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Bod-Inc: A-374

Arator

In actus apostolorum, sive Historia apostolica.

 

Analysis of Content

a1v [Poem in praise of Arator.] Incipit: ‘Versibus egregiis decursum clarus Arator | Carmen apostolicis cecinit insigne triumphis. | Historiamque priuo praeponens cautus vbique | Substituit typicae sensatim verba figurae. | Lingua canora bonum testatur adesse poetam | Misticus ingenium sic indicat ordo profundum'; 6 hexameters.

a2r Arator: [Letter addressed to] Abbot Florianus. ’ Πρόλογος τω̂ν πραξέων πω̂ν (!) ἀποστόλων . Prologus actuum apostolornm(!).’ Incipit: ‘[Q]ui meriti florem maturis sensibus ortum | Nominis ore tui iam, Floriane, renes.’ PL LXVIII 63-72. Arator, De actibus Apostolorum, ed. Arthur Patch McKinlay, CSEL 72 (Vienna, 1951), 1-2.

a2v Arator: [Letter addressed to] Vigilius. Incipit: ‘[M]oenibus vndosis bellorum incendia cernens | Pars ego tunc populi taela pauentis eram.’ PL LXVIII 71-82. Arator, De actibus Apostolorum, ed. McKinlay, 3-5.

a3r Arator: ’ Πράξεις τω̂ν ἁγίων καὶ πανευφήμων ἀποστόλων . Actus sanctorum et superbenedictorum apostolorum.’ Incipit: ‘[V]t sceleris iudea sui polluta cruore | Ausa nefas compleuit opus rerumque creator.’ PL LXVII 83-246. Arator, De actibus Apostolorum, ed. McKinlay, 10-149; see CPL 1504.

g5v [Verse to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Cernis vt, o lector, sua carmina finit Arator | Littera stat suauis typicis intexta figuris.’

Imprint

Imprint: [Deventer: Richard Pafraet, c.1488]. 4°.

Remarks: As dated by HPT.

Collation

Collation: a–c8 d6 e f8 g6.

References

ISTC: ia00941000

GW: GW 2310;

Hain: HC 1549;

Goff: Goff A‑941;

Proctor: Pr 9045;

Others: Campbell 167; HPT II 406; Sheppard 6963.

LCN: 14341497

Copies

Copy number: A-374(1)

Binding: Nineteenth-century French gold-tooled red morocco by Niedrée; marbled pastedowns.

Size: 193 × 128 × 10 mm.

Size of leaf: 189 × 121 mm.

Provenance: Purchased for £3. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1852), 4.

SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.28.


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