1. Burney MS 86
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 86
- Title:
- Townley Homer
- Scope & Content:
- Iliad of Homer, with extensive marginal and interlinear scholia (ff 1r-281v). Later added inscriptions and ownership marks, including: Engraved portrait of Charles Townley, 1812 (f iv recto). Partly erased 15th-century Italian accounts in Latin (f v recto). Engraving of a bust of Homer found at Baia...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- French, Greek, Ancient, and Latin
- Date Range:
- ?1059
- Extent:
-
281 folios
