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Detailed record for Burney 272
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| ff. 4-206v; 211-218 |
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Virgil ; Pseudo-Ovid, Basil of Caesarea |
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Bucolica , Georgica , Aeneis , with Argumentum and verses |
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| ff. 207-209 |
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Pseudo-Virgil |
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Moretum, De institutione viri boni |
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| ff. 209-210; 219-223 |
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Asmenius, Vitalis, Maximini, Anonymous, P. Servius Honoratus |
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Carmina, verses, Commentary on book 4 of Virgil's Georgics, imperfect |
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| Origin |
Germany or Austria (Melk?) |
| Date |
c. 1473 |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic cursive |
| Decoration |
6 miniatures in the margins in gold and colours, of scenes illustrating the text (ff. 4, 18, 26, 34v, 43v, 54). A full foliate border in gold and colours, with a bird (f. 54). Four partial borders in gold and colours (ff. 4, 18, 26, 43v). A historiated initial in gold and colours (f. 4) and other foliate initials in gold and colours. Unfinished after f. 65 with spaces left for initials. Guide letters. |
| Dimensions in mm |
295 x 215 (195 x 90) |
| Official foliation |
ff. ii + 231 (ff. i, 1, 1*, 1** , 2-3 and 229-231 flyleaves; ff. 224-228 watermarked paper leaves) |
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Paper codex |
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Post-1600. Brown calf, joints repaired. |
| Provenance |
Charter in German dated Melk, St. George’s day 1399 (f. 2v).
Formerly bound with Burney 137, 265, 352, which have similar scripts and the same annotator, with the same watermark as in Burney 137 and 265; one of the texts in Burney 137 was written by 'Bolfgangus' (?) in 1473 (f. 60).
Possible shelfmark ‘N: i. 9’ (f. 2v).
Unidentified owner: included in the anonymous sale ‘A gentleman of taste: Manuscripts etc. purchased on late tour of the Continent’ 1 May 1804, lot 69, (bound with Burney 137, 272, and 352, when the order of texts was Virgil, Cicero, Terence, Valla, 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. |
| Select bibliography |
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), p. 69.
R. D. Williams and T. S. Pattie Virgil. His Poetry through the Ages (London: British Library, 1982) no. 35, p. 130.
Deutsche Handschriften in England, ed. by Robert Priebsch, 2 vols in 1 vol (Hildesheim: Olms, 1979), II: Das British Museum mit einem Anhang über die Guildhall-Bibliothek, p. 62, no. 82 (first publ. Erlangen: Junge, 1896-1901). |
| Last revised: 05 February 2005 |
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ff. 4-206v; 211-218 |
| Virgil ; Pseudo-Ovid, Basil of Caesarea Bucolica , Georgica , Aeneis , with Argumentum and verses |
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f. 34v
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f. 43v
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