César de Missy
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César de Missy theologian, chaplain to George III
George III of the United Kingdom
George III was King of Great Britain and King of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of these two countries on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death...

, scholar of the New Testament, and book collector.

De Missy was a Prussian critic and book collector, who owned many of the volumes in this collection. He spent his life collecting manuscripts for the new edition of the New Testament. Some manuscripts he brought from Mount Athos
Mount Athos
Mount Athos is a mountain and peninsula in Macedonia, Greece. A World Heritage Site, it is home to 20 Eastern Orthodox monasteries and forms a self-governed monastic state within the sovereignty of the Hellenic Republic. Spiritually, Mount Athos comes under the direct jurisdiction of the...

 (e.g. British Library, MS Add. 4949
Greek Gospel Book (British Library, MS Add. 4949)
British Library, MS Add. 4949 is an illuminated Gospel Book in Greek from the 12th century. It contains all four Gospels preceded by synaxarion and menologion, the Eusebian canon tables, and indications of lections. It has 259 vellum folios, most of which are gathered into quires of eight folios...

).

He was married (as a widower) to Elizabeth Hollis at St John Clerkenwell on the 5th July 1771.

To his collection belonged the manuscripts of the New Testament 483
Minuscule 483
Minuscule 483 , ε 376 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a colophon to the year 1285 .Scrivener labelled it by number 543...

, 560
Minuscule 560
Minuscule 560 , ε 1288 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 11th century.Scrivener labelled it by number 520....

, 561
Minuscule 561
Minuscule 561 , ε 1289 , is a Greek minuscule manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.Scrivener labelled it by number 521....

, 38
Lectionary 38
Lectionary 38, designated by siglum ℓ 38 . It is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment leaves...

, 162
Lectionary 162
Lectionary 162, designated by siglum ℓ 162 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment...

, 239
Lectionary 239
Lectionary 239, designated by siglum ℓ 239 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. Palaeographically it has been assigned to the 13th century.Scrivener labelled it by 230evl....

, 240
Lectionary 240
Lectionary 240, designated by siglum ℓ 240 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment...

, 241
Lectionary 241
Lectionary 241, designated by siglum ℓ 241 is a Greek manuscript of the New Testament, on parchment. It is dated by a Colophon to the year 1199.Scrivener labelled it as 232evl...

, and other. Afterwards the collection belonged to William Hunter
William Hunter (anatomist)
William Hunter FRS was a Scottish anatomist and physician. He was a leading teacher of anatomy, and the outstanding obstetrician of his day...

, then to Matthew Baillie
Matthew Baillie
Matthew Baillie was a Scottish physician and pathologist.-Life:...

 (1761–1823), and finally it came to the Glasgow University in 1807.

Works
  • Les Larmes Du Refuge: Ou Sermon Sur Le Pseaume CXXXVII (1735)

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