GB 0114 MS0043 - Aristophanes: The Wasps

1 volume

GB 0114 MS0043 c 1800s Collection (fonds) 1 volume Aristophanes , c 445 - c 386 BC , Greek playwright

The author of the translation is unknown

Aristophanes was born in c 445 BC. He was a Greek comic dramatist and was also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy. The Wasps was written in 422 BC. He died in c 386 BC.

The author of the translation is not known.

Presented to the Library by J W Turner FRCS in 1861. The volume was presented to the Library along with 5 volumes of manuscript translation of Albucasis by John Channing. In the front of the first volume of these, is a letter from J W Turner, which mentions the presentation of the translation of Aristophanes.

Translation of The Wasps by Aristophanes, c 1800s, comprising a manuscript translation into English by an unknown translator, written on each left hand page, with English notes and extracts in Greek on the right hand pages.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Access available by written appointment with the Deputy Librarian.

No photocopying permitted.

English and Greek.

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Card catalogue.

Compiled by Anya Turner.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Presented to the Library by J W Turner FRCS in 1861. The volume was presented to the Library along with 5 volumes of manuscript translation of Albucasis by John Channing. In the front of the first volume of these, is a letter from J W Turner, which mentions the presentation of the translation of Aristophanes.

Translation of The Wasps by Aristophanes, c 1800s, comprising a manuscript translation into English by an unknown translator, written on each left hand page, with English notes and extracts in Greek on the right hand pages.

As outlined in Scope and Content.

Access available by written appointment with the Deputy Librarian.

No photocopying permitted.

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• latim

English and Greek.

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.

Card catalogue.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• inglês