tis00350000

Text-inc Id:

tis00350000

Bod-inc Id:

S-126

Headings:

Scriptores Rei Rusticae Scriptores rei rusticae (ed. Philippus Beroaldus, after Georgius Merula and Franciscus Colucia).

Analysis of content:

1. aa1r [Title-page.]
2. aa1v [Merula] Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Priolus. Botfield 145-6.
3. aa1v Beroaldus, Philippus: [Letter addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘[D]e agricolatione praecipere apud priscos . . .’
4. aa2r [Merula Alexandrinus, Georgius]: Enarrationes uocum priscarum [in libris de re rustica]. ‘Ennarrationes breuissime priscarum uocum'. Incipit: ‘[O]letum consitus olea locus . . .’ It includes excerpts from Cato, Varro, and Columella.
5. a1r Cato, Marcus [Porcius]: De agri cultura. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus (S‑122). ‘De re rustica'. Cato Agr.
6. c2v [List of contents for Varro.]
7. c4r Varro, Marcus Terentius: Res rusticae [addressed to] his wife Fundania. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus (S‑122). ‘Rerum rusticarum liber'. Var. R.
8. g7r [Colophon.]
9. g7v [List of contents for Columella.]
10. h3r Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus: De re rustica. Edited by Georgius Merula, as stated in his letter to Bernardus Justinianus (S‑122). Col.
11. t4v [Laetus], Julius Pomponius: [Commentary to book XI.] ‘Iulii Pomponii Fortunati interpretatio in carminibus Columellae'. Incipit: ‘[M]emorabiles horti in fabulis . . .’
12. &3v [List of contents for Palladius.]
13. &4r Palladius, Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus: Opus agriculturae. Edited by Franciscus Colucia, as stated in his letter to Nicolaus Jenson (S‑122). ‘De re rustica'. Pall. Op. Agr.
14. D2r [Beroaldus, Philippus: Editorial note.] Incipit: ‘[H]ic Palladii libellus quamuis non adeo obscurus . . .’
15. D2v Codrus, [Urceus, Antonius: Commentary to book XIV.] Incipit: ‘[A]liud testimonium. Quia precedentes xiii libri sunt testes fidei . . .’ See CTC III 198-9.
16. D5v [Second colophon.]
17. D6r Ugerius Pontremulensis, [Angelus: Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Ocia da fessis tandem studiose camoenis | Aoniique celer numina linque iugi'; 10 elegiac distichs.

Imprint:

Reggio Emilia: Franciscus de Mazalibus, 20 Nov. 1499. Folio.

Collation:

aa¹⁰ a–s⁸ t u⁶ x–z & [con] [rum] A–C⁸ D⁶. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00350000 HC (+ Addenda) *14570; Goff S‑350; BMC VII 1089; Pr 7257; BSB‑Ink S‑235; CIBN S‑178; Oates 2704; Sheppard 6016. LCN: 14029164

Copies:

1. S-126(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf aa10. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf, with marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß. Early title written along the fore-edge in black ink. Size: 318 × 225 × 53 mm. Size of leaf: 305 × 204 mm. Previously bound with a volume of Aristotle; see note on aa1r: ‘Hinden sind angebunden | Aristotelis, De natura animalium libri novem | De partibus animalium libri quatuor | De generatione animalium libri quinque | Interprete Theodoro Gaza | Impressi Venetiis 1498' (Goff A‑976; Bod-inc A‑392). Provenance: I. O. Tatsch (sixteenth/seventeenth century?); bibliographical notes signed by him on aa1r: ‘I. O. Tatsch.' Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 3380; purchased for £0. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 24. SHELFMARK: Auct. P 3.25.