til00024000

Text-inc Id:

til00024000

Bod-inc Id:

L-019

Headings:

Laetus, Julius Pomponius Romanae historiae compendium, et al.

Subjects:

history, literature

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page] ‘Romanae historiae compendium ab interitu Gordiani iunioris usque ad Iustinum III. per Pomponium Laetum.’ ‘Cum privilegio.’
2. a2r Laetus, Julius Pomponius: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Borgia, Bishop of Teano. ‘Praefatio Francisco Borgiae episcopo Teanen. et pontificalis aerarii praefecto Pomponius Laetus.’ Incipit: ‘[S]olet quaeri ab studiosis uiris utilis ne sit historia . . .’ a2v Explicit: ‘quam titulus tuae humanitatis index est satis sunt probaturi.’
3. a3r Laetus, Julius Pomponius: Romanae historiae compendium. ‘Liber primus Romanae historiae compendium ab interitu Gordiani iunioris usque ad Iustinum III. per Pomponium Laetum.’ Incipit: ‘[M]aximino profligando qui primus post habita Senatus auctoritate . . .’ o4v Explicit: ‘... Augustum Lachesis suo in extricabile volumine concedit. Praefuerunt omnes an. LXXXVII. Finis.’
4. p1r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: Vita Pomponii. [Dedicated to] Marcus Antonius Maurocenus. ‘Pomponii Vita. M. Antonius Sabellicus M. Antonio Mauroceno equiti salutem.’ Incipit: ‘[C]omendauit mihi per litteras suos caesares Pomponius Laetus iis paucis diebus . . .’ p4r Explicit: ‘... ac nunc demum exacta aetate ex thesauro memoriae repetita tibi, vir clarissime, huic epistolae inserui. Vale et Sabellicum tuum ama. Finis.’
5. p4r Palladius Soranus, Domitius?: ‘Domici Palladii Sorani Tetrastichon.’ Incipit: Hic iacet exigua Laetus Pomponius urna | Cuius honos merito pulsat utrumque polum ... Explicit: ‘Laetus erat Romae vates sublimis, & idem | Rhetor; nunc Campis laetior Elysiis [2 elegiac distichs].’
6. p4r Colophon: ‘Impressum Venetiis, per Bernardinum Venetum, anno Domini M.cccclxxxxix. die XXIII. Aprilis.’

Imprint:

Venice Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus 4° Secundo folio: a3r LIBER PRIMUS 23 Apr. 1499.

Collation:

a–p⁴. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: il00024000 HC *9830; Goff L‑24; BMC V 549; Pr 5532; CIBN P‑561; Oates 2151; Sheppard 4592-3. LCN: 14087904

Copies:

1. L-019(1) First copy Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century gold-tooled calf, with red-edged leaves. ‘1423' on a lozenge-shaped paper label at the head of upper cover and, together with ‘C & P', on front pastedown in brown ink. Size: 217 × 158 × 12 mm. Size of leaf: 208 × 150 mm. Marginal notes, extracting key words, in a humanist hand. Note in Rawlinson's hand on front pastedown. Provenance: Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725); his note C[ollated] & P[erfect] inside upper cover; purchased at his sale (22 Nov. 1727), lot 1423. Former Bodleian shelfmark: ‘Rawl. 41. 4^to’ on front endleaf and according to ‘Catalogus Bibliothecae Novae', fol. 172^r. SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.13.
2. L-019(2) Second copy Bound with L‑018; see there for details of binding and provenance. Size of leaf: 211 × 148 mm. SHELFMARK: Auct. O inf. 1.31(1).