tia00941000

Text-inc Id:

tia00941000

Bod-inc Id:

A-374

Headings:

Arator In actus apostolorum, sive Historia apostolica.

Analysis of content:

1. a1v [Poem in praise of Arator.] Incipit: ‘Versibus egregiis decursum clarus Arator | Carmen apostolicis cecinit insigne triumphis. | Historiamque priuo praeponens cautus vbique | Substituit typicae sensatim verba figurae. | Lingua canora bonum testatur adesse poetam | Misticus ingenium sic indicat ordo profundum'; 6 hexameters.
2. a2r Arator: [Letter addressed to] Abbot Florianus. ’ Πρόλογος τω̂ν πραξέων πω̂ν (!) ἀποστόλων . Prologus actuum apostolornm(!).’ Incipit: ‘[Q]ui meriti florem maturis sensibus ortum | Nominis ore tui iam, Floriane, renes.’ PL LXVIII 63-72. Arator, De actibus Apostolorum, ed. Arthur Patch McKinlay, CSEL 72 (Vienna, 1951), 1-2.
3. a2v Arator: [Letter addressed to] Vigilius. Incipit: ‘[M]oenibus vndosis bellorum incendia cernens | Pars ego tunc populi taela pauentis eram.’ PL LXVIII 71-82. Arator, De actibus Apostolorum, ed. McKinlay, 3-5.
4. a3r Arator: ’ Πράξεις τω̂ν ἁγίων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων . Actus sanctorum et superbenedictorum apostolorum.’ Incipit: ‘[V]t sceleris iudea sui polluta cruore | Ausa nefas compleuit opus rerumque creator.’ PL LXVII 83-246. Arator, De actibus Apostolorum, ed. McKinlay, 10-149; see CPL 1504.
5. g5v [Verse to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Cernis vt, o lector, sua carmina finit Arator | Littera stat suauis typicis intexta figuris.’

Imprint:

[Deventer: Richard Pafraet, c.1488]. 4°. As dated by HPT.

Collation:

a–c⁸ d⁶ e f⁸ g⁶.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia00941000 GW 2310; HC 1549; Goff A‑941; Pr 9045; Campbell 167; HPT II 406; Sheppard 6963. LCN: 14341497

Copies:

1. A-374(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century French gold-tooled red morocco by Niedrée; marbled pastedowns. Size: 193 × 128 × 10 mm. Size of leaf: 189 × 121 mm. Provenance: Purchased for £3. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1852), 4. SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.28.