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Burney MS 45
- Record Id:
- 040-002236421
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000064
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100192101368.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 45
- Title:
- Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople
- Scope & Content:
- Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople. Arranged in three main sections: (1) ff 4r-119v; (2) ff 120r-278r; (3) ff 278r-299v.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236421 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 45 : Homilies on the Gospels for each Sunday of the ecclesiastical year collected by Philotheos Kokkinos, Patriarch of Constantinople - Contains:
- Burney MS 45, ff 4r-119v : ff 4r-7v: John Calecas, Patriarch of Constantinople, ῾Ομιλία εἰς τὸ ητὸν τοῦ…
Burney MS 45, ff 120r-278r : ff 120r-122r: John Calecas, Λόγος εἰς τὴν λαμπρὰν κυριακὴν. inc. Χαρᾶς…
Burney MS 45, ff 278v-299v : Theophylact of Bulgaria, ᾽Εξήγησις συνοπτικὴ εἰς τὰ ιαʹ ἑωθινά. inc. Οἰ…
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- 032-002236305[0045]/040-002236421
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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300 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100192101368.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1574
- Date Range:
- 3rd quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 300. One unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and two at the end.
Dimensions: 305 x 205 mm.
Ruling: 210 x 140 mm. 28 lines per page.
Binding: 18th century. Typical Askew binding of diced calf, with the usual 'palmette and fleur-de-lys' gilt roll, marbled endpapers and parchment flyleaves.
Decoration: Foliate headpieces in reddish brown and/or red (ff. 4, 120, 278v). Other simple endpieces in red or brown. Large initials with foliate decoration. Small simple red or reddish-brown initials.
Scribe: Νικόλαος Μαλαξός (Repertorium 1A, no. 312).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, N. E. (Venice) or Eastern Mediterranean (Crete).
Provenance:
Text copied by the scribe Nikolaos Malaxos (see Gamillscheg and Harlfinger 1981 no. 312).
Antonios Triphillis (1st half of the 18th century), dealer in manuscripts: his signature on the upper margin of the first text leaf.
Richard Mead (b. 1673, d. 1754), physician and collector of books and art: bequeathed to Askew.
Anthony Askew (b. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 561, purchased by Wodhull for £1 2s.
Michael Wodhull (b. 1740, d. 1816), book collector and poet (his bibliographical notes, ff 3, 300): his sale, 3 March 1801, lot 391, bought by Burney for £1 1s.
Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar (ff 1-2 are flyleaves of Burney notepaper, with the watermark 'C. Wilmott 1807' and a lion within a crowned circle, respectively).
Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.
- Administrative Context:
- Italy, N. E. (Venice) or Eastern Mediterranean (Crete).
- Information About Copies:
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Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_45].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1376&CollID=18&NStart=45].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 10-13.
A. Mai, Nova Patrum Bibliotheca, Rome 1852-71, IX, p. 185.
C. Triantafillis, Συλλογὴ Ἑλληνικῶν ἀνεκδότων, Venice 1874.
V. Grecu, Izvorul principal bizantin pentru Cartea cu învăţătură a Diaconului Coresi din 1581 : omiliile patriarhului Ioan XIV. Caleca (1334-1347), Bucharest 1939.
K. Duobouniotou, 'Ὁ Πατριάρχης Κωνσταντινουπόλεως Ἰωάννης θ' ὁ Ἀγαπητὸς', Ἐπετηρὶς τῆς Ἑταιρείας Βυζαντινῶν Σπουδῶν 17 (1941) pp. 138-143.
D. Deletant, 'A Copy of the Original Greek Version of John Caleca's Homily for Easter Sunday in the British Museum', Revue des études sud-est européennes 10 (1972) pp. 219-225.
M. Aubineau, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci, I: Codices Britanniae et Hiberniae, Paris 1968, No.48.
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Handschriften aus Bibliotheken Grossbritanniens (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 33-34.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)