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Burney MS 109
- Record Id:
- 040-002236941
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0000a4
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189893063.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 109
- Title:
- Works by Theocritus, Hesiod, Pindar, Pythagoras and Aratus
- Scope & Content:
- Works by Theocritus, Hesiod, Pindar, Pythagoras and Aratus.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236941 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 109 : Works by Theocritus, Hesiod, Pindar, Pythagoras and Aratus - Contains:
- Burney MS 109, ff 1r-25r : Theocritus, Idyllia (TLG 0005.001), nos. 1-15.
Burney MS 109, ff 25r-27r : Hesiod, Scutum (TLG 0020.003). Imperfect, ending at line 134.
Burney MS 109, ff 28r-42r : Hesiod, Opera et dies (TLG 0020.002).
Burney MS 109, ff 42v-70r : Pindar, Olympia (TLG 0033.001).
Burney MS 109, ff 70r-105v : Pindar, Pythia (TLG 0033.002).
Burney MS 109, ff 105v-128v : Pindar, Nemea (TLG 0033.003).
Burney MS 109, ff 129r-142v : Pindar, Isthmia (0033.004).
Burney MS 109, ff 143r-144r : [Pythagoras], Carmen aureum (TLG 0632.001).
Burney MS 109, ff 145r-165r : Aratus, Phaenomena (TLG 0653.001).
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- 032-002236305[0109]/040-002236941
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
165 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100189893063.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1350
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 165.
Dimensions: 295 x 200 mm.
Ruling: 205 x 115 mm. 29 lines per page (ff 1r-24v, 28r-61v), 28 lines per page (ff 62r-164r) and 31 lines per page (ff 25r-27r).
Binding: Half brown, British Museum.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, Central.
Provenance:
Marginal annotations on f 24v by ᾽Ανδρόνικος Κάλλιστος (Repertorium I 18).
Cardinal Giovanni Salviati (d.1553): his ownership inscription ('Io. Car. de Salviatis'), f 1r; No.154 in his 1546 catalogue (Cataldi Palau 1995, pp. 76, 83, 91).
Charles Townley (b. 1737, d. 1805): Acquired at Rome in 1773 together with several other Salviati manuscripts, including Burney MSS 75, 86 and 408 and Add. MS 5423.
John Towneley (b. 1731, d. 1813), bibliophile, Charles Townley's uncle: his sale, Evans', 8 June 1814, lot 885, where it was purchased 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:
- Italy, Central.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_109].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 45.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (p. 331).
E. M. Thompson, 'Catalogue of Classical Manuscripts', Classical Review 2 (1888) pp. 171-174; 3 (1889) pp. 149-155, 440-445 (2 p. 171, no.24; p. 172, no.34; 3 p. 150, nos 64, 66; p. 440, no. 104).
J. Irigoin, Histoire du texte de Pindare (Études et Commentaires 13), Paris 1952, pp. 395, 435.
J. Martin, Histoire du texte des Phénomènes d'Aratos (Études et Commentaires 22), Paris 1956, p.247.
M. L. West, 'The Medieval Manuscripts of the Works and Days', Classical Quarterly n.s. 24 (1974) pp. 161-85 (p. 184).
E. Gamillscheg and D. Harlfinger, Repertorium der griechischen Kopisten 800-1600, 1: Grossbritannien (Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Byzantinistik 3.1), 3 vols, Vienna 1981A. Cataldi Palau, 'La biblioteca del Cardinale Giovanni Salviati. Alcuni nuovi manoscritti greci in biblioteche diverse della Vaticana', Scriptorium 49 (1995) pp. 67-94 (pp. 76, 83, 91).
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 67.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)