tis00530000

Text-inc Id:

tis00530000

Bod-inc Id:

S-213

Headings:

Simoneta, Bonifacius Persecutionum christianarum historia.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r Dulcinius, Stephanus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Baptista Ferrus. Incipit: ‘[C]um his diebus Brennate iconomus lectionis aliquid perquirerem . . .’ Dated Milan, 11 Jan. 1492.
2. a1v Dulcinius, Stephanus: [List of contents.] ‘Dulcinii breuiarium'. A list of contents precedes each book.
3. a2r Simoneta, Bonifacius: Persecutionum christianarum historia. ‘Persecutionum christianarum historia, pontificumque comentarios'. Incipit: ‘[O] uirtus infinita o Sydus pietatis . . .’
4. C8v [Colophon.]
5. C9r Biffus, Johannes: Carmen [addressed to] Bonifacius Simoneta. Incipit: ‘Si quid habes laeti praeses doctissime Cornu | Clara magistratus si stat tibi copia sacri'; 62 hexameters.

Imprint:

Milan: Antonius Zarotus, [not before 11] Jan. 1492. Folio.

Collation:

a–z & [con] [rum] A B⁸ C¹⁰.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00530000 HC 14750; Goff S‑530; BMC VI 722; Pr 5830; BSB‑Ink S‑405; CIBN S‑277; Hillard 1855; Oates 2260; Sheppard 4877. Microfiche: Unit 4: Chronicles and Historiography: Part I, CH 87. LCN: 14007408

Copies:

1. S-213(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf C10. Binding: Eighteenth-century parchment with manuscript title at the head of the spine; turquoise-edged leaves, marbled pastedowns; green silk bookmark. Size: 345 × 245 × 40 mm. Size of leaf: 339 × 229 mm. On C8v a bibliographical note with reference to P. Orlandi, Origine e progressi della stampa (Bologna, 1722), in an eighteenth-century hand, dark brown ink. On C10v a contemporary note in light brown ink: ‘Quint. 26 C(?) [ ] 224 | [ ]^os 29 -- 224'. Provenance: Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate with handwritten shelfmark ‘III.L.g.7(?)': see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 41 no. 24; sale, pt I, lot 5313. Purchased for £1. 11. 6; see Books Purchased (1849), 44. SHELFMARK: Auct. 6Q 1.29.