Ps.-Seneca — 1465; Italian
MS. Douce 306
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Ps.-Seneca — 1465; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 306
Associated place
Rome
Date
1465
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
191leaves
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 956)
Acquisition
Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1834
Provenance
Francis Douce, 1757–1834
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Title
Theological miscellanies
Shelfmark
MS. Douce 306
Summary
The chief are:
(fol. 1, cf. 99) 'Vita gloriosissime Virginis Marie ...', in four books prol. beg. 'Sanctus Epiphanius', text beg. 'Homo quidam de ciuitate'
(fols. 97v, 111, 125) Extracts from Proverbs, the Prophets, and the Epistles of the New Testament
(fol. 102v, cf. 186) An account of the relics, etc., in the churches of Rome, 'stationes urbis', etc., beg. 'In Roma sunt cccclxvij ecclesie'
(fols. 108, 124) Calendarial Tables, etc.
(fols. 121, 130) 'Disputatio inter Christianos et Iudeos ad instantiam Constantini Imperatoris ...', beg. 'Crathon philoxophus'
(fol. 127v) 'Disputatio paschalis de Roma contra Iudeos', beg. 'Iudei. Quare uos Christiani'
(fol. 132) A chronicle of imperial and papal Rome from the birth of Christ to 1284
(fol. 168) 'Lucius Amerius [i.e. Annaeus] Seneca ... de Remediis fortuitorum ...'.
On fol. 123v is a calculation, apparently by the scribe, which gives as 'presens dies', Mar. 17, 1465: on fol. 1 are arms which may be azure a saltire argent, the centre part being a roundel of the last voided of the field.
Date
written in A.D. 1465 in Italy
Language
Latin
Physical extent
191 Leaves
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Collection contents
Theological miscellanies
