tib00119000

Text-inc Id:

tib00119000

Bod-inc Id:

B-053

Headings:

Barberiis, Philippus de Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini, et al.

Analysis of content:

1. [A1v] Lignamine, Johannes Philippus de: ‘Prefatio', addressed to Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. Capialbi, Notizie circa la vita . . . di messer Giovan Filippo La Legname, 84-5. See P. Farenga, ‘Le prefazioni alle edizioni Romane di Giovanni Filippo de Lignamine', Scrittura biblioteche e stampa II, 135-74, at 150.
2. [A3r] [Barberiis, Philippus de: Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini.] Incipit: ‘[D]uo luminaria magna que deus fecit, id est duos sacrosancte ecclesiae doctores egregios . . .’ See Kaeppeli no. 3371.
3. [A6v] Augustinus: De civitate Dei, book 18, ch. 23. Ed. B. Dombart and A. Kalb, CCSL 48 (1955), 613-15.
4. [A8v] Lactantius, [Lucius Coelius] Firmianus: [De divinis institutionibus, book 1, ch. 6.] ‘De testimonio Cocte pontificis Trismegisti et de decem Sibyllis'. Lactantius, Opera omnia: 1: Divinae institutiones, ed. Samuel Brandt, CSEL 19 (Prague, Vienna and Leipzig, 1890), 18-25.
5. [B2v] [Barberiis, Philippus de]: ‘Dicta propria Sibyllarum'. [Also known as Sybillarum et prophetarum de Christo vaticinia.] Incipit: ‘Nunc asseramus in medium dicta propria Sibyllarum . . . Sibilla Persia uestita ueste aurea cum uelo albo in capite . . .’
6. [c2v] Proba: ‘Probe Romane carmina'. Cento [Vergilianus]. PL XIX 803-18; ed. C. Schenkl, CSEL, 16 (1888), 569-609. See Walther, Initia, 9696.
7. [e2v] Thomas Aquinas [pseudo-]: Praefatio super symbolum Athanasii. Incipit: ‘[Q]uicumque uult saluus esse an. etc. Sine qua impossibile est placere deo . . .’ Excerpted by Philippus de Barberiis.
8. [f3v] Explanatio super orationem dominicam. Incipit: ‘[P]ater noster qui es in celis, tota id est trinitatis ineffabilis. Qui solus celum terramque reples, et ubique immobilis ades . . .’
9. [f7v] ‘Explanatio super euangelicam salutationem'. [Also known as Explanatio super salutationem angelicam. Incipit: ‘[A]ue Maria, polorum regina, super omnes choros angelorum exaltata. Aue Maria, angelorum domina, omnium prima Gabrielis ore uenerata . . .’
10. [g2v] Explanatio super Te deum. Incipit: ‘[T]e deum laudamus. Te bene sonantibus concinendo cimbalis exaltamus . . .’
11. [g8r] Explanatio super Gloria in excelsis. Incipit: ‘[G]loria in excelsis deo et in terra pax. Nato saluatore angeli concinut(!) de Christi natiuitate . . .’
12. [h3r] Donatus theologus. Incipit: ‘[V]erbum diuinum quod dei filius est, et nomen et uerbum est . . .’

Imprint:

Rome: Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, [after] 1 Dec. 1481. 4°. BMC treats as another issue, with 82 leaves, of Goff B‑118.

Collation:

[A B⁸ C⁶ D c–h⁸ i⁴]. On the collation see BMC. GW collates [a b⁸ c⁶ d–k⁸ l⁴]. 29 woodcuts, twelve each of Sibyls and Prophets, and one each of Christ, John the Baptist, the Nativity, Plato, and an unnamed female figure.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib00119000 GW 3386; HCR 2455; Goff B‑119; BMC IV 131; Pr 3961; CIBN B‑87; Sander 773; Sheppard 3136. LCN: 13955041

Copies:

1. B-053(1) Copy Binding: Forel; marbled pastedowns. Size: 227 × 150 × 20 mm. Size of leaf: 218 × 134 mm. Early marginal notes in faded ink. Initials, some epigraphic, are supplied in red or blue; the seven-line initial ‘S' on [A1v] is decorated with faint purple mayflowers, pen-work infill and extensions into the margin. On [A1v –A2v] the text is surrounded by a frame ruled in red. Coat of arms supplied within a wreath, with green and red ties. Woodcuts coloured in red, yellow, and blue. Provenance: Cardinal Georgius Costa (1406-1508); coat of arms on [A1v]: azure, a Catherine wheel or, surmounted by a red cardinal's hat with twelve tassels; see Alphonsus Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Romanorum . . . (Rome, 1677), III col. 55. Purchased for £4. 4. 0; see Books Purchased (1847), 3. SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.23.