De Beneficiis (fragment).

Description

Title: De Beneficiis (fragment).
Creator: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Published / Created: [ca. 1150-1199]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of a portion of Seneca, De Beneficiis, Book 4, Chapter 7.
Description: In Latin.
Layout: single column of 27 lines.
Script: copied by one hand in Praegothica.
Decoration: initial E in red ink with green tendrils.
Page is trimmed slightly at one edge, affecting the text.
Provenance: Formerly owned by A. G. and M. Hammond, MS 29 (2). Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 1 leaf : 168 mm x 103 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval. England 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
England > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Hammond, A. G. > Ownership
Hammond, M. > Ownership
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership

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Citation: Seneca, De Beneficiis (Takamiya MS 85). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.