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Burney MS 115
- Record Id:
- 040-002236958
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0000a7
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 115
- Title:
- Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon, transcript with notes and index of authors cited
- Scope & Content:
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ff. 1r-210r: Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon. Imperfect. Indirect transcript of Cambridge, Trinity College, MS O.3.9 (Codex Galeanus), with notes.
ff. 211r-235r: Index of authors cited in Photius' Lexicon, with a few references to the work of Henry Dodwell (1641-1711).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002236958 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 115 : Photius of Constantinople, Lexicon, transcript with notes and index of authors cited - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0113]/040-002236958
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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235 folios.
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1675
- End Date:
- 1749
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 17th century-1st half of the 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions: 190 x 145 (170 x 110) mm, ff. 1r-186v, 208r-235r; 230 x 195 (220 x 170) mm, ff. 187r-207r; 240 x 185 mm, interleaved sheets.
Foliation: ff. iii + 235 (omitting interleaved sheets).
Binding: Early 19th century binding of diced brown calf.
Script: ff. 187v-207r (w.m. 1801) supplied in a later hand. f. 187 and several notes on the interleaved sheets (w.m. 1799) partly in Burney's hand.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England (Cambridge).
Provenance:
Owned by William Worth (1677-1742), canon of Worcester (note, f. i).
Purchased by Jonathan Toup (d. 1785) (ownership inscription, f. i).
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.
- Administrative Context:
- England (Cambridge).
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 47.
Κ. Τσαντσανογλου, Τὸ Λεξικὸ τοῦ Φωτίου. Χρονόλογηση - Χειρόγραφοι Παράδοση (῾Ελληνικὰ, παράρτημα 17), Athens 1967, p. 52 no. 5.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 70.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)