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Detailed record for Burney 210
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| ff. 1v-145v |
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| Author |
Valerius Maximus |
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| Title |
Facta et dicta memorabilia |
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| ff. 145v-146 |
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| Author |
Julius Paris |
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| Title |
Epitome of Valerius Maximus, 1-2 |
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| Origin |
France, N.? |
| Date |
3rd quarter of the 15th century |
| Language |
Latin |
| Script |
Gothic |
| Decoration |
1 large historiated initial (f. 2), below a 22-line space presumably for a miniature. Heraldic decoration (f. 2). Large foliate initials in colours and gold, with partial borders, sometimes inhabited. |
| Dimensions in mm |
290 x 195 (165 x 105) |
| Official foliation |
ff. iv + 150 (ff. i-iv, 147-150 are flyleaves) |
| Collation |
i4 (ff. 1-4), ii4 (ff. 5-8), iii-vii8 (ff. 9-64), viii8-1 (7th leaf excised; ff. 65-71), ix-xiv8 (ff. 72-119), xv-xvi6 (ff. 120-131), xvii8 (ff. 132-139), xviii8-1 (last leaf missing, probably blank; ff. 140-146). |
| Form |
Parchment codex |
| Binding |
Post-1600. Pre-Burney binding of straight-grained dark burgundy morocco, gilt; gilt edges. |
| Provenance |
Unidentified original owner: the arms gules, with the letters SPQR bendwise, or (f. 2), are presumably intended to be the arms of Rome.
Pietro Villa (d. 1480), Piedmontese resident of Ghent: inscribed with his near-anagrams 'priere Vaille' (ff. 18, 34, etc.) and ‘priere vallie’ (f. 51); he also owned Paris, BNF, ms. fr. 87: see Illuminating the Renaissance: The Triumph of Flemish Manuscript Painting in Europe, ed. by Thomas Kren and Scot McKendrick (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003), pp. 68, 78 n. 91.
Unidentified owner: with erased inscriptions (f. 1v; f. 2, with some offsets on f. 1v).
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. 58. |
| Last revised: Saturday, February 5, 2000 |
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ff. 1v-145v |
| Valerius Maximus Facta et dicta memorabilia |
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f. 2
Historiated initial of Valerius Maximus(?) |
f. 2
Detail |
f. 67
Illuminated initial and partial border |
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f. 67
Detail |
f. 84v
Illuminated initial and border |
f. 84v
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