English translation of ‘Petri Gyllii de Topographia Constantinopoleos et illius Antiquitatibus’.
Scope and Contents
It would appear to be a draft translation, and two stages can be discerned in its text. Books I-II (folios 1-31) are a first draft, written in a hand that is rather difficult to read, and extensively disfigured by large numbers of deletions and insertions; Book I Chapter 1 is misplaced at folio 21. Books III-IV (folios 32-67) are a later draft, written in a clearer hand, and bear fewer amendments. Apart from Book I Chapter 1, which is incomplete and in some confusion, the translation is complete and in order, but it omits various small passages of explanatory matter and almost all of the passages in verse quoted by Gilles.
Dates
- Creation: 18th century.
Extent
0.00 Linear metres (ii + 67 folios. Folio.)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Bound or rebound in the late 18th century, possibly by the Faculty of Advocates.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1925, by the Faculty of Advocates to the nation on the foundation of the National Library of Scotland.
Bibliography
This translation was not published and its authorship and exact date are unknown. It is not that entitled ‘The Antiquities of Constantinople’ published by John Ball in 1729 but handwriting and watermark evidence suggests that it is con¬temporary with it. Editions of the work were published in 1699 by Jacobus Gronovius in the 6th volume of his ‘Thesaurus Antiquitatum Graecarum’ and in 1711 by Anselmo Banduri in his ‘Imperium Orientale’.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 22 07 2015
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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