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Emperor Nero Ordering Seneca's Veins Slashed; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Creator: Unknown.

Emperor Nero Ordering Seneca's Veins Slashed; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Creator: Unknown.

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Emperor Nero Ordering Seneca's Veins Slashed; Roman de la Rose, about 1405. Nero's advisor Seneca was forced to take his own life in AD 65 for alleged complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate Nero, of which he was probably innocent.

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People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Nero: Roman: Emperor
  2. Lucius Annaeus Seneca: Ancient Roman: Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist
People Related
  1. Guillaume de Lorris: French: Author, poet
  2. Jean de Meun: French: Author, translator
Medium
  1. Tempera colours, gold leaf, and ink
Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Verso
Category Hierarchy

People Royalty

Society & Culture Law & Crime

Society & Culture Issues & Causes

Society & Culture Art & Literature

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3310x4960
File Size : 48,099kb

Aliases

  1. 83.MR.177.40v
  1. Ms. Ludwig XV 7 (83.MR.177), fol. 40v
  1. 1200004127
  1. 3-038-114
  1. 3038114
  1. 83.MR.177.40v

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