Collection of papers relating to the Codex Sinaiticus : probably forged by Constantine Simonides, [ca. 1856-1863].
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Simonides, Constantine, 1820-1867.
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Constantine Simonides was an exceptionally skillful calligrapher who is allged to have sold spurious documents (as well as possibly some that were genuine) in England in the 1850s and 1860s. Among his clients were Sir Frederick Madden of the British Museum and the omnivorous collector Sir Thomas Phillipps. Simonides resided in the monasteries at Mount Athos between 1839 and 1841 and again in 1852, during which time he may have acquired or forged some of the manuscripts that he later sold. He was...
Munby, A. N. L. (Alan Noel Latimer), 1913-1974
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Librarian of King's College, Cambridge. From the description of Letters : Cambridge, England, to Seymour Adelman, Philadelphia, Pa., 1968 Aug. 7 - Sept. 18. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 25224126 Epithet: Librarian King's College Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x0000e2 Sir Thomas Phillipps (1792-1872) collected over 60,000 manuscripts from Britain, Europe and th...
Mayor, Andreas.
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