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Burney MS 1

Record Id:

040-002236306

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000038

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 1

Title:

Bible with prologues

Scope & Content:

Bible with prologues.

'Modern' chapter numbers; chapters do not start on a new line.

Medieval column-numbering in arabic numerals.

Extensive ink glosses from I Samuel to Esther (ff. 67v-136r), and elsewhere, sometimes systematically erased, e.g. in the minor prophets.10-part division of the Psalms.

Decorations:

Large puzzle initials in blue and red, with infill and flourishing in blue and red. Chapter numbers and running-titles in alternate red and blue characters. Small initials alternately blue or red. Guide-letters. Colour(?)-notes in the form of leadpoint 'a' or 'v', often crossed through (ff. 3r, 5r, 195r, 213r, etc.)

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002236306

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 1 : Bible with prologues

Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0001]/040-002236306

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Parchment codex

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1200

End Date:

1249

Date Range:

1st half of the 13th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Diemensions: 315 x 210 mm (text space 195 x 120 mm in two columns).

Foliation: ff. ii + 322 (ff. i-ii, 321-322 are flyleaves; f. 1 and 320 are medieval lifted pastedowns).

Collation: i¹² (ff. 3-14), ii-iii¹⁰ (ff. 15-34), iv-xxvi¹² (ff. 35-310), xxvii⁶ (ff. 311-316), xxviii² (ff. 317-318).

Script: Gothic, written 'above top line'.

Binding: Post-1600. Pre-Burney(?) binding of blind-tooled brown polished calf; the edges of the leaves gilt; rebacked. Traces of a medieval binding on the medieval endleaves.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

The Franciscan convent, Worcester, 14th century: inscription 'De co(mmun)itate ffr(atru)m mi(n)or(um) Wy[erasure] / Biblia [13 over erasure]' (f. 1v); see Ker 1964, p. 215.

? John Browne, fellow of University College, Oxford: 'Jo: Browne hunc Librum / Jure tenet', 17th century (f. 1r).

Charles Burney (b. 1757 d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar.

Purchased for the British Museum from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.

Administrative Context:

England.

Information About Copies:

Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1383&CollID=18&NStart=1].

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part II: The Burney Manuscripts (1840), p. 1.

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain: A List of Surviving Books, ed. by N. R. Ker, 2nd edn, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks, 3 (London: Royal Historical Society, 1964), p. 215.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Browne, John, 17th century
The Franciscan convent, Worcester, Early 13th century-Early 16th century