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Burney MS 205

Record Id:

040-002237086

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0000fd

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 205

Title:

Lucan, De Bello Civili, imperfect

Scope & Content:

Lucan, De Bello Civili, imperfect (ff. 1r-139r); the scribe wrote 3.17-45 on f. 28r, and jumped to 3.105-132 on 28v; the text on f. 28r was therefore crossed through and marked vacat, and 3.17-104 written on new leaves, inserted as ff. 26-27; f. 27v is blank; preceded by a four-line epitaph of Lucan, inc. Corduba me genuit rapuit Nero prelia dixi (see Munk Olsen 1985, p. 21 no. 45b).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002237086

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 205 : Lucan, De Bello Civili, imperfect

Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0200]/040-002237086

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

Paper codex

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1400

End Date:

1440

Date Range:

Early 15th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper.

Dimensions: 285 x 205 mm (text space 195 x 110 mm), in 29 lines. Ruled in leadpoint.

Foliation: ff. iv + 143 (ff. i-iv, 140-143 are flyleaves). Burney pagination 1-277.

Collation: i-ii¹⁰ (ff. 1-20), iii^10-1+2 (original 6th leaf cancelled, present 6th and 7th leaves inserted; ff. 21-31), iv-xiii¹⁰ (ff. 32-131), xiv⁸ (ff. 132-139). Vertical catchwords.

Script: Written 'above top line' in gothic script, becoming semi-humanistic, with spaces for headings and coloured initials.

Binding: Post-1600. Burney binding of polished calf.

Custodial History:

Origin: Italy.

Provenance:

Annotated extensively in cursive script as far as f. 78v, including a sketch map of Brindisi harbour (f. 23v); thereafter with very few annotations.

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.

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in The British Museum, New Series, 1 vol. in 2 parts (London: British Museum, 1834-1840), I, part II: The Burney Manuscripts (1840), p. 58.

B. Munk Olsen, L’Étude des auteurs classiques latins aux XIe et XIIe siècles, 3 vols (Paris: Centre national de la recherche scientifique, 1982-1989), II (1985), p. 21 no. 45b.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Annaeus Lucanus, Marcus, Roman poet, 39-65