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Burney MS 34
- Record Id:
- 040-002236370
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000059
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 34
- Title:
- Catena on the Octateuch (Rahlfs 424), and additional theological texts
- Scope & Content:
- Catena on the Octateuch (Rahlfs 424), and additional theological texts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236370 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 34 : Catena on the Octateuch (Rahlfs 424), and additional theological texts - Contains:
- Burney MS 34, ff 1r-11r : [Aristeas Judaeus], Letter to Philocrates (SC 89.100).
Burney MS 34, f 11r : Theodoret, Bishop of Cyrrhus, Preface to Quaestiones (PG 80.76). Tit. ᾽Αριστέας Φιλοκράτει.
Burney MS 34, f 11v : Extract from St Gregory of Nyssa, Apologia in Hexaemeron (TLG 2017.078). inc. ᾽Επειδήπερ…
Burney MS 34, ff 12r-276r : Catena on the Pentateuch (CPG C 2, part).
Burney MS 34, ff 277r-312v : Catena on the Books of Joshua and Judges (CPG C 2, part).
Burney MS 34, f 313v : Verses on the spiritual riches to be gained from this book, inc. ῎Εσπευσαν ἄλλοι χρυσὸν…
Burney MS 34, ff 314r-318r : Catena on the Book of Ruth (CPG C 2, part).
Burney MS 34, ff 318r-318v : Extracts from Josephus Christianus, Libellus memorialis (PG 106. 125B13-D19, 128B4-D2, ch.124).
Burney MS 34, f 318v : [Origen] In Psalmum 2:2. inc. Δέκα ὀνόμασι παρ' ῾Εβραίοις ὀνομάζεται (TLG 2042.004,…
Burney MS 34, f 319r : Three chronographs, inc. (1) ᾽Απο τοῦ ᾽Αδὰμ μέχρι τοῦ Νώε; (2) Σαρκωθεὶς ὁ…
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- 032-002236305[0034]/040-002236370
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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319 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_34 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1525
- End Date:
- 1574
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper (watermark, except f 133: anchor. Cf. Briquet 485 (Padova 1547), 486 (Arnoldstein 1559); Harlfinger Ancre 24, 29).
Foliation: ff 319. Two unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and two at the end.
Dimensions: 340 x 245 mm.
Ruling: 265 x 165 mm. Leroy 30D1s, 40 lines.
Binding: 18th century, gold tooled russian leather.
Scribes: (ff 1r-312v, 314r-318v) ᾽Ιωάννης Ναθαναήλ (Repertorium 1A, no. 173) and (ff 313r-313v, 319r) ᾽Αναστάσιος Μαλοῦχος (inscription, f 313r; Repertorium 1A, no. 12).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, N. E. (Veneto?)
Provenance:
Written largely by ᾽Ιωάννης Ναθαναήλ, known to have been active in Venice, Ancona, and Crete. Watermark is similar to Briquet 485 (Padova 1547).
Richard Mead (b. 1673, d. 1754), physician and collector of books and art: bequeathed by him to Askew.
Anthony Askew (b. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 564, bought by Marsh.
Charles Marsh (b. 1735, d. 1812), F.S.A.: his sale, 1 February 1816, lot 1171, bought by Burney.
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:
- Italy, N. E. (Veneto?)
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_34].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 6-7.
C. M. Briquet, Les Filigranes, 4 vols, Geneva, etc. 1907 (repr. Amsterdam 1965).
A. Rahlfs, Verzeichnis der griechischen Handschriften des Alten Testaments (Nachrichten von der königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen philol.-hist. Klasse), Berlin 1914, no. 424.
G. Karo and H. Lietzmann, Catenarum Graecarum Catalogus (Nachrichten der königliche Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, philol.-hist. Klasse, Heft 1, 3, 5), Göttingen 1902, p.14.
D. and J. Harlfinger, Wasserzeichen aus griechischen Handschriften, I-II, Berlin 1974-1980.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 31-32.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)