tis00694000

Text-inc Id:

tis00694000

Bod-inc Id:

S-289

Headings:

Statius, Publius Papinius Opera, et al.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.]
2. a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Preface addressed to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Augustino salutem. Etsi hic noster labor et studium . . .’ See S‑286. With the exception of Avantius' emendations and note, this edition is based on the 1494 Venetian edition of Bartholomaeus De Zanis (S‑288).
3. a2r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Carmen addressed to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘Nuper non fueras in urbe notus | Incultus lacer horridus retonsus |'; 24 hendecasyllabics. See S‑286.
4. a3r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary dedicated to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘Vates et per antiquos esse et natura duce qua una uigent hoc furoris genere . . .’ See S‑286.
5. a3r Statius, [Publius] Papinius: Silvae. Edited by Domitius Calderinus and Hieronymus Avantius, as stated at the end of the text and commentary. See S‑286.
6. h4r [Avantius, Hieronymus: Letter addressed to] readers of Statius and to Marcus Cornelius. ‘Papinii studiosis'. Incipit: ‘Quam nuper impressas senserim has Papinii Sylvas . . .’ Avantius lists his numerous emendations to Silvae. On the letter, dated 1489, see Dionisotti, ‘Calderini, Poliziano e altri', 175.
7. i1r Lactantius Placidus: [Commentary.] ‘Interpretatio in primum librum Thebaidos'. See S‑286.
8. i1r [Statius, Publius Papinius: Thebais.] see S‑286.
9. z6v Mataratius, Franciscus: [Commentary.] ‘Recollecta super Achilleida'. Incipit: ‘[P]ublius Papinius Statius P. Papinii Statii pater utraque lingua eruditus . . .’
10. z6v [Verse summary.] see S‑286.
11. z6v Statius, P[ublius] Pa[pinius]: Achilleis. See S‑286
12. [rum4r] [Calderinus], Domitius: ‘Elucubratio in quaedam Propertii loca quae difficiliora uidebantur' [dedicated to] Franciscus de Aragona. ‘Ex primo libro Propertii in primam elegiam cuius argumentum'. Incipit: ‘  “Vritur et nulla fuas quum mitior arte | Ut se dissoluat Cynthia quaerit opem”. Minalion Athalantae duae fuerunt, altera filia Promethei . . .’ See P‑481.
13. [rum7v] [Calderinus], Domitius: ‘Epilogus et προσφώνησις de obseruationibus' [dedicated to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘[S]cio me multa praeterisse quae fortasse explicationem desiderabunt . . .’ See S‑286.
14. [rum8r] [Calderinus, Domitius]: ‘Ex tertio libro obseruationum'. Incipit: ‘Video a praepositionem, quom in multas uariasque significatione . . .’ See S‑286.
15. [rum8v] [Calderinus], Domitius: [Postscript addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Sic mihi perpetuae contingant murmura laudis | Et bona post funus hora superstes eat |'; 3 elegiac distichs.
16. [rum9v] ‘Papinii Vita per Domitium'. Incipit: ‘[Q]ui Statio poetae Galliae oppidum patriam assignant . . .’ The Vita is attributed to Calderinus in this edition.

Imprint:

Venice: Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis, 1498/9. Folio. First colophon: 15 Jan. 1498/9; second colophon: 1 July 1499.

Collation:

a–g⁸ h⁴ i–y⁸ z⁶ & [con]⁸ [rum]¹⁰. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00694000 HC *14980; Goff S‑694 BMC V 514; not in Pr; CIBN S‑379; Sack, Freiburg, 3276; Sheppard 4455. LCN: 14009884

Copies:

1. S-289(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf [rum10]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf and marbled paper boards; the title on a tan leather label on the spine; thickly sprinkled red-edged leaves. Size: 305 × 212 × 38 mm. Size of leaf: 297 × 197 mm. A few marginal notes in Philippus de Anselmis' hand, supplying corrections to the text, underlining, pointing hands and brackets, and extracting key words. Provenance: Philippus de(?) Anselmis(?) (sixteenth century); partly obliterated inscription on a1r: ‘Ad usum philippi [hole] Anselmis(?)'. Acquired on 7 Nov. 1962; see BLR 7,3 (1964), 167. SHELFMARK: Inc. c. I4.1499.6.