A critical inquiry into the life of Alexander the Great

This material is held atBritish Library Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 59 Or 15456
  • Dates of Creation
    • 19th century
  • Language of Material
    • Armenian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item 275 ff Graph paper. 275 folios. 26 x 20.5 cm (written surface 22 x 18 cm). Text in a single column of 29 lines. Text is in modern script in Western Armenian in black ink using a fountain pen. Binding is brown paper covers with a green bordered label bearing the legend in blue ink. The manuscript has been repaired.

Scope and Content

An Armenian manuscript containing:. An Armenian translation of the French Examen critique des anciens historiens d'Alexandre-le-Grand, perhaps the 2nd French edition, made by an unknown translator. The text is incomplete, having only the Preface, Introduction and the first 3 chapters.

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Other Finding Aids

For more information, see Nersessian, Vrej. 2012. A Catalogue of the Armenian Manuscripts in the British Library acquired since the year 1913 and of collections of other libraries in the United Kingdom, Volume Two. London: The British Library. pp 950-952.

Bibliography

Clayton, Sir Richard. 1793. A critical Inquiry into the Life of Alexander the Great, by the Ancient Historians: From the French of the Baron De St. Croix. Bath. De Clermont-Lodeve, Guilhem, Baron de Sainte Croix. 1755, 1804. Examen Critique des Anciens Historiens d'Alexandre-le-Grand. Paris.