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Burney MS 97
- Record Id:
- 040-002236887
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000098
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 97
- Title:
- Manuel Philes, De animalium proprietate
- Scope & Content:
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Manuel Philes, De animalium proprietate, ff 2r-45v, imperfect. Inc. Καὶ πρὸς λὸγων ἄπασαν ἀρκέσῃ χάριν, expl. οὗ ναυτικοὶ καλοῦσιν ἐκ τοῦ πράγματος. Also lacking are chs 2, 12, 15, 16, 19-22, 28, 29, 32, 33, 37-40, 43, 47, 50, 57, 59, 66-68, 114. Also imperfect at the end of chs 1, 27, 42. Some marginal scholia. Preceded by a note on Philes in Latin, f 1r.
Additional later inscriptions:
Brief 18th century notice of the manuscript in French, f i recto.
Early 19th century note in French on the copyist 'Angelo Vergatio' (Angelos Vergekios) and his daughter as illustrator, f ii recto.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236887 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 97 : Manuel Philes, De animalium proprietate - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0097]/040-002236887
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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45 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_97 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- 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 ii + 45.
Dimensions: 235 x 160 (160 x 80) mm.
Ruling: 25 lines.
Binding: 17th century French binding of gold tooled red morocco with a central oval panel on the covers excised and replaced by one with the French royal arms, patched and gilt-stamped `Codex Burneianus'.
Scribe: Identified as Ἄγγελος Βεργίκιος (Rep. I 3).
Decoration: Coloured illustrations of each of the animals.
- Custodial History:
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Owned by the Abbey of Moutier-St-Jean in the diocese of Langres in the late 17th century: ownership inscription, ff 1r, 45v.
Purchased by Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D. D., classical scholar, at the sale of the personal collection of the London bookseller James Edwards, Evans', 5 April 1815, lot 300.
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 p. 43.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 pp. 329, 335.
P. Hofer and G. W. Cottrell, Jr., 'Angelos Vergecios and the Bestiary of Manuel Phile', Harvard Library Bulletin 8 (1954) pp. 323-339, pp. 333-334.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 61-62.
G. Peers, 'Thinking with Animals: Byzantine Natural History in Sixteenth-Century France', Bibliothèque d'Humanisme et Renaissance 68 (2006) pp. 457-84, with further bibliography.
E. Braounou-Pietsch, Beseelte Bilder: Epigramme des Manuel Philes auf bildiche Darstellungen, Vienna 2010.
G. Peers, 'Forging Byzantine animals: Manuel Philes in Renaissance France', Rivista di studi bizantini e neoellenici 49 (2012) pp. 79–103. - Exhibitions:
- Greek Manuscripts, (online), 18 September 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)