Simonides related material in UK libraries

Steven Avery

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Some of the original letters are held by Trinity College, Cambridge, but don't appear to be online (in archive)
https://archives.trin.cam.ac.uk/ind...0&sort=relevance&query=Simonides,+Constantine

Special Note:

Letter from K. Simonides to J. E. Hodgkin
On notepaper with monogram, not Simonides'. Date given in both Julian and Gregorian calendars. Hodgkin's address given (in English) as Hayman's Green, West Derby, Liverpool. Re. price of newspapers sent; note (in Hodgkin's hand?) at bottom records payment.

Letter from K. Simonides to Dr [W. J. ?] Irons
Add. MS a/40/94· Item · 18 Jan 1863
Part of Additional Manuscripts a
2 Caroline Street, Bedford Square, W. C. - Tischendorf lies when he says that he did not see the Pentateuch....' Date given in both Julian and Gregorian calendars. Postscript: is going to Liverpool next Tuesday...
Letter has markings, perhaps for publication: one passage has 'Omit this part: thus xxxxx' beside it; the name of the addressee, 'Dr Irons D. D.' is crossed through, as are some pencil notes.

Letter from Kallinikos Hieromonachos to the editor of the GuardianAdd to clipboard
Add. MS a/40/96· Item · 15 Oct. 1862
Part of Additional Manuscripts a
Alexandria; sent to the Guardian at 5 Burleigh Street, Strand, London. Date given at end as 15 Oct 1862; if this is in the Julian calendar the Gregorian equivalent is 27 Oct. Regarding the allegations of C. Simonides that the Codex Sinaiticus published by Tischendorf was in fact the work of Simonides himself.

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Letter from Archimandrite Dionysios to Richard WilkinsonAdd to clipboard
Add. MS a/40/97· Item · 23 Sept. 1863
Part of Additional Manuscripts a
The Holy Mountain of Athos. - On the claims of Simonides to have written the Codex Sinaiticus.
With part translation by Wilkinson. Ends 'This much about Simonides, who I can tell you Sir is a liar and an impostor, witness his acts'.

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Αυτογράφα του Διδάκτορος και ιππότου Κωνσταντίνου Α. Φ. Σιμωνίδου Εξαχθέντα εξ επιστολών και ετέρων ...
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Interestingly, the bottom of the last page of the Autographs document I referred to above is reproduced at p.15 in Science Deceived - A Genius Fools Europe - Konstantinos Simonides so I guess it must be the authentic writing of Simonides (it also bears his signature).

Also, looking at the Kallinikos letter, and the handwriting in the Autographs document, it looks to me, after a cursory inspection, that the individual Greek letters bear identical shapes in each writing, although the Autographs document is more untidy and written with a different pen; and so I would easily believe that they were the same person's handwriting.
 
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This is from Simonides Αυτογράφα, Page 11 of 58 in my PDF reader.

I've attached a screenshot from the PDF to prove it.

The document can be downloaded here:

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https://forums.carm.org/threads/cod...e-codex-siniaticus.14468/page-18#post-1404448

cjab said:
Some of the original letters are held by Trinity College, Cambridge, but don't appear to be online (in archive).
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TwoNoteableCorruptions said:
I wonder if someone could write to Trinity college and request if the letters can be digitised?
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Good job here, and this was a good suggestion.

Have either of you had any correspondence with Trinity College?

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I think especially interesting might be the letter with this extract summary note:
“Tischendorf lies when he says that he did not see the Pentateuch”

There is a Simonides to Hodgkin letter, but the summary sounds like a perfunctory note.

Just catching up on some of this! :)
 
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