Bod-Inc: B-053
Barberiis, Philippus de
Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini, et al.
Analysis of Content
[A1v] Lignamine, Johannes Philippus de: ‘Prefatio', addressed to Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. Capialbi, Notizie circa la vita . . . di messer Giovan Filippo La Legname, 84-5. See P. Farenga, ‘Le prefazioni alle edizioni Romane di Giovanni Filippo de Lignamine', Scrittura biblioteche e stampa II, 135-74, at 150.
[A3r] [Barberiis, Philippus de: Discordantiae sanctorum doctorum Hieronymi et Augustini.] Incipit: ‘[D]uo luminaria magna que deus fecit, id est duos sacrosancte ecclesiae doctores egregios . . .’ See Kaeppeli no. 3371.
[A6v] Augustinus: De civitate Dei, book 18, ch. 23. Ed. B. Dombart and A. Kalb, CCSL 48 (1955), 613-15.
[A8v] Lactantius, [Lucius Coelius] Firmianus: [De divinis institutionibus, book 1, ch. 6.] ‘De testimonio Cocte pontificis Trismegisti et de decem Sibyllis'. Lactantius, Opera omnia: 1: Divinae institutiones, ed. Samuel Brandt, CSEL 19 (Prague, Vienna and Leipzig, 1890), 18-25.
[B2v] [Barberiis, Philippus de]: ‘Dicta propria Sibyllarum'. [Also known as Sybillarum et prophetarum de Christo vaticinia.] Incipit: ‘Nunc asseramus in medium dicta propria Sibyllarum . . . Sibilla Persia uestita ueste aurea cum uelo albo in capite . . .’
[c2v] Proba: ‘Probe Romane carmina'. Cento [Vergilianus]. PL XIX 803-18; ed. C. Schenkl, CSEL, 16 (1888), 569-609. See Walther, Initia, 9696.
[e2v] Thomas Aquinas [pseudo-]: Praefatio super symbolum Athanasii. Incipit: ‘[Q]uicumque uult saluus esse an. etc. Sine qua impossibile est placere deo . . .’ Excerpted by Philippus de Barberiis.
[f3v] Explanatio super orationem dominicam. Incipit: ‘[P]ater noster qui es in celis, tota id est trinitatis ineffabilis. Qui solus celum terramque reples, et ubique immobilis ades . . .’
[f7v] ‘Explanatio super euangelicam salutationem'. [Also known as Explanatio super salutationem angelicam. Incipit: ‘[A]ue Maria, polorum regina, super omnes choros angelorum exaltata. Aue Maria, angelorum domina, omnium prima Gabrielis ore uenerata . . .’
[g2v] Explanatio super Te deum. Incipit: ‘[T]e deum laudamus. Te bene sonantibus concinendo cimbalis exaltamus . . .’
[g8r] Explanatio super Gloria in excelsis. Incipit: ‘[G]loria in excelsis deo et in terra pax. Nato saluatore angeli concinut(!) de Christi natiuitate . . .’
[h3r] Donatus theologus. Incipit: ‘[V]erbum diuinum quod dei filius est, et nomen et uerbum est . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Rome: Johannes Philippus de Lignamine, [after] 1 Dec. 1481. 4°.
Remarks: BMC treats as another issue, with 82 leaves, of Goff B‑118.
Collation
Collation: [A B8 C6 D c–h8 i4].
Remarks: On the collation see BMC. GW collates [a b8 c6 d–k8 l4].
Illustrations: 29 woodcuts, twelve each of Sibyls and Prophets, and one each of Christ, John the Baptist, the Nativity, Plato, and an unnamed female figure.
References
ISTC: ib00119000
GW: GW 3386;
Hain: HCR 2455;
Goff: Goff B‑119;
BMC: BMC IV 131;
Proctor: Pr 3961;
Others: CIBN B‑87; Sander 773; Sheppard 3136.
LCN: 13955041
Copies
Copy number: B-053(1)
Binding: Forel; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 227 × 150 × 20 mm.
Size of leaf: 218 × 134 mm.
Early marginal notes in faded ink.
Initials, some epigraphic, are supplied in red or blue; the seven-line initial ‘S' on [A1v] is decorated with faint purple mayflowers, pen-work infill and extensions into the margin. On [A1v –A2v] the text is surrounded by a frame ruled in red. Coat of arms supplied within a wreath, with green and red ties. Woodcuts coloured in red, yellow, and blue.
Provenance: Cardinal Georgius Costa (1406-1508); coat of arms on [A1v]: azure, a Catherine wheel or, surmounted by a red cardinal's hat with twelve tassels; see Alphonsus Ciaconius, Vitae et res gestae Pontificum Romanorum . . . (Rome, 1677), III col. 55. Purchased for £4. 4. 0; see Books Purchased (1847), 3.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.23.
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