Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs forgery of an unidentified text by Homer : manuscript

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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: Autograph manuscript forgery by Kōnstantinos Simōnidēs, of an unidentified text by Homer, on parchment, circa 1850
Description: 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: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Genre: Literary forgeries Greece 19th century
Matchboxes Germany 19th century
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Greece.
Subject (Name): Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867.
Homer
Subject (Topic): Forgeries
Forgers
Forgery of manuscripts
Manuscripts, Greek
Subjects: Simōnidēs, Kōnstantinos, approximately 1820-approximately 1867
Homer > Forgeries
Forgers > Greece
Forgery of manuscripts > Greece
Manuscripts, Greek > Greece
Greece > 19th century
Germany > 19th century

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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.