Catalogue Of The Greek Papyri In The John Rylands Library Manchester Literary Texts No 1 61 Edited By A S Hunt

Author : Arthur S. Hunt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780282479374
Total Pages : 226 pages
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Download or read book Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Vol. 1 written by Arthur S. Hunt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-07-21 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catalogue of the Greek Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, Vol. 1: Literary Texts, Nos. 1-61 HE great majority of the texts here published, which constitute the literary por tion of the Greek papyri belonging to the John Rylands Library, were purchased by myself in Egypt on behalf of Lord Crawford or the late Mrs. Rylands. The locality from which some of them proceeded was ascertained with tolerable clearness, and the origin of one or two more is fixed by internal evidence. Wherever the provenance seemed sufficiently assured this is specified; when no locality is named, it is to be inferred that satisfactory testimony was not forthcoming. My thanks are due to several scholars who have kindly assisted me on special points, more particularly to Mr. T. W. Allen, whom I have consulted on matters pertaining to Homer, to Prof. J. Ilberg, who has made some valuable suggestions on Nos. 21, 29, and 29 (a), to Prof. Gilbert Murray, who has seen some of the proof-sheets and contributed a reconstruction of No. 15, and to Prof. Smyly in connexion with No. 27. Dr. Schubart was good enough to verify for me certain points in papyri preserved at the Berlin Museum. The non-literary section of the Rylands papyri, which is naturally much more extensive, will occupy at least two volumes, of which the first is already in hand and will, it is hoped, be issued early in 1912. A chronological arrangement will be adopted, and the next Part of this Catalogue will accordingly contain documents of the Ptolemaic and Roman epochs, those of the Byzantine period being reserved until later. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.