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251. Burney MS 326

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 326
Title:
Isidore of Seville, Etymologiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains the Etymologiae (Etymologies), also known as Origenes (Origins), by Isidore of Seville (b. c. 560, d. 636). This is an encyclopedic work that discusses the origin of words related to the liberal arts and a vast range of other subjects. The manuscript appears to have been...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

252. Burney MS 328

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 328
Title:
The Etymologies of Isidore of Seville
Scope & Content:
ff. 2-190 Isidore of Seville: Etymologies Books 1-20. with prefatory material. ff. 2-4: Dedicatory Epistles of Isidore and Bravilo (Epistles 1-5 as published by Lindsay (1911))ff. 4-190: Etymologies Book 1-20. ff. 4-18v: Book 1 ff. 18v-29: Book 2 ff. 29-38: Book 3 ff. 38-42v: Book 4 ff 42v-51v:...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century
Extent:
Parchment codex.

253. Burney MS 329

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 329
Title:
Historical miscellany
Scope & Content:
An elegant humanistcopy of a collection of historical works dealing with Roman history. Contents: ff. 1r-1v: Anonymouspoem about Orosius and Justin, begins ‘Orbis terrarum metasque situsque locorumcomputat hic sancti codex luculenter Orosii....’ ends ‘...Emula namque manus sic rodere desineti...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
One volume

254. Burney MS 330

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 330
Title:
Collection of Grammatical and Metrical Treatises
Scope & Content:
ff. 2v-8v: Treatise on hymnological metrics (“Incipit Liber de metris himpnorum”), Inc. De metris hymnorum locuturi quia nonnulli rithmo sine metro scribi uidentur, primo videamus quid sit rithmus, et in quo differat a metro. Expl. Et nos hic finem operi nostro imponimus. petentes lectorem ut sic...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
early 13th century
Extent:
Parchment codex.

255. Burney MS 331

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 331
Title:
Grammatical Commentaries on the readings of the Church Year and the Mass
Scope & Content:
f. 1. "Memoriale ecclesiastocorum" penned title from an 18th-century auction. f. 1v: Pencilled notes from one of the 18th-century sales, describing the manuscript. ff. 2-79: Commentary on readings of the Temporal. ("Expositio verborum difficilium temporalis legendae totius anni, et eciam correpci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
Paper codex.

256. Burney MS 332

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 332
Title:
Book of Hours, Use of Clermont
Scope & Content:
Book of Hours, use of Clermont, in Latin with prayers in French. Contents: ff. 1r-52v: Hours of the Virgin ff. 53r-60v: Advent Office ff. 61r-68v: Office for Christmas mislabelled on f. 60v as that of the Nativity of the Virgin. ff. 69r-89v: Office of the Dead, starting with Matins; ff. 90...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
last quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
One volume

257. Burney MS 333

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 333
Title:
Breviary, Vallumbrosan Use
Scope & Content:
Vallumbrosan Breviary with miniatures in the style of Boccardino il Vecchio. Contents: pp. 1-127: Psalms, with antiphons. ('Incipit psalterium componitum secundum morem et ordinem Vallis Umbrose'). pp. 127-134: Canticles, etc.: Te deum, Benedicite, Magnificat, Benedictus, Nunc dimittis, Glori...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
last quarter of the 15th century
Extent:

One volume

258. Burney MS 334

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 334
Title:
Book of Hours, use ofSarum
Scope & Content:
Book of Hourse in the use of Sarum Contents: ff. 1r-6r: Calendar;major feasts (in red) include Cornelius, bishop (31 Mar.); others includeWilliam of York (8 Jan., 8 June), Lambert of Neuwerk (9 Feb.), Oswald of York(28 Feb.), and Wilfrid of York (24 Apr.). f. 6v: blank ff. 7r-54v: Hours ofth...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
One volume.

259. Burney MS 340

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 340
Title:
Origen of Alexandria, Homilies on Numbers 15-19
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was written at a scriptorium in Northern France, most likely the Benedictine abbey of Corbie, in the 4th quarter of the 7th century. It was certainly in the abbey's library from the 12th century onward. In 1638 the manuscript was transferred to the Benedictine abbey of St-Germain...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 7th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

260. Burney MS 342

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 342
Title:
Two fragments: a Book of Hours in Latin, and a miscellany of texts in Greek
Scope & Content:
Contains two fragments, a Book of Hours, written in Latin and dated to the 15th century, and a miscellany of texts, written in Greek and dated to 1709. These were already bound as one volume when owned by John Brand (b. 1744, d. 1806). ff. 1r-55v: Book of Hours, Use of Le Mans, fragmentary, in ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1400-1709
Extent:

Composite codex.

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