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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Burney MS Name Heron, of Alexandria, mathematician and engineer, c 10-c 70 Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Digitised Manuscripts (unavailable)

1. Burney MS 69, ff 16v-19r

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Burney MS 69, ff 16v-19r
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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

2. Burney MS 69, ff 19r-32v

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Burney MS 69, ff 19r-32v
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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

3. Burney MS 81

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Burney MS 81
Title:
Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica
Scope & Content:
Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica (TLG 0559.001), with extensive Latin marginal annotations and many pen diagrams, ff 2r-41v. Preceded on f 1r by an extract from Vitruvius, De architectura 9.9, inc. Item sunt ex aqua, expl. ex aqua comparationes explicuit.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

41 folios

4. Burney MS 105, ff 5r-226r

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Burney MS 105, ff 5r-226r
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Pappus of Alexandria, Synagoge (TLG 2032.001). Imperfect, inc. 2.2.1, γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἐλάσσονος [sic., for ἐλάσσονας]μὲν εἶναι ἑκατοντάδος. Included (ff. 221-226) are extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Mechanica.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd half of the 16th century
Extent:

222 folios

5. Burney MS 108, ff 27r-81v

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Burney MS 108, ff 27r-81v
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Scope & Content:
Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica (TLG 0559.001).Very many coloured diagrams which are very similar to those reproduced from Venice, Marciana MS 516 in Hall 1971, pp. 121-141.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

55 folios

6. Burney MS 108, ff 81v-100r

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Burney MS 108, ff 81v-100r
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Scope & Content:
Heron of Alexandria, De automatis (TLG 0559.002). Very many coloured drawings.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

20 folios

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