tio00176000

Text-inc Id:

tio00176000

Bod-inc Id:

O-059

Headings:

Ovidius Naso, Publius Fasti (comm. Antonius Constantius and Paulus Marsus).

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title.]
2. a1r Merula, Bartholomaeus: [Letter addressed to] Alexander Merula. Incipit: ‘[L]itteras tuas, Alexander charissime, et fraterni amoris et eruditionis . . .’ Explicit: non desinas Letter dated 1 Apr. 1496.
3. a1v Palladius Soranus, Domitius: ‘Tetrastichon' [addressed to] Antonius Constantius. [All items in this edition edited by Barthomolaeus Merula.] Incipit: ‘Sulmo tumet Nasone suo Uerona Catullo | Gloria Romani magna Tibulle laris'; distichs. Bartholomaeus describes his editorial work in the letter to Alexander Merula (see above).
4. a2r Constantius, Antonius: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. Incipit: ‘[V]eram religionem quam licet diuini cultus scientiam diffinire . . .’ Explicit: posteritas admiretur
5. a2r Constantius, Antonius: ‘In Fastos argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[I]uculentum opus Nasonis quod explicandum assumpsimus Fastorum . . .’ Explicit: studia relinquatur A separate ‘argumentum', entitled ‘interpretatio', and written by Antonius, appear before books 2 and 3; thereafter the commentary itself is entitled ‘interpretatio', but there are no separate summaries.
6. a3r Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in Fastos' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[P]ostquam mihi ex longa peregrinatione redire tandem tua quoque pace . . .’ Explicit: tandem ueniamus See O‑056.
7. a3r Marsus, Paulus: ‘Ouidii vita'. Incipit: ‘[P]ublius Ouidius Naso Pelignus Sulmone ex equestri natus est ordine . . .’ Explicit: interpretationem ueniendum
8. a4r [Constantius], Antonius: [Commentary on Fasti, books 1-2.] Incipit: ‘  “[T]empora cum causis”. Duodecim anni menses et dies festos cum eorum . . .’ Explicit: Seruio uitiosa
9. a4r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Fasti [books 1-2]. Ov. Fast. 1-2.
10. a4v Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, books 1-2.] Incipit: ‘[E]t cum proprium sit poetarum proponere inuocare narrare . . .’ Explicit: alias diximus
11. l7v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in tertium' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[T]ertia nunc nostri subeunt monumenta laboris | Scipiadum antiqui generis uenerata Georgi'; 28 hexameters.
12. l8r [Constantius], Antonius: [Commentary on Fasti, books 3-6]. Incipit: ‘  “[B]ellice depositis clipeo paulisper et hasta”. Duo uult imprimis deponi quae commouebantur . . .’ Explicit: nobilium et sambuca
13. l8r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [books 3-6]. Ov. Fast. 3-6.
14. l8r Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, books 3-6.] Incipit: ‘  “[B]ellice depositis”. Ordinem mensium per Romulum, et postea per Numam . . .’ Explicit: Musarum effigies
15. C3r [Constantius, Antonius: Epilogue addressed to the reader (later clearly identified as Federicus de Montefeltro).] Incipit: ‘Hec in Fastos Nasonis scripsimus, lector candide, qua uisum est breuitate . . .’ Explicit: fuisse perspectam
16. C3v [Colophon.]
17. C4r Constantius, Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Zagarellus [Gambitellus]. Incipit: ‘[N]on est nobis molestum ut te uideo suspicari quod scribis . . .’ Explicit: tandem in patriam redi . . .
18. C4v Marsus, Paulus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[C]aecilla sunt, G. Corneli, quae nos octo antea annis in Ouidianos Fastos . . .’ Explicit: præteriisse iure possit
19. C5r [Marsus, Paulus]: ‘Ratio astrologiae' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[S]ed proposueram, G. Corneli, repetiturum me in fine commentariorum . . .’ Explicit: mihi posteri sempiternam

Imprint:

Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 12 June 1497. Folio.

Collation:

a–z & [con] [rum] A⁸ B C⁶. Woodcut on a1r: see BMC.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: io00176000 HC (+ Addenda) *12247; Goff O‑176; BMC V 531; Pr 5447; BSB‑Ink O‑131; Essling 1124; Oates 2117; Rhodes 1292; Sack, Freiburg, 2637; Sander 5300; Sheppard 4539. LCN: 14441290

Copies:

1. O-059(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf with marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Size: 323 × 228 × 37 mm. Size of leaf: 312 × 207 mm. Early marginal and interlinear annotations, including comments on the text, extraction of key words, and ‘nota' marks, also underlining in the text and in the commentary. Occasional marginal drawings and scribbles. Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; purchased at his sale (1835), lot 2928 for £0. 7. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 21. SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.6.