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Burney MS 276, ff 43r-44v
- Record Id:
- 041-002788197
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002236305
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023442547.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100190290148.0x00000c
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Burney MS 276, ff 43r-44v
- Title:
- XII: Two fragments from Book 1 of Vergil's Aeneid
- Scope & Content:
-
Vergil, Aeneid 1.133-202 (ff 43r-v) and 1.467-502 (ff 44r-v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Burney Manuscripts
Greek Manuscripts - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002236305
040-002237157
041-002788197 - Is part of:
- Burney MS : Burney Manuscripts
Burney MS 276 : Collection of fragments
Burney MS 276, ff 43r-44v : XII: Two fragments from Book 1 of Vergil's Aeneid - Hierarchy:
- 032-002236305[0275]/040-002237157[0012]/041-002788197
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Burney MS
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
2 folios
- Digitised Content:
- http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Burney_MS_276 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-

- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1499
- Date Range:
- 15th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: Parchment.
Foliation: ff 2.
Dimensions: 305 x 195 mm (f 43), 305 x 145 mm (f 44), f 44 having been trimmed.
Ruling: 165 x 110 mm, 35 lines per page.
Script: Humanist.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Italy.
Provenance:
John Monro (b. 1715, d. 1791), physician and specialist in insanity: his sale, Leigh and Sotheby's, 23 April 1792, lot 3390, part 2, which together with lot 3389 passed to Burney and now forms part of Burney 276, 277. See also Harley 5672, ff 19-23 and Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Holmes 158.
- Administrative Context:
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Italy.
- Publications:
- R. D. Williams and T. S. Pattie, Virgil: His Poetry throughout the Ages, London 1982, p. 131 no. 38.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Monro, John, MD; physician and specialist in insanity, 1715-1791
Vergilius Maro, Publius, 70 BC-19 BC,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000430695667