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Burney MS 61
- Record Id:
- 040-002236582
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000074
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 61
- Title:
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Collection of works by Greek lyric poets
- Scope & Content:
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Collection of works by Greek lyric poets, including Anacreon, Alcaeus, Sappho, Stesichorus, and Ibycus. Occasional marginal notes with variants of Henri Estienne and T. Faber.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236582 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 61 : Collection of works by Greek lyric poets - Contains:
- Burney MS 61, ff 3r-76r : Anacreon of Teos, Odes and Epigrams.
Burney MS 61, ff 77r-86r : Alcaeus of Mytilene, Poems.
Burney MS 61, ff 87r-108r : Sappho, Poems.
Burney MS 61, ff 109r-114r : Stesichorus, Poems.
Burney MS 61, ff 115r-118r : Ibycus, Poems.
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Burney MS 61 - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0061]/040-002236582
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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118 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_61 (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 118.
Dimensions: 175 x 115 mm.
Ruling: 130 x 90 mm. 17 lines per page. Written on the recto only.
Binding: 18th century French binding of light brown morocco with gold tooling on spine.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: France.
Provenance:
18th century French note erroneously identifying the scribe as ῎Αγγελος Βεργίκιος, f 1r.
James Edwards (b. 1757, d. 1816), bookseller: his sale, Evans', 5 April 1815, lot 217, when it was purchased by Burney.
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:
- France.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_61].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p.21.
E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review 2 (1888) pp. 171-174 (p. 171, no.30).
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 42.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)