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Burney MS 55
- Record Id:
- 040-002236566
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00006e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100192112759.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 55
- Title:
- Manuel Malaxos, Nomocanon, and other texts
- Scope & Content:
- Manuel Malaxos, Nomocanon, and other texts.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236566 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 55 : Manuel Malaxos, Nomocanon, and other texts - Contains:
- Burney MS 55, ff 2r-225v : Manuel Malaxos, Nomocanon (1562), with preface and table of contents.
Burney MS 55, ff 226r-230v : Τακτικὸν τῆς ἐννορίας τῶν μητροπόλεων καὶ ἐπισκοπῶν τῆς…
Burney MS 55, ff 230v-233r : Prayer to be said by archpresbyter before the celebration of the Eucharist.
Burney MS 55, ff 233v-237r : Order of precedence among the bishops under the Patriarch of Constantinople. Three sections list: (1) 80…
Burney MS 55, f 237v : Extract from Makarios of Ankyra, Contra Latinos. Inc Τὰ μὲν ἔκφυλα τῶν Λατίνων…
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- 032-002236305[0055]/040-002236566
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
237 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100192112759.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1550
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 237. Five unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and five at the end.
Dimensions: 190 x 140 mm.
Ruling: 140 x 90 mm. 18 lines per page.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house. Brown half leather binding. Inscribed on the head-edge. Rebound 12 October 1962.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Parthenius, Metropolites of Silistria: his ownership inscription, f 19v.
Ownership inscription of a hierodeacon (?) of Silistria, ff 2r, 20r.
Sidney Swinney (b. 1721, d. 1823), Church of England clergyman and author, bought from him by John Jackson: inscription, f 1r.
John Jackson (d. 1794), antiquary.
Henry Brouncker Willson (b. 1762, d. 1790), M.D.: possibly lot 392 in his sale, 16 Dec. 1790, which was bought by Clarke.
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:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_55].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 20.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 41.
C. Triantafyllopoulos, 'An Annotated Critical Edition of the Treatise "Against the Errors of the Latins" by Makarios, Metropolitan of Ankyra (1397-1405)', 2 vols (unpublished doctoral thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2009), II, 380, lines 3-15 (critical edition of the treatise copied on f 237v).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Jackson, John, antiquary, d 1794
Parthenius, Metropolites of Selistria, c 1695-1760
Swinney, Sidney, DD
Willson, Henry Brouncker, MD, 1762-1790