The Angela Burdett-Coutts collection of Greek manuscripts / Annaclara Cataldi Palau.

"Baroness Angela Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), descendant of a wealthy and well-known family of bankers, inherited quite young, through a series of unpredictable circumstances, the enormous fortune of Thomas Coutts, her maternal grand-father. She spent most of her long life in London, where she occupi...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bibliologia (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 62.
Main Author: Cataldi Palau, Annaclara (Author)
Language:English
Published: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2021]
Series:Bibliologia (Turnhout, Belgium) ; v. 62.
Subjects:
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, > 1814-1906.
Burdett-Coutts, Angela Georgina, > 1814-1906 > Library > Catalogs.
Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern) > Catalogs.
Manuscripts, Greek (Medieval and modern) > Michigan > Ann Arbor > Catalogs.
Manuscrits grecs médiévaux et modernes > Collections privées > Catalogues.
Catalogs.
Collection catalogs.
Catalogues de collection.
Genre:
Catalogs.
Catalogues.
Collection catalogs.
Catalogues de collection.
Physical Description:469 pages : illustrations, facsimiles (some color), color map ; 29 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I. History of the collection: Angela Burdett-Coutts’ life: the formation of her collection of Greek manuscripts
  • The sale of Angela Burdett-Coutts collection of Greek manuscripts
  • Angela Burdett-Coutts Greek manuscripts
  • Provenance of the Burdett-Coutts manuscripts
  • List and description of Burdett-Coutts manuscripts from Epirote monasteries or churches
  • Burdett-Coutts manuscripts from the Meteora: their present location in various libraries
  • Two Burdett-Coutts manuscripts with plaques from the Russian monastery of Solovki applied to the bindings
  • Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Library, SCRC, Mich. Ms. 15 (B.-C. III. 5), a manuscript belonging to the Ferrar Group ('Family 13')
  • Burdett-Coutts manuscripts with a decoration
  • Burdett-Coutts manuscripts with a remarkable decoration
  • Part II. Description of the Burdett-Coutts manuscripts: Description of the Burdett-Coutts manuscripts in Ann Arbor
  • Description of the Burdett-Coutts manuscripts in Athens
  • Description of the Burdett-Coutts manuscripts in various libraries
  • The lost manuscripts
  • Appendix