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Robert Burton

The Anatomy of Melancholy

1651 English with a close modern English rendering

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources

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Recorded uses: DJR-149 — lucian: On the Syrian Goddess 19–27, transmitted under Lucian’s name: Combabus.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 149-lucian: On the Syrian Goddess 19–27, transmitted under Lucian’s name.

BIB-0498

Lucian, Cataplus 9; Greek text compared for Megapenthes and the gold bowls. Lucian, Cataplus 9

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Recorded uses: DJR-055 — lucian: Lucian, Cataplus 9; Greek text compared for Megapenthes and the gold bowls.; work/audit-017/sources.json — lucian: Lucian, Cataplus 9.

BIB-0499

Lucian, Icaromenippus: contradictory prayers heard by Zeus; Fowler translation.

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Recorded uses: DJR-011 — Lucian: Lucian, Icaromenippus: contradictory prayers heard by Zeus; Fowler translation..

BIB-0500

Livy 36.32.6–8. Flamininus’s tortoise comparison. Latin text, The Latin Library.

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Recorded uses: DJR-014 — Livy tortoise: Livy 36.32.6–8. Flamininus’s tortoise comparison. Latin text, The Latin Library..

BIB-0501

Martial, Epigrams 1.32, Latin text.

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Recorded uses: DJR-110 — Martial: Martial, Epigrams 1.32, Latin text.; work/audit-035/sources.json — 110-Martial: Martial, Epigrams 1.32, Latin text..

BIB-0502

Ovid, Tristia 1.2, Latin text of the divided divine allegiances.

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Recorded uses: DJR-031 — Ovid: Ovid, Tristia 1.2, Latin text of the divided divine allegiances.; work/audit-009/sources.json — Ovid: Ovid, Tristia 1.2, Latin text of the divided divine allegiances..

BIB-0503

Manipulus florum, Amissio rerum h and l; Pseudo-Seneca source comparisons. Manipulus florum, Amissio rerum h and l

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Recorded uses: DJR-092 — manipulus-money: Manipulus florum, Amissio rerum h and l; Pseudo-Seneca source comparisons.; work/audit-029/sources.json — 092-manipulus-money: Manipulus florum, Amissio rerum h and l.

BIB-0504

National Library of Scotland, Adv.MS.18.7.2.

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Recorded uses: DJR-094 — calliopius: National Library of Scotland, Adv.MS.18.7.2.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 094-calliopius: National Library of Scotland, Adv.MS.18.7.2..

BIB-0505

Ulrich von Hutten, Nemo, especially pp. 111–113 in the CAMENA transcription. Located parallels, not a continuous source for Burton’s complete sequence. Hutten Nemo

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Recorded uses: DJR-018 — HuttenNemo: Ulrich von Hutten, Nemo, especially pp. 111–113 in the CAMENA transcription. Located parallels, not a continuous source for Burton’s complete sequence.; work/audit-005/sources.json — HuttenNemo: Hutten Nemo.

BIB-0506

Michael Piccart, Observationes historico-politicae, volume 3, chapter 7, CAMENA text; the Sabine proverb compared, without identifying Burton’s intermediary. Piccart 3.7

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Recorded uses: DJR-064 — Piccart: Michael Piccart, Observationes historico-politicae, volume 3, chapter 7, CAMENA text; the Sabine proverb compared, without identifying Burton’s intermediary.; work/audit-020/sources.json — Piccart: Piccart 3.7.

BIB-0507

Bartholin Anatomia 1660 book 1 chapter 2

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Recorded uses: work/audit-006/sources.json — bartholin: Bartholin Anatomia 1660 book 1 chapter 2.

BIB-0508

Hofmann, Lexicon universale, CADURCI; related Sulpicia couplet. Hofmann, Lexicon universale, CADURCI

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Recorded uses: DJR-148 — hofmann: Hofmann, Lexicon universale, CADURCI; related Sulpicia couplet.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 148-hofmann: Hofmann, Lexicon universale, CADURCI.

BIB-0509

Adam Lonitzer, natural history: Nerion, rhododaphne and oleander, with reference to Dioscorides.

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Recorded uses: DJR-045 — Rhododaphne: Adam Lonitzer, natural history: Nerion, rhododaphne and oleander, with reference to Dioscorides.; work/audit-014/sources.json — Rhododaphne: Adam Lonitzer, natural history: Nerion, rhododaphne and oleander, with reference to Dioscorides..

BIB-0510

Paolo Manuzio’s expurgated Adagia (Oberursel, 1603), p. 63, Quarta luna nati; a Renaissance parallel citing Eustathius on Iliad 2, not a direct collation of Eustathius. Manuzio, Adagia p. 63

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Recorded uses: DJR-033 — ManuzioAdagia: Paolo Manuzio’s expurgated Adagia (Oberursel, 1603), p. 63, Quarta luna nati; a Renaissance parallel citing Eustathius on Iliad 2, not a direct collation of Eustathius.; work/audit-010/sources.json — ManuzioAdagia: Manuzio, Adagia p. 63.

BIB-0511

CAMENA, Strozzi collection, Paris 1530: catalogue and scan identify the edition. Ercole’s lament for Tito, folios 39b–40a, compared directly for both excerpts. CAMENA, Strozzi collection, Paris 1530

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About This Reading Edition

Robert Burton’s Anatomy ranges across medicine, philosophy, poetry, religion, and everyday life in its inquiry into melancholy. This complete parallel edition pairs the 1651 English text with a close modern English rendering, preserving the three Partitions, Democritus Junior’s address to the reader, verse, and the historical index.

Historical Text and Translation

The historical text follows the sixth edition, printed at Oxford for Henry Cripps in 1651, using the McGill University Library copy. The supplied edition documents missing printed pages 98–99 supplied from another 1651 copy at the Bavarian State Library. Historical folio labels and their irregularities remain visible; web reader numbers identify reflowed passages and do not claim to reproduce PDF pagination.

About Diotimos Editions

Diotimos Editions prepared the close modern English rendering and editorial matter. All 8,755 original and modern passage pairs remain aligned, with verse breaks, italics, continuations, and linked annotations preserved. Burton’s 6,781 historical notes retain their attribution; 6,895 editorial notes remain distinct. The introduction, Note on the Text, contextual lexicon, indexes, source documentation, and bibliography are included. The engraved frontispiece remains available in the original downloads.

Rights

Burton’s historical text is in the public domain. The modern English rendering, introduction, notes, and editorial matter are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and appear with the site owner’s permission. The complete supplied PDF, EPUB, Word, and Markdown files remain available unchanged. The PDF and Word edition preserve the original parallel page layout.