A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger: A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved; in the Pierpont Morgan Library New YorkRand, Edward Kennard
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A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger: A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved; in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York
Rand, Edward Kennard
Manuscripts, Latin -- Facsimiles; Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515; Paleography, Latin; Pliny, the Younger -- Correspondence
PISCAT·UALE
·C̅·PLINIUS·CORELLIAE·SALUTEM·
CUM PATREM TUUM GRAUISSIMUM ET SAN
CTISSIMUM UIRUM SUSPEXERIM MAGIS
AN AMAUERIM DUBITEM TEQ_UE_ IN MEMO 5
RIAM EIUS ET IN HONOREM TUUM I^{U}NU^{I}ICE[1]
DILIGAM CUPIAM NECESSE EST ATQ_UE_ ETIA_M_
QUANTUM IN ME FUERIT ENITAR UT FILIUS
TUUS AUO SIMILIS EXSISTAT EQUIDEM
MALO MATERNO QUAMQ^{U}AM[2] ILLI PATER 10
NUS ETIAM CLARUS SPECTATUS^{Q_UE_}[3] CONTIGE
RIT PATER QUOQ_UE_ ET PATRUUS INLUSTRI LAU
DE CONSPICUI QUIB_US_ OMNIB_US_ ITA DEMUM
SIMILIS ADOLESCET SIBI INBUTUS HONES
TIS ARTIBUS FUERIT QUAS PLURIMUM REFER[4] 15
ṘȦT[5] A QUO POTISSIMUM ACCIPIAT ADHUC
ILLUM PUERITIAE RATIO INTRA CONTUBER
NIUM TUUM TENUIT PRAECEPTORES DOMI
HABUIT UBI EST ERRORIB_US_ MODICA ^{U}E^{L}ST[6] ETIA_M_
NULLA MATERIA IAM STUDIA EIUS EXTRA 20
LIMEN CONFERANDA SUNT IAM CIRCUMSPI
CIENDUS RHETOR LATINUS CUIUS SCHO
LAE SEUERITAS PUDOR INPRIMIS CASTITAS
CONSTET ADEST ENIM ADULESCENTI NOS
TRO CUM CETERIS NATURAE FORTUNAEQ_UE_ 25
DOTIB_US_ EXIMIA CORPORIS PULC^{H}RITUDO[7]
CUI IN HOC LUBRICO AETATIS NON PRAECEP
[Footnote 1: _inuice_: corrected to _unice_ by cancelling _i_ and
_ui_ (the cancellation stroke is barely visible) and writing _u_ and
_i_ above the line. The correction is by a somewhat later hand.]
[Footnote 2: _u_ above the line is by the first hand.]
[Footnote 3: _q·_ above the line is added by a somewhat later hand.]
[Footnote 4: Final _r_ is added by a somewhat later hand.]
[Footnote 5: The dots above _ra_ indicate deletion. The cancellation
stroke is oblique.]
[Footnote 6: A somewhat later corrector, possibly contemporary,
changed _est_ to _uel_ by adding _u_ before _e_ and _l_ above _s_
and cancelling both _s_ and _t_.]
[Footnote 7: _h_ added above the line by a hand which may be
contemporary.]
{fol. 52r}
·LIBER·III·
TOR MODO SED CUSTOS ETIAM RECTORQ_UE_
QUAERENDUS EST UIDEOR ERGO DEMON
STRARE TIBI POSSE IULIUM GEN^{I}TIOREM[1]
AM^{N}ATUR[2] A ME I^{U}DICIO[3] TAMEN MEO NON
OBSTAT KARITAS HOMINIS QUAE ^{EX}[4]IUDI 5
CIO NATA EST UIR EST EMENDATUS ET GRA
UIS PAULO ETIAM HORRIDIOR ET DURIOR
UT IN HAC LICENTIA TEMPORUM QUAN
TUM ELOQUENTIA UALEAT PLURIB_US_ CRE
DERE POTES NAM DICENDI FACULTAS 10
APERTA ET EXPOSITA·STATIM CERNITUR
UITA HOMINUM ALTOS RECESSUS MAG
NASQ_UE_ LATEBRAS HABET CUIUS PRO GE
NITORE ME SPONSOREM ACCIPE NIHIL
EX HOC UIRO FILIUS TUUS AUDIET NISI 15
PROFUTURUM NIHIL DISCET QUOD NESCIS[5]
SE RECTIUS FUERIT NE^{C}[6] MINUS SAEPE AB
ILLO QUAM A TE MEQUE ADMONEBITUR
QUIB_US_ IMAGINIB_US_ ONERETUR QUAE NOMI
NA ET QUANTA SUSTINEAT PROINDE FAUE_N_ 20
TIBUS DIIS TRADE eUM[7] PRAECEPTORI A
QUO MORES PRIMUM MOX ELOQUENTIA_M_
DISCAT QUAE MALE SINE MORIBUS DIS
CITUR UALE
·C· PLINIUS MACRINO SALUTEM 25
QUAMUIS ET AMICI QUOS PRAESENTES
HABEBAM ET SERMONES HOMINUM
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