Fordham University, MS Item 10

Metadata

DS ID:

DS26277

Shelfmark:

MS Item 10

Title:

Troades

Troades

Commentary on a Classical text

Commentary

Author:

Seneca

Seneca WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

s. XIV/XV; 1375-1425

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

parchment

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Binding: Not bound.
Other decoration, One bifolium: Nota bene "hand."
Number of scribes, One bifolium: 2.
Script, One bifolium: Gothic; secretary.
Layout, One bifolium: 2 columns: 1 column of 21 lines (main text), and 1 column of 51 lines (commentary). Unruled.

Note:

Manuscript note: Used as a binding fragment, thread still present. Holes and tatters in the MS have been recently covered with rice/tissue paper.
One bifolium: Glossing script is closest to Vitt. Em. 1050 (dated 1418) or Ges. 1027 (dated 1428) in Jemolo, Catalogo dei Manoscritti in Scrittura Latina Datati o Databili (Torino: Bottega D'Erasmo, 1971).
One bifolium: Latin.
ff. 1-2v: Glossing text above in a later hand; Act. 1, vv. 28-61 (on f. 1r-v) and vv. 241-261 (on f. 2r-v).
Incipit, ff. 1-2v: Quid facere victor debeat victus pati.
Explicit, ff. 1-2v: Testor deorum numen adversum michi / patrie que cineres teque rectorem Frigum.
ff. 1-2v: Text is illegible in many places due to holes, water damage, and the folding of the parchment.
Incipit, ff. 1-2v: Hoc color ... ... Aut ... ...preptus.
Explicit, ff. 1-2v: Pergamus ... a ... excisa est ferros incubuit sibi et inse.

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/MSItem10_3

Holding Institution:

Fordham University