Bod-Inc: C-132
Cato, Dionysius
Disticha de moribus.
Analysis of Content
A1v [Prohemium.] Incipit: ‘[S]ummi deus largitor premii, via constans, fons refrigerii, terre vices obtemperans, a quo stillationis(!) gratie plenitudo . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
A3v [Epistola Catonis.] See C‑128.
A3v [Commentary on the Epistola Catonis and the Breves sententiae.] Incipit: ‘(Animaduerterem) Id est vertendo in animo meo (perciperem) id est sepe considerarem vel cogitarem . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
B3v [Disticha Catonis.] See C‑127.
B3v [Commentary on the Disticha Catonis.] Incipit: ‘Finita parte prohemii, in qua autor tetigit causam incepti operis et huius libri materiam sub breuiloquio prosaice compilauit . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; A‑485.
Imprint
Imprint: Cologne: Heinrich Quentell, 1494. 4°.
Collation
Collation: A–H6.
Illustrations: Accipies woodcut on A1v; see Schreiber–Heitz no. 18.
References
ISTC: ic00309000
GW: GW 6310;
Hain: HC 4733;
Goff: Goff C‑309;
BMC: BMC I 283;
Proctor: Pr 1325;
Others: Sack, Freiburg, 952; Sheppard 1025; Voulliéme, Köln, 318.
LCN: 14836598
Copies
Copy number: C-132(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century pasteboards.
Size: 210 × 147 × 15 mm.
Size of leaf: 202 × 140 mm.
Early marginal notes. On H6v: ‘Omnia sunt hominum tenui pendentia filo . . .' (Walther, Initia, 13282).
Provenance: Johannes Schoda (fl. c.1500). Paulus Gdane (fl. c.1500); inscriptions on F2v: ‘Ego Joannes Schoda sum possesor huius l[ibri]', ‘Fr. Paulus Gdane'. Purchased from M. L. Tregaskis for £0. 16. 3; see Catalogue 324 (1896), no. 359; see Library Bills, 5 Feb. 1896.
SHELFMARK: Inc. e. G3.1494.1.
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