tir00270000

Text-inc Id:

tir00270000

Bod-inc Id:

R-120

Headings:

Rolewinck, Werner Fasciculus temporum.

Subjects:

history

Analysis of content:

1. [a1v] Ratdolt, Erhardhus: [Letter addressed to] Nicolaus Mocenicus. ‘Nicolao Mocenico magnifici d. Francisci patricio Veneto Erardhus Ratdolt salutem [dicit].’ Incipit: ‘[C]ogitaui saepius, Nicolae magnifice et in litterarum studiis eminentissime . . .’ Explicit: ‘... ubi cum antiquorum tum maiorum tuorum etiam gesta inserta invenias ea ad magna omnia pro rep. tua subeuda magis accenderis. Vale.’
2. [a2r] [Alphabetical table of contents]. ‘Tabula commodissima super libro sequenti qui Fasciculus dicitur temporum, iu [sic] quo quidem ubicumque punctus ante numerum apparet, gesta in priori foliorum laterem, ubi vestro post in posteriori ut reperientur denotantur.’ Incipit: ‘Abacuc prophetia minor 15 | Abacuc martyr 32 ...’ [*8v] Explicit: ‘... Zosimas abbas 34. | Zosimus papa 36.’
3. [b1r] Rolewinck, Werner: [Preface]. Incipit: ‘  “[G]eneratio et generatio . . . pronunciabunt” [Ps 144,4] scribitur Psalmo 144. Cum non sine multa diligentia . . .’ [b2r] Explicit: ‘[3 woodcuts].’
4. [b2v] Rolewinck, Werner: Fasciculus temporum. ‘Fasciculus temporum omnes antiquorum chronicas complectens incipit feliciter.’ Incipit: ‘In principio creauit Deus celum et terram” [Gn 1,1]. Dicit beatus Augustinus . . .’ [i8r] Explicit: ‘... hortabatur quoque ut ad resistendum se disponeret.’ See R‑104.
5. [i8r] [Continuation of the chronicle]. Incipit: ‘Anno domini 1475 Karolus Burgundie dux in actibus militaribus . . .'; explicit: ‘Italie prorsus sit incertus'.’ [i9r] Explicit: ‘... cum adhuc exitus eius belli perniciosissimi Italie prorsus sit incertus.’ Includes the death of Charles the Bold, and the war between Venice and Ercole I d'Este, Marquess of Ferrara, and his allies.
6. [i9r] Colophon: ‘Erhardus Ratdolt Augustensis impressioni paravit. Anno Salutis M.cccc.lxxxiiii. v. calen. Junii, Venetiis, inclyto principe Johanne Mocenico.’
7. [i9v] [Genealogical table of the family of Solomon]. Incipit: ‘Ex cathena Solomonis: Matthan habuit uxorem . . .’ After the text, a family tree headed by Eli.
8. [i9v] [Note on the descendants of David]. Incipit: ‘In euangelio beati Matthei in principio dicitur: “Liber generationis . . . filii Abraham” [Mt 1,1]. Et beatus Ambrosius . . .’
9. [i10r] [Note on the descendants of Anna]. Incipit: ‘Elisabeth filiam Aminadab, sororem Naason, qui fuit de tribu Iuda ...’ Explicit: ‘... et Iacobum maiorem.’
10. [i10r] [Verse on the family of Anna]. ‘Unde versus.’ Incipit: ‘Ex Ioachim Cleopa Salome: tres Anna Marias | Quas peperit iunxit Ioseph Alpheo çebedeo'; 4 hexameters. See Walther, Initia, 5992.
11. [i10r] [Verse on the family of Anna]. ‘Item versus.’ Incipit: ‘Anna uiro Ioachim peperit te uirgo Maria | De qua processit sine femina vera Sophia'; 7 hexameters. See Walther, Initia, 1067.

Imprint:

Venice Erhard Ratdolt f° Secundo folio: [a2r] Tabula commodissima 28 May 1484.

Collation:

[a–h]⁸ [i]¹⁰. Woodcuts; woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ir00270000 H 6934; Goff R‑270; BMC V 288; Pr 4396; Baer, Die Illustrierten Historienbücher, p. xxi, no. 133; BSB‑Ink R‑246; Campbell, Maps, 212; CIBN R‑176; Essling 279; Oates 1757; Redgrave 43; Rhodes 1524; Sack, Freiburg, 3098; Sander 6529; Schreiber V 5116b; Sheppard 3682. Microfiche: Unit 5: Chronicles and Historiography: Part II, CH 73. LCN: 14110391

Copies:

1. R-120(1) Copy On [*1v] l. 2: ‘Erardhus'. Binding: Sixteenth-century parchment; manuscript title along the spine; ‘4' at the base of the spine; ‘7' on a paper label at the head of the spine; ‘896' in red ink on the front cover; in the lower right corner, remains of a label containing the number ‘11'. Size: 294 × 200 × 23 mm. Size of leaf: 292 × 197 mm. Sections from a fifteenth-century(?) manuscript have been used as fastenings for the front and rear pastedowns. A few marginal notes in early sixteenth-century(?) north Italian hands, extracting the names of nine popes, and supplying calendrical notes mentioning the year 1486 on [h10v]. ‘II F2' in black ink on rear pastedown. Provenance: Montecompatri, near Frascati, Augustinian Canons, S. Silvester; see stamp: ‘Cler. Reg. S. Silvestri' on [*1v]. Purchased for £0. 3. 0; see note on [*1r]; anonymous sale (London: R. H. Evans, 11 Mar. 1825), lot 214; Books Purchased (1825), 22. SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q inf. 1.14.