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Burney MS 331
- Record Id:
- 040-002237242
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x00017b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 331
- Title:
- Grammatical Commentaries on the readings of the Church Year and the Mass
- Scope & Content:
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- f. 1. "Memoriale ecclesiastocorum" penned title from an 18th-century auction.
- f. 1v: Pencilled notes from one of the 18th-century sales, describing the manuscript.
- ff. 2-79: Commentary on readings of the Temporal. ("Expositio verborum difficilium temporalis legendae totius anni, et eciam correpcio et productio dubii accentus, ne materia risus audientibus ministretur") Inc. Visio Ysaie prophetae filii Amos, Isayas interpretatur Salvator Domini, et merito." Expl. ... inambitio honoris. Hic explicit productio et corrupcio verborum difficilium tocius legende temporalis, que legitur in ecclesia secundum usum Sarum breviter tractatum, ut lectores melius legant et intelligent, ne pudor aut fatuitas ab audientibus eis imponatur." (Same text in BL Add MS 14023 and Egerton MS 829 and Bristol, Reference Library, MS 6, ff. 1-9)
- ff. 80-82: Grammatical Commentary on the Psalms ("De Psalterio hic breviter verba difficiliora exponuntur, ut legentes melius intelligent.") Inc. Beatus vir, etc. Chathedra breviter componitur a catha, quod est commune, et aedes, -dis, quia componitur in aedibus." Expl. Bis mille sexcentum sex canit ille. (tractatus continet penultimas breves (Same text in BL Add MS 14023 and Bristol, Reference Library, MS 6, ff. 110-119)
- ff. 82v-96r: Grammatical Commentary on the Mass ("Expositio similis Officii Missae per annum"), Inc. "Missa a tribus Linguis celebratur, scilicet, Latina, Greca, et Hebraica." Expl. identitatem servant accidentium.
- ff. 96v-120: Commentary on Readings of the Mass in temporal and for the Saints' Feasts ("Exposicio verborum difficilium Missalis temporalis, deinde Sanctorum tocius anni, Baptismatis, Visitacionis infirmorum et Sepulturae ; et etiam correpcio et productio dubii accentus verborum eorundem compendiose tractata, ut legentes securius legant ac melius intelligant, ne materia risus audientibus ministretur, vel pudor legentibus aut fatuitas imponatur.") Incip. " Ihesus Hebraice, Greece Sother, Latine Salutaris, sive Salvator, interpretatur." (Same text in BL Add MS 14023 and Egerton MS 829 and Bristol, Reference Library, MS 6. ff. 47-110.)
- ff. 121-187v: Commentary on the Legends of the Saints ("Expositio verborum Legendee Sanctorum). Inc. "Ad opportunitatem minus provectorum, sive minus litteratorum, diversitate nodosarum dictionum earumque accentibus, quae in officio ecclesiastico diatim leguntur, proposui determinare, Inc. Andreas interpretatur decorus." Expl. Consilium sequitur caetera omnia malum.
- ff. 188-201: "Tractatus de verborum penultimis" Inc. Iste tractatus continet penultimas breves et longas; et quia in penultimis aliquando vocalis praecedit vocalem et aliquando consonantem, primo dicemus de his, in quibus vocalis praecedit vocalem, secundo, in quibus vocalis antecedit consonantem." Expl.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237242 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 331 : Grammatical Commentaries on the readings of the Church Year and the Mass - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0326]/040-002237242
- 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:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 270 x 185 mm (text space 200 x 150 mm).
Foliation: ff. 202 (ff 1 is a modern paper flyleaf with 18th-century notes in pencil, f. 202 is a parchment flyleaf with 16th-century notes; 1 unfoliated paper flyleaf at the beginning and end of the volume.).
Script: Gothic cursive.
Binding: Post-1600. Brown calf.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: England.
Provenance:
Richard Blande Constable (cf. his name on f. 202r).
At least three owners during the 18th century: A catalogue of the libraries of Edward Webbe, Alexander Davie, Francis Carrington, Mary Worsley, London: T Osborne, 1750, num. 9905: "Memoriale ecclesiasticorum"; A Catalogue Of The Libraries Of Many Eminent Persons, Lately Deceas'd, London: T Osborne, 1757, num. 3148: "Memoriale ecclesiasticorum"; A catalogue of the libraries of the following persons, deceased, viz. Thomas Gale Roger Gale [&c.]. London: T Osborne, 1755, num. 2432: "Memoriale ecclesiasticorum".
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.
- 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. 90.
G. L. Bursill-Hall, A Census of Medieval Latin Grammatical Manuscripts (= Grammatica Speculativa, 4.) (Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt: FrommannHolzboog, 1971), p. 115, num. 149.96.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)