Bod-Inc: A-624

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

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Analysis of Content

A1v Ferrarius, Julius Aemilius: [Letter to] Ambrosius Varisius Rosatus. Incipit: ‘Decii Magni Ausonii poetae carmen mancum et mutilatum cum euoluerem . . .’ Saxius 499.

A2r ‘Decii Magni Ausonii Paeonii poetae lepidissimi uita.’ Incipit: ‘[D]ecius Magnus Ausonius physicus et poeta natione Gallus Burdigalam patriam habuit . . .’

A2v [List of poems with incipits.] ‘Epigrammaton dimidiatus liber.’

B1r Ausonius Paeonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Epigrammata. Incipit: ‘[P]hoebe potens numeris, praeses Tritonia bellis, | Tu quoque ab aereo praepes Victoria lapsu.’ See A‑622.

D1r 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.

D1r Ausonius Paeonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Epistulae. Incipit: ‘Ausonius Paulo salutem. [T]andem eluctati retinacula blanda morarum | Burdigale molles liquimus illecebras.’ See A‑622.

E1v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: [Ecloga.] ‘Monostichum de .xii. erumnis Herculis.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rima Cleonaei tollerata erumna leonis. | Proxima Lernæam ferro et face contulit(!) hydram.’ Prete 112-13 no. 24; Green 103 no. 17.

E1v 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).

E2v [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.

E2v [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Ecloga.] ‘De mensibus et quattuor anni temporibus.’ Incipit: ‘[A]eternos menses et tempora quattuor anni | Quattuor ista tibi subiecta monasticha(!) dicent.’ Prete 109-10 no. 18; Green 101 no. 11

E3r [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.

E3r [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.

E3v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Gratiarum actio ad Gratianum imperatorem pro consulatu. Prete 214-32 no. XXIV; Green 146-60 no. XXI.

F2r [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.

F4r 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.

G2r 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.

G3r [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus: Ephemeris: Oratio.] ‘Praecatio 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. II.3.

G4r [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).

G4v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Protrepticus ad nepotem. Prete 72-8 no. VII; Green 21-4 no. VIII.

G6r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: Cupido cruciatus.] ‘Aeglogarum liber.’ Prete 116-21 no. XIV; Green 139-43 no. XIX.

H1v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Bissula. Prete 122-5 nos 1-2, 4-7; Green 130-2 no. XVII.

H2r 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).

H3r Casatia Saluzolius, Laurentius: ‘De laudibus Iulii Aemylii Ferrarii Nouariensis ad lectorem.’ Incipit: ‘[R]osus erat blaptis et mendis sordidus ante | In lucem nitidus nunc redit Ausonius'; 8 elegiac distichs.

H3v [Colophon.]

H3v [Girardinus, Bartholomaeus]: [Greek-Latin poem.] Incipit: ’ Αὐσόνιος fueram solus νυ̂ν χείλε τέ κοσμω̂ | Artificis χειρὴ εἰσὶ τε καί φύσεϊ ; ‘; 2 elegiac distichs. Botfield, 139.

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 11 Aug. 1494. Folio.

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

Collation

Collation: A⁴ B⁶ C⁴ D–G⁶ H⁴.

References

ISTC: ia01402000

GW: GW 3092;

Hain: H *2178;

Goff: Goff A1402;

BMC: BMC V 528;

Proctor: Pr 5434;

Others: BSB‑Ink A‑946; CIBN A‑797; Hillard 242; Oates 2110; Rhodes 234; Sack, Freiburg, 405; Sheppard 4519.

LCN: 13958661

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