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1. Commentarii in epistolas Senecae
- Creator:
- Barzizza, Gasparino, ca. 1360-1431
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 168
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper (polished) of Gasparino Barzizza, Commentary on Epistolae morales ad Lucilium, 65-124 only
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Tour 15909 and Piccard Turm II.617., Script: Written in gothic cursive with humanistic features by a single scribe, above top line., Illuminated initial, f. 1r, 8-line, blue with white highlights and burnished gold on gold ground with stylized foliage in green and dark red with yellow highlights. Terminals ending in foliage serifs, red, green with yellow highlights, and gold balls with hairline extensions. Numerous pen and ink initials, 3-line, alternate red and bright blue with penwork designs of the other color extending along margin., and Binding: Fifteenth century, Italy. Parchment stays are adhered to inner and outer conjugate leaves of quires. Original wound sewing on three tawed skin, slit straps laid in channels on the outside of beech boards. The endbands, which are wanting, were sewn on tawed skin cores laid in grooves and nailed or held in place by the bosses; they were tied down through a tawed skin spine lining. Covered in sheepskin, originally brick red, with the surface now badly rubbed and shedding. Corner tongues. Blind-tooled with an X in concentric frames. Four leaf-shaped catches with three flowers on each on the lower board, one wanting; the upper board cut in for two kermes pink straps attached with star-headed nails. Five flower-shaped bosses on each board and the trace of a chain attachment at the tail of the lower one.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Barzizza, Gasparino, ca. 1360-1431. and Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentarii in epistolas Senecae
2. Commentarius in tragoedias Senecae
- Creator:
- Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328
- Published / Created:
- [between 1450 and 1500]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 150
- Image Count:
- 522
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on paper of Nicolas Trevet, Commentarius in tragoedias Senecae
- Description:
- In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Tete de boeuf 14330, 14338, Piccard Ochsenkopf I.701, Briquet Main 11092., Script: Written in semi-gothic cursive script by a single scribe, above top line; headings in gothic bookhand., Red and/or deep aquamarine blue initials, 10- to 5-line, with penwork flourished in same color(s), mark beginning of each play. On f. 1r head of bearded man peeps out from behind foliage in interior of letter; on other initials penwork designs extend into margins to form borders (e. g., 170r). Plain initials, 5- to 2-line, paragraph marks, headings, in red., Many leaves stained and crumbling along edges; no loss of text., and Binding: Date? The backs of the quires are cut in, some in a W shape. Resewn on two tawed skin, slit straps. Endband sewn on a tawed skin core laid in grooves on the outside of the boards and nailed. The back oak board was previously covered with leather; front board is of unidentified wood. This seems to be a patched together binding using boards from different, possibly 15th-century, books. Presently quarter bound with brown sheepskin, blind-tooled, with radiant IHS in circles. Spine: supports defined with triple (?) fillets; an X with a central cross bar in the panels. Two fastenings, with the catches on the lower board. The upper board cut in for straps fastened with star-headed nails. Remains of title, in ink, on tail edge.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D. and Trivet, Nicholas, 1258?-1328.
- Subject (Topic):
- Latin drama (Tragedy), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholia
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commentarius in tragoedias Senecae
3. De Beneficiis (fragment).
- Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1150-1199]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 85
- Container / Volume:
- Box
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, of a portion of Seneca, De Beneficiis, Book 4, Chapter 7.
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: single column of 27 lines., Script: copied by one hand in Praegothica., Decoration: initial E in red ink with green tendrils., and Page is trimmed slightly at one edge, affecting the text.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De Beneficiis (fragment).
4. Epistolae morales ad Lucillium (fragment)
- Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1470]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 84
- Container / Volume:
- File (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, in a single hand, from this work by the younger Seneca
- Description:
- In Latin., Layout: single columns of 28 lines., Script: humanist., and Decoration: Illuminated initial, gilt; title in red ink.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Epistolae morales ad Lucillium (fragment)
5. Humanist, Computistic, Liturgical and Devotional Miscellany
- Creator:
- Bernard Silvestris, active 1136
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1499].
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 1070
- Image Count:
- 76
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D., and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Didactic literature, Latin and Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Humanist, Computistic, Liturgical and Devotional Miscellany
6. Octavia (fragment).
- Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Published / Created:
- approximately 1400-approximately 1425.
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 712.90
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript fragment on parchment containing the end of Act 2 and the beginning of Act 3 of Seneca's Octavia
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: late Italian gothic with some humanist letterforms., and Decoration: calligraphic initials in margin begin each line; speakers indicated by paraph marks in red ink. Large ornamental initial in red ink at the opening of Act 3.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Manuscripts, Medieval
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Octavia (fragment).
7. Opera varia, etc
- Creator:
- Albertano, da Brescia, active 13th century
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1450]
- Call Number:
- Marston MS 87
- Image Count:
- 220
- Resource Type:
- text
- Abstract:
- Manuscript on parchment of Albertano da Brescia, 1) Liber de doctrina dicendi et tacendi; 2) Liber consolationis et consilii; 3) De amore et dilectione Dei; 4-8) Sermones. Also contains: 9) Petrus Damiani, De omnibus ordinibus omnium hominum; 10-13) Unidentified moralistic passages; 14) Ps.-Seneca, Proverbia; 15) Seneca, De beneficiis (extracts).
- Description:
- In Latin., Script: Written by a single scribe in an informal gothic bookhand, below top line., Initials for major text divisions in red with designs on parchment ground, 18- to 4-line, and some (e.g., f. 28r) with modest penwork designs in red and/or black. Small plain initials, 3- to 1-line, rubrics, and paragraph marks, in red., and Binding: Nineteenth century, Italy. Quarter bound in tan paper with semi-limp paper sides. Written, in ink, on spine: "De Scientia/ Loquendi/ Tacendi/ Manos" and "Albertani/ Pergomena". On parchment leaves at front and rear: rust stains from five bosses and 2 fore-edge fastenings of an earlier binding.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut and New Haven.
- Subject (Name):
- Albertano, da Brescia, 13th cent., Damian, Peter., and Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Consolation, Devotional literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Didactic literature, Latin, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sermons, Sermons, Latin, and Theology
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Opera varia, etc
8. Seneca; Claudian, etc
- Creator:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 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, approximately 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
9. The suicide of Seneca [graphic].
- Creator:
- Wolgemut, Michael, 1434-1519, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1493]
- Call Number:
- Print01092
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., Date from volume for which this is an illustration., From: Hartmann Schedel, The Nuremberg Chronicle: Germany, ca. 1493., Michael Wolgemut's workshop created the woodcuts for The Nuremberg Chronicle., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Subject (Topic):
- Suicide, Philosophers, Blood, and Bathtubs & showers
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The suicide of Seneca [graphic].
