IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0114 MS0043
Held at: Royal College of Surgeons of England
Title: Aristophanes: The Wasps
Date(s): c 1800s
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Aristophanes | c 445 - c 386 BC | Greek playwright
The author of the translation is unknown
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Aristophanes was born in c 445 BC. He was a Greek comic dramatist and was also known as the Father of Comedy and the Prince of Ancient Comedy. The Wasps was written in 422 BC. He died in c 386 BC.
The author of the translation is not known.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Translation of The Wasps by Aristophanes, c 1800s, comprising a manuscript translation into English by an unknown translator, written on each left hand page, with English notes and extracts in Greek on the right hand pages.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English and Greek.
System of arrangement:
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Access available by written appointment with the Deputy Librarian.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying permitted.
Finding aids:
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Library of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (1928) by Victor G Plarr.
Card catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Library by J W Turner FRCS in 1861. The volume was presented to the Library along with 5 volumes of manuscript translation of Albucasis by John Channing. In the front of the first volume of these, is a letter from J W Turner, which mentions the presentation of the translation of Aristophanes.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2008