Details

Subjects:

Flavian family -- Drama.
Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96 -- Drama.
Apollonius, of Tyana.
John, the Apostle, Saint.
Domitian, Emperor of Rome, 51-96.
Flavian family.
Christianity and other religions -- Roman.
Christianity and other religions.
Persecution -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Drama.
Jesuit drama, Latin (Medieval and modern).
Emperors -- Rome -- Drama.
Persecution.
History.
Persecution -- Early church.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Plays (performing arts compositions)
Tragedies.
Annotations.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.
Drama.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

Historical tragedy in five acts centered on the consul Titus Flavius Clemens, his sons, the emperor Domitian, St. John the Evangelist, and Apollonius Thyanus, which features a conflict between Christianity and Roman pantheism; includes marginal annotations in a separate hand.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from spine of codex; author determined by comparison with another text of the same work under the title Flavia tragedia (Ms. Codex 1045).
Collation: Paper, 136; 1-2² 3-15⁸ 16⁸(-7) 17⁸ 18¹²(-1); modern pencil foliation 1-136 upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 22 long lines.
Script: Written in the humanistic cursive hand of Ardillonius (signature f.135r); marginal annotations in a different humanistic cursive hand.
Watermark: Contains elements similar to Croix Grecque 5457 (1580) and 5465 (1573); two examples of other watermarks similar to Aigle 207 (1573-76, f.3-4), Fleur de Lis 6956 (1549, f.1-2) and 7000 (1580, f.1-2).
Decoration: Pen flourishes at the end of each act.
Binding: Contemporary vellum, pastedown on lower cover.
Origin: Written in Italy in the late 16th century.

Penn Provenance:

Owned by Francis Colman, 1703 (owner signature inside upper cover).
Sold by H. W. Edwards (London), 1966.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement A (1). The Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 11 (Ms. Latin 224).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 924

Contributor:

Ardillonius, scribe.
Colman, Francis, -1733, former owner.

OCLC:

182842373