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1. Burney MS 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 46
Title:
Works of Athanasius of Alexandria, in two volumes
Scope & Content:
Works of Athanasius of Alexandria, in two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-1st half of the 12th century
Extent:

2 parchment codices

2. Burney MS 60

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 60
Title:
Apparatus Bellicus
Scope & Content:
Apparatus Bellicus, printed in Thévenot 1693, pp. 275-316, and discussed in Dain 1967. Included (ff 2r-2v) is a πίναξ, and there are many corrections and marginal notes, partly Latin, in a later hand. Tit. ᾽Ιουλίου ἀφρικανοῦ κεστοί. Included are excerpts from Sextus Julius Africanus's Cesti Book ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

37 folios

3. Burney MS 72

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 72
Title:
Manuel Chrysoloras, Erotemata
Scope & Content:
Manuel Chrysoloras, Erotemata, with Latin interlinear and marginal glosses, followed by a Latin commentary on the work, and other short works.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

42 folios

4. Burney MS 73

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 73
Title:
Demetrius Cydones, Homily on St Lawrence (BHG3 978), followed by notes on the history of Jerusalem in Latin
Scope & Content:
Demetrius Cydones, Homily on St Lawrence (BHG3 978), followed by notes on the history of Jerusalem in Latin.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

137 folios

5. Burney MS 81

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 81
Title:
Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica
Scope & Content:
Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica (TLG 0559.001), with extensive Latin marginal annotations and many pen diagrams, ff 2r-41v. Preceded on f 1r by an extract from Vitruvius, De architectura 9.9, inc. Item sunt ex aqua, expl. ex aqua comparationes explicuit.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

41 folios

6. Burney MS 86

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Burney MS 86
Title:
Townley Homer
Scope & Content:
Iliad of Homer, with extensive marginal and interlinear scholia (ff 1r-281v). Later added inscriptions and ownership marks, including: Engraved portrait of Charles Townley, 1812 (f iv recto). Partly erased 15th-century Italian accounts in Latin (f v recto). Engraving of a bust of Homer found...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:
?1059
Extent:

281 folios

7. Burney MS 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 99
Title:
Greek compositions by Sir Ralph Winwood (b. 1562/3, d. 1617)
Scope & Content:
Epitome of Plutarch, De Alexandri magni fortuna aut virtute, followed by Συγκομιδαὶ βραχυτάται (sic) ἐκ τῶν Πλουτάρχου πολιτικῶν. Preceded by a letter of dedication in Latin to Laurence Humphrey (d. 1589), President of Magdalen College, Oxford.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1578-1589
Extent:

20 folios

8. Burney MS 257

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 257
Title:
Publius Papinius Statius, Thebais and Achilleis, with scholia by Laurent de Premierfait (alias Laurencius Campannus).
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-4v: Laurent de Premierfait, compendium to Thebais (ascribed in the manuscript to Laurencius Campannus). ff. 4v-210r: Statius, Thebais (imperfect, wanting Book V, 728-753, Book VI, 1-18, and the rhymed epitome to book VI). ff. 210v-222v: Laurent de Premierfait, a summary of Thebais by ch...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

1 volume