Liber ep[istularum] Senecae ad Lucilliu[m].

Abstract:

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.

Creator:

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

Date:

1375

Identifier:

9940457513503681; (OCoLC)ocn155930817; (OCoLC)155930817; (PU)4045751-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR06-B56

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1962.

Publisher:

[Italy], [between 1375 and 1399?]

Relation:

Epistulae morales.

Subject:

Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.; Conduct of life.; Ethics -- Early works to 1800.; Ethics.; Stoics -- Early works to 1800.; Stoics.; Codices.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

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

Personal Name:

Lucilius Iunior, active 4-64, addressee.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from caption title (f. 1r).; Origin: Written in northern Italy in the late 14th century? (Zacour-Hirsch).; Ms. gathering.; 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.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 916