Ancient Copy of the Iliad Digitized

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Ancient Copy of the Iliad Digitized

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Editado: Ago 5, 2018, 12:21 pm

One of the Best Preserved Ancient Copies of The Iliad Has Been Digitized




A 2nd century manuscript on papyrus in The British Library known as The Bankes Homer (P. Lond. Lit. 28; TM 60500) has been digitized.
The manuscript is incomplete and preserves the end (lines 127-804 ) of chapter 24 and includes a colophon at the end.









Read a brief article about it from Open Culture

One of the Best Preserved Ancient Manuscripts of The Iliad Is Now Digitized: See the “Bankes Homer” Manuscript in High Resolution (Circa 150 C.E.)



View the manuscript from The British Museum




Banks Homer