tia00922000

Text-inc Id:

tia00922000

Bod-inc Id:

A-360

Headings:

Apicius De re coquinaria.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Politianus, Angelus]: Note on the contents. Incipit: ‘Coquinariae capita Graeca ab Apitio posita haec sunt: Epimeles, Artoptus, Cepurica, Pandecter, Osprion, Trophetes, Polyteles, Tetrapus, Thalassa, Halieus. Hanc Plato adulatricem medicinae appellat.’ On the authorship see Milham 289.
2. a1v Lancilotus, Blasius: [Letter addressed to] to Bartholomeus Merula. Incipit: ‘Non ignoro hanc omnium esse consuetudinem, dulcis meorum studiorum comes sinceriorisque animi opitulator, ut super auctore, quem in manibus habent, nonnulla perstringant . . .’
3. a2r Apicius: De re coquinaria. On this edition see Milham 276 and 289; Vehling 258. See also A‑359.
4. h4v Motta [Mediolanensis], Antonius: ‘Ad uulgus.’ Botfield 217.
5. h4v Salandus, Johannes: ‘Lectori.’ Botfield 217.
6. aa1r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De grammaticis et rhetoribus. Suet. Gram.; Rhet.

Imprint:

Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, [c.1500]. 4°. IGI dates after 1500.

Collation:

a–h⁴ aa bb⁴. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia00922000 GW 2268; H *1282 + C 5671; Goff A‑922; BMC V 550 (Apicius only); Pr 5539; BSB‑Ink A‑649; Sheppard 4599. LCN: 14266624

Copies:

1. A-360(1) Copy Bound with:
   1. Baptista Mantuanus, De patientia. Basel: Johann Bergmann, de Olpe, 17 Aug. 1499 (B‑042);
   3. Nicolaus Perottus, Rudimenta grammatices. [Basel: Jacobus Wolff, de Pforzheim, c.1499] (P‑130);
   4. Jacobus Wimpheling, Elegantiarum medulla. [Speier: Conrad Hist, after 16 Oct. 1493] (W‑015);
   5. Jodocus Wetzdorf, Ars memorandi. [Reutlingen: Michel Greyff, after 1500?] (W‑012);
   6. Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Sphaera mundi. Venice: Guilelmus Anima Mia, Tridinensis, 14 Jan. 1491 (J‑185(2)). Binding: Contemporary German blind-tooled pigskin, dyed green, over wooden boards, two metal clasps; rebacked. Titles across the upper edge adjacent to the spine. On both covers triple fillets form a triple frame. Within the inner and outer frames and in the centre, a repeated foliate tool; within the middle frame, a lozenge-shaped stamp with a pelican and a small cornflower-stamp; in the inner rectangle and in the corners within the middle frame, a round fleur-de-lis stamp. Size: 215 × 157 × 68 mm. Size of leaf: 207 × 149 mm. Provenance: Purchased for £0. 17. 6; see Books Purchased (1841), 3 (`Baptista, Joan.'). SHELFMARK: Auct. 6Q 6.13(2).