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Burney MS 33
- Record Id:
- 040-002236369
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000058
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 33
- Title:
- Extracts from the Catholic Epistles
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1-5v: Epistle of St James with list of chapters at beginning.
ff. 5v-10v: First Epistle of St Peter with list of chapters at beginning.
ff. 10v-15v: First Epistle of St John with list of chapters at beginning.
ff. 15v-17: List of Chapters for Proverbs.
ff. 17-17v: List of Chapters for Ecclesiastes.
f. 18v: Pen trials in verses: 'Nota sub servis famulus sub cervis bestia refertur. Qui scripsit carmen sit benedictus Amen.'
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236369 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 33 : Extracts from the Catholic Epistles - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0033]/040-002236369
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 250 x 150 mm (text space 160 x 105 mm).
Foliation: ff. 18 (with 5 unfoliated paper and 1 unfoliated parchment flyleaf at the beginning, 5 unfoliated parchment leaves between ff. 17-18 and 13 between ff. 18-19, f. 19 is a stub with Burney's list of contents).
Script: Gothic bookscript with red and blue initials of two lines' height. Titles in red, chapter numbers in red on margin. Gothic cursive for two lines on f. 118v.
Binding: Post-1600. Brown calf.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England(?).
Provenance:
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.
- 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. 6.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)