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Burney MS 408
- Record Id:
- 040-002237328
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0001b9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 408
- Title:
- Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 338; Scrivener evst. 499)
- Scope & Content:
- Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom on Matthew and John, and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary (Gregory-Aland l 338; Scrivener evst. 499).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237328 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 408 : Palimpsest, the upper text being homilies of St John Chrysostom and the lower fragments of a 10th century Gospel lectionary… - Contains:
- Burney MS 408, ff 2r-36r : In Matthaeum homiliae (TLG 2062.152; CPG 4424), imperfect, comprising (ff 2r-8v) Hom. 54 (PG 58.531-53712); (ff 8v-15v)…
Burney MS 408, ff 36v-46r : In Joannem homilia 64 (TLG 2062.153, part; PG 59.353-356; CPG 4425, part), imperfect. Followed by an anonymous homily…
Burney MS 408, ff 47r-75r : In Matthaeum homiliae (TLG 2062.152; CPG 4424), imperfect. The text comprises (ff 47r-52r) Hom. 66 (PG 58.625-62939);…
Burney MS 408, ff 75r-83v : Homiliae in Joannem 70-71 (TLG 2062.153, part; PG 59.381-384, 385-387; CPG 4425, part), imperfect.
Burney MS 408, ff 84r-102r : In Matthaeum Homiliae (TLG 2062.152, CPG 4424), imperfect. The text comprises (ff 84r-87v) Hom. 83 (PG 58.745-74826);…
Burney MS 408, ff 102v-111v : In triduanam resurrectionem domini [Sp.] (TLG 2062.140; CPG 4719).
Burney MS 408, f 111v : In Joannem homilia 87 (TLG 2062.153l, part; PG 59.4731-17; CPG 4425, part). imperfect.
Burney MS 408, ff 112r-122v : Homiliae in Matthaeum (TLG 2062.152; CPG 4424), imperfect. The text comprises (ff 112r-117v) Hom. 29 (PG 57.357-362);…
Burney MS 408, ff 123r-157r : In Joannem Homiliae (TLG 2062.153; CPG 4425). imperfect. The text comprises (ff 123r-129r) Hom. 58 (PG 59.315-319);…
Burney MS 408, ff 157r-162v : In Matthaeum homilia 35 (TLG 2062.152, part; PG 57.405-4098; CPG 4424), imperfect.
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- 032-002236305[0392]/040-002237328
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
-
163 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_408 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 0900
- End Date:
- 1399
- Date Range:
- 10th century-14th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 163.
Dimensions: 195 x 155 mm.
Ruling: 165 x 115 mm. Upper text written in one column of 21-25 lines; lower text has ruling Leroy 01C2a.
Binding: Brown calf, early 19th century.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.
Provenance:
Cardinal Giovanni Salviati (b. 1490, d. 1553): his ownership inscription, 'Io. Car. de Salviatis', f 1r; no. 40 in his 1546 catalogue (see Cataldi Palau 1995, pp. 67, 83, 91).
Charles Townley (b. 1737, d. 1805), collector of antiquities, acquired in Rome in 1773 together with several other former Salviati manuscripts (including Burney 75, 86, 109, and Additional 5423).
John Towneley (bap. 1697, d. 1782), translator, Charles Townley's great-nephew: his sale, 8 June 1814, lot 887, bought by Burney.
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:
- Eastern Mediterranean.
- Information About Copies:
- Complete digital coverage available for this manuscript; see Digitised Manuscripts [http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_408].
- Publications:
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Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 150-151.
E. M. Thompson and G. F. Warner, Catalogue of Ancient Manuscripts in the British Museum, Part I, Greek Manuscripts, London 1881, p. 25.
H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (p. 331).
M. Aubineau, Codices Chrysostomici Graeci, I: Codices Britanniae et Hiberniae, Paris 1968, no. 53.
A. Cataldi Palau, 'La biblioteca del Cardinale Giovanni Salviati. Alcuni nuovi manoscritti greci in biblioteche diverse della Vaticana', Scriptorium 49 (1995) pp. 67-94.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 81-82.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)