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1. Burney MS 216

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 216
Title:
Paulus Orosius, Historia Adversus Paganos (imperfect); Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia; Constantinus Africanus, De Melancholia; Peter Abelard, Carmen ad Astralabium
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 5r-88v: Paulus Orosius, Historia Adversus Paganos (History Against the Pagans), imperfect, starting at a Nino beli filio rege Assyriorum; preceded by a capitula list (ff. 2v-4v). ff. 89r-93v: Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia (On the destruction of Troy), followed...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
3rd quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. 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