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Burney MS 127
- Record Id:
- 040-002237005
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0000af
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100189893398.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 127
- Title:
- Nicolas Floyd, Ραψῳδία βιβλικὰ
- Scope & Content:
- Nicolas Floyd of Winchester College, Ραψῳδία βιβλικὰ. Passages from the Bible converted into Greek and Latin parallel verses (ff 3r-77r). Followed (f 78r) by a hymn to God in the style of Anacreon. Preceded (ff 1r-2v) by a letter of dedication to John Harris, D.D., warden of Winchester College, and John Potenger, also of Winchester College.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237005 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 127 : Nicolas Floyd, Ραψῳδία βιβλικὰ - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0122]/040-002237005
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
78 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100189893398.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1652
- End Date:
- 1652
- Date Range:
- 1652
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
-
Material: Paper.
Foliation: ff 78.
Dimensions: 180 x 140 mm.
Ruling: 170 x 110 mm.
Binding: dark brown leather.
- Custodial History:
-
Origin: England (Winchester).
Provenance:
George Archer: owned in 1674 (note, f 3v).
William Green: owned in 1769 (note, f 4r).
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:
- England (Winchester).
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_127].
- Publications:
-
Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, p. 49.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 73.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anacreon, poet, 582 BC-485 BC
Archer, George
Green, William, former owner of a book of passages from the Bible converted into Greek and Latin parallel verses by Nicolas Floyd of Winchester College, fl after 1652
Harris, John, DD, Warden of Winchester College
Lloyd, Nicolas, of Winchester College, 1630?-1680
Potenger, John, of Winchester College