Search

Project / Collection Greek Manuscripts Container Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS

91. Burney MS 396

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 396
Title:
Commentaries on Sophocles' Ajax and Electra
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-23v: Commentary on Sophocles' Ajax, in English. ff. 24v-49v: Commentary on Sophocles' Electra, in English.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 18th century
Extent:

49 folios.

92. Burney MS 397

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 397
Title:
Philemon, λεξικὸν τεχνολογικὸν, with notes by Burney and Jean-François Boissonade
Scope & Content:
ff. 1r-1v: Jean-François Boissonade, notes on Phrynichus and ἄλλος ἀλφάβητος. Autograph. Partly in Latin. ff. 2r-115v: Philemon, λεξικὸν τεχνολογικὸν. Imperfect. Transcript by Boissonade of Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS grec 2616. Contains many corrections in Burney's hand. ff. 116r-124v: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 19th century
Extent:

130 folios.

93. Burney MS 398, 399, 400

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 398, 399, 400
Title:
Notebooks of Leonard Hotchkis, Master of the Royal Free School, Shrewsbury, relating to Hephaestion's Enchiridion
Scope & Content:
Notebooks of Leonard Hotchkis, Master of the Royal Free School, Shrewsbury, relating to Hephaestion's Enchiridion.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 18th century
Extent:
3 items

94. Burney MS 401

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 401
Title:
Indices to words in Nicander's Theriaca, Alexipharmaca, and Euripides' Hippolytus, with notes on the former two by Thomas Morell, D.D.
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-32r: Index to words in Nicander's Theriaca and Alexipharmaca. Copied from a manuscript then in the library of Anthony Askew, M.D., and later lot 355 in his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, London, 7 March 1785. ff. 33r-44r: Index to words in Euripides' Hippolytus, as in Musgrave's Oxford editi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 18th century-3rd quarter of the 18th century
Extent:

51 folios.

95. Burney MS 402

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 402
Title:
Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions copied by Anthony Askew in the Levant and Greece
Scope & Content:
Collection of Greek and Latin inscriptions copied by Anthony Askew, M.D., in the Levant and Greece, with notes on their situation, size, state of preservation, etc.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1748
Extent:

71 folios

96. Burney MS 403

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 403
Title:
Philological notes on Greek words
Scope & Content:
Philological notes on Greek words. Partly Latin. Index appended.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 18th century-3rd quarter of the 18th century
Extent:

422 folios.

97. Burney MS 404

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 404
Title:
Thomas Morell, D.D., Index Prosodiacus
Scope & Content:
Thomas Morell, D.D., Index Prosodiacus. An index of Greek words with quotations from Greek verse to illustrate their metrical values. Included are Latin translations of each word and some quotations.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 18th century-3rd quarter of the 18th century
Extent:

144 folios.

98. Burney MS 405

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 405
Title:
List of marginal readings taken from a copy of Herwagen's 1544 edition of Euripides in the Bodleian Library (Linc. 80 D.191)
Scope & Content:
List of marginal readings taken from a copy of Herwagen's 1544 edition of Euripides in the Bodleian Library (Linc. 80 D.191). These readings are said to be by Joseph Scaliger and Girolamo Maggi. Partly Latin. Pencil note initialed 'W.C.' (f. 72v) states that the MS is in the hand of Thomas Gaisford.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:

72 folios.

99. Burney MS 407

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 407
Title:
Robert Creighton the younger (d. 1734), notes on Greek literature and compositions in both Latin and Greek
Scope & Content:
Robert Creighton the younger (d. 1734), notes on Greek literature, and compositions in Latin and Greek. Manuscript is in two distinct sections, written in opposite directions, with one containing the notes and the other the compositions. Fair copies.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:

Two paper codices

100. Burney MS 408

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 408
Title:
Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 338; Scrivener evst. 499)
Scope & Content:
Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom on Matthew and John, and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 338; Scrivener evst. 499).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
10th century-14th century
Extent:

163 folios