tis00346000

Text-inc Id:

tis00346000

Bod-inc Id:

S-122

Headings:

Scriptores Rei Rusticae Scriptores rei rusticae (ed. Georgius Merula and Franciscus Colucia).

Analysis of content:

1. [*1v] [Merula] Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Priolus. Botfield 145-6.
2. [*2r] [Merula Alexandrinus, Georgius]: Enarrationes uocum priscarum [in libris de re rustica]. ‘Ennarrationes breuissimae priscarum uocum'. Incipit: ‘Oletum consitus olea locus . . .’ Explicit: sestertius dupondius et semis It includes excerpts from Cato, Varro, and Columella.
3. [a2r] [Merula] Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Bernardus Justinianus. Botfield 146-8.
4. [a3v] [List of contents for Cato.]
5. [a6r] Cato, Marcus [Porcius]: De agri cultura. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus. ‘De re rustica'. Cato Agr.
6. [c7r] [Colophon.]
7. [c7v] [List of contents for Varro.]
8. [d1r] Varro, Marcus Terentius: Res rusticae [addressed to] his wife Fundania. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus. ‘Rerum rusticarum liber'. Var. R.
9. [h5v] [Second colophon.]
10. [i2r] [List of contents for Columella.]
11. [i6r] Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus: De re rustica. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus. Col.
12. [D5v] [Third colophon.]
13. [D6r] [Merula] Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Dominicus Georgius. Incipit: ‘Franciscus Philelphus quo primum magistro ad litteras Mediolani sum usus . . .’
14. [D9r] [List of contents for Palladius.] A table of ‘tituli' precedes each book.
15. [D9r] Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus: Opus agriculturae. Edited by Franciscus Colucia, as stated in his letter to Nicolaus Jenson. ‘De re rustica'. Palladius Opus Agriculturae, ed. R. H. Rodgers (Leipzig, 1975)
16. [K10r] [Fourth colophon.]
17. [K10r] Colucia, Franciscus: [Letter addressed to] Nicolaus Jenson. Botfield 149.

Imprint:

Venice: Nicolaus Jenson, 1472. Folio.

Collation:

[*¹⁴ a b¹⁰ c⁸ d–f¹⁰ g⁸ h⁶ i k¹⁰ l–z A–C⁸ D¹² E F⁸ G–K¹⁰].

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00346000 H *14564; Goff S‑346; BMC V 173; Pr 4086; BSB‑Ink S‑232; CIBN S‑174; Lowry, Jenson, 242 no. 26; Oates 1631; Sheppard 3260-1. LCN: 14029091, 14029143

Copies:

1. S-122(1) First copy Wanting the blank leaves [a1], [h6], [i1], and [D8]; leaf [*1] cut out and mounted. Binding: Nineteenth-century diced russia, with the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; green silk bookmark. Size: 320 × 223 × 65 mm. Size of leaf: 311 × 197 mm. A few marginal notes, mainly underlining and explaining particular words, in two early hands in brown ink, one probably contemporary, the other sixteenth-century. On [a6r] an eight-line initial ‘E' is supplied in gold, edged in black and surrounded by white vine-stems defined in red, blue, or green; a floral border, possibly slightly later, is supplied in red, blue, green, and gold dots. In the lower margin the arms are surrounded by a wreath and some of the same decoration found in the border; see Pächt and Alexander II, 110 no. pr. 69. Principal initials are supplied either in the same style as the initial on [a6r] or in gold edged in black on a square red or blue ground with white pen-work decoration. Other initials are supplied in red or blue. Provenance: Labia family; coat of arms: azure, an eagle displayed or. Purchased for £13. 13. 0; see Books Purchased (1789), 6. SHELFMARK: Auct. L 5.12.
2. S-122(2) Second copy Bound with C‑022(2); see there for details of binding, provenance, and manuscript notes. Size of leaf: 275 × 194 mm. Gathering [*] only. SHELFMARK: Auct. O 2.21(4).