Bod-Inc: B-491
Bossus, Matthaeus
Recuperationes Faesulanae.
Analysis of Content
a1v Beroaldus, Philippus: ‘Epistola . . . ad lectorem'. Incipit: ‘[S]criptionem ecclesiasticam plerique existimant consimilem esse uirgini ualentulae . . .’
a2r Bossus, Matthaeus: [Letter to] Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[A] plerisque saepe rogatus . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 254 (letter CXXXIII).
a3r Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘De tolerandis adversis dialogus'. Dedicated to Johannes Philippus [Bossus], his brother. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam cum saepe alias . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 52-3.
b8v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘Secunda collatio . . . Cur iniqui fortunacius agunt'. Incipit: ‘[R]edeuntes postridie nosque salutantes amici . . .’
c6v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘De gerendo magistratu iustitiaque colenda opusculum'. Incipit: ‘[C]onstituenti mihi tuis precibus impulso . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 53-5.
e5v Bossus, Matthaeus: [De honesto cultu feminarum.] ‘Ne foeminea ornamenta Bononiensibus restituantur . . . cohortatio'. Incipit: ‘[P]udiciciam, quam omnes matronarum decus . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 61-6.
f6v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘Oratio in agimorum die de beata domini coena'. Incipit: ‘[M]ecum ipse cogitans, quibus ingenii uiribus . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 66-7.
f8v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘Oratio in beata domini coena'. Incipit: ‘[H]odiernus hic dies, reuerendi patres . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 67-8.
g4r Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘In magni Aurelii patris natalem festumque diem oratio'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uotiens, reuerendi patres uirique clarissimi, haec alma lux . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 69-71.
g6v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘Oratio . . . in laudem sanguinis domini Jesu Christi, qui pie religioseque Mantue colitur'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uingentis et eo amplius annis . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 71-2.
h1v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘In solemni omnium caelitum die oratio'. Incipit: ‘[R]efulget hodie nobis, viri patres et commilitones . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 72.
h4v Bossus, Matthaeus: ‘Oratio in beata coena domini'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uod tentare iamdudum desieram . . .’ See Soranzo, Bosso, 68-9.
i1r Bossus, Matthaeus: [Epistolae familiares. Part I.] ‘Diversarum rerum epistolae'. Incipit: ‘[C]um istic agerem, Philippe . . .’ 133 letters. See Soranzo, Bosso, 223-54 (letters I–CXXXI).
Imprint
Imprint: Bologna: Bazalerius de Bazaleriis, (28 Oct.?) 1493. 4°.
Remarks: The colophon reads: ‘Vigesimo octavo Kallendas Octobres', interpreted by Goff as 28 Oct. On this edition see also Soranzo, Bosso, 96.
Collation
Collation: a–i K l–u8 x6.
References
ISTC: ib01046000
GW: GW 4959;
Hain: HC *3670;
Goff: Goff B‑1046;
BMC: BMC VI 834;
Proctor: Pr 6580;
Others: BSB‑Ink B‑763; CIBN B‑733; Oates 2485; Rhodes 430; Sheppard 5367.
LCN: 13913976
Copies
Copy number: B-491(1)
Binding: Parchment; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 222 × 158 × 35 mm.
Size of leaf: 215 × 147 mm.
On the front endleaves index and table of contents in humanist hands. Occasional early marginal notes.
Provenance: The copy bought at the sale of J. T. Hand (1837), lot 81, for £0. 4. 0, is no longer in the Library. Ingram Bywater (1840-1914); Elenchus, no. 665. Bequeathed in 1914.
SHELFMARK: Byw. K 8.14.
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