </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Mateu Portells Watson</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2023): 20</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/52" hreflang="en">Library Manuscripts</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/349" hreflang="en">MS 298</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/364" hreflang="en">Homer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/509" hreflang="en">Trinity College Library, Dublin</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/365" hreflang="en">John Tzetzes</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>Of all the ancient texts that have shaped history, the <em>Iliad</em> is among the most widely read, copied, and studied. Whilst the broad impact of the <em>Iliad</em> across macroscopic physical and temporal spaces is well-documented, the propagation of the texts themselves may offer cultural and historical insights on a more microscopic scale, where individual scholars can be found leaving their mark on history and our understanding of Homeric work. This is a tale of two <em>Iliads</em>, Trinity College Dublin MS 922 and Oxford Ï㽶ֱ²¥ MS 298.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Trinity College Library, Dublin, MS 922, f. 31v [detail]<br>© The Board of Trinity College Dublin</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>Trinity College Library, Dublin</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-12/20NCN1%20%282023%29%20Portells%20Watson%20on%20A%20Tale%20of%20Two%20Iliads.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=475927" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">20NCN1 (2023) Portells Watson on A Tale of Two Iliads.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">464.77 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Thu, 28 Dec 2023 18:42:21 +0000 Christopher 2919 at /node/2339 <div class="top-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/large_navigation/public/2021-12/fig.%201_0.jpg.webp?itok=C4L_j13c" width="655" height="435" alt="New College Library, Oxford, MS 298, f. 110r [detail]" class="img-responsive"> </div> <div class="field field--name-node-title field--type-ds field--label-hidden field--item"><h2> Ï㽶ֱ²¥ MS 298: A Story of the Manuscript </h2> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-author field--type-string field--label-hidden field--item">Alberto Ravani</div> <div class="field field--name-field-issue field--type-string field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Issue number</div> <div class="field--item">(2021): 16</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-notes-category field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field--label">Notes category</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/88" hreflang="en">Library Manuscript</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/349" hreflang="en">MS 298</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/364" hreflang="en">Homer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/365" hreflang="en">John Tzetzes</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="middle-wrapper"> <div class="inner-middle-wrapper"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-summary field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><h3>What is now kept in a protective blue box in New College Library, at shelfmark MS 298, is actually two manuscripts in one, plus later additions—one, written at the beginning of the 13th century which contained the <em>Iliad</em>, and another, written a century later with Homeric exegetical material. At some point in the 15th century, a group of—at least two—scribes decided to merge the manuscripts.</h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>New College Library, Oxford, MS 298, f. 110r [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>New College Library and Archives, Oxford</strong></h5> </div> </div> <div class="col-md-2 col-md-offset-2 col-sm-3 col-sm-offset-1"> <div class="field field--name-field-attachment field--type-file field--label-hidden field--items"> <div class="field--item"><span class="file file--mime-application-pdf file--application-pdf icon-before"><span class="file-icon"><span class="icon glyphicon glyphicon-file text-primary" aria-hidden="true"></span></span><span class="file-link"><a href="/sites/default/files/2021-12/16NCN2%20%282021%29%20Ravani%20on%20MS%20298.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=1015505" title="Open file in new window" target="_blank" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom">16NCN2 (2021) Ravani on MS 298.pdf</a></span><span class="file-size">991.7 KB</span></span></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-12"> </div> </div> </div> </div> Sun, 26 Dec 2021 20:47:16 +0000 Christopher 2339 at