Bod-Inc: A-623

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

Opera.

 

Analysis of Content

A2r Ferrarius, Julius Aemilius: [Letter to] Ambrosius Varisius Rosatus. Incipit: ‘Decii Magni Ausonii poetae carmen mancum et mutilatum cum euoluerem . . .’ Saxius 499.

A3r ‘Decii Magni Ausonii Paeonii poetae lepidissimi uita.’ Incipit: ‘[D]ecius Magnus Ausonius physicus et poeta natione Gallus Burdigalam patriam habuit . . .’

A3v [List of poems with incipits.]

a2r Ausonius Paeonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Epigrammata. Incipit: ‘[P]hoebe potens numeris, praeses Tritonia bellis, | Tu quoque ab aereo praepes Victoria lapsu.’ See A‑622.

c1r Ausonius Paeonius, [Decimus Magnus]: ‘Versus pascales.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ancta salutiferi redeunt solemnia Christi | Et deuota pii celebrant ieiunia mystae’ Prete 82-3 no. IX (Green 15-16 no. IV).

c1v Ausonius Paeonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Epistulae. Incipit: ‘Ausonius Paulo salutem. [T]andem eluctati retinacula blanda morarum | Burdigale molles liquimus illecebras.’ See A‑622.

d4r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: Ecloga.] ‘Monostichum de .xii. erumnis Herculis.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rima Cleonaei tolerata erumna leonis. | Proxima Lernæam ferro et face contudit hydram.’ Prete 112-13 no. 24 (Green 103 no. 17).

d4r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: De XII caesaribus.] Incipit: ‘[C]aesareos proceres, in quorum regna secundis | Consulibus dudum Romana potentia cessit.’ Prete 202-4 nos 1-4 and 208-9 nos 13-18 (Green 161-8 no. XXIII (parts)).

d5v [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Epigramma.] ‘In Scabiosum Polygitonem.’ Incipit: ‘[T]hermarum in solio si quis Polygitona uidit | Vlcera membrorum scabie putrefacta fouentem.’ Prete 327-8 no. 106 (Green 95 no. 115).

d5v [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Ecloga.] ‘De mensibus et quattuor anni temporibus.’ Incipit: ‘[A]eternos menses et tempora quattuor anni | Quattuor ista tibi subiecta monosticha dicent.’ Prete 109-10 no. 18 (Green 101 no. 11)

d5v [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Epigramma.] ‘De quodam Siluio bono qui erat Britto.’ Incipit: ‘[S]iluius ille Bonus, qui carmina nostra lacessit, | Nostra magis meruit disticha Britto Bonus.’ Prete 328-9 nos 107-12 (Green 95-6 nos 116-21).

d6r [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Ephemeris.] ‘In notarium in scribendo uelocissimum.’ Incipit: ‘[P]uer, notarum praeceptum | solers minister, aduola.’ Prete 330-1 no. XXVII (Green 12-13 no. 7).

d6v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Gratiarum actio ad Gratianum imperatorem pro consulatu. Prete 214-32 no. XXIV (Green 146-60 no. XXI).

f1r [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Technopaegnion.] ‘De monosyllabis opus.’ Prete 126-37 nos 2-12 and 14 (Green 176-83 nos 2-13 and 15-16).

f3v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Griphus ternarii numeri. ‘Crippus de ternario numero.’ Prete 150-8 no. XVIII (Green 111-15 no. XV).

f5v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Cento nuptialis. Prete 159-69 no. XIX (Green 132-9 no. XVIII).

g3r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: [Epistula.] ‘Ausonius Theoni salutem.’ Incipit: ‘[A]usonius, cuius ferulam nunc sceptra uerentur, | Paganum e Medulis iubeo saluere Theonem.’ Prete 253-7 no. XII (Green 208-11 no. 13).

g5r [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus]: [Ephemeris: Oratio.] ‘Precatio matutina ad omnipotentem Deum.’ Incipit: ‘[O]mnipotens, quem mente colo, pater unice rerum | Ignorate malis et nulli ignote piorum.’ Prete 7-10 no. 3 (Green 8-10 no. 3).

g6r [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus]: Epicedion in patrem. ‘Epicedion in partem(!) de uita sua.’ Incipit: ‘[N]omen ego Ausonius; non ultimus arte medendi, | Et, mea si nosces tempora, primus eram.’ Prete 86-8 no. XI (parts) (Green 17-18 no. V (parts)).

g6v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Protrepticus ad nepotem. Prete 72-8 no. VII (Green 21-4 no. VIII).

h2v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: Cupido cruciatus.] ‘Aeglogarum liber.’ Prete 116-21 no. XIV (Green 139-43 no. XIX).

h4r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Bissula. Prete 122-5 nos 1-2, 4-7 (Green 130-2 no. XVII).

h4v Ausonius [Paeonius], Decimus Magnus: Ordo urbium nobilium. Incipit: ‘Nunc et Troiugenis patribus memoremus Athenas | Pallados et Cessi quondam certaminis arcem.’ Prete 193-201 nos 15, 2 (lines 11-14), 8, 16/17, 7, 6, 10, 19, 20 (parts) (Green 169-75 no. XXIV (rearranged; parts)).

h6v Casatia Saluzolius, Laurentius: ‘De laudibus Iulii Aemylii Ferrarii Nouariensis ad lectorem.’ Incipit: ‘Rosus erat blaptis et mendis sordidus ante | In lucem nitidus nunc redit Ausonius'; 8 elegiac distichs.

h6v [Colophon.]

h6v [Girardinus, Bartholomaeus]: [Greek and Latin poem.] Incipit: ’ Αὐσόνιος fueram solus νυ̂ν χείλε τέ κοσμω̂ | Artificis χειρὴ εἰσὶ τε καί φύσεϊ ‘; 2 elegiac distichs. Botfield, 139.

h6v [Ferrarius, Julius Aemilius]: [Concluding note.] Addressed to Ambrosius [Varisius Rosatus]. Incipit: ‘Habes, Ambrosi philosophorum optime, Ausonium impressum et a multis expectatum . . .’ Saxius 500.

Imprint

Imprint: Milan: Uldericus Scinzenzeler, 15 Sept. 1490. Folio.

Remarks: GW erroneously lists works of pseudo-Ovid, Proba Falconia, Calpurnius, Nemesianus, and Tifernas among the contents: see Sheppard and BSB‑Ink.

Collation

Collation: A⁶ a–h⁶.

References

ISTC: ia01401500

GW: GW 3091;

Hain: HCR 2177;

BMC: BMC VI 764;

Proctor: Pr 6014;

Others: CIBN A‑796; Sheppard 4986.

LCN: 13958615

Copies