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Burney MS 53
- Record Id:
- 040-002236515
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00006c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 53
- Title:
- Patristic miscellany
- Scope & Content:
- Patristic miscellany, containing texts by Origen, Eustathius, Gregory of Nyssa, and the emperor Zeno.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236515 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 53 : Patristic miscellany - Contains:
- Burney MS 53, f 1r : Table of contents in Greek and Latin.
Burney MS 53, ff 2r-17r : Origen, De Engastrimytho (TLG 2042.013; PG 12.1012; CPG 1423.2).
Burney MS 53, ff 17r-78r : Eustathius of Antioch, De engastrimytho contra Origenem (TLG 4117.001, PG 18.613; CPG 3350).
Burney MS 53, ff 78r-85r : St Gregory of Nyssa, De Pythonissa ad Theodosium episcopum (TLG 2017.084; PG 45.108; CPG 3146).
Burney MS 53, ff 85v-89r : Emperor Zeno, Henoticon (PG 86 2 620; CPG 7500, part).
Burney MS 53, ff 90r-91r : Fragment of Eustathius of Antioch, De engastrimytho contra Origenem (TLG 4117.001, PG 18.613; CPG 3350).crossed out,…
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- 032-002236305[0053]/040-002236515
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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92 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_53 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1575
- End Date:
- 1585
- Date Range:
- c 1580
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 92. Five unfoliated contemporary blank leaves after f 1, and three modern paper flyleaves after f 91 (f 92 being a sheet of Burney's ruled notepaper). Four unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning.
Dimensions: 225 x 165 mm.
Ruling: 155 x 95 mm. 19 lines.
Binding: Early 19th century binding of brown calf.
Scribe: Ἰωάννης Σαγκταμαύρας (Repertorium 1A, no. 179).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, S. (Naples) or Central (Rome).
Provenance: Scribe identified as ᾽Ιωάννης Σαγκταμαύρας (Repertorium 1A, no. 179).
Julius Caesar, son of the scribe: given by him 'in foliis solutis' to an unnamed person 7 Jan. 1585 (inscription, f 91v).
Purchased by Burney at an anonymous sale of manuscripts 'not long since collected in Italy', Christie's, 19 May 1803, lot 45.
Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar: in his collection by 1812.
Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.
- Administrative Context:
- Italy, S. (Naples) or Central (Rome).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_53].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p.18.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (p. 342).
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981, no. 179.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 39.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)