Liber ep[istularum] Senecae ad Lucilliu[m]

Contributor:

Lucilius Iunior, active 4-64 (addressee)

Name:

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1375

Description:

Incomplete text of Seneca's letters to Lucilius Iunior, also referred to as the Epistulae morales, advising Lucilius on his conduct and emphasizing Stoic philosophy. The text breaks off in Letter 26 and most of the longer letters are abridged.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1962.

Subject:

Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800; Conduct of life; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics; Stoics -- Early works to 1800; Stoics

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

12 leaves : paper; 210 x 158 (170 x 112) mm bound to 218 x 149 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. gathering.; Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 12 + i (modern paper); 1¹²; [1-12]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchword for a succeeding gathering (f. 12v).; Layout: Written in 35-36 long lines.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.; Decoration: Red ink for caption title, letter divisions, 1- or 2-line initials at beginning of letters, and slashes marking first letter of sentences; manicules drawn in margin.; Binding: Modern boards.; Origin: Written in northern Italy in the late 14th century? (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 916