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Burney MS 411
- Record Id:
- 040-004528761
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100180269313.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 411
- Title:
- Charles Burney, Notes on the Works of Anacreon
- Scope & Content:
- Charles Burney's extracts from the 1784 edition of the surviving works of the ancient Greek lyrical poet Anacreon (c. 575 – c. 495 BC) by Gianbattista Bodoni (b. 1740, d. 1813).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-004528761 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 411 : Charles Burney, Notes on the Works of Anacreon - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0407]/040-004528761
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Greek, Ancient
Latin - Scripts:
- Greek
Latin - Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1799
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 18th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Materials: Paper.
Dimensions: 155 x 200 mm.
Foliation: ff. 26 (with 1 unnumbered flyleaf at the beginning and 65 unnumbered and blank folios at the end of the volume).
Script: Cursive hand, written by Charles Burney.
Binding: British Museum / British Library in-house.
- Custodial History:
- Origin: England.
Provenance:
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:
- 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), pp. 152.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Anacreon, poet, 582 BC-485 BC
Burney, Charles, classical scholar, 1757-1817 - Related Material:
- Based on the book: Anacreontis teii odaria praefixo commentario quo poetae genus traditur et bibliotheca anacreonteia adumbratur. Additis var. Lectionibus. (1784 Parmae , Ex Regio Typographeio [Bodoni]).