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1. Burney MS

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS
Title:
Burney Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts collected by Charles Burney, classical scholar (b 1757, d 1817), primarily relating to classical literature and Christian texts in Greek and Latin. The collection also contains a substantial corpus of notes by Burney and others, and letters and papers of modern scholars.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
7th century-19th century
Extent:
524 items

2. Burney MS 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 44
Title:
Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec
Scope & Content:
Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec. All except that for St John of Damascus are in the versions attributed to Symeon Metaphrastes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Jul 1184
Extent:

2 parchment codices

3. Burney MS 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 48
Title:
Commentaries of St John Chrysostom on the Pauline letters, followed by the Catholic Epistles (Gregory-Aland 643; Scrivener act 225; von Soden α 1402, X40)
Scope & Content:
Commentaries of St John Chrysostom on the Pauline letters, followed by the Catholic Epistles (Gregory-Aland 643; Scrivener act 225; von Soden α 1402, X40). In two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
11th century-12th century
Extent:

2 paper codices

4. Burney MS 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 50
Title:
Apophthegmata Patrum (Collectio alphabetica), in two volumes
Scope & Content:
Apophthegmata Patrum (Collectio alphabetica), in two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1361-1362
Extent:

2 paper codices

5. Burney MS 64

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 64
Title:
Aristotle, Poetica.
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Poetica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:

52 folios.

6. Burney MS 67

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 67
Title:
Synopses of works by Aristotle, Ps.-Aristotle, and Porphyry, with extracts from Pindar
Scope & Content:
Synopses of works by Aristotle and Ps.-Aristotle, with extracts from Pindar, arranged as follows: ff. 2r-41v: Synopsis of Aristotle's Naturalis auscultatio. Partly Latin, at ff. 36r-41v. ff. 42r-65v: Synopsis of Aristotle's Meteorologica. Partly Latin, at ff. 64r-65v. ff. 66r-149v: Synopsis o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:

401 folios.

7. Burney MS 77

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 77
Title:
Latin translation of Hephaestion, Enchiridion, by Vincente Mariner Valentine, with descriptions, a preface, and a translated Latin epigram
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-7v: Vincente Mariner Valentine, Preface addressed to Francisco de Rioja, librarian and poet. Latin. ff. 8r-8v: Vincente Mariner Valentine, Epigram addressed to Francisco de Rioja, with a Latin translation. ff. 9r-136v: Vincente Mariner Valentine, Latin translation of Hephaestian's Enchi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1639
Extent:

140 folios.

8. Burney MS 90

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 90
Title:
John Crouch, Commentary on Lycophron's Alexandra
Scope & Content:
John Crouch, Commentary on Lycophron's Alexandra. Autograph, written in Latin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 17th century
Extent:

179 folios.

9. Burney MS 91

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 91
Title:
Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts
Scope & Content:
Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts, with 21 items as follows: f. 1v: Table of contents of Burney 91. Partly in Latin. ff. 3r-3v: Table of contents of Burney 91 and Burney 92 ff. 1r-128v. ff. 4r-6r: Theodoros Meliteniotes, Προοίμιον εἰς ἀστρονομίαν. ff. 6r-7v: Theodoros Meliteniotes, Τί ἐ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

146 folios.

10. Burney MS 101

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 101
Title:
Claudius Ptolemaeus, Harmonica, and Porphyrius, Commentary on Ptolemaeus' Harmonica
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-96v: Claudius Ptolemaeus, Harmonica. Diagrams, tables, and an index (ff. 91r-96v; partly in Latin) are included. ff. 97r-172v: Porphyrius, Commentary on Ptolemaeus' Harmonica. Imperfect, lacking the prologue. An index (ff. 169r-172v; partly in Latin) and verses entitled 'De Πτολεmaio (si...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

172 folios.