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521. Burney MS 212

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 212
Title:
Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia
Scope & Content:
ff. 1-127v: Valerius Maximus, Facta et dicta memorabilia. Inc. 'Urbis Romae exterarumque gentium facta simul ac'. Expl. 'imminens iuste [sic] impendi supplicio coegit'. ff. 127v-128v: List of Chapetrs in Valerius Maximus. ff. 129-168: Joannes Andreae: Summaria Valerii. Inc. 'Primus liber: Alta...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:
Parchment codex.

522. Burney MS 213

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 213
Title:
Pomponius Mela, De Chronographia; Caius Julius Solinus, Collectanea rerum memorabilium; and other texts
Scope & Content:
A humanistic collection of late antique geographical and grammatical texts from the 15th century. Contents: ff. 1r-23r: Pomponius Mela, De chorographia. (‘Pomponii Mellę de cosmographia liber primus incipit’).. ff. 23v-25v: Anonymous account of a journey from Venice to Tana, datable to 140...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
Mid 15th century
Extent:
Paper codex

523. Burney MS 214

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 214
Title:
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII
Scope & Content:
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII (ff. 4r-90r); preceded (ff. 1r-2r) by two inserted paper leaves with 18th-century notes on Paulus Orosius, perhaps in the hand of Anthony Askew, in English, and by a chapter list, in Latin (ff. 4r-10v); followed by an excerpt from Book 5 cha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
c 1434
Extent:
Parchment codex

524. Burney MS 215

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 215
Title:
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII, imperfect; followed by an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history
Scope & Content:
Paulus Orosius, Historiarum Adversum Paganos Libri VII (ff. 1r-68v), ending imperfectly in 7.9 (at domi fortisque); followed by an anonymous compilation of Old Testament history (ff. 69r-73v), starting imperfectly (at lxx. et genuit Thara et vixit priusquam genuit Thara annos cc et xxiiii). Dec...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1235
Extent:
Parchment codex

525. 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

526. Burney MS 217

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 217
Title:
Select works of Ovid and Sallust
Scope & Content:
Selected works from Ovid and Sallust in a humanist volume. Contents: ff. 2r-45r: Ovid, Ars amatoria. (‘Incipit liber Ovidii de arte amandi’) ending ‘Finito libro referatur gratia Christo. Scrittor suus talis demonstrat litera qualis.’ ff. 46r-91r: Ovid, Amores. ('Incipit liber Ovidii de sine...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:
One volume

527. Burney MS 218

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 218
Title:
Humanistic anthology of classical Roman poetry
Scope & Content:
Contents: ff. 2r-55r: Ovid, Ars amatoria. ff. 55v-74r: Ovid, Remedia amoris. ff. 74v-121v. Tibullus, Elegiae. ending ‘Quid miserum torques rumor acerbe tace. Τελωσ’. f. 121v: Domitus Marsus. Epitaphium Albii Tibulli. With various notes. f. 122r: Life of Tibull. (‘Summa vite et rerum Tibulli...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
15th century
Extent:

One volume

528. Burney MS 219

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 219
Title:
Ovid, Heroides with glosses
Scope & Content:
A medieval copy of Ovid's fictitious letters of classical heroines. The manuscript contains extensive marginal and interlinear glosses, one gloss (f. 22v: 'exprobare - reprecher') is in French. Epistola 15 is missing and the manuscript breaks off at Epistola 21.12, as is common in other medieval...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 13th century
Extent:
One volume

529. Burney MS 220

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 220
Title:
Ovid, Epistolae ex Ponto, with glosses
Scope & Content:
Contents: f. 1 is a leaf of binder’s waste, s. xvi?, with a draft of verses inEnglish, in two columns each of seven lines, concerning a father’s love for his children. f. 2r: blank f. 2v: Ownership inscriptions. ‘Ouidus de ponto fidelissime & integraliter | p(re)c(io) xvi.d.’, ‘Quo quis a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 12th century
Extent:
One volume

530. Burney MS 221

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 221
Title:
Ovid, Fasti
Scope & Content:
ff. 2r-147r: Ovid, Fasti. Decoration: 5 large white vine initials in colours and gold, at the beginning of each book (ff. 2r, 23r, 48v, 74r, 102r, 123v), the first with a matching full white vine border, incorporating overpainted heraldic arms.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1440-c 1460
Extent:
One volume

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