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Burney MS 253

Record Id:

040-002237134

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00012d

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 253

Title:

Philosophical and theological miscellany

Scope & Content:

A collection of devotional and prophetic writings from 14^th-century England.

Contents

ff. 1r-33r: Pope Innocence III, De miseria humanae conditionis (printed in Patrologia Latina 217, 701-746)

ff. 33v-39v: Ps.-Seneca (Publilius Syrus), Proverbia, begins. 'Alienum est quod optando evenit…' ends '…hominibus vitiosum' (printed R.A.H. Bickford-Smith, Publilii Syri: Sententiae, ([London: C. J. Clay, 1895), pp. 1-42.)

ff. 39v-40r: Extracted sayings of various authors, begins. 'Egressus vitii virtutis operator ingressum…'

ff.40r-41r: Cato Minor, Monosticha (Extracts), begins 'Utilibus monitis prudens accommodet aurem...' ends '...Mitte archana Deo, celum inquirere quid sit.'

ff. 41v-44v: Narratio patriarchae Hierosolymitani, begins 'Innocentius Papa tercius scire volens quae apud Aegyptios sunt, et nomina satraparum contra quos ad bella parabatur exercitus Christianorum, scripsit patriarchae Hieerosolymitano ut inquisita veritate statum nunciaret prsedictorum. Cui Patriarcha, habita inquisicione, scripsit dicens Duo fuerunt fratres Sarraceni nobiles, nomen primogeniti Salahadinus, et nomen alterius Saphadinus.' ends ‘...in monte ubi consilio delbore vir eius Barach vicit Idumeos.’ (printed, Thesaurus novus anecdotorum, ed. by E. Martène and U. Durand vol. 3, (Paris, 1717), cols. 267-275.)

ff. 88v-89r: Methodius of Patara, Revelations (Recension 2), 'Liber Metodii episcopi ecclesise Paterensis et martyris Christi, quem de Hebraeo et Graeco sermone in Latinum transferre curavit, de principio saeculi et inter regna gentium et finem saeculorum; quern illustris Ieronimus in epustulis suis collaudavit.' begins 'Sciendum namque est nobis, fratres karissimi, quomodo in principio…' ends incomplete '…volatilibus'.

Decoration: Large puzzle initials in red and blue, with foliate infill and flourishing in red (ff. 1r, 26r). Small initials in blue flourished in red, alternating with plain red initials. Small plain red or blue initials.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002237134

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 253 : Philosophical and theological miscellany

Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0248]/040-002237134

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

One volume.

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Latin

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1300

End Date:

1399

Date Range:

14th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Materials: Parchment.

Dimensions: 180 x 110 mm (text space 150 x 80 mm in one column).

Foliation: ff. ii + 46 (ff. ii and 46 are paper flyleaves; f. i is a book-plate).

Collation i-iii12 (ff. 1-36), iv12-3 (the last three leaves missing, probably blank; ff. 37-45).

Script: Gothic cursive, and Gothic (ff. 42v-44).

Binding: Post-1600. Pale brown leather, the covers framed with a gilt roll; edges gilt; 18th century.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

Sir William Burrell (b. 1732, d. 1796), 2nd baronet, antiquary: his armorial bookplate with the motto 'Sub libertate quietem' and the legend 'Gulielmus Burrell Arm. / de Beckenham in Com. Cantii.' (f. i, stuck to the front pastedown); apparently not in his sale, 2 May 1796.

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.

Information About Copies:

Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts: https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1481&CollID=18&NStart=253

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. 65-66.

M. Laureys and D. Verhelst, 'Pseudo-Methodius, Revelationes. Textgeschichte und kirtische Edition. Ein Leuven-Groninger Forschungsprojekt', in The use and abuse of eschatology in the Middle Ages, ed. by W. Verbeke, D. Verhelst and A. Welkenhuysen, (Louvain, 1988), pp. 112-36 (p. 122. num. 78).

John Frederick Hinnebusch, ‘Extant Manuscripts of the Writings of Jacques de Vitry’ Scriptorium: Revue internationale des études relative aux manuscrits, 51 (1997), 156-64 (p. 159).

Jean Donnadieu, “Narratio patriarcae. Origine et fortune d'un récit sur le Proche-Orient musulman vers 1200”, Le Moyen Âge, 124 (2018), 283-305 (p. 299.)

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Burrell, William, 2nd Baronet, antiquary, 1732-1796
Innocent III, Pope, 1160/61-1216,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000122769169,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/16017787
Methodius, Saint, Martyr, Episcopus Patarensis, postea Tyrius, coronatus est circa annum 311
Pseudo-Seneca,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000446442218,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/39386650