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Burney MS 91
- Record Id:
- 040-002236754
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000092
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 91
- Title:
- Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts
- Scope & Content:
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Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts, with 21 items as follows:
f. 1v: Table of contents of Burney 91. Partly in Latin.
ff. 3r-3v: Table of contents of Burney 91 and Burney 92 ff. 1r-128v.
ff. 4r-6r: Theodoros Meliteniotes, Προοίμιον εἰς ἀστρονομίαν.
ff. 6r-7v: Theodoros Meliteniotes, Τί ἐστιν ἀστρονομία.
f. 8r: Note on the differences between the Persian and Roman years. Inc. Χρὴ γιγνώσκειν διὰ μεθόδου εὑρεῖν τὰ ἔτη.
f. 8v: Περὶ πολευόντων καὶ διεπόντων. Inc. Ἴδιον ἕκαστος τῶν ἀστέρων πολεύειν. Related table on Burney 91 f. 115r.
ff. 10r-28v: Isaac Argyros, Παραδόσεις εἰς τοῦς Περσικοῦς προχείρους κανόνας τῆς ἀστρονομίας. Inc. Ἡ τῶν Περσικῶν κανόνων σύστασις.
ff. 28v-37r: John Philoponus, Περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἀστρολάβου χρήσεως.
f. 38v: Ἀπὸ τοῦ σιμμίου τούτου τὴν ἀρχὴν ποιουμένου. Inc. Σφάλεται δὴ τὸ ὕδωρ οὕτως.
ff. 39r-100v: Georgios Chrysokokkes, Ἐξήγησις εἰς τὴν σύνταξιν τῶν Περσῶν ἐκτεθεῖσα πρὸς τὸν αὐτοῦ ἀδελφὸν Ἰωάννην τὸν Χαρσιανίτην.
f. 100v: Diagram of astronomical spheres and the zodiac.
f. 101r: Note on astronomy. Inc. Ἰστέον ὅτι ἡ τέχνη καὶ ἡ σύγκρισις τῶν ἀστρονόμων.
f. 101r: Note on the names of the signs of the zodiac. Inc. Κριὸς διὰ τοῦτο κέκλητε. Ε. cf. Arundel 528 ff. 9r-11r.
ff. 101v-112v: Κανόνιον τοῦ μήκους καὶ πλάτους τῶν πόλεων. Table.
ff. 113r-113v: Astronomical tables.
f. 114r: Εἰσέλευσις τῆς ἀρχῆς τῶν χρόνων καὶ τῶν μηνῶν τῶν Ἀρράβων Τριακονταετηρίδες. Table.
f. 115r: Κανόνιον τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ χρόνου τοῦ Μελιξᾶ ... Table.
f. 116r: Κανόνιον τῆς εἰσελεύσεως τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ χρόνου τῶν Ρωμαίων. Table.
ff. 117r-117v: Πόλεις ἐπίσημοι Εὐρώπης. Table.
ff. 118r-118v: Astronomical diagram and notes as on ff. 100v and 101r.
ff. 119r-146r: Astronomical tables partly by Georgios Chrysokokkes.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236754 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 91 : Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0091]/040-002236754
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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146 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1475
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions: 210 x 135 (Text Space: 160 x 85, ff. 4r-37r; 150 x 85, ff. 39r-39v and 44r-100r; 155 x 95, ff. 40r-43r) mm.
Foliation: ff. 146.
Ruling: 25 lines (ff. 39r-39v, 44r-100r) and 36 lines (ff. 4r-7r, 10r-37r).
Binding: 18th century binding of gold tooled brown leather (rebacked).
Script: Many different hands present in the manuscript; ff. 10r-28v and ff. 28v-37r in the same hand as that of Burney 92 and MS grec 1310, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Owned by the Monastery of San Lorenzo, El Escorial when bound together with Burney 92 (old pressmarks in Burney 91: 'V Η 3', 'V θ 7' (f. 3r), 'VI Η 3' (f. 4r)) (Escorial pagination pp. 1-145).
'No 29', 18th century (f. 3r).
Owned by Anthony Askew, M.D. (bap. 1722, d. 1774).
Purchased by James Sims at Askew's sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 7 March 1785, lot 584.
Purchased by Burney at Sims' sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 20 February 1809, lot 2443.
Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), classical scholar.
Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney's library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 39-40.
S. Weinstock, Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum, Vol. IX: Codices Britannos, Brussels 1951-1953, no. 39.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 54-55.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)