Bod-Inc: A-625

Ausonius, Decimus Magnus

Opera.

 

Analysis of Content

[A1v] Merula, Bartholomaeus: [Letter to] Hieronymus Avantius Veronensis. Incipit: ‘[S]uperioribus diebus, quibus clarissimus Mecœnas meus, Georgius Cornelius Brixiae . . .’ Dated Venice, 18 Sept. 1496.

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

[A2v] ‘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.

C4r 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.

C4r Ausonius Paeonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Epistulae. Incipit: ‘Ausonius Paulo salutem. [T]andem eluctati retinacula blanda morarum | Burdigalae molles liquimus illecebras.’ See A‑622.

D4v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: Ecloga.] ‘Monostichum de duodecim erumnis Herculis.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rima Cleonaei tollerata erumna leonis. | Proxima Lernaeam ferro et face contulit(!) hydram.’ Prete 112-13 no. 24; Green 103 no. 17.

D4v 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

D6r [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 praepetum(!) | 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.

E5r [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.

F1r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Griphus ternarii numeri. ‘Crippus de ternario numero.’ Prete 150-8 no. XVIII; Green 111-15 no. XV.

F2v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Cento nuptialis. Prete 159-69 no. XIX; Green 132-9 no. XVIII.

F5r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: Epistula.] ‘Ausonius Theonii(!) 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.

F6r [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. II.3.

G1r [Ausonius Paeonius, Decimus Magnus]: Epicedion in patrem. ‘Epicedion 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).

G1v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Protrepticus ad nepotem. Prete 72-8 no. VII; Green 21-4 no. VIII.

G3r Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: Cupido cruciatus.] ‘Aeglogarum liber.’ Prete 116-21 no. XIV; Green 139-43 no. XIX.

G4v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus]: Bissula. Prete 122-5 nos 1-2, 4-7; Green 130-2 no. XVII.

H1r 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).

H2r Casatia Saluzolius, Laurentius: ‘De laudibus Iulii Aemilii Ferrarii Nouariensis ad lectorem.’ Incipit: ‘Rosus erat blaptis et mendis sordidus ante | In lucem nitidus nunc redit Ausonius'; 8 elegiac distichs.

H2v [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.

H2v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus pseudo-: Epigrammata Bobiensia.] ‘Epigrammata nuper inuenta.’ Edited by Bartholomaeus Merula. Incipit: ‘Non nomen, non quo genitus, non unde, quid aegi | Mutus in aeternum sum cinis, ossa nihil.’ Epigrammata Bobiensia, ed. F. Munari (Rome, 1955) and Epigrammata Bobiensia, ed. Wolfgang Speyer (Leipzig, 1963), nos 43, 45, 47, 49, 55, 56, 14, 15, 24, 27, 28, 31, 33, 60, 61, 66, 67, 69. On authorship see Epigrammata Bobiensia, ed. Munari, 27-30. See also Green 375.

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 14 Oct. 1496. 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] B–F⁶ G H⁴.

References

ISTC: ia01403000

GW: GW 3093;

Hain: HC *2179;

Goff: Goff A‑1403;

BMC: BMC V 530;

Proctor: Pr 5442;

Others: BSB‑Ink A‑947; CIBN A‑798; Oates 2115; Sack, Freiburg, 406; Sheppard 4533-4.

LCN: 13958568

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