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Burney MS 44/2

Record Id:

041-002236404

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002236305

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000001788.0x000159

LARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100189898076.0x000001

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Burney MS 44/2

Title:

Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec. All except that for St John of Damascus are in the versions attributed to Symeon Metaphrastes.Volume II

Scope & Content:

Lives of martyrs, in the following order:

ff 1r-14v: Spyridion Thaumaturgus (remaining part) (BHG 1648).

ff 14v-27v: Eustratius, Auxentius, Eugenius, Marderius and Orestes (BHG 646), imperfect at the end.

ff 28r-44r: Thyrsus, Leucius, Callinicus, Philemon, Apollonius and others (BHG 1845, 1846), imperfect at the beginning.

ff 44r-50r: Eleutherius (BHG 571).

ff 50r-61r: Daniel the prophet and the three boys (BHG 485).

ff 61r-64v: Boniface (BHG 281), imperfect.

ff 64v-73v: Sebastian and companions (BHG 1620).

ff 73v-79r: Ignatius (BHG 815).

ff 79r-84r: Juliana (BHG 963).

ff 84r-96v: Anastasia (BHG 82).

ff 96v-99r: Ten Cretan Marytrs (BHG 1197).

ff 99r-114r: Eugenia (BHG 608).

ff 114r-122r: Theodorus and Theophanes (BHG 1746).

ff 122v-138r: Indus and Domna (BHG 823).

ff 138r-153r: Marcellus (BHG 1028).

ff 153r-165v: Melania (BHG 1242).

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002236305
040-002236393
041-002236404

Is part of:

Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 44 : Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec

Burney MS 44/2 : Lives of martyrs celebrated from 4 to 31 Dec. All except that for St John of Damascus are in the versions attributed to…

Hierarchy:

032-002236305[0044]/040-002236393[0002]/041-002236404

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

165 folios

Digitised Content:

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Languages:

Greek, Ancient

Scripts:

Greek

Start Date:

1184

End Date:

1184

Date Range:

Jul 1184

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Material: Parchment.

Foliation: ff 165 (two unfoliated modern paper flyleaves at the beginning and two at the end).

Dimensions: 275 x 215 mm.

Ruling: 215 x 160 mm. Leroy D 34E2 or D 34D2, 34 lines per page.

Binding: Typical Askew 18th century binding of diced calf, with the usual 'palmette and fleur-de-lys' gilt roll, marbled endpapers.

Decoration: Simple headpieces. Large red initials, some decorated with foliate shapes. Small red or gold initials.

Custodial History:

Origin: Eastern Mediterranean.

Provenance:

Written for Ioasaph, abbot of the monastery of our Saviour, July 1184 (colophon, volume 2, f 165v).

Concealed by Father Ioannes Koubetzes in August 1453 (inscription, vol. 2, f 165v).

Simonopetra Monastery, Mount Athos: ownership inscription on the lower margin of vol. 1, f 1r.

Richard Mead (b. 1673, d. 1754), physician and collector of books and art: bequeathed by him to Askew.

Anthony Askew (b. 1722, d. 1774), physician and book collector: his sale, 7 March 1785, lot 631, purchased by Lewes for 1£ 1s.

Unidentified seller: included in the anonymous sale 'the property of another Gentleman' (in the Edwards sale) 12 February 1787, lot 1507, bought by d’Éon for £4 14s 6d.

Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, Chevalier D'Éon de Beaumont in the French nobility (b. 1728, d. 1810), diplomatist and transvestite: 'De la Bibliotheque de la Chevaliere D'Eon' (f 1r, both volumes): his sale, 12 February 1813, lot 17, possibly 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_44/2].

Select digital coverage available for this manuscript; see the Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, [http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6684&CollID=18&NStart=44].

Publications:

Catalogue of Manuscripts in the British Museum, New Series Vol. I Part II, The Burney Manuscripts, London 1840, pp. 9-10, pl. II.

Palaeographical Society, Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Inscriptions, Series I and II, ed. E. A. Bond, E. M. Thompson and G. F. Warner, London 1873-1901, I (1873-1883), pl. 180.

H. Omont, 'Notes sur les manuscrits grecs du British Museum', Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes 45 (1884) pp. 314-350, 584 (pp. 328, 343).

C. Van de Vorst and H. Delehaye, Catalogus codicum hagiographicorum Graec-orum Germaniae, Belgii, Angliae (Subsidia Hagiographica 13), Brussels 1913, pp. 259-60.

K. and S. Lake, Dated Greek Minuscule Manuscripts to the Year 1200 (Monumenta Palaeographica Vetera series 1), Boston (Mass.) 1934-1945, pls 147-48.

Φ. Ευαγγελατου-Νοταρα, "Σημειωματα" Ελληνικων Κωδικων ως Πηγη δια την Ερευναν του Οικονομικου και Κοινωνικου Βιου του Βυζαντιου απο του 9ου Αιωνος μεχρι του Ετους 1204, Athens 1982, pp. 59, 214.

The British Library Summary Catalogue of Greek Manuscripts, I, London 1999, pp. 32-33.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)