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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS Language Latin Name Propertius, Sextus, 45 BC-15 BC

1. Burney MS 241

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 241
Title:
Sextus Propertius, Elegiae
Scope & Content:
This manuscript largely consists of the four books of Elegiae (Elegies) by the poet Sextus Propertius (b. c. 50, d. c. 16 BC). They are followed by a late medieval anonymous derivative of the first book of Propertius’ Elegiae (also known as the Monobiblos, or ‘Single book’, because of its sole f...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

2. Burney MS 242

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 242
Title:
Sextus Propertius, Elegiae; Filippo Beroaldo, hendecasyllabic verse; Hieronymus Salius Faventinus, verse
Scope & Content:
This manuscript was copied from a printed edition of the Elegiae (Elegies) of Sextus Propertius (b. c. 50, d. c. 16 BC). This is clear because of the added poems by Filippo Beroaldo the Elder (b. 1453, d. 1505) and Hieronymus Salius Faventinus (d. 1509) at the end of the Elegiae, which also appe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1493-c 1525
Extent:
Parchment codex