London. British Library, Harley MS 2659

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Harley MS 2659
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Language
  • Latin
Title
  • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistolae morales ad Lucilium ; Pseudo-Seneca, Proverbia, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam; Epitaphium Senecae
Agent
  • Preferred form
    • Sénèque (0004 av. J.-C.-0065)
    Original form
    • Annaeus Seneca, Lucius, 4 BC-65, also known as Seneca The Younger
    Other form
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus (0004 av. J.-C.-0065)
    • L. Annaeus Seneca
    • Sénèque (0004 av. J.-C.-0065)
    • Seneca
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca
    • SENECA tragicus
    • SENEQUE
    • SENECA (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
    • SENECA
    • L. ANNAEUS SENECA
    • Sénèque
    •  Lucius Annaeus Seneca
    • Lucii Annaei Senecae
    • Senecae
    • L. Annaei Senecae
    • Sénèque 0004 av. J.-C.-0065
    • Sèneca, Luci Anneu, ca. 4 aC-65 Dc
    • Séneca, Lucio Anneo
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Philosophus v4-65
    • Author: Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, the younger, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
    • Senecæs
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Lucius Annaeus)
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus ca. 4 a.C.-65 d.C.
    • Sénèque (4 av. n. è.-62)
    • Seneca, L. Annaeus (5 v. Chr.-65 na Chr)
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, Philosophus, -65
    • Seneca, Lucius Annaeus <Philosophus>
    • Seneca philosophus
    • Séneca, ca 4 a.C.-65
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca - ca. 1 v.Chr. - 65 - auteur
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca - ca. 1 v.Chr. - 65
    • Seneca - auteur
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  • Preferred form
    • Sénèque (auteur prétendu, 006.-009.)
    Original form
    • Pseudo-Seneca, fl 6-9 AD
    Other form
    • Sénèque (auteur prétendu, 006.-009.)
    • Seneca (pseudo-)
    • Pseudo-Seneca
    • Seneca (ps.)
    • Sénèque (auteur prétendu ; 006.-009.)
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Description
  • This manuscript contains the Epistolae Morales ad Lucilium (The Moral Letters to Lucilius) by the Roman Stoic philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca (b. 4 BC, d. 65). It also contains several works attributed to Seneca, including the Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam (Seneca’s Letters to St Paul and St Paul’s Letters to Seneca), De Remediis Fortuitorum (On Remedies Against Happenstances) and two alphabetical collections of proverbs made up of a mixture of extracts from a pseudo-Senecan work known as De moribus (On Morals) and the Sententiae (Sentences) by the Roman writer Publilius Syrus (d. 43 BC). Contents: ff. 3r-7v: Pseudo-Seneca, Proverbia , beginning: ‘Avida est periculi virtus et quo tenditur’. ff. 7v-10r: Pseudo-Seneca, De Remediis Fortuitorum , beginning: ‘Lucius Anneus Seneca Gallioni salutem. Licet’. ff. 11r-12v: Pseudo-Seneca, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam , preceded by Jerome’s prologue, beginning: ‘Credo tibi Paule nuntiatum quod heri’. ff. 12v: Epitaphium Senecae (The Epitaph of Seneca), beginning: ‘Cura labor meritum sumpti’. ff. 12v-159v: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium , beginning: ‘Ita fac me Lucili vendica te tibi’. [ff. 10v, 160r, 161v are blank].Decoration:Numerous large decorated initials in red, blue, and green, some with reserved white lines. Numerous small initials in red, green, yellow, or blue, some with simple penwork decoration. Paraphs in red or brown.
Place
  • Preferred form
    • England (United Kingdom)
    Original form
    • England
    Other form
    • Angleterre
    • Angleterre (?)
    • Angleterre.
    • Angleterre ?
    • Anglaterra
    • Inglaterra
    • Engeland
    • Angleterre (Salisbury ?)
    • Anglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • Inglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • England (Salisbury?)
    • [Oxford?]
    • [England]
    • England, Norwich?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's Abbey?
    • England, Cornwall?
    • England, St. Albans?
    • England, North?
    • England, York?
    • England, Witham?
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • England, Reading or Leominster
    • England, Cirencester?
    • England, Sherborne?
    • England, Worcester?
    • England, Bury St. Edmunds?
    • England, Tewkesbury?
    • England, East Anglia?
    • England, Peterborough?
    • England, Mercia?
    • England, Canterbury, Christ Church?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's?
    • England, Winchester?
    • England, Oxford?
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • England and Netherlands
    • England, Canterbury?
    • England, West Midlands?
    • England, London?
    • England, Crowland?
    • England, Wessex?
    • England, Reading?
    • England, Northeast?
    • England, Southeast?
    • England, Ely?
    • England, Winchester or Hereford?
    • England, Salisbury?
    • England, Oxford or Salisbury
    • German (but made in England)
    • England, South East (?)
    • England. Peterborough (?) or Lincoln (?)
    • Hereford?, England
    • England, Durham ?
    • England, Durham?
    • England, probably Durham
    • England, Oxford (?)
    • England, possibly Oxford
    • England (?Oxford)
    • England, Durham (?)
    • England, London/Westminster
    • Unknown, possibly London and Cambridge
    • Royal Chancery, London; Cambridge
    • Engeland (?)
    • England (II)
    • I. England
    • [Engeland]
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Rights
  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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