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181. Burney MS 254

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 254
Title:
Humanistic miscellany
Scope & Content:
A typical humanistic collectionof texts relating to classical ideas of education of the youth. Contents: ff. 1r-11v: RufiusFestus, Breviarium rerum gestarum populiRomani, begins ‘Ruffi Sexti viri consularis rerumgestarum populi Romani, Valentiniano Augusto, liber incipit feliciter.: Pioperpet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
One volume

182. Burney MS 255

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 255
Title:
Humanistic miscellany.
Scope & Content:
A humanistic collectionof texts relating to Roman history. Contents: ff. 1r-11r: RufiusFestus, Breviarium rerum gestarum populiRomani, begins ‘Ruffi Sexti viriconsularis rerum gestarum populi Romani, Valentiniano Augusto, liber incipitfeliciter.: Pio perpetui domino Velntiniano imperatori et s...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
One volume.

183. Burney MS 256

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 256
Title:
Solinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium.
Scope & Content:
A 12th-centurycopy of Solius’s famous work on miracles of the world. Contents: ff. 1r-57v: Caius JuliusSolinus, Collectanea Rerum Mirabilium (A Collection of Miraculous Things),with preface and prologue. (as printed in Mommsen (1895), pp. 1-216.) f. 57v: Anonymous Poem: 'Quem studiitaedet stu...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st quarter of the 12th century
Extent:
One volume.

184. Burney MS 258

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 258
Title:
Statius, Thebaid, with gloss, accessus, and anonymous vita
Scope & Content:
Statius, Thebaid, with gloss, accessus, and anonymous vita. Decoration: Simple red initials at the beginning of books. Initial capitals sometimes highlighted in red.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 12th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

185. Burney MS 259

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 259
Title:
Caius Suetonius Tranquillus,Lives of the Caesars
Scope & Content:
An elegant humanistcopy of Suetonius’s Lives of the Caesars. Contents: ff. Ir-IIIv: blank ff. 1r-149v: CaiusSuetonius Tranquillus, Lives of theTwelve Caesars. f. 149ar-v: blank f. 150r: Burney's table of contents f. 150v: blank ff. Ir-IIIv: blank Decoration: 1 large white vine initial...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
One volume.

186. Burney MS 260

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 260
Title:
Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, De vita Caesarum
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-130v: Caius Suetonius Tranquillus, de vita Caesarum (Book 3 on Claudius is mislabeled as Claudius). f. 130v: Decimus Magnus Ausonius: De duodecim caesaribus per Suetonium Tranquillum scriptis. 3. Inc. 'Julius ut perhibent divus triateride regnat'. Expl. 'Quindecies saevis potitur dum frat...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of 15th century
Extent:
Paper codex.

187. Burney MS 261

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 261
Title:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by prologues and arguments: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe, Hecyra, Phormio
Scope & Content:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by prologues and arguments: Andria (ff. 1v-21v), Eunuchus (ff. 22r-45v), Heautontimorumenos (ff. 46r-68v), Adelphoe (ff. 68v-89r), Hecyra (ff. 89r-108r), Phormio (ff. 108r-130r). Decoration: 1 large initial (excised) (f. 1r), with a three-sided border incorporating ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

188. Burney MS 262

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 262
Title:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe, Hecyra, Phormio
Scope & Content:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 3r-18v), Eunuchus (ff. 18v-36v), Heautontimorumenos (ff. 36v-55v), Adelphoe (f. 55v-73v), Hecyra (ff. 74r-89r), Phormio (ff. 89v-107r). Decoration: White vine initials in colours and gold (the gold scraped away) at the beginni...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

189. Burney MS 263

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 263
Title:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe, Hecyra, Phormio
Scope & Content:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 1r-27v), Eunuchus (ff. 28r-57v), Heautontimorumenos (ff. 58r-87r), Adelphoe (f. 87r-113v), Hecyra (ff. 114r-137v), Phormio (ff. 138r-166v). Decoration: 1 large zoomorphic initial, in colours and gold, with foliate marginal ext...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex

190. Burney MS 264

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 264
Title:
Terence, Comedies
Scope & Content:
Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: ff. 1r-29v; Andria ff. 30r-74v: Eunuchus ff. 75r-115r: Heautontimorumenos ff. 115r-144r: Adelphoe ff. 145r-177r: Hecyra, ff. 177v-205v: Phormio Decoration: 2 puzzle initials in red and blue (f. 1r).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 15th century
Extent:
Paper codex.