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Burney MS 85
- Record Id:
- 040-002236724
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00008c
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 85
- Title:
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Isocrates, Speeches, and other works
- Scope & Content:
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Speeches by Isocrates and Lysias, and gnomic literature
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236724 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 85 : Isocrates, Speeches, and other works - Contains:
- Burney MS 85, ff 1r-2v : Alphabet and examples of abbreviation.
Burney MS 85, ff 3r-13v : Isocrates, Ad Demonicum (Orat. 1) (TLG 0010.007).
Burney MS 85, ff 13v-24v : Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem (Orat. 2) (TLG 0010.013).
Burney MS 85, ff 25r-41r : Isocrates, Evagoras (Orat. 9) (TLG 0010.015).
Burney MS 85, ff 41v-55r : Isocrates, Helenae encomium (Orat. 10) (TLG 0010.009).
Burney MS 85, ff 55v-69r : Lysias, Epitaphius (TLG 0540.038).
Burney MS 85, ff 69v-75r : Pseudo-Phocylides, Sententiae (TLG 1605.001).
Burney MS 85, ff 75r-77r : [Pythagoras], Carmen Aureum (TLG 0632.001).
Burney MS 85, ff 77r-90v : Γνῶμαι κατὰ στοιχεῖον ἐκ διαφόρων ποιητῶν. inc. ᾽Ανὴρ δὲ…
Burney MS 85, f 90v : Note on the sounds of animals. inc. Τοῦ κύκνου ᾄδειν. Tit. Διαφορὰ φωνῆς.
Burney MS 85, f 91r : Περὶ μοναχῶν. Νote attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite
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- 032-002236305[0085]/040-002236724
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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91 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_85 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1475
- End Date:
- 1524
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century-1st quarter of the 16th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment (except ff i, ii, 91).
Foliation: ff ii + 91.
Dimensions: 185 x 130 mm.
Ruling: 120 x 70 mm, Leroy 20D1 (e.g f 90r), 20 lines per page.
Collation: i-xi8.
Binding: British Library, 1985.
Decoration: Initials not executed.
Scribe: Πέτρος Ὑψηλᾶς (Repertorum 1A, no. 349), except f 91r.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, Central or North: the scribe was known to be active in Florence, Bologna, and Milan.
Provenance:
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, Central or North: the scribe was known to be active in Florence, Bologna, and Milan.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_85].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 36-37.
E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review 3 (1889) pp. 149-155, 440-445 (p. 153 Nos 88, 91, p. 440 No.108).
P. Derron, 'Inventaire des manuscrits du Pseudo-Phocylide', Revue d'histoire des textes 10 (1980) pp. 237-47 (p. 242 No.69).
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 52.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)