Manuscript on paper, ca. the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries, of 1) Bernard Silvestris, De cura rei familiaris; 2) Ps.-Seneca, De remediis fortuitorum; 3) Elegantiarum viginti precepta; 4) Notes on moveable feasts, a calendar, mnemotechnic verses, calendar tables, lists and other notes; 5) Office for the feast of Our Mary "ad Nives," hymn for the Virgin and Child, and biblical prayers
Description:
In Latin., Script: Copied by three hands: A) copied ff. 1r-6v and 16r-26v in Gothica Semihybrida Currens; B) copied ff. 8r-14r in Gothica Cursiva Currens; C) copied ff. 14v and 27r-36v in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria., Decoration: Red paragraph marks, underlining, stroking of majuscules, rubrics (rare, except in the Calendar, art. 5). Red 1-2-line plain initials. Alternately red and blue 1-2-line plain initials in art. 7. Red KL-ligatures in the Calendar., and Binding: none.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Bernard Silvestris, active 1136., Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin and Manuscripts, Medieval
