notes to Canfora forum - any interesting contacts from his writing

[Steven Avery]

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Steven Avery
Greetings! I have a question about a reference that is in a book by Luciano Canfora. You can see some of the relevant text on the two urls.
Il viaggio di Artemidoro (2010)
https://books.google.com/books?id=slC8ywpEIGQC&pg=PA236
"... la possibilità di ispezionare i manoscritti greci: in particolare gli interessavano i frammenti del Sinaitico portato in Germania da Tischendorf nel 1844"
and
https://books.google.com/books?id=f5A8FING5iEC&pg=PA253
"Come raccontò poi il suo ex amico e maestro privato di greco antico Lykurgos, gli interessavano i fogli del Sinaitico che Tischendorf aveva portato in Germania dopo il primo soggiorno a Santa Caterina del Sinai."
There is a reference about Simonides and Lykurgos, in the context of the Codex Frederico-Augustanus (the white parchment part of Sinaiticus that went to Leipzig in 1844, before the bulk of the manuscript was coloured yellow and taken to St. Petersburg in 1859.) The ms. is called Sinaitico in the book where it makes this reference, which is a smidgen anachronistic

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Having the full text of that part of the correspondence (probably Greek, published in a German book or Journal) would be very helpful for Sinaiticus historicity and authenticity.
While I have some leads on the various writings by and about Lykurgos, so far I have not pinned down this question, and I do not see a footnote.
Any help in tracking down the original source would be most appreciated. And I will share with anyone interested the details available to date, beyond those two quotes above.
Thanks!
Steven Avery


Hodgkin to Simonides

Estia

 

[Steven Avery]

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i Canfora group,

There is some important Constantine Simonides correspondence that is hard to find.

Il viaggio di Artemidoro (2011)
Luciano Canfora
https://books.google.com/books?id=f5A8FING5iEC&pg=PA306

“It is the same Hodgkin whom, in March 1864, from Paris, Simonidis wrote telling his own discoveries of Greek codexes and advocating every possible initiative in the dispute over the Sinaiticus.”

“È lo stesso Hodgkin cui, nel marzo 1864, da Parigi, Simonidis scriveva raccontando le proprie scoperte di codici greci e caldeggiando ogni possibile iniziativa nella disputa sul Sinaitico.”

There is no known public stash of Simonides personal correspondence with John Eliot Hodgkin (1829-1912). And this would give an "inside angle" on the events.

The Forging Antiquity group out of Australia has alluded to having Hodgkin-Simonides correspondence.

Also a note from Simonides to Kallinikos on hieroglyphics, which may help us determine the question of his existence.

If anyone has any idea what letters are being referred to by Canfora above, it would be immensely helpful in unraveling Sinaiticus mysteries.

Thanks!