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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

p. 1370

Recorded uses: DJR-081 — Besler: Biodiversity Heritage Library catalogue, Hortus Eystettensis, 1613.; work/audit-026/sources.json — 081-Besler: Biodiversity Heritage Library catalogue, Hortus Eystettensis, 1613..

BIB-1140

Dictionary of Canadian Biography: William Vaughan and Cambriol Colchos. Dictionary of Canadian Biography

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Recorded uses: DJR-073 — vaughan: Dictionary of Canadian Biography: William Vaughan and Cambriol Colchos.; work/audit-023/sources.json — vaughan: Dictionary of Canadian Biography.

BIB-1141

Bibliothèque nationale de France, portrait catalogue, letter L: Claude of France, duchess of Lorraine, identified as Henry II’s daughter. Bibliothèque nationale de France, portrait catalogue, letter L

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Recorded uses: DJR-054 — claude: Bibliothèque nationale de France, portrait catalogue, letter L: Claude of France, duchess of Lorraine, identified as Henry II’s daughter.; work/audit-017/sources.json — claude: Bibliothèque nationale de France, portrait catalogue, letter L.

BIB-1142

Bologna Welcome, the Garisenda and Asinelli towers; place identification. Bologna Welcome, the Garisenda and Asinelli towers

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Recorded uses: DJR-080 — garisenda: Bologna Welcome, the Garisenda and Asinelli towers; place identification.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 080-garisenda: Bologna Welcome, the Garisenda and Asinelli towers.

BIB-1143

Heidi Northwood, The Melancholic Mean: the Aristotelian Problema XXX.1; original scholarly paper quoting and locating the passage on outstanding abilities at 953a10–14. Used to identify the allusion, not as a source for Burton’s translation. Heidi Northwood, The Melancholic Mean

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Recorded uses: DJR-060 — Northwood: Heidi Northwood, The Melancholic Mean: the Aristotelian Problema XXX.1; original scholarly paper quoting and locating the passage on outstanding abilities at 953a10–14. Used to identify the allusion, not as a source for Burton’s translation.; work/audit-019/sources.json — Northwood: Heidi Northwood, The Melancholic Mean.

BIB-1144

Oxford Cabinet, James I and the Bodleian in 1605.

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Recorded uses: DJR-081 — James: Oxford Cabinet, James I and the Bodleian in 1605.; work/audit-026/sources.json — 081-James: Oxford Cabinet, James I and the Bodleian in 1605..

BIB-1145

Romig, Charlemagne the Sinner, on Petrarch, Familiares 1.4.

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Recorded uses: DJR-126 — petrarch-research: Romig, Charlemagne the Sinner, on Petrarch, Familiares 1.4.; work/audit-041/sources.json — 126-petrarch-research: Romig, Charlemagne the Sinner, on Petrarch, Familiares 1.4..

BIB-1146

Plato, Phaedrus 248e–249a, translated passage in R. Hackforth’s Cambridge edition: the return of the soul.

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Recorded uses: DJR-026 — plato: Plato, Phaedrus 248e–249a, translated passage in R. Hackforth’s Cambridge edition: the return of the soul..

BIB-1147

Callimachus, fragment 465 Pfeiffer, quoted in Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, chapter 1, Cambridge University Press.

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Recorded uses: DJR-004 — Callimachus: Callimachus, fragment 465 Pfeiffer, quoted in Poetry and Number in Graeco-Roman Antiquity, chapter 1, Cambridge University Press..

BIB-1148

McMahon bibliographical lead for Nymannus

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Recorded uses: work/audit-005/sources.json — nymannus: McMahon bibliographical lead for Nymannus.

BIB-1149

US National Cancer Institute, Dictionary of Cancer Terms, Diaphragm. Anatomical definition used only for the distinction from the mesentery.

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Recorded uses: DJR-057 — Diaphragm: US National Cancer Institute, Dictionary of Cancer Terms, Diaphragm. Anatomical definition used only for the distinction from the mesentery.; work/audit-018/sources.json — Diaphragm: US National Cancer Institute, Dictionary of Cancer Terms, Diaphragm. Anatomical definition used only for the distinction from the mesentery..

BIB-1150

Chrysostom, Homily 5 on First Thessalonians; Tweed translation revised by Broadus, the concluding exhortation to fathers about marriage. Chrysostom, Homily 5 on First Thessalonians

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Recorded uses: DJR-140 — ChrysostomThess5: Chrysostom, Homily 5 on First Thessalonians; Tweed translation revised by Broadus, the concluding exhortation to fathers about marriage.; work/audit-045/sources.json — 140-ChrysostomThess5: Chrysostom, Homily 5 on First Thessalonians.

BIB-1151

Jerome, Letter125.11 to Rusticus, in a historical English translation.

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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.

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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.