Bod-Inc: D-067

Dio Chrysostomus

De Troia non capta (ed. Nicolaus Lucarus).

 

Analysis of Content

a2r Philelphus, Franciscus: [Letter addressed to] Leonardus Brunus Aretinus. Incipit: ‘[C]um nuper ex noua Roma Italiam repetiturus nauigarem cepit me desiderium...’ a3r Explicit: ‘... splendorque accedat. Quare iam Dionem ipsum audiamus.’

a3v Dio Chrysostomus: De Troia non capta. Dionis Chrisostomi Prusensis philosophi ad Ilienses Ilii captivitatem non fuisse. Translated by Franciscus Philelphus, as stated in his dedicatory letter; for the translation see Gianvito Resta, ‘Filelfo tra Bisanzio e Roma', in Francesco Filelfo nel quinto centenario della morte: atti del XVII convegno di studi maceratesi (Tolentino, 27-30 settembre, 1981) (Padua, 1986), 1-60, at 12-15. Edited by Nicolaus Lucarus, as stated in his letter to Cavitellus. Incipit: ‘[N]on ego sum ad modum nescius quam omnis docere homines perdifficile sit, fallere autem facile. ...’ c3r Explicit: ‘... Quanto melius si grecis hec facta non essent, quam Troiam in captivitatem actam fabulari. | Laus Deo. Finis.’

c3v Lucarus, Nicolaus: [Letter addressed to] Borsius Cavitellus. ‘Nicolaus Lucarus Borsio Cavitello patritio Cremonensi, viro rarissimo, salutem.’ Incipit: ‘Magnas tibi agere gratias universi rerum antiquarum indagatores ...’ c4r Explicit: ‘... decus amplissimum nos ama, lucubratumculisque nostris te defensorem para.’

c4r Camarinus, Petrus Maria: [Verse addressed to the reader] ‘Petri Marie Camarini Papiensis Decasticon. Ad lectorem.’ Incipit: 'Noscere qui Phrygias vero cupis ordine pugnas | Aurea Dionis hec monumenta lege' [5 elegiac distichs].

a4r Colophon: ‘Ingenuossimi [sic] et diligentis chalcographi Bernardini de Misintis Papiensis opera, una cum Cesare Parmense Dion Chrisostomus Prusensis in lucem elegans, splendens et integer, rediit Cremone. Impressus anno ab Incarnatione Sacratissime Virginis 1492, undecimo kalendas Augusti.’

Imprint

Imprint: Cremona Bernardinus de Misintis and Caesar Parmensis 22 July 1492 4°.

Secundo folio: Nam ut ea que non ita in manu sunt, & plurimorum verborum indi- (a3r)

Collation

Collation: a b⁸ c⁴.

Illustrations: 1 woodcut initial; 1 space left blank for initial, with printed guide letter.

References

ISTC: id00206000

GW: GW 8370 (Anm.);

Hain: HC *6184;

Goff: Goff D‑206;

BMC: BMC VII 956;

Proctor: Pr 6926;

Others: BSB‑Ink D‑169; Sheppard 5715.

LCN: 14816383

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