tio00163000

Text-inc Id:

tio00163000

Bod-inc Id:

O-066

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: ‘  “Hanc 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 prætermittitur
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 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: Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello, 30 Mar. 1495. Folio.

Collation:

a–q⁶. Types: 109 R, 80 R^B, Gk. Initials, also spaces with guide-letters. 96 leaves. 62 lines of commentary enclosing the text, plus headline (a3r). Type area: 249 (255) ×164 mm (a3r). Woodcut on a1r: see Sander; also woodcut initials. Leaf a1r: [woodcut, showing Hubertinus Clericus and Antonius Volscus seated at desks, writing, with Ovidius seated between them; to the right of Hubertinus is another seated scribe, and to the left of Volscus is a standing figure.]; title: ‘Epiſtolæ heroides Ouidii cum | commentariis Antonii Volſci. | Et Vbertini Clerici Creſcentinatis ||'.; a2r: ‘VBERTINVS Clericus Creſcētinas ſal.dicit magnifico & ſplendidiſſimo Viro Guidoni . . . [A]DMIRATI Sunt ſæpenumero quāplurimi:qui me . . .'; a3r: [argumentum of Volscus] ‘[P]OSt euerſam Troiam Græcorum principes . . .'; [text]: ‘PVBLII Ouidii | Naſonis epiſtolarum | heroidū liber primus. | . . .'; [commentary of Volscus]: ‘[P]ENELOPE tua.quæ tibi hactenus in tanta . . .'; [commentary of Hubertinus]: ‘Hanc tua penelope.quodcunƺ opus legēdū . . .'; o2r: ‘Ad Franciſcum Aragonium Ferdinandi regis Neap.F. | [D]Omitius frāciſco Aragonio Salut. . . .'; o2v: ‘Domitius in Sappho.Ouidii. | [C]Allias Methymnæus nulla lucubratiōe . . .'; q6r: ‘Domitii Calderini Veronenſis Commentariorum Ouidii in Ibim. | FINIS.'; [colophon]: ‘Et ſic eſt finis huius operis in quo hæc omnia cōtinentur uidelicet.P. Ouidii Naſonis Epiſtolæ heroides. una | . . . impreſſum fuit Venetiis per Chriſtofeꝝ | de Penſis de Mandello .M.CCCCLXXXXV.Tertio Kalendas Apriles. Laus Deo. | Regiſtrum. | . . . Omnes ſunt terni.’

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: io00163000 C 4555; Goff O‑163; Pr 5232; Sander 5259; Sheppard 4312. LCN: 14441249

Copies:

1. O-066(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century calf, with double gold fillets on each cover and gold-tooled spine. Size: 321 × 218 × 22 mm. Size of leaf: 310 × 203 mm. Occasional early marginal annotations; underlining in the text and in the commentary in black ink. Provenance: Marx Schultheiss (fifteenth/sixteenth century); name on a1r, in the same hand as the name in A‑406, and the same unidentified symbols. Thomas Abbot (nineteenth century?); name in pencil on a1r: ‘Thomas Abbo[t]'. Purchased from Parker, Oct. 1853 for £0. 2. 6.: see Library Bills (1851-5), 129^r, and Books Purchased (1853), 66. SHELFMARK: Mason BB 90.