Beinecke MS 184                                                      Italy, s. XIV^^ex
Pseudo-Seneca, etc.

     1. f. 1r-v    Unidentified table of medical problems. De effimera et
     eius cura...De fistula./ De cura./ De quiaria [?]/ De cura.

     2. ff. 2r-5v    Quatuor Virtutum species multorum sapientum sentencijs
     diffinite sunt quibus animus humanus comptus ad honestatem...aut mente
     compos ipse deuitet insaniam aut definientem puniet ignauiam. Explicit
     liber senece de iiij uirtutibus.

          Early printed text by Konrad Hist (Speier, ca. 1500); the Formula
     honestae vitae of Martin of Braga, C. W. Barlow, ed., Martini Episcopi
     Bracarensis opera omnia (New Haven, 1950).

     3. ff. 5v-8r    Incipit liber senece de remedijs fortuniorum [sic].
     Licet cunctorum poetarum carmina gremium tuum semper illustrent
     aliquando deliberans hoc tibi opusculum...felix est non qui alijs
     uidetur sed qui sibi. Vides autem quam domi sit ista felicitas rara.
     Explicit liber senece de remedijs fortuitorum amen. f. 8v blank

          F. Haase, ed., Teubner (1872) v. 3, pp. 446-57.

          Parchment (palimpsest with unidentified text, in two columns, from
     the 13th [?] century), ff. i (paper) + 8 (early foliation 116-23) + i
     (paper), 191 x 132 (157 x 117) mm. F. 1 written in 2 columns of 32
     lines; ff. 2-8 in 33-39 lines. Remains of prickings and ruling from
     lower text only.
          Composed of a single gathering of eight leaves.
          Written in gothic bookhand for f. 1; an academic cursive for the
     remainder (cf. Thomson, Latin Bookhands, pl. 72).
          Plain red initial, 1-line, on f. 2r; initial strokes in red for f.
     2r.
          Binding: s. xx. Paste paper case with blank and inscribed labels.
     (See also MSS 180 and 194).

          Written in Italy toward the end of the 14th century, originally as
     part (ff. 116-23) of a longer manuscript; early provenance unknown.
     Unidentified circular paper label with perforated edge on front cover:
     "S. III. 5/ Seneca/ MS XV/ 4^^o. 75429." Bought in 1949 from Stonehill's
     by Thomas E. Marston (bookplate); his gift to Yale in 1951.

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 37, no. 184.

     Barbara A. Shailor