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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark Cod. Bodmer 152 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Seneca, Tragedies |
| Caption: | Caption Parchment · I + 122 + I ff. · 30.3 x 21 cm · Northern Italy · last third of the 14th century |
| Language: |
Language
Latin |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary During the Middle Ages, Seneca was the most popular and most read of the ancient playwrights. The manuscripts of his tragedies, of which almost 400 copies are known today, are mostly from the 14th and 15th century, as is this copy, owned by the Fondation Bodmer. At the beginning of each of Seneca's dramas, this version has a historiated initial that summarizes the plot of the drama, such as the suicide of Jocasta and the blinding of Oedipus at the beginning of the eponymous drama (f. 46v). The rather modest execution of these initials was most likely carried out in Northern Italy, where most of the illuminated copies of this text (about 50) were produced. |
| Standard description: | Standard description Pellegrin Elisabeth, Manuscrits latins de la Bodmeriana, Cologny-Genève 1982, pp. 358-360.Show standard description |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0152 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-cb-0152) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0152 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-cb-0152/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, Cod. Bodmer 152: Seneca, Tragedies (https://e-codices.ch/en/list/one/fmb/cb-0152). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 10/10/2019 |
| Rights: | Rights Images:
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Manuscript |
| Century: |
Century
14th century |
| Decoration: |
Decoration
Figurative, Initial, Margin, Ornamental |
| Binding: |
Binding
19th century |
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Margarethe Billerbeck, « Eine übersehene Handschrift der Seneca-Tragödien. Zum Cod. Bodmer 152 », Museum Helveticum, 1992, 49, pp. 53-56.