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Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 67
Title:: Synopses of works by Aristotle, Ps.-Aristotle, and Porphyry, with extracts from Pindar
Scope & Content:: Synopses of works by Aristotle and Ps.-Aristotle, with extracts from Pindar, arranged as follows: ff. 2r-41v: Synopsis of Aristotle's Naturalis auscultatio. Partly Latin, at ff. 36r-41v. ff. 42r-65v: Synopsis of Aristotle's Meteorologica. Partly Latin, at ff. 64r-65v. ff. 66r-149v: Synopsis o...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
Date Range:: 1st quarter of the 17th century
Extent:: 401 folios.

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69
Title:: Greek treatises on warfare, with numerous drawings
Scope & Content:: Greek treatises on warfare, with numerous drawings. Includes works by Athenaeus, Biton, Heron, Apollodorus, Philo of Byzantium, Leo VI the Wise, and others.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 366 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 1r-9r
Title:
Scope & Content:: Athenaeus, De machinis (TLG 1204.001). Six coloured drawings, ff 5r,5v, 7r, 7v, 8r, 9r (cf. Schneider 1912, Taf. V.2, V.1, VI.1, II.1, VII.2, VI.2). Tit. ᾽Αθηναίου περὶ μηχανημάτων.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 9 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 9v-16r
Title:
Scope & Content:: Biton, De constructione bellicarum machinarum (TLG 1226.001). Three coloured drawings, ff 10v, 11v, 12v (cf. Rehm and Schramm 1929, Abb. 2, 5, 7), and three blank spaces, ff 14r, 15r, 16r. Tit. Βίτωνος κατασκευαὶ πολεμικῶν ὀργάνων καὶ καταπελτιστῶν.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 8 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 16v-19r
Title:
Scope & Content:: Heron of Alexandria, De chirobalistra (TLG 0559.013). Five coloured drawings, ff 16v, 17v, 18r, 18v, 19r (cf. Prou 1877, figs. 19, 21, 23, 25, 27). Tit. ῞Ηρωνος χειροβαλλίστρας κατασκευὴ καὶ συμμετρίας.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 4 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 19r-32v
Title:
Scope & Content:: Heron of Alexandria, Belopoeica (TLG 0559.012). Coloured drawings, ff 22r, 24r, 25r, 26r, 26v, 27r, 28r, 29r, 30v, 32r, 32v (cf. Diehls and Schramm 1918, Bild 3, 12, 9, 13, 14, 17, 19, 21, 23). Tit. ῞Ηρωνος Κτησιβίου βελοποιϊκὰ.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 14 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 33v-52r
Title:
Scope & Content:: Apollodorus of Damascus, Poliorcetica (TLG 1165.001), imperfect, lacking the final paragraph (193.1). Twenty-eight coloured drawings. Tit. ᾽Εκ τῶν ᾽Απολλοδώρου πολιορκητικὰ.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 20 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 52v-56r
Title:
Scope & Content:: De constructione helepoleos (Thévenot, Math. pp. 43-48). Tit. Κατασκευὴ ἐλεπόλεως (sic) λεγομένης.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 5 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 56r-80r
Title:
Scope & Content:: Philo of Byzantium, Belopoeica (TLG 1599.001). Imperfect, inc. (p. 817) ὅταν εἰς ἔλασσον συναιρῶν. Spaces left blank for drawings on ff 58r, 58v, 68v, 69r, 75v, 78r.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 15 folios

Reference (shelfmark):: Burney MS 69, ff 80r-98v
Title:
Scope & Content:: Extracts from Philo of Byzantium, Parasceuastica et poliorcetica (TLG 1599.002).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 May 1545
Extent:: 19 folios

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