Flavia : tragedia

Name:

Stefonio, Bernardino, 1560-1620

Timespan:

Early church, ca. 30-600

Date:

1620

Description:

Historical tragedy in five acts about the Flavians and Christians in the Roman Empire. The action of the play is set at the end of the first century and the main characters are Domitian, Flavius Clemens, Apollonius of Tyana, and John the Evangelist. This tragedy was first performed in 1600 and originally published in Rome in 1621.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Former owners include: W.E. Fairbridge (bookplate, inside upper cover); Hans Sauer (bookplate, p. i).; Sold by H.A. Feisenberger (London), 1951.; Fairbridge, W. E., former owner.; Sauer, Hans, 1857-1939, former owner.

Subject:

Flavian family Drama; John, the Apostle, Saint Drama; Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96 Drama; Apollonius, of Tyana Drama; Apollonius, of Tyana; Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96; John, the Apostle, Saint; Flavian family; Christianity and other religions -- Roman; Christianity and other religions; Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Drama; Jesuit drama, Latin (Medieval and modern); Emperors -- Rome -- Drama; Persecution; History; Persecution -- Early church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Plays (performing arts compositions); Tragedies; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; Drama; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

175 leaves : paper; 103 x 66 mm bound to 117 x 80 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. 3r).; Table of contents: 1. p.v-173v: "[p.ix: argumentum] Titus Flavius Clemens, Titus Vespasianus Imperatoris fratris filius, quod Christum animo, Sanctum Joannem Apostolum excepisset ...; [p.1: prologue] Mentre io dispenso ...; [p. 11: text] Iam tange Titan aureum promens caput agmen minorum siderum estremum premit ...; [p. 331] Thy[anaeus]: Verum carmen antiquum canis.; Pagination: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 175 + i (contemporary paper) leaves; [xii], 1-10, [ii], 11-28, [29], 30-147, 147-162, 164-194, 196, 196-256, 256, 258-295, 293-312, 303-304, 315-331, [iv]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners; page numbers in this record refer to the pagination in the text.; Layout: Written in 17-18 lines of varying length due to changing meter.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Title surrounded by a decorative border of satyrs and botanical elements and the motto "Turris Fortissima Nomen Domini," printed from a woodcut and colored with watercolor (p. v); caption titles for each of the five acts in gold (for example, p. 1); simple geometric borders in ink at the end of the first and third acts (p. 67, 179).; Binding: Contemporary calf, gold tooled with initials FC on front and back (Zacour-Hirsch); gauffered edges.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1620 (Zacour-Hirsch).; This is the same work as Titus Flavius et alii opera tragica manuscripta (Ms. Codex 924).; Latin, with a prologue in Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1045