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Moschus

Moschus was a poet and writer (200–200). He was born at Syracuse.

Also recorded as Moschus of Syracuse; Moschos of Syracuse.

Moschus in brief

Born
200
Died
200
Known for
poet and writer
Place of birth
Syracuse
Contents

Work and production

Works recorded as notable number 2: Europa and Theocriti, Bionis et Moschi carmina bucolica (Leiden, 1810).

Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1474 to 2003.

Piżmowiec "Moschus moschiferus" w opracowaniu przyrodników dawnej Rzeczypospolitej / Piotr Daszkiewicz., dated [2003], held by Wellcome Collection. Notes on the myology of the limbs of Moschus moschiferus / by F. Jeffrey Bell., dated 1876, held by Wellcome Collection. Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum [in italiano]. Add: Visio Tundali. Johannes Moschus: Pratum, dated 1483, held by Wellcome Collection. On the structure and affinities of the musk-deer (Moschus mosciferus, Linn.) / by William Henry Flower., dated 1875, held by Wellcome Collection. The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Mus�us . Translated into English. By a gentleman of Cambridge., dated 1760, held by Wellcome Collection. The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Mus�us . Translated from the original Greek. By Francis Fawkes, M.A., dated 1789, held by Wellcome Collection. Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum [in italiano] Tr: Domenico Cavalca. Add: Johannes Moschus: Pratum [in italiano] Tr: Feo Belcari, dated 1474, held by Wellcome Collection. Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum [in italiano] Vite de sancti padri. Tr: Domenico Cavalca. Add: Johannes Moschus: Pratum [in italiano]. Tr: Feo Belcari, dated 1475, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 24 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

12 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Photochemie aromatischer Nitroverbindungen, XI. Vergilbung von kristallinem Keton‐Moschus, Xylol‐Moschus und Tibeten‐Moschus, Chemische Berichte, 1975. ChemInform Abstract: PHOTOCHEMIE AROMATISCHER NITROVERBINDUNGEN, PHOTOLYSE VON KETON‐MOSCHUS, XYLOL‐MOSCHUS UND TIBETEN‐MOSCHUS, Chemischer Informationsdienst, 1975. ChemInform Abstract: PHOTOCHEMIE AROMATISCHER NITROVERBINDUNGEN 11. MITT. VERGILBUNG VON KRISTALLINEM KETON‐MOSCHUS, XYLOL‐MOSCHUS UND TIBETEN‐MOSCHUS, Chemischer Informationsdienst, 1975. Moschus, Brill’s New Pauly. High-Throughput Analysis Reveals Seasonal Variation of the Gut Microbiota Composition Within Forest Musk Deer (Moschus berezovskii), Frontiers in Microbiology, 2018. Quelques notes sur l’iconographie du cycle de la Vita de Saint Gérasime du Jourdain dans la peinture roumain, Anastasis: Research in Medieval Culture and Art, 2019. Temporal Activity and Co‐Occurrence Patterns of Sympatric Wild Ungulates in Baotianman, China, Ecology and Evolution, 2026. Changes in the gut microbiota of forest musk deer (Moschus berezovskii) during ex situ conservation, Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022. Defecation Site Preferences and Spatial Ecological Segregation of Forest Musk Deer and Siberian Roe Deer in North China, Animals, 2024. Assessing the reactive behavioural-physiological characteristics of captive Moschus chrysogaster: implications for ex-situ conservation and captive breeding, Nature Conservation Research: Заповедная наука, 2026. Nasopharyngeal Bacterial–Fungal Dysbiosis in Respiratory-Diseased Endangered Forest Musk Deer (<i>Moschus berezovskii</i>), Biology, 2026. Activity Budget and Behavioral Patterns of Himalayan Musk Deer in Gaurishankar Conservation Area, Nepal, Ecology and Evolution, 2026.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (299417514) and Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (4323000-3). Those registers additionally record the forms Bisam <Moschus> and CAS 8001-04-5.

Digitised editions and texts

13 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus (1880) — Internet Archive. Theokritou, Moschou, Bionos, Simmiou ta heuriskomena. Theocriti, Moschi, Bionis, Simmii quae extant: cum Graecis in Theocritum scholiis, & indice copioso: omnia studio & opera Danielis Heinsii. Accedunt Iosephi Scaligeri, Isaaci Casauboni, & eiusdem Danielis Heinsii notae & lectiones (1604) — Internet Archive. Paraphrases and translations from the Greek (1903) — Internet Archive. Miscellaneous translations and imitations of the minor Greek poets (1802) — Internet Archive. Johannes monachus Liber de miraculis: ein neuer beitrag zur mittelalterlichen mönchsliteratur (1913) — Internet Archive. Theocriti Bionis et Moschi Idyllia omnia a Bernardo Zamagna Rhacusino Latinis versibus expressa (1788) — Internet Archive. Bucolicorum graecorum Theocriti, Bionis, Moschi reliquiae : accendentibus incertorum Idylliis (1855) — Internet Archive. Theocritus, Bion et Moschus ad optimorum librorum fidem accurate editi. (1829) — Internet Archive. Poetae minores graeci : praecipua lectionis varietate et indicibus locupletissimis instruxit; (1823) — Internet Archive. Greek Pastoral Poets: Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus (1836) — Internet Archive. The Greek bucolic poets (1916) — Internet Archive. Theocriti, Bionis et Moschi carmina bucolica. : Græce et Latinè. (1810) — Internet Archive. Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 24 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 200Moschus born at Syracuse.
  2. 200Moschus died.
  3. 1483Vitae sanctorum patrum, sive Vitas patrum [in italiano]. Add: Visio Tundali. Johannes Moschus: Pratum (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1604Theokritou, Moschou, Bionos, Simmiou ta heuriskomena. Theocriti, Moschi, Bionis, Simmii quae extant: cum Graecis in Theocritum scholiis, & indice copioso: omnia studio & opera Danielis Heinsii. Accedunt Iosephi Scaligeri, Isaaci Casauboni, & eiusdem Danielis Heinsii notae & lectiones digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1760The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Mus�us . Translated into English. By a gentleman of Cambridge. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1788Theocriti Bionis et Moschi Idyllia omnia a Bernardo Zamagna Rhacusino Latinis versibus expressa digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1789The works of Anacreon, Sappho, Bion, Moschus and Mus�us . Translated from the original Greek. By Francis Fawkes, M.A. (Wellcome Collection).
  8. 1802Miscellaneous translations and imitations of the minor Greek poets digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1875On the structure and affinities of the musk-deer (Moschus mosciferus, Linn.) / by William Henry Flower. (Wellcome Collection).
  10. 1876Notes on the myology of the limbs of Moschus moschiferus / by F. Jeffrey Bell. (Wellcome Collection).
  11. 1880Theocritus, Bion and Moschus digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1903Paraphrases and translations from the Greek digitised by Internet Archive.
  13. 1913Johannes monachus Liber de miraculis: ein neuer beitrag zur mittelalterlichen mönchsliteratur digitised by Internet Archive.
  14. 2003Piżmowiec "Moschus moschiferus" w opracowaniu przyrodników dawnej Rzeczypospolitej / Piotr Daszkiewicz. (Wellcome Collection).

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Moschus”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q957548: Moschus

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