Seneca, Ps.-Seneca, etc.; northern Italy, 15th century, third quarter

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Title

Seneca, Ps.-Seneca, etc.; northern Italy, 15th century, third quarter

Shelfmark

MS. Add. C. 249

Place of origin

Italian, North

Date

15th century, third quarter

Language

Latin

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

(fols. 1r–215v) Dialogi and De clementia

(fols. 1r–12r) Rubric: Cum mundus prouidentia regatur: quare bonis optimisque uiris multa mala accidunt

(fols. 12r–34r) Rubric: Ad Marciam de consolatione filii Liber

(fols. 34r–50v) Rubric: De Breuitate vite ad Paulinum Liber

(fols. 50v–74v) Rubric: Ad Gallionem de beata uita Liber

(fols. 74v–94r) Rubric: Ad Serenum de tranquilitate animi Liber

(fols. 94r–107v) Rubric: Quod in sapientem non cadit ira neque contumelia ad Serenum liber

(fols. 107v–121v) Rubric: De consolatione fratris ad Pollionem Liber

(fols. 121v–138r) Rubric: Ad Elbiam matrem suam de consolatione filii Liber

(fols. 138r–154v) Rubric: Ad Nerronem de Clementia liber primus

(fols. 154v–158r) Rubric: Ad eundem de Clementia liber secundus

(fols. 158v–172r) Rubric: Ad Novatum de ira liber primus

(fols. 172r–191v) Rubric: Ad eundem de ira liber secundus

(fols. 191v–215v) Rubric: Ad eundem de ira liber tertius

(fols. 217r–331v) De beneficiis

(fols. 332r–342v) Ps-Seneca (Martin of Braga) Formula honestae vitae

(fols. 342v–345r) Ps.-Seneca De paupertate

(fols. 345r–350r) Ps.-Seneca De remediis fortuitorum

(fols. 350r–356r) Epistulae morales (88)

(fols. 356v–359r) Bernard Silvestris Epistola rei familiaris

Rubrics taken from the table of contents on fol. i verso.

Form

codex

Support

paper

Physical extent

1 + 359leaves

Hands

Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 869)

Decoration

Good penwork initial, fol. 1r. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 869)

Acquisition

Bought from A. Russell Smith on July 21, 1884, for £2 2s.

Provenance

Raimondo Lupi di Soragna (1409-1484) (see Ferrari, 'Biblioteche', cited below); given by him to:

Milan, priory of San Pietro in Gessate, of the congregation of Santa Guistina: 'Iste liber est monachorum Congregationis S. Iustine ordinis S. Benedicti deputatus usui de monasterio S. Petri in Glassiati per... D. Raymundum de Lupis ... denatus [sic] die xx Decembris Mcccclxxxij, domno Floriano de Bononia in eodem cenobio priore librum ipsum acceptante', then later 'signatus in tali numero 202' (fol. 1r), see also fol. 8. See Mirella Ferrari, 'Biblioteche e scrittoi benedettini nella storia culturale della diocesi Ambrosiana: appunti ed episodi', Ricerche storiche sulla Chiesa Ambrosiana, IX, Milano 1980 (Archivio Ambrosiano, 40), pp. 230-290, at 248-56, mentioning the present manuscript at 252 and 255.

Guillaume Libri: his sale, 28 March 1859 and following days, lot. 929; sold to "Scalia".

Lot 556 in a 19th cent. English auction.

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