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MS. Auct. F. 5. 17

Summary Catalogue no.: 4069

Physical Description

two parts

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Stafford, Augustinian priory of St Thomas the Martyr: 'Iste liber est de prioratu sancti Thome Stafford. accomodatus fratri Philippo de Merston.' (fol. 4v, flyleaf), s. xiii. (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).

A Hatton MS. (MLGB3)

MS. Auct. F. 5. 17 – Part 1

Contents

1.
Seneca, Epistolae ad Lucilium,

1–88

Language(s): Latin
2.
Cicero, De senectute,

cc. 19–23

Language(s): Latin
4.
Seneca, De beneficiis
Language(s): Latin
5.
Martin of Braga, Formula honestae uitae
Language(s): Latin
6.
Treatise on friendship
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

MS. Auct. F. 5. 17 – Part 2

Contents

1.
Letters
Language(s): Latin
2.
Ps.-Seneca, De paupertate
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Penwork.

History

Origin: 13th century, first half ; English

Additional Information

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1937).
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 2, p. 825
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2, part 2, p. 826

Bibliography

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2021-12-14: Add provenance information from MLGB3.