tib01210000

Text-inc Id:

tib01210000

Bod-inc Id:

B-560

Headings:

Britannicus, Gregorius Sermones funebres et nuptiales.

Analysis of content:

1. A1v ‘Ad lectorem epigramma elegiacum'. Incipit: ‘Jura tibi si forte velis decerpere, lector'; 9 elegiac distichs.
2. A2r Britannicus, Gregorius: [Letter addressed to] Paulus Zane, Bishop of Brescia. Incipit: ‘[E]t si nulla vnquam, reuerendissime antistes, nec consuetudo . . .’ Dated 19 Mar. 1495. Saxius 509-10.
3. A3r Zane, Paulus: [Letter addressed to] Gregorius Britannicus. Incipit: ‘[P]erlectis suauissimis litteris tuis . . .’ Dated Brescia, 21 Mar. 1495. Saxius 510-11.
4. A4r ‘Tabula orationum funebrium vulgarium'.
5. a1r Britannicus, Gregorius: Sermones funebres et nuptiales. Incipit: ‘[S]ecundum quod dicit Damascenus, nulla res distinguitur . . .’ 103 sermons. In addition, the collection contains sermons by Thomas Acerbus, Johannes Britannicus, Carolus Zenus, and Christophorus Barzizius; see below.
6. i7r Acerbus, Thomas: View entry in Person Index ‘Oratio funerea in quemcumque equitem auratum'.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]uamquam mors communi sorte hominum corpora dissipat . . .’
7. k7r Britannicus, Johannes: ‘Oratio . . . in obitu magni magistratus Brixiani Nicolai Duodo habita Brixie'.’ Incipit: ‘[C]upienti mihi, magnifice pretor vosque, amplissimi patres . . .’
8. l1v Zenus, Carolus: ‘Oratio pro quocumque principe, capitaneo, magistratu, legato, doctore omni scientia celeberrimo'.’ Incipit: ‘[M]aximum et amplissimum munus . . .’
9. n5r Britannicus, Johannes: ‘Oratio matrimonialis'.’ Incipit: ‘[E]t si mihi iure letandum est, magnifici rectores vosque, amplissimi patres . . .’
10. o1r Barzizius, Christophorus (Grammaticus): ‘Oratio coniugalis'.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]ualem in presenti causa . . .’
11. q4v ‘Auctoritates'. Incipit: ‘[H]omo vite commodatus est . . .’
12. r6v Britannicus, Gregorius: Sermones funebres et nuptiales vulgares [Italian]. Incipit: ‘  “[M]emorare nouissima tua . . .” [Ecl 7,40]. Queste parole, ornatissimi citadini mei . . .’

Imprint:

Venice: [Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis, after 1500?]. 8°.

Collation:

A⁶ a–s⁸ t¹². Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ib01210000 H 3978 = 3979?; Goff B‑1210; GW 5554; BSB‑Ink B‑922; Sack, Freiburg, 846; Sheppard 4459. LCN: 13983266

Copies:

1. B-560(1) Copy Binding: Parchment. Size: 163 × 115 × 25 mm. Size of leaf: 156 × 109 mm. On the back endleaf ink drawing of a cow; occasional drawings of hands in the margins. Provenance: According to Sheppard, this item was purchased in 1912 from Percy Mordaunt Barnard. Former Bodleian shelfmark: Antiq. f.1.7. SHELFMARK: Inc. f. I4.1500.1.