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tio00135000

Text-inc Id:
tio00135000
Bod-inc Id:
O-045
Headings:
Ovidius Naso, Publius Opera: Steiner tradition 5 ‘Accursius’ (ed. Bonus Accursius, rev. Valerius Superchius).
Subjects:
literature
Analysis of content:
  1. Part I.
  2. A1v Accursius, Bonus: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Simoneta. ‘Bonus Accursius Pisanus salutem dicit plurimam magnifico equiti aurato et sapientissimo, primo ducali secretario Ciccho Simonetae.’ Incipit: ‘[N]escio quibus aliis studiis meis ostendere tibi, uir clarissime ...’ Explicit: ‘habeasque charissimam. Vale vir clarissime et me commendatum habe.’ For the Accursius editions of the Metamorphoses see Steiner, ‘Source-Editions', 228-9; see also O‑041. View entry in Person Index
  3. A2r Accursius, Bonus: [Life of Ovidius addressed to] Franciscus Simoneta. Incipit: ‘[C]um usitatissimum esse morem animaduerterim, splendidissime eques aurate Cicche Simoneta, ...’ A5r Explicit: ‘... At tibi qui transis, ne sit grave quisquis amasti | Dicere Nasonis molliter ossa cubent.’ For the authorship see BSB‑Ink O‑143.
  4. A5r [List of fables in Metamorphoses]. ‘Fabule primi libri.’ Incipit: ‘i. Chaos in species | ii. Terra in varias personas ...’ A7v Explicit: ‘... l. Aesculapius in Draconem | li. Caesar in stellam.’
  5. A7v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Tristia. Incipit: Orba parente suo quicunque [sic] volumina tangis ... Explicit: ‘... Quicquid in his igitur vitii rude carmen habebit | Emendaturus si licuisset eram.’ Ov. Tr. 1. 7. 35-40.
  6. A7v [Table of contents for Metamorphoses, book 1.] Each book is preceded by a table of contents.
  7. A7v [Summary of book 1, ‘fabula' 1.] Incipit: ‘Chaos ut Hesiodi indicat uolumen quod deorum originem . . .’ Explicit: parte subsiderent’ Each ‘fabula' is preceded by a short summary.
  8. A8r Superchius, Valerius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Sforza. Incipit: ‘[G]rande profecto, princeps illustris, nostra aetate munus a natura . . .’ Explicit: habeto in tuis’
  9. A8v Superchius, Valerius: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Si miseri infausto doluisti uatis amore | Et solita es nostris ingemuisse malis'; 19 distichs.
  10. B1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Metamorphoses. [Edited by Bonus Accursius, and revised by Valerius Superchius.] Ov. Met. Between 15. 744 and 745 is the following couplet, entitled ‘Epigramma': ‘Bacchus et Alcides Caesar per gesta deorum | Nomina habent iuncta sed sua facta magis'. Accursius' work as editor is evident from the letter to Simoneta (see above); Superchius records his work in the letter to Sforza (see above).
  11. Q6v Colophon: ‘Publii Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphoseos opera Lucantonii Florentini, impensa a Matheo Capcasa Parmense, accuratissime impressa foelici faustoque auspicio hic clauduntur. Anno M.cccclxxxviiii. pridie calendas Ianuarias.’
  12. Q6v [Quires' register] ‘Registrum huius operis.’
  13. Part II.
  14. a1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Heroides. ‘P. Ovi. Nasonis Sulmonensis poetae clarissimi Heroidum liber unicus incipit.’ Ov. Ep., with the letters in the following order: . . . 14, 16. 1-38, 145-378; 17-21; 5 begins with an extra couplet, ‘Nympha suo Paridi quamuis suus esse recusat | Mittit ab ideis uerba legenda iugis'.
  15. d7v [Ovidius Naso, Publius pseudo-?]: Sappho. [Ov.] Ep. Sapph.
  16. e1v [Suda lexicon]. ‘Ex Suida'. Incipit: ‘Sappho Simonis aut alii putant eum ei ut alii Erigii . . .’ Explicit: leucade se deiecit’
  17. e1v Antipater Sidonius: [Epigram]. Incipit: ‘Dulcia mnemosyne demirans carmina Sapphus | Quaesiuit decima pieris unde foret'; 1 distich.
  18. e1v Ausonius, Decimus Magnus: In simulacrum Sapphus. Ausonius, Works, ed. Green, 75, no. 35.
  19. e1v Statius, Publius Papinius: Silvae. Stat. Silv. 5. 3. 154-5.
  20. e2r Horatius Flaccus, Quintus: Carmina. Hor. Carm. 4. 9. 11-12.
  21. e2r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Amores. Ov. Am. 2. 18. 27-34. Preceded by a note on Sabinus, beginning ‘A. Sabinus eques Romanus celeberrimus . . .’
  22. e2r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Epistolae ex Ponto. ‘De ponto libro tertio in inuidos'.’ Ov. Pont. 4. 16. 13-16.
  23. e2r ‘Rescriptio Vlyxis ad Penolopen'. Incipit: ‘[P]ertulit ad miserum tandem tua casus Ulyxem | Penolope chartis uerba notata piis'; 66 distichs.
  24. e3r ‘Phyllidi Demophoon'. Incipit: ‘[P]hillidi Demophon patria dimittit ab urbe | Et patriam meminit muneris esse tui'; 53 distichs.
  25. e4r ‘Rescriptum Paridis Oenone'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uae satis apta tibi tam iuste nympha querenti | Rescribam fateor quaerere uerba manum'; 46 distichs.
  26. e5r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Amores. Ov. Am.
  27. g10r Ovidius Naso, Publius: De arte amandi. [Also known as Ars amatoria.] Ov. Ars.
  28. k3v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Remedia amoris. Ov. Rem.
  29. l2v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Ibis. Ov. Ib.
  30. m1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Fasti. Ov. Fast.
  31. r3r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Tristia. Ov. Tr.
  32. x1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Epistolae ex Ponto. ‘De Ponto'.’ Ov. Pont.
  33. &5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: De pulice. ‘De pulice opusculum'.’ Incipit: ‘[P]arue pulex et amara lues inimica puellis | Carmine quo fungar in tua facta ferox?'; 19 distichs
  34. &5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: De philomela. ‘De philomena liber'.’ Klopsch, ‘Carmen de philomela', 187-94.
  35. &5v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Medicamina faciei feminae. Ov. Med.
  36. &6v Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: Nux. Nux.
  37. &8r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: Consolatio ad Liviam. [Ov.] Cons.
  38. [con4v] Ugerius, Maurus: [Verse on Valerius Superchius]. ‘De Anima Ouidii quae migrauerit in Valerium Superchium'.’ Incipit: ‘Quis neget in varias animam transcendere formas? | Et noua post primum corpus habere loca?'; 10 distichs.
  39. [con]4v Colophon: ‘Publii Ovidii Nasonis opera Lucantonii Florentini, impensa a Matheo Capcasa Parmense, accuratissime impressa foelici faustoque auspicio hic clauduntur. Anno M.cccclxxxviiii. pridie calendas Ianuarias.’
  40. [con]4v [Quires' register]. ‘Registrum huius operis.’
Imprint:
[Venice] Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), for Lucantonio Giunta Folio In two parts, each with the same date. On the publisher, usually taken to be Giunta, see P. Veneziani, ‘Lucantonio ritrovato', Le fonti, le procedure, le storie: raccolta di studi della Biblioteca (Rome, 1993), 195-203. Secundo folio: A2r [C]um usitatissimum esse morem 31 Dec. 1489.
Collation:
Part I: A–P8 Q6; part II: a–f8 g10 h–z &8 [con]4. Spaces left blank for initials, with printed guide letters.
References:
Source: Bodleian ISTC: io00135000 H *12145; Goff O‑135; BMC V 597; Pr 4988; BSB‑Ink O‑146; CIBN O‑86; Oates 1943; Sheppard 4358; Steiner, ‘Source-Editions', 222 no. 5h. LCN: 14537721
Copies:
  1. O-045(1) Copy Leaf A1 has been cut out and mounted. Binding: Seventeenth-century English calf, with two frames of double fillets in blind, and four gilt fleurons and a centre-piece on each cover; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Rebacked; upper cover detached. Size: 304 × 213 × 57 mm. Size of leaf: 299 × 193 mm. Copious marginal and interlinear notes, especially in gatherings B–F, mainly in one sixteenth-century English hand, including comments on the text, with indexing symbols, corrections to the text, ‘nota' marks, and occasional pointing hands. Provenance: Philip Yorke (1690-1764), 1st Earl of Hardwicke; armorial book-plate (of Yorke as 1st Lord Hardwicke, from 1733), Hardwicke quartering Gibbon [mother of the 1st Earl]: see Howe, Book Plates, 32869; not in 1792 Hardwicke sale. Purchased for £1. 2. 0: see Books Purchased (1835), 21, where the place of printing is given as Parma. SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.1.
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