tim00313000

Text-inc Id:

tim00313000

Bod-inc Id:

M-127

Headings:

Martialis, Marcus Valerius Epigrammata, et al. (comm. Domitius Calderinus and Georgius Merula).

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.]
2. a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Franciscus Gonzaga. Incipit: ‘[N]on fuissent tot exemplis editi commentarii nostri . . .’ Explicit: Laurentii est Domitius. Vale See M‑120.
3. a1v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Verse.] ‘In uolumen dicatum Laurentio'. [Addressed to Laurentius de' Medici.] Incipit: ‘Odisti uigiles liber lucrernas(!) | Et signum calami seuerioris'; 11 hendecasyllabics.
4. a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[I]n omni ciuitatis administratione preclare actum arbitrari . . .’ Explicit: elaborata fuerunt. Vale See M‑120.
5. a2v ‘Vita Martialis'. Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Valerius Martialis in Hispania . . .’ Explicit: redacta fuisse See M‑120.
6. a2v Plinius Secundus, [Gaius Caecilius]: Epistola [addressed to] Cornelius Priscus. Plin. Ep. 3. 21.
7. a2v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Martialis, Spectacula.] Incipit: ‘  “[B]arbara pyramidum”. Hoc primo epigrammate assentatur Domitiano . . .’ Explicit: naumachiæ Domitiani See M‑120.
8. a2v Martialis, Marcus Valerius: [Spectacula.] Mart. Sp. 1-28.
9. a3r Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Martialis, Spectacula.] Incipit: ‘  “Assiduus iactet nec Babylona labor”. Non recte exponit Domitius assiduum laborem . . .’ See M‑125.
10. a6v Lucidus Phosphorus, M[ ]: ‘Epigramma'. Incipit: ‘Quisquis amat lepidum uatem latiasque camoenas | Et uitam et mores noscere quisquis amat'; 8 elegiac distichs. See M‑120.
11. a6v Pincius, Johannes Pyrrhus(?): [Verse addressed to the censor.] Incipit: ‘Incultum quod erat censor tua tetricae forti | Hoc nuper lima dente mormordit opus'; 8 elegiac distichs.
12. b1r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Martialis, Epigrammata.] Incipit: ‘  “[S]pero me secuturum”. Scribit hoc nunc ut demum sit editurus . . .’ Explicit: somnum rumpendum See M‑120.
13. b1r Martialis, Marcus Valerius: Epigrammata. Mart.
14. b1v Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Martialis, Epigrammata.] Incipit: ‘  “Et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent”. Pueriliter de naso puerorum hoc dictum . . .’
15. [rum]2r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Defensio' [addressed to] Corelius Carafa. Incipit: ‘[N]on potuimus assequi id quod uel tu optabas . . .’ Explicit: inferendis moderationis See M‑120.

Imprint:

Venice: [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], 29 May 1498. folio.

Collation:

a⁶ b–d⁸ e–z & [us]⁶ [rum]⁴. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: im00313000 HC 10825; Goff M‑313; BMC V 597; Pr 5634, 5244; BSB‑Ink M‑203; CIBN M‑174; Oates 2055; Rhodes 1174; Sheppard 4319. LCN: 14551231

Copies:

1. M-127(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf [rum]4. Gatherings a–o, and t are printed with the types of Bevilaqua. Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century half green morocco; marbled paper boards, gold-tooled spine, turquoise-edged leaves, and pastedowns and endleaves dyed pink. Size: 323 × 225 × 26 mm. Size of leaf: 315 × 216 mm. Some early marginal annotations, mainly extracting key words. Provenance: Leonardus [ ]; inscription, mostly unread under ultraviolet light, on a1r: ‘Fratris Leonardi A[ ]ttat[ ] A[ ] Minorum [ ] ex libris'. Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); shelfmark no. 600; see Catalogue (1831); purchased at his sale for £0. 17. 6: see sale catalogue (1841), lot 865, and Books Purchased (1842), 29. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 2.8.