| Evidence: | Transcribed in Elizabeth Lyttelton's hand, a Meditation on Seneca's maxim 'verum gaudium res severa est' (Epistulae morales, 23, 4), headed 'sen. Res severa et verum gaudium'.
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| Century: | 1600-1699, 1700-1799 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1670 and 31 Dec 1713 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Lyttelton |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 1648 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | unknown |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Seneca |
| Title: | Epistulae morales, 23, 4 |
| Genre: | Classics |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 22781 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Elizabeth Lyttelton | |
| Title: | Elizabeth Lyttelton's Commonplace Book | |
| Location: | Cambridge University Library | |
| Call no: | MS Add. 8460 | |
| Page/folio: | 12r |
| Citation: | Elizabeth Lyttelton, Elizabeth Lyttelton's Commonplace Book Cambridge University Library, p. MS Add. 8460, p. 12r, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22781, accessed: 29 November 2023 | |
| By kind permission of Scriptorium: Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Online (http://scriptorium.english.cam.ac.uk/). See http://scriptorium.english.cam.ac.uk/manuscripts/images/index.php?ms=Add.8640&page=25 for digitised image. |
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