tip00290000

Text-inc Id:

tip00290000

Bod-inc Id:

P-104

Headings:

Perottus, Nicolaus Cornucopiae linguae latinae (ed. Antonius Moretus), et al.

Analysis of content:

1. A1r Constantius Fanensis, Antonius: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Non cornu Aetolum, non hic bona copia Cretum | Diua nouum fundit candida Χρυσοκέρας ‘; 2 elegiac distichs. Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.
2. A1r Constantius Fanensis, Antonius: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Quisquis amas lepidi sensus haurire poetae | Quem tulit arguto Bilbilis ingenio'; 3 elegiac distichs. Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.
3. A1r Philomusus [Pisaurensis], Johannes Franciscus: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Varronis Nigidique olim monumenta latinam | Ditarunt linguam Romuleosque patres'; 2 elegiac distichs. Charlet, ‘Observations', 84.
4. A1r Philoxenus, Marcellus: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Fluminis euicti sacrato diuite cornu | Ornarunt famam Naiades Herculeam'; 5 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 211; Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.
5. A1r Ponticus Tarvisanus, L[udovicus: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Praemia debentur solerti magna Perotto | Dum pandit nodos Bilbilitane tuos'; 3 elegiac distichs. The author of the verse is Ludovicus ‘Ponticus' de Strazarolis, de Avianus, from Treviso, and not, as Charlet assumes, Ludovicus Ponticus Virunius; see A. Serena, La cultura umanistica a Treviso nel secolo decimoquinto, Miscellanea di storia veneta, ser. III, 3 (Venice, 1912), 116-22. Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.
6. A1r Caietanus, Daniel: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Hactenus quis quis sibi comparauit | Copiae cornu. Laterem lauasse'; 4 sapphic strophes. Charlet, ‘Observations', 88.
7. A1v [Tabula.]
8. a1r Odaxius, Ludovicus: [Dedicatory letter addressed to] Guidubaldus de Montefeltro. CTC IV 267-8.
9. a1v Perottus, Pyrrhus: ‘Prooemium' [addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro. CTC IV 268-9.
10. a2v ‘Brevis commemoratio vitae M. Valerii Martialis.’ Incipit: ‘[V]alerius Martialis in Hispania Bilbili . . .’ See CTC IV 269.
11. a3r Perottus, Nicolaus: Cornucopiae linguae latinae [dedicated to] Federicus de Montefeltro. Edited by Antonius Moretus as stated in the letter from Marcus Antonius Sabellicus to Moretus. See P‑100; on this edition see Charlet, ‘Observations', 84; Milde, ‘Zur Druckhäufigkeit', 35 no. 3.
12. N6r Perottus, Nicolaus: [Epilogue addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro. See CTC IV 269-70.
13. N6r [Colophon.]
14. N6v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Antonius Moretus, referring to the latter's editorial contribution. Incipit: ‘[ ]is demum amicitiae verus est fructus . . .’
15. N6v ‘Registrum'.
16. O1r Perottus, Nicolaus: Commentariolus in prohemium Historiae naturalis Plinii [here addressed to] Antonius Moretus, [but originally to Franciscus Guarnerius]. Incipit: ‘[S]olebam nuper aetati nostre gratulari . . .’ The letter was first printed in HR 12708; see P‑099; in this edition the dedicatee has been altered by the editor Antonius Moretus, so as to be addressed to him rather than Guarnerius; see Monfasani, ‘First Call', 15 and 24 and P‑102 and P‑103.

Imprint:

Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 19 Oct. 1490. Folio.

Collation:

A B⁸ a–z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]^{8 2}A–O⁶.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ip00290000 HC *12698; Goff P‑290; BMC V 326; Pr 4640; Sheppard 3854. LCN: 14495778

Copies:

1. P-104(1) Copy Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) paper boards backed with parchment. Manuscript title along the lower edge. Title gold-tooled on a rectangular red leather label at head of the spine; below, typographical details gold-tooled on a rectangular black leather label. ‘EDITIO PRINCEPS' gold-tooled on oval black leather label at tail of the spine. Size: 317 × 220 × 55 mm. Size of leaf: 311 × 212 mm. ‘b.2.22' in pencil on front pastedown. Provenance: Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); Morelli (1787), III 7387; sale (1789), lot 12292, sold for £0. 12. 0; ‘7387' in brown ink on front pastedown. Michael Wodhull (1740-1816); on recto of front endleaf, note signed ‘M. Wodhull', and dated 16 May 1789, giving provenance and price: ‘Pinelli Auct. by comm.' and ‘0. 12. 0'. John Edmund Severne (1826-1899); sale (1886), lot 1927; purchased for £0. 8. 0: see Library Bills. SHELFMARK: Auct. 3Q 5.41.