London. British Library, Egerton MS 654

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Egerton MS 654
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  • Latin
Title
  • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae ; Pseudo-Seneca, 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, 03..-03..)
    Original form
    • Pseudo-Seneca, fl 6-9 AD
    Other form
    • Sénèque (auteur prétendu ; 03..-03..)
    • Pseudo Seneca
    • Sénèque
    • Lucius Annaeus Seneca, auteur prétendu
    • Seneca, the Younger, pseudo
    • Pseudo-Seneca
    • Pseudo-Seneca
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Description
  • This manuscript contains the Epistolae (Epistles) of the Roman philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca (b. 4 BC, d. 65). It also includes the apocryphal Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam (Seneca's Epistles to St Paul and the Epistles of St Paul to Seneca), ttributed to Seneca, as well as the anonymous verses known as Epitaphium Senecae (Seneca's Epitaph). Contents: ff. 1r-153r: Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Epistulae (1-88), beginning: ‘Quanta verborum nobis paupertas’. ff. 154r-156v: Pseudo-Seneca, Epistolae Senecae ad Paulum et Pauli ad Senecam, beginning: ‘Cordubensis Fotini stoici discipulus’. f. 156v: Epitaphium Senecae , beginning: ‘Cura labor meritum sumpti pro munere’. [ff. 153v, 157r are blank].Decoration:1 large initial in blue with red penwork decoration (f. 1r). Numerous large plain initials in red, blue or green, several with pen-work decoration in one other colour (e.g. ff. 16v, 22v, 26r, 55v, 59r, 60r).
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  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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