/ 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 °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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="°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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> °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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 °ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ Library, Oxford, MS 298, f. 110r [detail]</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <h5><strong>°ÅÀÖ¶ÌÊÓƵ 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