Details

Other Title:

Epistulae morales.

Subjects:

Conduct of life -- Early works to 1800.
Conduct of life.
Ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Ethics.
Stoics -- Early works to 1800.
Stoics.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Manuscripts, Medieval.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

Incomplete text of Seneca's letters to Lucilius Iunior, also referred to as the Epistulae morales, advising Lucilius on his conduct and emphasizing Stoic philosophy. The text breaks off in Letter 26 and most of the longer letters are abridged.

Notes:

Ms. gathering.
Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 12 + i (modern paper); 1¹²; [1-12]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchword for a succeeding gathering (f. 12v).
Layout: Written in 35-36 long lines.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script.
Decoration: Red ink for caption title, letter divisions, 1- or 2-line initials at beginning of letters, and slashes marking first letter of sentences; manicules drawn in margin.
Binding: Modern boards.
Origin: Written in northern Italy in the late 14th century? (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Jacques Rosenthal (Munich), 1962.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 42 (Ms. Latin 181).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 916

Contributor:

Lucilius Iunior, active 4-64, addressee.

OCLC:

155930817