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Burney MS 124

Record Id:

040-002236976

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0000ac

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ISAD(G)

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Burney MS 124

Title:

Extracts from mathematical, tactical, and grammatical works taken from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

Scope & Content:

26 extracts from mathematical, tactical, and grammatical works taken from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, arranged as follows:

ff. 1r-25r: Ioannes Pediasimos, Σύνοψις περὶ μετρήσεως καὶ μερισμοῦ γῆς. cf. Barocci 169 item 2.

ff. 26r-28r: Extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Definitiones. Inc. Τίνες αἱ γενικαὶ τῶν σχημάτων διαφοραί; expl. καλεῖται δὲ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ ρ καὶ τετράεδρον. Tit. Ἥρωνος γεηπονικὸν βιβλίον. cf. Auct. F.3.18 part 1a.

ff. 28r-34r: Extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Geometrica and Definitiones. Inc. (Geometrica 3) Ἡ ἐπίπεδος γεωμετρία συνέστηκεν; expl. δακτύλους γ' βψδ' (Definitiones 132). Tit. Ἥρωνος εἰσαγωγαὶ τῶν γεομετρουμένων. cf. Auct F.3.18 part 1b.

ff. 34r-39r: Further extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Geometrica and Definitiones. Inc. (Geometrica 2) καθὼς ἡμᾶς ὁ παλαιὸς. Tit. Ἥρωνος ἀρχὴ τῶν γεομετρουμένων. cf. Auct F.3.18 part 1c.

ff. 39r-41v: Extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Geometrica, etc. Inc. (Geometrica 22) Τῶν εὐθυμετρικῶν διαστημάτων μέτρα ἐστι τάδε. Tit. Εὐκλείδου εὐθυμετρικά. cf. Auct. F.3.18 part 1d.

ff. 42r-44r: Extracts from Ioannes Pediasimos' commentary on the Meteora of Cleomedes. Extracted transcript from Barocci 169.

ff. 44r-52v: Extracts from Heron of Byzantium's Poliorcetica and Geodesia. Inc. Εἰ δὲ ἐπιπέδοις. Extracted transcript from Barocci 169.

ff. 53r-56r: Extracts from Athenaeus' Περὶ μηχανημάτων βιβλίον α'. Inc. Κατανοήσει δ' ἄν τις τοῦτο ἀκριβέστατα. Extracted transcript from Barocci 187.

ff. 56r-60v: Biton, De constructione machinarum bellicarum. Transcript from Barocci 187.

ff. 60v-62r: Heron of Alexandria, De chirobalistra. Transcript from Barocci 187.

ff. 62r-69v: Extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Belopoeica. Inc. Τῶν ὀργάνων τὰ μέν ἐστιν εὐθύτονα. Transcript from Barocci 187.

ff. 70r-86v: Extracts from Heron of Alexandria's Geoponica, especially Books 1 and 2.

ff. 87r: Short extract from Porphyrius' commentary on Claudius Ptolemaeus' Harmonia. Inc. Διὸ οὐδε κυρίως.

ff. 88r: Two extracts on medical matters: (1) Tit. Ἂέρος φάρμαξις. Inc. Θρίσσος ὄφις ἐστὶ Θετταλὸς; (2) Tit. Ἀγωνιστικὸν. Inc. Τοὺς δὲ εὑρισκομένους ἐν ταῖς γαστράσι.

ff. 88v-93r: Extracts from Sextus Julius Africanus' Cesti. Extracted transcript from Barocci 187.

ff. 93r: Further extracts from military treatises, inc. Κλεψύδρα πανὺ χρήσιμον. Also included is a paragraph inc. Ὅτι τὰς τῶν ὁπλίτῶν.

ff. 94r: Extracts relating to Eupolis, Eucrites, and Carneades from Favorinus' Ἐνθυμήματα φιλοσόφων καὶ ἐρωτήματα. Inc. Εὔπολις ὁ τῶν κωμῳδιῶν ποιητὴς. Extracted transcript from Barocci 50.

ff. 95r-100v: Konstantinow Harmenopoulos, Lexicon arranged alphabetically. Inc. Ἀγάλλομαι,χαίρω. ἀγάλλω, τιμῶ. cf. Barocci 68 part 2.

ff. 101r: Extracts from ἐπιμερισιμῶν κατ' ἀλφάβητον. Inc. Ἄζην, ἀζένος· πωγὼν.

ff. 101r-102r: Extracts from the scholia of Ulpianus on Demosthenes' Philippics II. Inc. Ἐμπορίων λιμένων· συγκεκροτημένος.

ff. 102r-109v: Extracts from Manuel Moschopoulos' collection of Attic words.

ff. 109v-121v: Extracts from Theognostos the grammarian's Canones orthographiae addressed to the Emperor Leo of Armenia. Extracted transcript from Barocci 50.

ff. 122r-122v: Λέξεις ῥωμαῖαι κατὰ στοιχεῖον. Inc. Αἰοῦτορ· βοηθὸς. Transcript from Barocci 50.

ff. 122v-130v: Extracts from George Choeroboscos' Epitome Orthographiae. Inc. Μυθίτης· στασιάστης. Extracted transcript from Barocci 50.

ff. 131r-135v: Extracts from another glossary. Mostly under the heading λέξεις τοῦ ψαλτῆρος.

ff. 136r: Porphyrius, Περὶ τοῦ κνάξ· σβί· χθύ· φλεγμῶ· δροψ. Inc. Ἐν Δελφοῖς εἰς τὸν ναὸν ἐπιγέγραπται. Transcript from Barocci 50.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts

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032-002236305
040-002236976

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Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 124 : Extracts from mathematical, tactical, and grammatical works taken from manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford

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032-002236305[0119]/040-002236976

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

136 folios.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1675

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

4th quarter of the 17th century

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper.

Dimensions: 215 x 155 (180 x 125) mm.

Foliation: ff. 136.

Ruling: circa 28-29 lines.

Binding: Early 19th century binding of tooled dark brown leather.

Custodial History:

Origin: England (Oxford).

Provenance:

Possibly sold at the sale of Samuel Pegge (1704-1796), Leigh and Sotheby's, 29 March 1798, lot 2056.

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 (Oxford).

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 48-49.

H. Beckh, De Geoponicorum codicibus manuscriptis, Erlangen 1886, p. 26.

Heronis Alexandrini opera quae supersunt omnia v, ed. J. L. Heiberg, Leipzig 1914, p. xliv.

A. Dain, La tradition du texte d'Héron de Byzance, Paris 1933, pp. 122-124.

L. Canfora, Inventario dei manoscritti greci di Demostene (Università di Padova, Seminario di Filologia Classica, Proagones 9), Padua 1968, p. 75 no. 6.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 71-73.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

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