L. Anneus Seneca - Hercules Furens
Hercules Furens, vv. 510-591
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General Information
Italian semi-gothic.
The margins' four corners have been cut and folded. From the limited thickness of the spine it's easy to determine that few pages were accomodated inside. Little remains of the pastedown. A leather strap is still visible glued internally to the left side folded margin, while it's gone on the right side.
Original Condition
Current Condition
A dark humidity spot covers almost one fourth of the leaf but do not affect the text's legibility.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Capital letters at the beginning of each verse.
One ornate initial F (3-line, zoomorphic?) on the recto, line 15, opening the chorus. The body of the letter is light grey with white contours, the letter is filled in red, additional pointed elements adorn the upper arc of the F making it difficult to recognize the outline of the letter.
Content
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Content Item
- Persons Lucius Anneus Seneca
- Text Language Latin
- Title Hercules Furens
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Content Description
vv. 510-591
Recto: Incipit: "Rogare quod me deceat ut prius cadam
Qui morte cunctos luere supplicium iubet
Explicit: vidisti sicule regna Proserpine?"
Verso: Incipit: "Illic nulla noto nulla favoni
Consurgunt tumidis fluctibus aequora;
Explicit: hec vinci potuit regia viribus.”