Vassar College, Scheetz MS. 46
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- DS ID:
- DS29210
- Shelfmark:
- Scheetz MS. 46
- Title:
- Leaf from Seneca the Younger, Epistulae morales
- Author:
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.
- Place:
- Italy
- Date:
- ca. 1470
- Language:
- Latin
- Material:
- parchment
- Physical Description:
- Extent: 1 leaf : parchment ; 291 x 207 (212 x 137) mm
- Former Owner(s):
- Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016
- Note:
- Ms. leaf.
Title from Kidd.
Layout: Written in 28 lines; ruled in plummet.
Script: Written in humanistic script.
Decoration: One three-line white-vine initial in gold with blue, green, and red coloring.
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Rome, around 1470.
Although probably produced in Italy, the style of script, ruling, and decoration suggest possible origin in southern Germany or England; three pointing hands in margins added during the 15th or 16th century; red coloring at edge suggests parent volume was rebound in the 17th(?) century; unidentified 20th-century, perhaps German, owner who added textual identification 114,19-115,1 in pencil on... - Keyword:
- Institutional Record:
- https://vassar.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01VAC_INST/al3g85/alma991019345977307396
- Holding Institution:
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