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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS Name Mead, Richard, physician and collector of books and art, 1673-1754 Level [40] File

1. Burney MS 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 44
Title:
Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec
Scope & Content:
Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec. All except that for St John of Damascus are in the versions attributed to Symeon Metaphrastes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
Jul 1184
Extent:

2 parchment codices

2. Burney MS 45

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 45
Title:
Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople
Scope & Content:
Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople. Arranged in three main sections: (1) ff 4r-119v; (2) ff 120r-278r; (3) ff 278r-299v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

300 folios

3. Burney MS 50

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 50
Title:
Apophthegmata Patrum (Collectio alphabetica), in two volumes
Scope & Content:
Apophthegmata Patrum (Collectio alphabetica), in two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1361-1362
Extent:

2 paper codices

4. Burney MS 80

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 80
Title:
Philosophical extracts
Scope & Content:
Heraclides Lembus' extracts from Aristotle, Politeia, extracts from Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, and Aelian, De natura animalium, and Epictetus, Enchiridion. The manuscript was identified as part of codex f of Aelian's Varia Historia by Dilts (1965) pp. 67-68
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

59 folios