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Burney MS 23

Record Id:

040-002236354

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00004e

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100189895250.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 23

Title:

Four Gospels adapted for liturgical use (Gregory-Aland 485; Scrivener evan. 572; von Soden ε 247), imperfect

Scope & Content:

Four Gospels adapted for liturgical use (Gregory-Aland 485; Scrivener evan. 572; von Soden ε 247), imperfect.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002236354

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 23 : Four Gospels adapted for liturgical use (Gregory-Aland 485; Scrivener evan. 572; von Soden ε 247), imperfect

Contains:

Burney MS 23, ff 2r-19r : Synaxarion or table of lessons, beginning at Easter.
Burney MS 23, f 20v : Eusebius of Caesarea, Epistula ad Carpianum ad canones evangeliorum praemissa (TLG 2018.013).
Burney MS 23, ff 21r-97v : Gospel of Matthew, ff 22r-97v, preceded by by capitula, ff 21r-v, imperfect.
Burney MS 23, ff 98r-146v : Gospel of Mark, ff 99r-146v, preceded by by capitula, ff 98r-v, imperfect.
Burney MS 23, ff 146v-206r : Gospel of Luke, ff 149r-206r, imperfect, lacking 5:22-9:32, 11:31-13:25, 17:24-18:4, preceded by by capitula,…
Burney MS 23, ff 206v-230v : Gospel of John, ff 207v-230v, imperfect, expl. 8:14, ὑμεῖς οὐκ οἴδατε πόθεν…

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Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0023]/040-002236354

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

234 folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1100

End Date:

1199

Date Range:

12th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Parchment.

Foliation: ff 230 + 183* (a stub). Three unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and four at the end.

Dimensions: 195 x 145 mm.

Ruling: 125/130 x 90 mm, 34 lines per page (ff 2r-19r), 24 lines per page (ff 21r-230v), Leroy 52D1b.

Collation: Quires αʹ-ιηʹ(ff 22-164), καʹ, κγʹ-λ (ff 173-230). f 20r marked λςʹ. Quires of 8, except ιʹ(5), ιςʹ(10), κδʹ(7), κζʹ(3).

Binding: Early 19th century binding of brown calf (rebacked 1962).

Decoration: Coloured headpieces and initials (ff 22r, 99r, 149r, 207r).

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance:

Erased Greek inscription, f 22r.

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

Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.

Administrative Context:

Eastern Mediterranean.

Information About Copies:

Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_23].Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1662&CollID=18&NStart=23].

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 5.

Frederick Henry Scrivener, A Full and Exact Collation of about Twenty Greek Manuscripts of the Holy Gospels (hitherto unexamined), Cambridge 1853, pp. liv-lv (as ‘s’).

F. H. A. Scrivener, A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament for the Use of Biblical Students, 2 vols, 4th edn, London 1894, vol. 1, p. 257.

C. R. Gregory, Textkritik des neuen Testamentes, 3 vols, Leipzig 1900-1909, vol. 1, p. 194.

H. von Soden, Die Schriften des neuen Testaments, in ihrer ältesten erreichbaren Textgestalt hergestellt auf Grund ihrer Textgeschichte, 4 vols, Berlin 1902-1910, vol. 1, p. 156.

K. Aland, Kurzgefasste Liste der griechischen Handschriften des neuen Testaments (Arbeiten zur neutestamentlichen Textforschung 1), Berlin 1994, p. 76.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 30-31.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)