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Burney MS 89
- Record Id:
- 040-002236748
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000090
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 89
- Title:
- Lycophron, Alexandra, with the commentary of Ioannes or Isaac Tzetzes, imperfect
- Scope & Content:
- Lycophron, Alexandra, with the commentary of Ioannes or Isaac Tzetzes, imperfect.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236748 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 89 : Lycophron, Alexandra, with the commentary of Ioannes or Isaac Tzetzes, imperfect - Contains:
- Burney MS 89, ff 1r-3r : Ioannes Tzetzes, Prologue to the scholia on Lycophron (TLG 5030.001, intro).
Burney MS 89, ff 3r-4v : Life of Lycophron, including argument of the Alexandra (TLG 5030.001, genus and hypothesis).
Burney MS 89, ff 6r-47v : Lycophron, Alexandra (TLG 0341.002), with the commentary of Ioannes or Isaac Tzetzes (TLG 5030.001). Imperfect, expl. (in…
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- 032-002236305[0089]/040-002236748
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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48 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_89 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1449
- Date Range:
- 1st half of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 48.
Dimensions: 215 x 155 mm.
Ruling: 145 x 90 mm, ff 1-4; 190 x 110 mm, ff 6-47, 24 lines per page (ff 1-4) and circa 48 lines with the scholia (ff 6-47).
Binding: Early 19th century binding of brown calf.
Scribes: Written by two scribes, one responsible for ff 1r-6r (part of the scholia), the other for ff 6r-47v.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Greece.
Provenance:
Owned by Marcos Mamuna and George Count of Corinth (inscribed in George's hand καὐτὸ μαμοῦνα ἦν εὖτε ταδ' ἐγράφετο, f 6r), who also owned Burney 98 (cf. Gerstinger 1926 and Pingree 1977, not listed in Cataldi Palau 1991).
Purchased by Burney when forming one volume with Burney 98 at an anonymous sale of manuscripts 'not long since collected in Italy', Christie's, 19 May 1803, lot 43.
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:
- Greece.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_89].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 39.
E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review 3 (1889) pp. 149-155 (p. 150, no. 62).
H. Gerstinger, 'Johannes Sambucus als Handschriftensammler', in Festschrift der Nationalbibliothek in Wien, herausgegeben zu Feier des 200jährigen Bestehens des Gebäudes, Vienna 1926, pp. 297-98.
D. Pingree, 'The Library of George, Count of Corinth', in Studia Codicologica (TU 124), Berlin 1977, pp. 353-62.
A. Cataldi Palau, 'La biblioteca di Marco Mamuna', in Scritture, Libri e Testi nelle Aree Provinciali di Bisanzio, ed. G. Cavallo, G. de Gregorio and M. Maniaci, Spoleto 1991, pp. 521-75.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 54.
- Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)