tig00013000

Text-inc Id:

tig00013000

Bod-inc Id:

G-008

Headings:

Gaguinus, Robertus Compendium de origine et gestis Francorum.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.]
2. a1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to the book.] ‘Ad librum suum carmen.’ ed. Thuasne II 278-9.
3. a1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Burius. ed. Thuasne II 275-7, no. XVI.
4. a1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to the reader.] ed. Thuasne II 277-8, no. XVI.
5. a2r [Table of contents.]
6. a3v Erasmus, [Desiderius: Letter addressed to] Robertus Gaguinus. ed. Allen, I, no. 45.
7. a4v Montenatus, Benedictus: ‘In Gallorum annales . . . preludium.’ Incipit: ‘[N]on potuisse quemquam superioribus seculis Gallorum inclite . . .’
8. b1r Gaguinus, Robertus: Compendium de origine et gestis Francorum. Incipit: ‘[F]ranci (ut plereque alie nationes) a Troianis prodiisse gloriantur . . .’
9. r5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Limes adest processit opus ne liuidus assis | Lector habent mendas deuia prela suas'; 7 elegiac distichs.
10. r5r Badius Ascensius, Jodocus: ‘De prestantia Gallorum et auctoris huius utilissimi compendii carmen.’ Renouard, Badius, II 447.
11. r5r Andrelinus, Publius Faustus: ‘In Gallicas hystorias . . . carmen.’ Incipit: ‘Vt nitidos totum radios diffundit in orbem | Cum Titan puro splendidus axe micat'; 4 elegiac distichs.
12. r5r Gerardus, Cornelius: [Letter addressed to] Robertus Gaguinus. Incipit: ‘[L]egi tuum in hystorias Gallie compendium, optime pater Roberte Gaguine, opus . . .’ Explicit: vt laudare non velim
13. r5v Gerardus, Cornelius: ‘Epigramma' [in praise of the work, addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Nosse cupis, lector, quo Gallia creuerit ortu | Et quibus ad summum est regibus aucta gradum'; 20 elegiac distichs.

Imprint:

Paris: André Bocard, for Durand Gerlier, 31 Mar. 1497/8. Folio.

Collation:

a⁴ b⁸ c d⁶ e–q^8.6 r⁶.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ig00013000 GW 10453; HC 7411; Goff G‑13; BMC VIII 156; not in Pr; Hillard 844; Oates 3047; Rhodes 795; Sheppard 6391. LCN: 14831340

Copies:

1. G-008(1) Copy On a3v the name of ‘Erasmus Rotterdammus' obliterated, leaving a hole in the paper, apparently caused by its reaction with the ink. Binding: Nineteenth-century(?) tan cloth; marbled pastedowns. Size: 287 × 210 × 25 mm. Size of leaf: 274 × 196 mm. Early marginal annotations, extracting key words, some pointing hands and underlining in the text in black ink. Historical notes: (1) r6r: the capture, by French forces, of Ludovicus Sforza at the siege of Novara, Apr. 1500; ‘Anno presenti 1500 die ueneris x mensis Aprilis litteris per tabellarium dellatis [ ] domino Amedeo de Romagnano episcopo Montisregalis Canzelario Sabaudie nunciatum extitit captos Ludouicum Sfortiam Milani ducem ac Galleazium Sanseuerinatem [Galeazzo di San Severino] per Francos qui Nouariam in qua inerant obsidebant . . .';
   (2) peace in France in Dec. 1593, with Henry IV's adoption of the Roman Catholic faith: ‘Anno 1593 die vi^ta Decembrus fuit in Gallia proclamata pax inter cesariam maiestatem et maiestatem regiam';
   (3) r6v: Charles VIII of France's expedition into Italy, including the capture of Alessandria (1497): ‘Si que diebus nostris per Gallorum reges in Italia facta gestaque sunt hiis annalibus adiiciantur non dubito f[uturum] qum supra fidem et assentationem ea scripta postera etas existimat. Nam quom Carolus octauus Francorum rex a Ludouico Sfortia Insubrum ducem in Ytaliam euocatus expeditionem in Neapolitanum regem . . .';
   (4) verso of back endleaf: ‘Gallos proniores in agones reffert Diodorus Siculus in vi° [cf. Diodorus Siculus 5.28.5] | Gallos leues et laboris impatientes apud Liuium in viii° x^e decadis [cf. Liv. 10.28.4] | Gallos ad iactantiam plurimum loqui Diodorus in vi° [cf. Diodorus Siculus 5.31.1] et Tacitus in xvii° [relevant passage not identified] | Galli gloriam ob arrogantiam et libidinem perdunt S[ ] lib. viii° fo. 67 [reference not identified].’ Woodcut initials in gatherings a–e coloured in gold, red, blue, green, yellow, white, and pink; in these gatherings the text is enclosed within red rules and the marginal headings underlined in red; also capital strokes in red. Title(?) along lower edge in black ink in a contemporary hand. Provenance: Hieronymus de Agaciis (fl. 1500); inscription on r5v: ‘Emi ego Hieronymus de Agaciis [ ] scolaris a quod[am] Galico anno 1500 x mensis Aprilis in thaurino proprio gr[ossis] xx sin ligatura'. Aimo Livius Bernetius (fl. 1584); inscription on r6r: ‘Aimo Liuius Bernetius possidet [ ] 1584'. Anatole Claudin; numbered slip enclosed in front of book. Purchased for 60 Francs from A. Claudin, 8 Oct. 1899, no. 91462; see Library Bills (1899). SHELFMARK: Inc. d. F1.1497.1.