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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 129

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 129
Title:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae
Scope & Content:
Boethius, De Consolatione Philosophiae, with Italian interlinear glosses. Decoration: 5 large puzzle initials in red and blue, with red and blue, or brown, penwork (ff. 1r, 8v, 19r, 34v, 48r), the first partly filled-in with a thin shell gold wash. Small initials in red or blue, sometimes wit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 14th century
Extent:

Parchment codex

3. Burney MS 184

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 184
Title:
Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi; An incomplete anonymous alphabetical index
Scope & Content:
Justin, Epitome historiarum Pompeii Trogi, annotated with contemporary marginal headings (ff. 2r-103v); An incomplete anonymous alphabetical index, from Arbactus to Becta urbs (ff. 104r-104v). The MS is a palimpsest, the lower text appears to be an 11th-century Italian sacramentary (ff. iv rect...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian and Latin
Date Range:
1469
Extent:
Parchment codex