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Burney MS 276

Record Id:

040-002237157

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x000144

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100189895985.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 276

Title:

Collection of fragments

Scope & Content:

Fragments of Greek and Latin manuscripts, mostly of classical and patristic authors.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002237157

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts

Burney MS 276 : Collection of fragments

Contains:

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Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0275]/040-002237157

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

46 folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient
Latin

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1000

End Date:

1699

Date Range:

11th century-17th century

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Paper and parchment.

Foliation: ff 46. Ten unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning and nine at the end, in addition to unfoliated pages interleaved throughout.

Binding: Tooled brown calf, early 19th century.

Custodial History:

Origin: England.

Provenance:

John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: several of the fragments can be identified with ones mentioned in his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, lots 3389 and 3390, which passed to Burney and now form part of Burney 276, 277. See also Harley 5672, ff 19-23 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Holmes 158.

Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), D.D., classical scholar: compiled the collection.

Acquired by the British Museum as part of Burney’s library from his son Charles Parr Burney in 1818.

Administrative Context:

England.

Information About Copies:

Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_276].

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 70-71.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 73-76.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Choniates, Nikolaos, fl 1525-1600