tis00827000

Text-inc Id:

tis00827000

Bod-inc Id:

S-347

Headings:

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

Analysis of content:

1. aa1r [Title-page.]
2. aa1v Beroaldus, Philippus: Epistola [addressed to] Hannibal Bentivolus. Incipit: ‘Clarissimi philosophiae conditores, Inclyte Hannibal Bentiuole . . .’ See S‑346.
3. aa3r ‘Breuiarium rerum memorabilium quae commentario insunt'. Incipit: ‘Subiunximus epistolae breuiarium rerum aliquot memorabilium . . .’
4. aa4r 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. Vale See S‑344.
5. aa4v Sabellicus, M[arcus] Antonius: Proemium [to the commentary]. ‘C. Suetonii Tranquilli Paraphrasim Prooemium'. Incipit: ‘[S]olebam ego saepe mecum reputare quam iniqua esset . . .’ Explicit: nostro minime conferendi
6. a1r Beroaldus, Philippus: Commentary on De Vita Caesarum. ‘Enarrationes in Caius Suetonius Tranquillus'. Incipit: ‘[E]giptii reges suos partim pharones partim Ptolomeos . . .’ Expl.: preconio bonitatis ornati See S‑346.
7. a1r Beroaldus, Philippus: Commentary [addressed to] Augustinus Barbadicus, Doge of Venice. ‘Paraphraseos in C. Caesarem Dictatorem Paraenesis prima'. Incipit: ‘  “[A]nnum agens Caesar”. Sunt ni fallor uirtutes . . .’
8. a1r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De Vita Caesarum. See S‑336.
9. R8r [Ausonius, Decimus Magnus: De XII caesaribus.] ‘Tetrasticha de Caesaribus'. Prete 208-9 no. XXII.52-76 (Green 166-7 no. XXIII.94-117).
10. S1r [Vita Suetonii.] ‘Suetonio'. Incipit: ‘[S]uetonius Lenis tertiae decimae legionis tribunus . . .’ Expl.: scriptorum non uideam In this edition the text is presented in two parts.
11. S1r Sabellicus, [Marcus Antonius]: Vita Suetonii. Incipit: ‘C. Suetonius Tranquillus Suetonium lenem . . .’ possit sit certe nemo
12. S1r Beroaldus, Philippus: Vita Suetonii. ‘C. Suetonii Tranquilli uita a Philippo Beroaldo condita'. Incipit :`[C]aius Suetonius Tranquillus patrem habuit . . .’ Expl.: ‘facilius quam imitaturum'.
13. S1v Plinius [Secundus, Gaius]: Historia Naturalis [extract]. ‘Elogium Plinii De Iulio Caesare Dictatore'. Plin. H. N. 7. 91. 1-4.
14. S1v Beroaldus, Philippus: Appendix [to the commentary addressed to] Hannibal Bentiuolus. ‘Appendix Annotamentorum'. Incipit: ‘[L]ibuit has quoque annotaciunculas, inclyte Annibal Bentiuole . . .’ See S‑346.
15. S5r [Note addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Lector candide offendes opinor interdum offendicula . . .’ According to this note Beroaldus' commentary was edited by two ‘scholastici eruditi', perhaps Johannes Baptista Pius and Ugerius Pontremulensis.
16. S5r Pius, Johannes Baptista: [Epigram on the edition] Incipit: ‘I liber Annibalis genio suffultus et aura | Nec tu nasutum rhinocerota time'; 2 elegiac distichs.
17. S5r Ugerius Pontremulensis, [Angelus: Epigram on the edition] ‘Tetrastichon'. Incipit: ‘Venerit unde tibi liber hic si forte requiris | Crede mihi caelo nobile uenit opus'; 2 elegiac distichs.

Imprint:

Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 1496. Folio.

Collation:

aa⁴ a–z & [con] [rum] A–R⁸ S⁶. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: is00827000 HC *15128; Goff S‑827; BMC V 521; Pr 5400; BSB‑Ink S‑619; CIBN S‑494; Sheppard 4475. Microfiche: Unit 27: Italian Humanism: Part II, IH 172. LCN: 14009139

Copies:

1. S-347(1) Copy Wanting the last blank leaf. Binding: Eighteenth-century half parchment over paper boards. Pastedowns washed in yellow. Size: 320 × 218 × 60 mm. Size of leaf: 307 × 208 mm. Page numbers in arabic figures are supplied in pencil (by Boutourlin?). B. 5. 117 in pencil on front pastedown. Provenance: Albergotti family (eighteenth century); ‘Alberghotti' in pencil on front pastedown. Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); armorial book-plate and shelfmark no. 572; see Catalogue (1831); sale catalogue (1841), lot 1460; Purchased for £0. 9. 0; see Books Purchased (1842), 41. SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 2.9.