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Burney MS 43

Record Id:

040-002236392

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000062

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 43

Title:

Augustinus Triumphus de Ancona, Expositio super Matthaeum, Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas, and other texts

Scope & Content:

Augustinus Triumphus de Ancona, Expositio super Matthaeum (ff. 1r-159v), Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas (ff. 165r-217r), and other texts.

Decoration:

2 historiated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 1r, 165r), each accompanied by a full border, the second incorporating miniatures in roundels. Large foliate initials in colours and gold. Small initials alternately blue with red flourishing, or red with purple flourishing. Paraphs alternately blue or red.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002236392

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 43 : Augustinus Triumphus de Ancona, Expositio super Matthaeum, Postillae in septem epistolas canonicas, and other texts

Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0043]/040-002236392

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Parchment codex

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1325

End Date:

1374

Date Range:

2nd or 3rd quarter of the 14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Parchment.

Dimensions: 300 x 205 mm (text space 235 x 150 mm).

Foliation: ff. v + 231 (ff. i-iii and 229-231 are flyleaves).

Collation: i-vi¹² (ff. 1-72), vii⁶ (ff. 73-78), viii-xii¹⁰ (ff. 79-128), xiii-xv¹² (ff. 129-164); xvi-xviii¹² (ff. 165-200), xix¹⁶ (ff. 201-216), xx¹² (ff. 217-228).

Script: Gothic.

Binding: Post-1600. Burney binding of lightly diced brown polished calf; rebacked in 1962.

Custodial History:

Origin: Italy.

Provenance:

Unidentified owner, 14th century?: erased ownership(?) inscription (f. v verso).

Augustine of Tortona, bought from Nicholas of Cassia, 30 November 1403: ‘Istud eg(re)gium et solempne opus super evangelium math(e)i editum a R(everendissi)mo p(at)re F(rat)re Augustino de Anchona, sacre theo(logi)e solempnissimo doctore, et opus eiusd(em) super ep(isto)las cano(n)icas, Ego mag(ist)ror(um) mi(ni)mus frat(er) Augustinus de T(er)dona [T(or)dona?] ordinis he(remitarum) Sancti Aug(ustini), Emi a R(everendissi)mo p(at)re g(e)n(era)li magistro Nicholao de Cassia, eiusd(em) ordinis. In Nursia Anno d(omi)ni M^o.CCCCo.iiio. die ultima Novembr(is).’ (f. 228v).

Unidentified owner, 1757: ‘Hic Nicolaus de Cassia electus fuit in supremum Augustinensium praesulem Aquil(a)e, an. M.CCCC. Haec notat Magister F.(? Frater?) Gabriel M(?)a.(?)L(?)aget(?) hac die ix. Julj [sic] M.D.CCLVIj.’ (f. 228v); and ‘B. 2. [followed by a symbol like a horizontal 's']’ (f. iv recto).

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.

Information About Copies:

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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), pp. 8-9.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Augustine, of Tortona, Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Nicholas of Cassia, Augustinian, Late 14th century-Early 15th century
Triumphus, Augustinus, of Ancona, Augustinian, 1243-1328