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Burney MS 81
- Record Id:
- 040-002236718
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000088
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 81
- Title:
- Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica
- Scope & Content:
- Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica (TLG 0559.001), with extensive Latin marginal annotations and many pen diagrams, ff 2r-41v. Preceded on f 1r by an extract from Vitruvius, De architectura 9.9, inc. Item sunt ex aqua, expl. ex aqua comparationes explicuit.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236718 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 81 : Heron of Alexandria, Pneumatica - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0081]/040-002236718
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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41 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_81 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1525
- End Date:
- 1574
- Date Range:
- 2nd quarter of the 16th century-3rd quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 41. Three unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and six at the end.
Dimensions: 310 x 210 mm.
Ruling: 230 x 135 mm. 26-30 lines per page.
Binding: 19th century binding of quarter leather.
Script: Text and annotations written by one hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy.
Provenance:
Henricus Hadrianus van der Marck: his sale, the Hague, 14 July 1727, MSS in folio no. 27.
18th century inscription '10; 6?', f 1r, top right margin.
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:
- Italy.
- 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_81].
Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1374&CollID=18&NStart=81].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 36.
B. Woodcroft, The Pneumatics of Hero of Alexandria, London 1851, pp. xiii, 113-115.
Heronis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt omnia, I, suppl., ed. W. Schmidt, Leipzig 1899, pp. 33, 98.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 51.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)