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Burney MS 78
- Record Id:
- 040-002236693
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000085
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 78
- Title:
- Aphthonius and Hermogenes, with prologues and scholia by Maximus Planudes
- Scope & Content:
- Aphthonius, Progymnasmata (TLG 4100.001), and Hermogenes, Περὶ στάσεων (TLG 0592.002), Περὶ εὑρέσεως [Sp.] (TLG 0592.003), Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου (TLG 0592.004). Prologues and scholia by Maximus Planudes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236693 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 78 : Aphthonius and Hermogenes, with prologues and scholia by Maximus Planudes - Contains:
- Burney MS 78, ff 1v-5v : f 1v, Diagram with rhetorical terms. Tit. Tρόπος ἄριστος τοῦ ἐφευρίσκειν τὰς…
Burney MS 78, ff 6r-11r : Maximus Planudes, Prologue to Hermogenes' Ars Rhetorica (Walz V, p. 212). A few marginal notes.
Burney MS 78, ff 11r-50r : ff 11r-v, Prologue to Aphthonius' Progymnasmata (Walz II, p. 51-23, n. 10). Text follows Vienna, MS phil. gr. 238…
Burney MS 78, ff 50r-131r : ff 50r-56r, Maximus Planudes, Prologue to Hermogenes' Περὶ στάσεων (Walz V p. 222).f 56v,…
Burney MS 78, ff 131v-198v : ff 131v-133v, Maximus Planudes, Prologue to [Hermogenes'] Περὶ εὑρέσεων (Walz V pp. 363-36918),…
Burney MS 78, ff 198v-215v : ff 198v-199v, Maximus Planudes, Prologue to Hermogenes' Περὶ ἰδεῶν λόγου (Walz V pp.…
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- 032-002236305[0078]/040-002236693
- Container:
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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215 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_78 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1375
- End Date:
- 1424
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 14th century-1st quarter of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper (bomb.).
Foliation: ff 1*+215. Five unfoliated blank leaves after f 1* and f 1. Three unfoliated leaves at the beginning and nine at the end.
Dimensions: 225 x 140 mm.
Ruling: 155 x 95 mm, ff 6r-215r. 25 lines (text), 37 lines (scholia).
Binding: Post-1600. Pinelli binding of diced brown leather with geometrical tooling (cf. Burney 213), Italy, 18th century; gilt edges; marbled endpapers; joints repaired in 1962.
Decoration: 3 headpieces in red and yellow decorated with woven or geometric forms (ff 6r, 11r, 57v). 6 simple linear headpieces or endpieces in red and/or brown (ff 12r, 12v, 50r, 131r, 131v, 152r). 2 large or small initials in red and yellow with foliate decoration (ff 6r, 98v). Large and small initials in red, some with foliate decoration. 2 diagrams (ff 1v, 57r). Red knots (f 198v).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean or Italy, N. (Venice?)
Provenance:
Maffeo Pinelli (d. 1785) of Venice: inscription '7909' (f 1v), corresponding to his inventory number, see Morelli 1787, III, no. 7909: his London sale, 2 March 1789, lot 1281, bought 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:
- Eastern Mediterranean or Italy, N. (Venice?)
- 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_78].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1352&CollID=18&NStart=78].
- Publications:
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I. Morelli, Bibliotheca Maphaei Pinellii Veneti, 6 vols, Venice 1787, III, no. 7909.
C. Walz, Rhetores Graeci, 9 vols, Stuttgart-Tübingen 1832-1836.
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 34-35.
H. Rabe, Prolegomenon Sylloge (Rhetores graeci 14), Leipzig 1931, p. xlv.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 49-50.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)