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1. Seneca; Claudian, etc
- Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Published / Created:
- [between 1150 and 1175]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 45
- Image Count:
- 236
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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:
- 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., and 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.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. and Cistercians.
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin, Ethics, and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Seneca; Claudian, etc
2. Tragedies
- Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1400]
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 995
- Image Count:
- 504
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper and parchment of Seneca's Tragedies
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: copied by three hands. A copied the parchment f. 1r-v in a large Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria/Formata; B copied ff. 2r-177r, 180r4-183v and 185r-216v in a handwriting hesitating between Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria close to Cancelleresca and Hybrida Libraria; C copied ff. 177v-180r3, 184r, 217r-247v in Southern Gothica Semitextualis Libraria. The majuscules at the opening of the verses are set apart and are carefully executed in various styles; in the main hand B the shape of "S" is conspicuous. The unevenly spread interlinear and marginal gloss is in tiny script by various contemporary hands., and Binding: S. XV northern European binding: red leather over wooden boards, both covers blind-tooled with frames and St. Andrew's crosses traced in double fillets.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin drama (Tragedy) and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Tragedies
