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Burney MS 60
- Record Id:
- 040-002236581
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000073
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 60
- Title:
- Apparatus Bellicus
- Scope & Content:
- Apparatus Bellicus, printed in Thévenot 1693, pp. 275-316, and discussed in Dain 1967. Included (ff 2r-2v) is a πίναξ, and there are many corrections and marginal notes, partly Latin, in a later hand. Tit. ᾽Ιουλίου ἀφρικανοῦ κεστοί. Included are excerpts from Sextus Julius Africanus's Cesti Book VII.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236581 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 60 : Apparatus Bellicus - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0060]/040-002236581
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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37 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_60 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1575
- End Date:
- 1599
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 37. One unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and three at the end.
Dimensions: 320 x 200 mm.
Ruling: 250 x 150 mm. 29 lines per page.
Binding: 18th century binding of gold tooled Russian leather.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean or Italy.
Provenance:
Henricus Hadrianus van der Marck: his sale, the Hague, 14 July 1727, MSS in folio No. 30.
Anthony Askew (bap. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 7 March 1785, lot 547, where it was purchased by Michael Wodhull.
Michael Wodhull (b. 1740, d. 1816), book collector and poet: his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 3 March 1801, lot 609, where it was purchased by Charles Burney.
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:
- Eastern Mediterranean or Italy.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_60].
- Publications:
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M. Thévenot, Mathematicorum veterum opera, Paris 1693, pp. 275-316.
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 21.
A. Dain, 'Les Stratégistes Byzantins', Travaux et Mémoires du Centre de Recherche d'Histoire et Civilisation Byzantines 2 (1967) pp. 317-392.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 42.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)