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Burney MS 317
- Record Id:
- 040-002237228
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00016d
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100057806894.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 317
- Title:
- Pope Gregory I, Homiliae in Ezecheliem; Excerpt from the Creed of the 11th Council of Toledo (675)
- Scope & Content:
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This manuscript consists of the Homiliae in Ezecheliem (Homilies on Ezekiel), in two books, written by Pope Gregory I (b. c 540, d. 604), followed by an excerpt from the Creed of the 11th Council of Toledo (675) (ff. 168v-169v). It has been copied in the last quarter of the 11th century. The parchment has been severely damaged in some parts and restored afterwards. A 15th-century hand has supplied numerous losses, especially at the beginning of the manuscript (f. 1r).
Contents:
ff. 3r-168r: Pope Gregory I, Homiliae in Ezecheliem. Book 1 (ff. 3r-85v), preceded by a prologue (ff. 3r-v), begins: 'Dilectissimo fratri Mariniano episcopo'. The first homily, imperfect at the beginning due to missing leaves, begins (f. 4r): 'vidisset misit ad magos et ariolos'. Book 2 (ff. 86r-168r), preceded by a prologue (f. 86r), begins: 'Quoniam multis curis prementibus'; beginning of the first homily (f. 86r): 'In vicesimo et quinto anno transmigrationis nostre'.
ff. 168v-169v: An excerpt of the Creed of the 11th Council of Toledo, beginning: 'Confitemur et credimus sanctam atque ineffabilem Trinitatem'.
Decoration:
Large initials, most with penwork decoration, usually red with green highlights or green with red highlights, some zoomorphic, e.g., two dragons biting each other (ff. 39v, 149v). Small simple initials in red or green, some with penwork decoration in the other colour.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237228 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 317 : Pope Gregory I, Homiliae in Ezecheliem; Excerpt from the Creed of the 11th Council of Toledo (675) - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0312]/040-002237228
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- A parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100057806894.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1000
- End Date:
- 1099
- Date Range:
- 11th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Parchment.
Dimensions: 240 x 175 mm (text space: 200 x 125 mm).
Foliation: ff. 173; ff. 1-2, and 171-173 are paper flyleaves; f. 170 is a former parchment pastedown.
Script: Caroline minuscule and Gothic.
Binding: Post-1600. Dark brown leather with Foucault arms, the spine inscribed by the British Museum: 'BREVARIUM CUM NOTIS MUSICIS'; marbled endpapers.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Northwestern France (Normandy).
Provenance:
The Benedictine abbey of St Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Manche (Normandy), founded in 1067: its early 14th-century ownership inscription, ‘Iste liber est de abbatia sancti Salvatoris, vicecomitis, Constantiensis diocesis’ (ff. 86r, 166r); supplemented losses throughout the manuscript in the 15th century; added a 17th-century table of content and ownership inscription 'Iste liber est de abbatia sancti Salvatoris, vicecomitis, Constantiensis diocesis’ (f. 170r).
Nicholas Joseph Foucault (b. 1643, d. 1721), marquis de Magny, statesman and archaeologist: his book-plate with the legend 'EX BIBLIOTHECA | NICOLAI JOSEPH FOUCAULT | COMITIS CONSISTORIANI' with his arms [sable] a lion rampant, dexter, crowned [argent], as supporters two lions [argent]; a couronne de marquis surmounting the shield; binding stamped with his arms, and possible shelfmark ‘L36/D3g'.
Peter Le Neve (b. 1661, d. 1729), herald and antiquary: inscribed ‘Petri LeNeve Norroy’ (f. 3r, upper margin); his sale, 22 February 1730/1731, lot 514, bought by Martin for 4s.
Thomas Martin of Palgrave (b. 1697, d. 1771), antiquary: possible notation of price ‘4s’ (bookplate, inside upper cover); his sale, 28 April 1773, lot 4483.
?Shaw, unidentified owner.
Gustavus Brander (b. 1719/20, d. 1787), merchant and antiquary: his sale, 8 February 1790, lot 1124, bought by Shaw for 10s.
John Topham (b. 1746, d. 1803), antiquary: bookplate with his arms and ‘John Topham Esq.’ (f. 1v); his sale, 9 February 1804, lot 691 (‘No 691’ in ink on f. 1v), bought by Richards for 3s.
Thomas Bryan Richards (fl. early 19th century), Esquire: inscribed 'Thomas Bryan Richards 21 Feb 1804' in ink (f. 3, upper margin), and initials 'TBR' (on the Topham bookplate), and 'Ent \d/, (f. 1r); for a similar signature (‘Thomas Bryan Richards, 2 May 1801’), note, and inscription 'Ent\d/ 291' see Burney 321, f. 1r; his sale, King and Lochée, London, 14 April 1812, lot 526.
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:
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- Publications:
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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. 86.
Léopold Delisle, Le Cabinet des Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Impériale [Nationale]: Étude sur la formation de ce depot, 3 vols (Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1868-1881), I: p. 379 n. 7.
Michael Gullick, ‘Manuscrits et copistes normands en Angleterre (XIe-XIIe siècles), in Manuscrits et enluminures dans le monde normand (Xe-XVe siècles), ed. by Pierre Bouet and Monique Dosdat (Caen: Presses Universitaires, 1999), pp. 83-93 (p. 85).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.