tis00823000

Text-inc Id:

tis00823000

Bod-inc Id:

S-345

Headings:

Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius De Vita Caesarum (comm. Marcus Antonius Sabellicus), et al.

Analysis of content:

1. a1r Sabellicus, M[arcus] Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Augustinus Barbadicus, Doge of Venice. Incipit: ‘[N]ihil est omnino in tua florentissima republica a qua ego contemplanda nunquam mentis oculos auerto . . .’ Expl.: non paucis gratificatus
2. a1v Sabellicus, M[arcus] Antonius: Proemium [to the commentary]. ‘C. Suetonii Tranquilli Paraphrasim Proemium'. Incipit: ‘[S]olebam ego saepe mecum reputare quam iniqua esset . . .’ Explicit: nostro minime conferendi; NO EDITION
3. a2r Sabellicus, M[arcus] Antonius: Commentary [addressed to] Augustinus Barbadicus, Doge of Venice. ‘Paraphraseos in C. Caesarem Dictatorem Paraenesis prima'. Incipit: ‘  “[A]nnum agens Caesar”. Sunt ni fallor uirtutes . . .’
4. a2r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De Vita Caesarum. See S‑336.
5. s6v ‘De Suetonio.’ Incipit: ‘Suetonius Lenis tertiae decimae legionis tribunus . . .’ Expl.: ‘scriptorum non uideam’
6. s7r Sabellicus, [Marcus Antonius]: Vita Suetonii. ‘Tranquilli uita per Sabellicum'. Incipit: ‘C. Suetonius Tranquillus Suetonium lenem . . .’ possit sit certe nemo
7. s7r Polentonus, Sicco: Scriptores illustres Latinae linguae. ‘Ex libro vii de illustribus scriptoribus'. Incipit: ‘[H]oc quoque in ordine adest memorandus C. Suetonius . . .’ Explicit: mandauerunt. Haec Sicon Polentonus de Caio Suetonio tranquillo See S‑342.

Imprint:

Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 19 Nov. 1491. Folio. BMC suggests that this edition is reprinted from that of Venice: de Tortis, 1490.

Collation:

a–f⁸ g h¹⁰ i K l–m⁸ n–r⁶ s⁸. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00823000 HC 15123; Goff S‑823; BMC VI 766; Pr 6021; BSB‑Ink S‑615; Rhodes 1649; Sheppard 4994. LCN: 14009104

Copies:

1. S-345(1) Copy Binding: Eighteenth-century parchment; title in gilt on a green leather label on the spine; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; sprinkled blue-edged leaves. Size: 297 × 222 × 31 mm. Size of leaf: 290 × 205 mm. Portions of a parchment manuscript, the script faded, used in binding. Occasional marginal notes in red or black ink in a contemporary cursive Italian hand, supplying corrections to the text, underlining, and brackets, and extracting key words and phrases. Notes on r6v: ‘Secui a manu qui epistolas scribebant | Secui a pedibus quod etiam domum mittebantur . . .’ Capital strokes supplied in red ink. Provenance: Johannes Decimo(?) Cedolini (seventeenth century); inscriptions on a2r and r6v: ‘Io. decimo Cedolini furl. di [ ] vida'. Carolus Antonius Guciaghus(?) (eighteenth century); inscription on a1r: ‘Ex dono Nobb^is Caroli Antonij Guciaghi Amici et Patroni Brixiani Johanni Antonio Gotti Vic^e Prae^to Brixiae 1768'. Johannes Antonius Gottus (fl. 1768). Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); Morelli (1787), II 2966; sale (1789), lot 7867; ‘7867' on paper label on the spine. Purchased for £0. 8. 0; see the annotated sale catalogue and Books Purchased (1789), 6. SHELFMARK: Auct. N 3.30.