Serium Senectutis

Elias of Thriplow Serium senectutis TexTS & STu&ies Volume 116 Thriplow Elias of Serium senectutis Edited and Translated by Roger Hillas Howard medieval & University Renaissance texts &> Binghamton University 1995 studies © Copyright 1995 Center for Medieval and Early RenaissEince Studies State University of New York at Binghamton Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data of Thriplow, 13th cent. [Serium senectutis. English & Latin] Serium senectutis / Elias of Thriplow Elias, ; edited and translated by Roger Hillas. p. cm.— (Medieval & Renaissance texts & studies ; v. 116) Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D)—University of Virginia. Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and indexes. ISBN 0-86698-169-1 1. Latin Satire, (Medieval and modern)— England—Translations into and modern)—England. I. Hillas, Roger, English. 2. Satire, Latin (Medieval 1953- . II. Tide. III. Series. PA8310.E54S47 1993 93-37751 87r.03- 6 sum 5 5 6 84 100 6 sum 1 Expected total {o-ef/e .40 .20 ^ .69 x^ for 0.05 probability = 7.81 Furthermore, Elias's long sentences lack the tight structure of Aidhelm's/^^ he does not employ Graecisms among his rariora}^^ and in elaborating his periods he tends towards qualification or generalization rather than the vivid and detailed thematic expansion or stylistic variation of the earlier tradition.^^^ 9. The Manuscript London, British Library, Sloane 441^^ Collation: 1 (modern). i^^-\ ii^^ modern). Catchwords visible on iii^^ iv^^ v^^ vi^^ vii^^-\ 2 (1 old and 1 15^ 31\ 47^ (partially), 63^ 95\ 130 jj^ p^ggg Rhythm in Medieval Latin from the 9th to the 13th Century (Stockholm: Almqvist and Wiksell, 1975). ^^* Winterbottom, "Aldhelm's Prose Style," 40-41. "2 Lapidge, "Hermeneutic Style," 67-68, 79-80, 82, 86-90, 93-94, 97, 100. For the study of Graecisms in the thirteenth century, see Hunt, The Teaching of Latin, 1:289-368. "^ Winterbottom, "Aldhelm's Prose Style," 41-46, 74-75. ^^ The unpublished Catalogus libronim manuscriptorum bibliothecae Sloanianae (1837-40) available in the Students' Room of the British Library is worth quoting on this manuscript and the first of the works it contains: Codex, partim chartaceus, partim membranaceus, in 8vo. minori, ff. 110, sec. XV nitide exaratus; quondam Francisci Bernard, 56. 1. "Helie Rubei Tripolawensis" [Triplow in com. Cantab.] "Serium Senectutis," libris constans tredecim, sermone partim legato, partim soluto, compositis. THE MANUSCRIPT 41 Paper (no watermarks) with parchment leaves on the outside and smooth side of the parchment facing towards the quire. Paper: 150 X 95 mm.; parchment up to 5 mm. less vertical. Red capitals throughout, with book or chapter headings rubricated, except for headings to books 1-5 of the Serium senectutis, which are in brown ink framed by red lines. Initials at the beginnings of new paragraphs or sections are also rubricated. Secondary headings, such as capitals at the beginnings of sentences or lines of verse, highlighted by yellow-brown wash. Binding twentieth century. inside of each quire, the l'^-61^. Elias (1) Rubeus of Thriplow, Serium senectutis. 25-30 lines per