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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS Language Greek Name Burney, Charles, classical scholar, 1757-1817

1. Burney MS 236

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 236
Title:
Priscian, Institutiones grammaticae; Aelius Donatus, Ars grammatica; treatises on rhetoric and grammar.
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a collection of texts about grammar, as well as several anonymous texts and verses on theological topics added towards the end. The main text is the Institutiones grammaticae (Institutes of Grammar) by Priscian (fl. 500), followed by a part of the Ars grammatica (The Art...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. Burney MS 244

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 244
Title:
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus, Institutio Oratoria
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 1v-214r: Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (b. c. 35, d. c. 100), Institutio Oratoria (Institutes of Oratory), beginning with the Letter to Tryphonus and a list of incipits to Book 1. The explicit occurs on f. 212v, followed by an erroneously omitted passage of Book 1.1-2 on the inserted...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek and Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1450
Extent:

A parchment codex