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Burney MS 262
- Record Id:
- 040-002237143
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000136
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 262
- Title:
- Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe, Hecyra, Phormio
- Scope & Content:
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Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria (ff. 3r-18v), Eunuchus (ff. 18v-36v), Heautontimorumenos (ff. 36v-55v), Adelphoe (f. 55v-73v), Hecyra (ff. 74r-89r), Phormio (ff. 89v-107r).
Decoration:
White vine initials in colours and gold (the gold scraped away) at the beginnings of arguments and some prologues. Small initials in plain blue.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237143 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 262 : Terence, Comedies, preceded by arguments and prologues: Andria, Eunuchus, Heautontimorumenos, Adelphoe, Hecyra, Phormio - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0257]/040-002237143
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- Parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1475
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Dimensions: 260 x 160 mm (text space 175 x 110 mm).
Foliation: ff. iv + 112 (ff. i-iii, 108-10-9, 111-112 are paper flyleaves; f. 1 was formerly a pastedown).
Collation: i two (ff. 1-2), ii-xi10 (ff. 3-102), xii6-1 (ff. 103-107; last leaf missing, probably blank).
Script: Humanistic, written 'above top line', with vertical catchwords.
Binding: Post-1600. Burney binding of lightly diced brown leather; the edges of the leaves gilt.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy, N.? (Milan?).
Provenance:
? Francesco Maldinius, between the last quarter of the 15th century and the first quarter of the 16th century: 'Liber meus D(omi)ni francisci maldinij'; 'francisci' over an erasure (f. 2r).
Unidentified Italian owner, 18th century(?): inscribed '26' or 'N 6' (?) (f. 1v).
Unidentified owner, 18th century(?): inscribed 'I:M:I:' (f. 110r, written vertically at the gutter edge).
Unidentified owner, between 1775 and 1818: inscribed 'Pone …' or 'Pane …' (possibly 'Pane [sic] and Foss ...'?), in pencil (f. 2r); Charles Burney must have had dealings with the book-selling firm of T. Payne and H. Foss, for in 1816 they published one of his sermons.
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, N.? (Milan?).
- Information About Copies:
- Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=1552&CollID=18&NStart=262].
- 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. 67.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Maldinius, Francesco, Late 15th century-Early 16th century
Payne and Foss, antiquarian booksellers, London, 1813-1850
Terentius Afer, Publius, 195 BC-159 BC