tio00153100

Text-inc Id:

tio00153100

Bod-inc Id:

O-061

Headings:

Ovidius Naso, Publius Heroides (comm. Antonius Volscus), et al. Tradition: Volscus and Calderinus.

Analysis of content:

1. a2r Volscus, Antonius: [Preface addressed to] Ludovicus Diaedus. Incipit: ‘[C]um multos saepe uiros qui nostris temporibus sapientiae studio . . .’ Explicit: sidere probabis industriam
2. a2v Volscus, Antonius: Vita Ovidii. Incipit: ‘[P]ublii Ouidii Nasonis poetae uetusta equestris ordinis familia . . .’ Explicit: uirtute digni uideantur
3. a3r Volscus, Antonius: ‘Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[P]ost euersam Troiam Graecorum principes Phrygiis . . .’ Explicit: ad redeundum inuitat An ‘argumentum' by Volscus appears before each letter.
4. a3r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Heroides. Ov. Ep., with the letters in the following order: . . . 14, 16. 1-38, 145-378; 17-20, 21. 1-12.
5. a3r [Volscus, Antonius: Commentary on Heroides.] Incipit: ‘  “[P]enelope tua”. Quae tibi hactenus in tanta procorum turba pudice . . .’ Explicit: et laboribus gratulentur
6. i4r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘Domitius Francisco Aragonio salutem. Mirificum est studium meum, Francisce, et uoluntas . . .’ Explicit: restituendum curaui. Vale
7. i4v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘Callias Methymnaeus nulla lucubratione nobilior . . .’ Explicit: quod mouet prætermittitur
8. i5r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Sappho.] Incipit: ‘  “[N]unquid ubi aspecta est”. Principium autem epistolae interrogationem . . .’ Explicit: Eusebii recensent tempora. Vale
9. i5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-?]: Sappho. [Ov.] Ep. Sapph.
10. k4v Calderinus, Domitius: [Preface addressed to] Falco Sinibaldus. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Calderinus Falconi Sinibaldo salutem. Commentarios meos in Ibin Ouidii . . .’ Explicit: tui studiosissimum amabis
11. k4v [Calderinus, Domitius(?): De exilio Ovidii]. Incipit: ‘[D]e Ouidii uita nihil a nobis in hoc loco scribendum . . .’ Explicit: ut scribit Plynius
12. k5r [Calderinus, Domitius: Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[A]rgumentum carminis est imprecatio qua inimicum deuouet . . .’ Explicit: in aduersarium scribere
13. k5r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Ibis.] Incipit: ‘  “Tempus bis quinque lustris”. Quinquaginta annis lustrum dixerunt . . .’ Explicit: Liuius et Dionysius. Finis
14. k5r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Ibis. Ov. Ib.
15. m5r [Calderinus, Domitius: Epilogue addressed to] Falco [Sinibaldus]. Incipit: ‘Laudat Papinius patrem quod per tenebras Lycophronis poetae . . .’ Explicit: ignorare. Vale Flaco et ama me
16. m5r [Colophon.]
17. m5v ‘Registrum.’

Imprint:

Venice: Baptista de Tortis, ‘8 Nov. 1482' [after 8 Nov. 1482]. Folio. Another edition, reprinted from O‑060 with the date in the colophon unaltered.

Collation:

a–m⁶. Types: 114 R, 78 R, 78 Gk. Capital spaces. 72 leaves, the first and last blank. 64 lines of commentary enclosing the text (a4r). Type area: 247 ×156 mm (a4r). a1r blank. a2r: ‘ANTONII VOLSCI PRIVERNATIS AD LVDOVICVM DIAEDVM FRANCISCI.FL.PA | TRITIVM VENETVM IN HEROIDAS.P.OVIDII NASONIS PELIGNI.' a3r: ‘PVBLII OVIDII NASONIS EPISTOLA | RVM HEROIDVM LIBER PRIMVS.' i3v: ‘In heroidas hæc habuimus ut ad te quam emendatiſſima mitteremus: quæ ut ī achademicis Var | ro: quoniam indocti: doctique non forent probaturi edere non dubitauimus. Cupimus enim in- | uidi: beniuolique: qualeſcunque legant: illi ut aliena ex merito ſi qua eſt laude rumpantur. Hi uero | tecum meis uigiliis & laboribus gratulentur. | Finis.' i4r: ‘AD FRANCISCVM ARAGONIVM FERDINANDI REGIS NEAP.F.' i4v: ‘DOMITIVS IN SAPHO OVIDII.' i5r: ‘SAPHOPHAONI'. k4r: ‘Finis Saphus Ouidii.' k4v: ‘Domitii Calderini Veronenſis commentarioli in Ibin Ouidii ad uirū clariſſimum Falconem Sini | baldum . . .' m5r: (End of text) ‘Et pede quo debent acria bella geri. || (Epilogue) ‘Laudat Papinius patrem . . .' (l. 30) ‘Domitii Calderini Veronenſis Commentariorum Ouidii in Ibim finis. ||' COLOPHON: ‘Venetiis per Baptiſtam de tortis | die.viii.Nouembris. | .M.cccc.lxxxii.' m5v: ‘Regiſtrum . . .' (col. 2) ‘Finis.' m6 blank.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: io00153100 C 4553; Pr 4615; BSB‑Ink O‑118; Sheppard 3831-2. LCN: 14540627

Copies:

1. O-061(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf with marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Size: 325 × 219 × 15 mm. Size of leaf: 247 × 156 mm. Early marginal and interlinear notes, including comments on and corrections to the text, pointing hands, ‘nota' marks, and two faces on b3v and b4r. Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; purchased at his sale (1835), lot 2899 for £0. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 21. SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.9.