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Burney MS 104
- Record Id:
- 040-002236915
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00009f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189734577.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 104
- Title:
- Commentary on and introduction to Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
- Scope & Content:
- Commentary on Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos (edited by Wolf 1559), tit. Ἐξήγησις εἰς τὸν τετράβιβλον τοῦ Πτολεμαίου, ff 3r-120v. Followed (ff 121v-128v) by Porphyrius, Introductio in tetrabiblum Ptolemaei (TLG 2034.028), imperfect, expl. ἄρξει μεγάλου ἀποστελέσματος.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236915 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 104 : Commentary on and introduction to Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0104]/040-002236915
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
128 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100189734577.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1543
- End Date:
- 1543
- Date Range:
- 1543
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 128.
Dimensions: 305 x 205 mm.
Ruling: 200 x 110 mm. 27 lines per page.
Binding: 18th century binding of gold tooled russian leather. Marbled fore-edges.
Scribe: Πέτρος Βεργίκιος (signature, f 120r; Repertorium 1A, no. 344).
- Custodial History:
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Origin: France (Paris)?
Provenance:
Written by the scribe Πέτρος Βεργίκιος, nephew of Ἄγγελος Βεργίκιος (Repertorium 1A, no. 3), who was based in Paris from 1539. It is likely that Πέτρος travelled with him.
Anthony Askew (b. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 7 March 1785, lot 565, bought by Wodhull.
Michael Wodhull (b. 1740, d. 1816), book collector and poet: his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 3 March 1801, lot 392, bought by Burney.
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:
- France (Paris)?
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_104].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 44.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-50, 584 (p. 335).
S. Weinstock, Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum, Vol. IX: Codices Britannos, Brussels 1951-1953, no. 41.
A. Dain, 'Copistes grecs de la Renaissance', Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé (1963) pp. 356-63 (p. 357, erroneously identifying the scribe as Ἄγγελος Βεργίκιος).
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981, no. 344.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 65.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)