Seneca; Claudian, etc
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Description
- Title
- Seneca; Claudian, etc
- Creator
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Contributor
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Claudianus, Claudius.
Jerome, Saint, -419 or 420.
Martin, of Braga, Saint, ca. 515-579 or 80.
Publilius, Syrus, active 1st century B.C.
William, of Saint-Thierry, Abbot of Saint-Thierry, ca. 1085-1148? - Published / Created
- [between 1150 and 1175]
- Publication Place
- France
- Abstract
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Manuscript on parchment (good quality) of 2) Jerome, Prologus beati Ieronimi presbyteri. 3) Ps.-Seneca, Epistolae Senecae, Neronis imperatoris magistri, ad Paulum apostolum et Pauli apostoli ad Senecam. 4) Complete 6-line text of Anthologia latina 667. 5) Seneca, Ad Lucilium epistulae morales. 6) Seneca, De beneficiis libri vii. 7) Seneca, De clementia libri ii. 8) Martin of Braga, Formula vitae honestae. 9) Ps.-Seneca, De remediis fortuitorum liber. 10) 19 sententiae attributed to Publilius Syrus and Seneca. 11) Claudian, Excerpta. 12) William of Saint-Thierry, De tribus dicendi generibus. Written in the Cistercian abbey at Igny near Rheims
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Written in fine early gothic bookhand; arts. 11-12 in less expert hands.
Carefully drawn monochrome initials with modest penwork designs, 12- to 2-line, in red, green and blue. Headings in red.
Binding: Eighteenth century, France. Bound in light brown, mottled calf with a gold-tooled spine and red label: "Opera Senecae MS". Red edges. Mended at tail. Discoloration from bosses (?) of earlier binding on first and last leaves. - Provenance
- Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1954 by Thomas E. Marston.
- Extent
- ff. ii + 110 + ii : 294 x 204 (218 x 150) mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Marston MS 45
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval France 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Cistercians. - Subject (Topic)
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Didactic literature, Latin
Ethics
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Cistercians
Didactic literature, Latin
Ethics
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Seneca; Claudian, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9806748
- Object ID (OID)
- 10269770
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