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Burney MS 409a
- Record Id:
- 040-002237339
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001311.0x0001ba
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 409a
- Title:
- Two fragments with astronomical texts
- Scope & Content:
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Item 1:
ff. 2r-5v: Fragment on the signs of the Zodiac. Inc. οὑ ἐστὶ χρήσιμος εἰς τὸ ποιῆσαι χαρτὶ. Tit. τὰ ιβ΄ ζῴδια εἰς τίνα ὠφέλειαν ἔχουσι πρὸς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους.
ff. 6r-7r: Fragment on the planets with diagrams. Inc. Ἑπτὰ εἰσι πλανῖται κατὰ τὸν τύπον.
ff. 7v-22r: Astronomical treatise with diagrams and tables. Inc. Δώδεκα ζώδια δὲ εἰσὶ.
Item 2:
ff. 24r-54r: Fragment on the spheres. Inc. Ὅλος οὗτος ὁ αἰσθητὸς κόσμος. Tit. Σύνοψις εἰσαγγικωτέρα καὶ εἰς θεωρίαν σφαιρικὴν καὶ γεωγραφίαν ἀπαρίθμησις καὶ τάξις τῶν μερῶν τοῦ κόσμου.
ff. 55r-57r: Fragment on the cycles of the moon. Inc. Μηνὴ Ἰαννουαρίου εἰς τὴν α΄.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237339 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 409a : Two fragments with astronomical texts - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0393]/040-002237339
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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57 folios
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
- Scripts:
- Greek
- Start Date:
- 1575
- End Date:
- 1699
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 16th century-17th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Paper.
Dimensions: 315 x 210 (Text Space: 220 x 150) mm; 300 x 200 (Text Space: 190 x 110) mm.
Foliation: ff. 57 (23 + 34). Contains numerous blank folios.
Ruling: 27 lines (item 1); 20 lines (item 2).
Binding: I-II bound together in an early 19th century binding of brown calf.
- Custodial History:
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Provenance:
Charles Burney (b. 1757, d. 1817), 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 Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 151-152.
S. Weinstock, Catalogus codicum astrologorum Graecorum, Vol. IX: Codices Britannos, Brussels 1951-1953, No. 42.
The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, p. 82.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)