Bod-Inc: C-133
Cato, Dionysius
Disticha de moribus.
Analysis of Content
a2r ‘Prohemium'. Incipit: ‘[S]ummi deus largitor premii, via constans, fons refrigerii, terre vices obtemperans, a quo stillat totius gratie plenitudo . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
a4r [Epistola Catonis.] See C‑128.
a4r [Commentary on the Epistola Catonis and the Breves sententiae.] Incipit: ‘Id est cum animo meo perciperem id est sepe considerarem vel cogitarem . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; see A‑485.
b2v [Disticha Catonis.] ‘Liber Cathonis'. See C‑127.
b2v [Commentary on the Disticha Catonis.] Incipit: ‘Finita parte prohemii, in qua actor(i.e.auctor) tetigit causam suscepti operis et huius libri materiam sub breuiloquio prosaice compilauit . . .’ As in the edition of the Auctores octo; seee A‑485.
Imprint
Imprint: [Paris: Pierre Levet, c.1497]. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–e8 f6. Collation differs from GW.
References
ISTC: ic00311500
GW: GW 6313;
Proctor: Pr 8088;
Others: Sheppard 6288.
LCN: 14836562
Copies
Copy number: C-133(1)
Bound with A‑077(2); see there for details of binding and provenance.
Size of leaf: 205 × 137 mm.
Line 1 on b1r reads: ‘nō poſſidebūt regnū dei ideo potius ſis bn̄dict9 q̃ ƺ maledict9. qƺ benedi', not as GW.
A few drawings of pointing hands in brown ink in the margins and occasional manuscript annotations, both probably by the same early hand.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 7.35(1).
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