tiv00230000

Text-inc Id:

tiv00230000

Bod-inc Id:

V-116

Headings:

Vergilius Maro, Publius Georgica (comm. Hermannus Torrentinus).

Analysis of content:

1. A1r [Title-page.]
2. A1v [Summary of Georgica.] Incipit: ‘[G]eorgica uocantur hi libri quattuor Virgilii, quasi ad agriculturam pertinentes . . .’
3. A1v [Ovidius Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse.] Incipit: ‘Quid faciat laetas segetes quo sidera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'; 4 hexameters. See V‑072. An ‘argumentum' precedes each Georgic.
4. A2r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G. On the transmission see V‑072.
5. A2r Torrentinus, Hermannus: Commentary on Georgica. Incipit: ‘Omne carmen heroicum tria habet scilicet . . .', expl: fideliter auras Commentary alternates with the text.
6. O1r ‘Index uocum litterarum serie paginarumque numeris annotatus'.
7. O4r [Colophon.]

Imprint:

Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, [1499]. 4°. Colophon on O4r reads ‘Anno | . . . proximo ante iubileū centenariū | . . .’

Collation:

A^8-1 B⁴ C–O^8.4. Woodcut on O4v: see Schreiber.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: iv00230000 C 6150 = 6099?; Goff V‑230; Pr 1362; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 154; Davies–Goldfinch 170; Mambelli 593 = 627; Sack, Freiburg, 3648; Schreiber V 5422; Sheppard 1046; Voulliéme, Köln, 1207. LCN: 14694895

Copies:

1. V-116(1) Copy Wanting leaves A5, G_2–7. Binding: Nineteenth-century marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß. Size: 204 × 146 × 16 mm. Size of leaf: 195 × 135 mm. Provenance: Dominus Michael Schefell (sixteenth century); partly erased inscription in red ink on A1r: ‘Dominus Michaell Scheffell'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 3681; paper label on the upper cover; purchased for £0. 4. 6; see Books Purchased (1835), 28. SHELFMARK: Auct. O inf. 1.46.