London. British Library, Burney MS 216

Source

The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project

Library

London. British Library

Shelfmark

• British Library, Burney MS 216

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Language

• Latin

Title

• Paulus Orosius, Historia Adversus Paganos (imperfect); Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia ; Constantinus Africanus, De Melancholia; Peter Abelard, Carmen ad Astralabium

Agent

• Preferred form

  • Pierre Abélard (1079-1142)

  Original form

  • Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142

  Other form

  • Abaelardus, Petrus (1079-1142)
  • PETRUS ABAELARDUS
  • Petrus Abaelardus
  • Pierre Abélard
  • Petri Abaelardi
  • ABELARD
  • Abaelardus
  • Abélard
  • Abélard, Pierre (1079-1142)
  • Petrus Abaelard
  • P. Abaelardo
  • Peter Abelard
  • Pierre Abélard (1079-1142)
  • Petrus Abaelardus - 1079 - 1142 - auteur
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• Preferred form

  • Dares Phrygius

  Original form

  • Dares Phrygius, Unspecified

  Other form

  • Dares Phrygius
  • DARES PHRYGIUS (Pseudo)
  • Dares, Phrygius
  • Daretius Phrygius
  • Dares Phrygius ca. 8. Jh. v. Chr.
  • Author: Dares, Phrygius
  • Dares <Phrygius>
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• Preferred form

  • Paul Orose (0390?- 0418?)

  Original form

  • Orosius, Paulus, c 380-c 418

  Other form

  • OROSIUS (Paulus)
  • Paulus Orosius
  • Orose, Paul (0390?- 0418?)
  • Orosius
  • Orosius, Paulus (0390?- 0418?)
  • Orose, Paul (0390?- 0418?)
  • Orose
  • Orose, Paul, 0390?-0418?
  • Orosi, Pau, n. 390?
  • Orosio, Paulo
  • Orosius, Paulus
  • Orosius, Paulus 5. Jh. n. Chr.
  • Author: Orosius, Paulus
  • Orosius, Paulus, 385?-420?
  • Paullus Orosius
  • Paul Orose (385-420)
  • Orosio, Paulo , n. 390?-m. 418?
  • Orósio, Paulo, 383-420 > , co-autor
  • Orósio, Paulo, 383-420
  • Orosius, Paulus - 385-420 - auteur
  • Orosius, Paulus - 385-420 - oorspronkelijke auteur
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• Preferred form

  • Guillaume de Conches (1080?-1154?)

  Original form

  • William of Conches, c 1080-c 1154

  Other form

  • Guillaume de Conches
  • Guillelmus de Conchis (1080?-1154?)
  • Guillelmus de Conchis
  • Author: Guilelmus, de Conchis
  • William de Conchis
  • William of Conches
  • Guilelmus <de Conchis> (1080-1154)
  • Magister Willehelmus de Conchis
  • Guilhelmus de Conchis
  • Wilhelm <von Conches>
  • Guilelmus <de Conchis>
  • Guillelmus de Conchis - 1080 - ca. 1154 - auteur (dubium)
  • Guillelmus de Conchis - 1080 - ca. 1154 - auteur
  • Guilhelmus de Conchis (Guillaume de Conches)
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• Preferred form

  • Constantin l'Africain (101.-1087?)

  Original form

  • Constantine the African, c 1020-1098, Monk of Monte Cassino

  Other form

  • CONSTANTINUS Africanus
  • Constantinus Africanus (101.-1087?)
  • Constantinus
  • Author: Constantinus, Africanus
  • Constantinus Africanus
  • Constantinus Africanus OSB
  • Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087, translator
  • Constantine, the African, approximately 1020-1087
  • Constantinus <Africanus> (1020-1087)
  • Constantinus, Africanus (ca. 1010-1098/9)
  • Constantinus, Africanus, 1020-1087
  • Constantinus <Africanus>
  • Constantinus Africanus - ca. 1010/15 - 1087 - auteur
  • Constantinus Africanus - ca. 1010/15 - 1087 - vertaler
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Description

• Contents: ff. 5r-88v: Paulus Orosius, Historia Adversus Paganos (History Against the Pagans), imperfect, starting at a Nino beli filio rege Assyriorum ; preceded by a capitula list (ff. 2v-4v). ff. 89r-93v: Pseudo-Dares Phrygius, De Excidio Troiae Historia (On the destruction of Troy), followed (f. 93v) by the Origo Troianorum (The origin of the Trojans), beginning: 'Dardanus ex Iove et Electra filia Athantis'. ff. 94r-99r: Constantinus Africanus, De Melancholia (On Melancholy). ff. 99r-100v: William of Conches, De Philosophia Mundi (On the Philosophy of the World) , imperfect, Book 4, 1-19; followed by a list of words, lettered A-Z (f. 100v). ff. 100v-103v: Peter Abelard, Carmen ad Astralabium (Chant to Astrolabe (his son)); ending with eight anonymous lines of a verse called Lusus sapientum (Game of the wise), attributing verses to eight authorities: Epicure, Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Thales, Diogenes, Democritus, Epicure and Pythagoras (f. 103v). Decoration:Four historiated initials, mainly in red, green, and blue (ff. 28r, 32v, 88v, 89r).Six foliate initials, in colours, some with dragons and/or human heads (ff. 8v, 14r, 22v with gold, 44v, 56v, 69v). Marginal drawings in ink (ff. 33r, 36v, 47v) or leadpoint (ff. 12r, 44r). Small initials in combinations of red, green, and blue, occasionally with human faces (e.g., f. 57v).Headings in red.

Place

• Preferred form

  • Kirkham (North Yorkshire, United Kingdom)

  Original form

  • Kirkham, England

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Rights

• Public domain in most countries other than the UK

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