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271. Burney MS 323

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 323
Title:
John Balbi, Catholicon
Scope & Content:
The Catholicon,written by the Dominican Johannes Balbus (d. 1298) of Genoa, is a long treatisefor the study of Latin, divided into five parts: orthography, prosody, grammar,rhetoric, and etymology. This copy was owned by the Augustinian priory at Stonein Staffordshire (half-way between Stoke-on-...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
between c. 1390 and 1417
Extent:
One volume

272. Burney MS 324

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 324
Title:
John of Damascus, Expositionof the Orthodox Faith
Scope & Content:
A 13th-century English copy of John of Damascus’s seminal work Exposition of the Orthodox Faith translated into Latin by Burgundino da Pisa. ff. 1-33v: John of Damascus, De fide orthodoxa (in Latin by Burgundino da Pisa), begins ‘Quoniam incomprehensibilis est Deus, Deum nemo vidit unquam, nisi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:

One volume.

273. Burney MS 325

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 325
Title:
Josephus Flavius, JewishWar in Latin
Scope & Content:
A 13th-century Englishcopy of the Latin translation of Josephus Flavius’s Jewish War. Josephus’s works on the history of the Jews wereconsidered as important aids for interpreting the Bible and survives in medieval copies. Contents: ff. 1-2: blank f. 3r: ‘Istum librum emit frater Johannes L...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 13th century
Extent:
One volume.

274. 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

275. 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.

276. 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

277. 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.

278. 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.

279. 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

280. 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

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