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Bibliography and Comparison Resources
The Anatomy of Melancholy: Bibliography and Comparison Resources
p. 1394Recorded uses: DJR-148 — Hyginus189: Hyginus, Fabulae 189, especially §9: Latin text confirms the numbered Procris reference and her accidental death.; work/audit-048/sources.json — 148-Hyginus189: Hyginus, Fabulae 189, especially §9.
BIB-1394
Hyginus, Fable 43; Latin text, Ariadne asleep on Dia and Theseus’s later marriage to Phaedra. Hyginus, Fable 43
Recorded uses: DJR-136 — Hyginus43: Hyginus, Fable 43; Latin text, Ariadne asleep on Dia and Theseus’s later marriage to Phaedra.; work/audit-044/sources.json — 136-Hyginus43: Hyginus, Fable 43.
BIB-1395
Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.29.16; Latin text on virtue and an adversary, a thematic parallel rather than the exact disputed quotation. Lactantius Divine Institutes 3.29.16
Recorded uses: DJR-031 — LactantiusInstitutes: Lactantius, Divine Institutes 3.29.16; Latin text on virtue and an adversary, a thematic parallel rather than the exact disputed quotation.; work/audit-009/sources.json — LactantiusInstitutes: Lactantius Divine Institutes 3.29.16.
BIB-1396
Seneca, Moral Letters 88.43–46, especially 88.45, Latin text; a parallel concerning useless knowledge, not an exact match for Burton’s maxim about activity. Seneca, Letters 88.9–13, Latin text: music, geometry, and ethical knowledge. Seneca, Moral Letters 88.43–46, especially 88.45, Latin text
Recorded uses: DJR-003 — Seneca88: Seneca, Moral Letters 88.43–46, especially 88.45, Latin text; a parallel concerning useless knowledge, not an exact match for Burton’s maxim about activity.; DJR-007 — Seneca: Seneca, Letters 88.9–13, Latin text: music, geometry, and ethical knowledge.; work/audit-058/sources.json — 003-Seneca88: Seneca, Moral Letters 88.43–46, especially 88.45, Latin text.
BIB-1397
Seneca, Letter 91.1–2, the fire at Lyon.
Recorded uses: DJR-042 — seneca91: Seneca, Letter 91.1–2, the fire at Lyon.; work/audit-013/sources.json — seneca91: Seneca, Letter 91.1–2, the fire at Lyon..
BIB-1398
Seneca, Letter 9.20–21, happiness and one’s judgement.
Recorded uses: DJR-042 — seneca9: Seneca, Letter 9.20–21, happiness and one’s judgement.; work/audit-013/sources.json — seneca9: Seneca, Letter 9.20–21, happiness and one’s judgement..
BIB-1399
Seneca, Letter 120.16, catalogue of bodily complaints.
Recorded uses: DJR-042 — seneca120: Seneca, Letter 120.16, catalogue of bodily complaints.; work/audit-013/sources.json — seneca120: Seneca, Letter 120.16, catalogue of bodily complaints..
BIB-1400
Horace, Epode 5.13–14.
Recorded uses: DJR-095 — hor5: Horace, Epode 5.13–14.; work/audit-030/sources.json — 095-hor5: Horace, Epode 5.13–14..
BIB-1401
Seneca, De beneficiis 1.4: healing minds, fidelity, and remembrance of duties. Latin text.
Recorded uses: DJR-018 — Benefits: Seneca, De beneficiis 1.4: healing minds, fidelity, and remembrance of duties. Latin text..
BIB-1402
Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind 7; Latin. Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind 7
Recorded uses: DJR-083 — SenecaTranquillity: Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind 7; Latin.; DJR-084 — seneca-tranquil: Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind 7; Latin.; work/audit-026/sources.json — 083-SenecaTranquillity: Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind 7; work/audit-027/sources.json — 084-seneca-tranquil: Seneca, On Tranquillity of Mind 7.
BIB-1403
Terence, Adelphoe, act 5 scene 4. Demea’s complaint.
Recorded uses: DJR-139 — terence: Terence, Adelphoe, act 5 scene 4. Demea’s complaint.; work/audit-045/sources.json — 139-terence: Terence, Adelphoe, act 5 scene 4. Demea’s complaint..
BIB-1404
Aelred, A Rule of Life for a Recluse, chapter 3, Latin text and translation.
Recorded uses: DJR-125 — Aelred: Aelred, A Rule of Life for a Recluse, chapter 3, Latin text and translation.; work/audit-040/sources.json — 125-Aelred: Aelred, A Rule of Life for a Recluse, chapter 3, Latin text and translation..
BIB-1405
Baden-Württemberg state library authority record for Ottmar Luscinius, also Nachtgall.
Recorded uses: DJR-078 — luscinius: Baden-Württemberg state library authority record for Ottmar Luscinius, also Nachtgall.; work/audit-025/sources.json — 078-luscinius: Baden-Württemberg state library authority record for Ottmar Luscinius, also Nachtgall..
BIB-1406
Catalogue: Mus exenteratus, attributed to Wilhelm Holder. Catalogue
Socrates
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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.
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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.
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