Ptolemy, Geographia (TLG 0363.009), ff 3r-114r. Many diagrams and coloured maps. Preceded on f 2v by four epigrams on the Geography by Maximus Planudes, and followed on f 114r by heroic verses on the poem, inc. Ἐν γραμμαῖς τὸν κόσμον ἀριθμηθέντα νόησον.
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Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus
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Religious texts copied by Matthew, Metropolites of Ephesus, in three volumes. Includes (Burney MS 114, ff 1r-91v) autograph copies of two of Matthew's own works.
Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon, transcript with notes and index of authors cited
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ff. 1r-210r: Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon. Imperfect. Indirect transcript of Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.9 (Codex Galeanus), with notes. ff. 211r-235r: Index of authors cited in Photius' Lexicon, with a few references to the work of Henry Dodwell (1641-1711).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 17th century-1st half of the 18th century
Extracts from Phrynichus Arabius' Preparatio sophistica, transcript and notes by Jean-François Boissonade
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ff. 2r-56v: Extracts from Phrynichus Arabius' Preparatio sophistica. Transcript of Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Coislin 345, ff. 47-64. Interleaved. ff. 57r-67r: Jean-François Boissonade, notes on the text of ff. 2r-56v and the Paris manuscript. Autograph, partly in Latin, interleaved.
Ἄλλος ἀλφάβητος, transcription with notes by Jean-François Boissonade
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ff. 2r-37r: Ἄλλος ἀλφάβητος. Transcript of Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS Coislin 345, ff. 156-165. Interleaved. ff. 38r-44r: Jean-François Boissonade, notes on the text of ff. 2r-37r and the Paris manuscript. Autograph, partly in Latin, interleaved.
Orion of Thebes, Etymologicon, transcript with notes by Jean-François Boissonade, containing indices, correspondence, and additional extracts
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MS 118: ff. 1r-2r: Letter to Charles Burney from Jean-François Boissonade, in Latin, 1801. ff. 3r-4r: Letter to Charles Burney from James Payne, [?1801]. ff. 6r-7r: Index of authors. ff. 8r-77r: Orion of Thebes, Etymologicon Α - Ξ, transcribed from Paris, Bibliothèque National, MS grec 2653....
Extracts from mathematical, tactical, and grammatical works taken from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford
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26 extracts from mathematical, tactical, and grammatical works taken from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, arranged as follows: ff. 1r-25r: Ioannes Pediasimos, Σύνοψις περὶ μετρήσεως καὶ μερισμοῦ γῆς. cf. Barocci 169 item 2. ff. 26r-28r: Extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Definiti...