tio00160000

Text-inc Id:

tio00160000

Bod-inc Id:

O-065

Headings:

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

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.]
2. a2r Clericus [Crescentinas], Hubertinus: [Preface addressed to] Guido de Sancto Georgio, Count of Biandrate. Incipit: ‘[A]dmirati sunt saepenumero quamplurimi qui me uel nomine . . .’ Explicit: Casali sancti Euasi
3. a2v Volscus, Antonius: [Preface addressed to] Ludovicus Diaedus. Incipit: ‘[C]um multos saepe uiros qui nostris temporibus sapientiae studio . . .’ Explicit: sydere probabis industriam
4. a3r Volscus, Antonius: [Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[P]ost euersam Troiam Graecorum principes Phrygiis . . .’ Explicit: ad redeundum inuitat An ‘argumentum' by Volscus appears before each letter.
5. 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.
6. a3r Volscus, Antonius: [Commentary on Heroides.] Incipit: ‘  “[P]enelope tua”. Quae tibi hactenus in tanta procorum turba pudice . . .’ Explicit: et laboribus gratulentur
7. a3r Clericus [Crescentinas], Hubertinus: [Commentary on Heroides.] Incipit: ‘  “[H]anc tua Penelope”. Quodcunque opus legendum proponitur . . .’ Explicit: reuocationem adeptum est
8. o2r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Francisco Aragonio salutem. Mirificum est studium meum, Francisce, et uoluntas . . .’ Explicit: restituendum curaui. Vale
9. o2v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[C]allias Methymnaeus nulla lucubratione nobilior . . .’ Explicit: quod mouet pretermittitur
10. o2v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Commentary on Sappho.] Incipit: ‘  “[N]unquid ubi aspecta est”. Principium autem epistolae interrogationem . . .’ Explicit: Eusebii recensent tempora. Vale
11. o3r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-?]: Sappho. [Ov.] Ep. Sapph.
12. p1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Preface addressed to] Falco Sinibaldus. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Calderinus Falconi Sinibaldo salutem. Commentarios meos in Ibin Ouidii . . .’ Explicit: tui studiosissimum amabis
13. p1v [Calderinus, Domitius(?): De exilio Ovidii]. Incipit: ‘[D]e Ouidii uita nihil a nobis in hoc loco scribendum . . .’ Explicit: ut scribit Plynius
14. p2r Calderinus, Domitius: [Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[A]rgumentum carminis est imprecatio qua inimicum deuouet . . .’ Explicit: in aduersarium scribere
15. p2r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Ibis. Ov. Ib.
16. p2r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary on Ibis.] Incipit: ‘  “[T]empus bis quinque lustris”. Quinquaginta annis lustrum dixerunt . . .’ Explicit: Liuius et Dionysius. Finis
17. q6r Volscus, Antonius: Vita Ovidii. Incipit: ‘[P]ublii Ouidii Nasonis poetae uetusta equestris ordinis familia . . .’ Explicit: virtute digni uideantur
18. q6r [Calderinus, Domitius: Epilogue addressed to] Falco [Sinibaldus]. Incipit: ‘Laudat Papinius patrem quod per tenebras Lycophronis poetae . . .’ Explicit: ignorare. Vale Flaco et ama me
19. q6r [Colophon.]
20. q6r ‘Registrum.’

Imprint:

Venice: Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, 19 Oct. 1492. Folio.

Collation:

a–q⁶. Types: 105 R; 80 R; 80 Gk. 96 leaves. 62 lines of commentary enclosing the text, plus headline (a3r). Type area: 246 (252) ×165 mm (a3r). a1r: TITLE‑PAGE: ‘Epiſtolæ heroides Ouidii cum | commentariis Antonii Volſci. | Et Vbertini Clerici Creſcentinatis'. a1v blank. a2r: ‘VBERTINVS Clericus Creſcētinas.ſal.dicit magnifico & ſplendidiſſimo Viro Guidoni . . . [A]DMIRATI Sunt ſæpenumero quāplurimi: qui . . .' a3r [Argumentum of Volscus]: ‘[P]OSt everſam Troiam Græcorum . . .'; [Text]: ‘PVBLII Ouidii | Naſonis epiſtolarum | heroidū liber primus. | PENELOPE Vlyſſi | [H]ANC tua Penelope lē- | . . .'; [Commentary of Volscus]: ‘[P]ENELOPE tua.quæ tibi . . .'; [Commentary of Ubertinus]: ‘Hanc tua penelope.quodcunqƺ . . .' q6r: COLOPHON: ‘ . . . Venetiis per Bonetum Locatellum.Mandato nobilis ui | ri Octauiani Scoti Modoetienſis.M.cccclxxxxii.xiiii.Kalen.nouē | bris. Laus Deo. | Regiſstrum | Omnes ſunt terni.' [Device].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: io00160000 HR 12204; Goff O‑160; Pr 5038; Sheppard 4194. LCN: 14441296

Copies:

1. O-065(1) Copy Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century half parchment, with paper boards. Size: 329 × 226 × 21 mm. Size of leaf: 318 × 218 mm. Early marginal and interlinear annotations, including corrections to the text, extraction of key words, ‘nota' marks, and pointing hands. Manuscript foliation in pencil: 1-75 [one leaf unfoliated] 76-95. Provenance: Albergotti family (eighteenth century); name in pencil on the inside of the upper cover. Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); shelfmark(?): ‘B. 4. 78' on the verso of the front endleaf; armorial book-plate and shelfmark no. 494; see Catalogue (1831); purchased at his sale for £0. 16. 0: see sale catalogue (1841), lot 850, and Books Purchased (1842), 32. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 2.6.