Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 1
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- Latin MS 1
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- Language
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- Latin
- Greek
- Title
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- Grant of land ('The Ravenna Papyrus')
- Agent
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- Preferred form
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- Caetani (family)
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- The Caetani family
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- Preferred form
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (comte de Crawford, 1847-1913)
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- Lindsay, James Ludovic, Earl (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Other form
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- Lindsay, James Ludovic (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, 1847-1913
- Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Ludovic Lindsay 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall
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- Description
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- Extent:
1 leaf Leaf height: 1620 mm, width: 272 mm.
Binding:
Housed in a wooden frame covered with glass on both sides.
Acquisition:
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford. Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
Layout:
Single column, 90 lines. Not ruled.
Script:
Lines 1-27 written in Roman cursive.
Lines 28-37 written in Roman cursive.
Lines 38-49 written in Greek cursive.
Lines 50-59 written in Roman cursive.
Lines 60-70 written in Roman cursive.
Lines 71-80 written in Roman cursive.
Lines 81-90 written in Roman cursive.
Data Source(s):
Description based on M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (München, 1980), revised and expanded by Joanne Edge.
Subject(s):
Land grants
Abstract:
The 'Ravenna Papyrus', produced in Ravenna around 600 CE. It is a grant by Johannes, the leader of the 'numerus Theodosiacus', of half his land to the church of Ravenna. In the hand of Vitalis, a public scribe, and attested by six witnesses.
Format:
Sheet
Material:
Papyrus.
Provenance:
The Caetani family: sold the manuscript on 5 May 1884.
James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford: purchased from the Caetani family on 5 May 1884.
Condition:
Right edge is mutilated especially at the top, resulting in missing letters at the end of each line. Bottom is missing. Faint or erased texts on lines 1,28,44,45,46,68,75.
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