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Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 409a
Title:: Two fragments with astronomical texts
Scope & Content:: Item 1: ff. 2r-5v: Fragment on the signs of the Zodiac. Inc. οὑ ἐστὶ χρήσιμος εἰς τὸ ποιῆσαι χαρτὶ. Tit. τὰ ιβ΄ ζῴδια εἰς τίνα ὠφέλειαν ἔχουσι πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους. ff. 6r-7r: Fragment on the planets with diagrams. Inc. Ἑπτὰ εἰσι πλανῖται κατὰ τὸν τύπον. ff. 7v-22r: Astronomical treatise with ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 16th century-17th century
Extent:: 57 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 410
Title:: Charles Burney, D.D., Collected Notes about Ion, the Tragedian
Scope & Content:: Charles Burney, Sources and extracts relating to the life and works of the ancient Greek tragedian and phislospher Ion of Chios (d. 420BC).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 411
Title:: Charles Burney, Notes on the Works of Anacreon
Scope & Content:: Charles Burney's extracts from the 1784 edition of the surviving works of the ancient Greek lyrical poet Anacreon (c. 575 – c. 495 BC) by Gianbattista Bodoni (b. 1740, d. 1813).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 522
Title:: Thomas Morell, D. D., Adversaria
Scope & Content:: Included are: ff 7r-12v, Dicta Catonis. English translation. ff 13r-24v, 'Lexicon Homericum'. Imperfect, ending with the entry for ἀποδύω. ff 25r-30r, Numerical collation of Plutarch's works published by Henry Estienne (Paris, 1572), with Frobenius' edition of the Moralia (Basel, 1542). Morel...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 2nd quarter of the 18th century-3rd quarter of the 18th century
Extent:: 30 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 523
Title:: Collection of papers, partly relating to Greek literature
Scope & Content:: Collection of papers, partly relating to Greek literature. The writers include Anthony Askew, Thomas Morell, and John Taylor. Preceded by an index in Burney's hand. Partly in Latin and English, and partly printed.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:: 18th century
Extent:: 1 volume

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