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Burney MS 92

Record Id:

040-002236775

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000093

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100165154634.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 92

Title:

Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts

Scope & Content:

A miscellany of Greek astronomical texts, continued from Burney 91, with 33 items as follows:

ff. 1r-16v: Astronomical tables continued from Burney 91, ff. 119r-146r.

f. 17r: Ψηφοφορία τοῦ κάϊτ ἀστέρος κακοποιοῦ παρ' Ἰνδοῖς. Inc. Ἀλλά γε δὴ λεκτέον καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ Κανώβουἀστέρος ψηφοφορίας.

ff. 17r-17v: Ὑπόδειγμα. Inc. Ὑποκείσθω ὑποδείγματος ἕνεκεν τὰ αὐτὰ μὲν Περσικὰ ἔτη.

f. 17v: Ἒπίγραμμα τετράστιχον ἡρωλεγεῖον ὅ εἶπε Πτολεμαῖος εἰς ἑαυτόν.

f. 17v: Κατὰ τὴν Περσικὴν μέθοδον ἥν ἔλεγεν ὁ Παπᾶς Μανουὴλ ὁ Τραπεξούντιος.

f. 17v: Σύντομος ἐξ ἀναλόγου ἑρμηνεία. Inc. Εὑρέθη ὥρα πρὸ μεσημβρίας.

f. 17v: Θαλῆν φασὶν ἀστρονομοῦντα ...

ff. 18r-70v: Astronomical table partly by Georgios Chrysokokkes.

ff. 70v-73v: Scholia on Ptolemy's Tabulae manuales. Inc. Ἰστέον ὅτι μῆκος, κτλ. Ἀναγκαῖον ἄγαν καὶ τοῦτο εἰδέναι.

f. 74r: Verses on the signs of the zodiac. Inc. Κριὸς προηγὸς.

f. 74r: Notes on the above text. Inc. Ἔφασαν ἀνάλογον τὸν μὲν Κριὸν.

f. 74r: Verses. Inc. Ἑπτα πολυπλανέες.

f. 74r: Μῆνες Μακεδόνων.

f. 74r: Μῆνες Ἀθηναίων.

ff. 74v-82v: Notes and tables on the calculation of distance between places. Inc. Εἰ βούλει εὑρεῖν τὸ πλάτος.

ff. 83r-90v: Michael Chrysokokkes, Ἔκδοσις εἰς τὸ Ἰουδαικὸν ἑξαπτέρυγον γεγονυῖα κατὰ τὸ ,ςϡμγ' [AD 1453] ἔτος ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ παντὸς. Inc. Τῆς τῶν πλανωμένων ἀστέρων φορᾶς.

ff. 91r-114r: Astronomical tables relating to the text of ff. 83r-90v.

f. 114v: List of towns the names of which have changed. Inc. Ἐπίδαμνος τὸ νῦν Διρράχιον. Tit. Ὅσαι τῶν μετωνομάσθησαν ἐς ὕστερον.

f. 115r: Κανόνιον πολευόντων καὶ διεπόντων. Table.

f. 115v: Μηνοημεροευρέσιον ἐν ᾧ τὰς ἀρχὰς τῶν μηνῶν εὑρίσκομεν ἐν ποίᾳ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς εὐδομάδος εἰσιν. Table.

ff. 116r-119v: Isaac Argyros, Μέθοδος λογικωτέρα ἡλιακῶν καὶ σεληνιακῶν κύκλων καὶ τῶν τούτοις ἑπομένων.

ff. 119v-122r: Isaac Argyros, Ἀπόδειξις ὅτι κυριωτέρα πασῶν ἀρχὴ τῶν τε ἡλιακῶν καὶ σεληνιακῶν κύκλων. Ιnc. Τῆς τοῦ ἔτους ἀρχῆς.

ff. 122r-126r: Isaac Argyros, Μέθοδος περὶ τοῦ πάσχα.

f. 126v: Nikephoros Gregoras, Τὸ διορθωθὲν πάσχα ... περὶ οὗ καὶ ὁ Ἀργυρὸς ἐν τῇ ἀνωτέρω ῥηθείσῃ μεθόδῳ διαλαμβάνει. Table and marginal scholia.

ff. 127v-128r: Ὁι κύκλοι τοῦ ἡλίου. Two tables.

ff. 128v-130r: Ἐξήγησις σαφεστάτη καὶ σύντομος τοῦ ἀστρολαβου. Inc. Εἰ βούλει γιγνώσκειν τὴν τοῦ ἀστρολάβου μέθοδον.

f. 130v: Two astrological notes. Inc. (1) Σφαιροειδοῦς τῆς γῆς οὔσης ζῆναι αὐτῆς εἰσι πέντε; (2) Ἕκαστος τῶν ἀστέρων εἰς τὸν οἶκον αὐτοῦ ἔχει δυνάμεις ε'.

ff. 131r-137r: Astrological tables relating to the sun and the moon.

f. 137v: Περὶ τοῦ εἰδέναι τὴν σελήνην πόσων ἡμερῶν ἐστὶν. Inc. Εἰ θέλεις εἰδέναι τὴν σελήνην.

f. 137v: Περὶ τῆς εὑρέσεως τῶν ἐπακτῶν. Inc. Εἰ θέλεις εὑρεῖν ἑκάστου μηνὸς.

f. 138r: Περὶ τῆς εὑρέσεως τοῦ θεμελίου τῆς σελήνης. Inc. Ὁ θεμέλιος τῆς σελήνης.

f. 138r: Περὶ τῆς εὑρέσεως τῆς ἰνδίκτου. Inc. Εἰ θέλεις εὑρεῖν καὶ τὸν τῆς ἰνδικτιῶνος κύκλον.

ff. 138r-138v: Περὶ τοῦ νομικοῦ φάσκα. Inc. Εἰ θέλεις εὑρεῖν ἐν ποιᾳ ἡμέρᾳ.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002236775

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 92 : Miscellany of Greek astronomical texts

Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0092]/040-002236775

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

138 folios.

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1475

End Date:

1499

Date Range:

4th quarter of the 15th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper.

Dimensions: 210 x 145 (Text Space: 155 x 90, ff. 83r-90r and 116r-126r; 170 x 105, ff. 81r-82r) mm.

Foliation: ff. 138.

Ruling: 36 lines (ff. 83r-90r, 116r-126r), 37 lines (ff. 81r-82v).

Binding: British Museum binding (1962).

Script: Scribe identified as that of Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS grec 1310 (Kotzabassi 1993, pp. 313-314).

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance:

Owned by the Monastery of San Lorenzo, El Escorial when bound together with Burney 91 (old pressmarks in Burney 91: 'V Η 3', 'V Θ 7' (f. 3r), and 'VI Η 3' (f. 4)) (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.

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Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 40.

S. Weinstock, Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum, Vol. IX: Codices Britannos, Brussels 1951-1953, no. 40.

J. Martin, Histoire du texte des Phénomènes d'Aratos (Études et Commentaires 22), Paris 1956, p. 221.

S. Kotzabassi, 'Der Kopist des Geschichtswerkes von Dukas', in Symbolae Berolinenses für Dieter Harlfinger, Amsterdam 1993, pp. 313-314.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 55.

Material Type:

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Legal Status:

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