Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs forgery of an unidentified text by Homer : manuscript
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Description
- Title
- Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs forgery of an unidentified text by Homer : manuscript
- Creator
- Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867
- Contributor
- Homer.
- Published / Created
- circa [1850?]
- Publication Place
- Greece?
- Abstract
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Autograph manuscript forgery by Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs, of an unidentified text by Homer, on parchment, circa 1850
- Description
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Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs (approximately 1820-approximately 1867), Greek forger of ancient manuscripts.
In ancient Greek.
Stored rolled in a wooden matchbox for Congreve matches manufactured by I. N. E., Germany, with printed label and striker, circa 1850; box lid missing. - Provenance
- Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2019.
- Extent
- 1 item (1 sheet, rolled) ; 54 x 6 cm unrolled ; in box, 7 x 4 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Osborn d543
- Container / Volume
- Box
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Literary forgeries Greece 19th century
Matchboxes Germany 19th century - Resource Type
- text
- Subject (Geographic)
- Greece.
- Subject (Name)
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Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867.
Homer - Subject (Topic)
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Forgeries
Forgers
Forgery of manuscripts
Manuscripts, Greek - Subjects
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Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867
Homer > Forgeries
Forgers > Greece
Forgery of manuscripts > Greece
Manuscripts, Greek > Greece
Greece > 19th century
Germany > 19th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs forgery of an unidentified text by Homer. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15758406
- Object ID (OID)
- 32403540