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Gaguinus, Robertus
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Part I.
a1r [Title-page.]
a2r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Prefatio' [addressed to] Jodocus Badius Ascensius. Robert Gaguin, Epistole et orationes, ed. Louis Thuasne, Bibliothèque littéraire de la renaissance, 2 vols (Paris, 1904), I 171-4, no. 1.
a2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Durandus Gerlerius. ed. Thuasne I 174-6, no. 2.
a3r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] ‘Patres correctores capituli . . . ordinis sancti Trinitatis'. ed. Thuasne I 177-8, no. 3.
a3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Burius. ed. Thuasne I 274-7, no. 29.
a4r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Navellus. ed. Thuasne I 178-84, no. 4.
a5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ambrosius Cambraius. ed. Thuasne I 219-20, no. 9.
a5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] [Florimont] Robertus. ed. Thuasne I 316-7, no. 43.
a6r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] the doctors of theology. ed. Thuasne II 90-7, no. 92.
a7v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Doriolus. ed. Thuasne I 252-5, no. 23.
a8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Carolus Saccus. ed. Thuasne I 209-10, no. 6.
a8v Ambrosius Cambraius [pseudo-]; Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Nicolaus Tyllardus. ‘Robertus Gaguinus in persona Ambrosii Cambraii Nicolao Tyllardo regio secretario'. ed. Thuasne I 213-9, no. 8.
b1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Havardus. ed. Thuasne I 242-5, no. 18.
b1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Fichetus. ed. Thuasne I 220-3, no. 10.
b2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Fichetus. ed. Thuasne I 224-5, no. 11.
b2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Havardus. ed. Thuasne I 245-6, no. 19.
b2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Didacus de Tolleto. ed. Thuasne I 255-8, no. 24; on Didacus also Thuasne I 14.
b3r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Burius. ed. Thuasne I 258-62, no. 25.
b3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ludovicus [de Rochechouart], Bishop of Saintes. ed. Thuasne I 228-33, no. 13.
b4r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes [recte Alphonsus], King of Portugal. ed. Thuasne I 262-4, no. 26.
b4v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Carolus Saccus. ed. Thuasne I 289-91, no. 33.
b4v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Carolus Saccus. ed. Thuasne I 240-1, no. 17.
b5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Fichetus. ed. Thuasne I 237-40, no. 16.
b5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Milo d'Illiers, Bishop of Chartres. ed. Thuasne I 358-60, no. 59.
b5v [Gaguinus, Robertus(?)]: ‘Carmen: Campana loquitur', [addressed to] Milo d'Illiers. Incipit: ‘Me sacer antistes ut signem tempora Milo | Flauit ago lites prandia concubium'; 2 elegiac distichs.
b5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Fichetus. ed. Thuasne I 247-50, no. 21.
b6v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Carolus Gallicurtus. ed. Thuasne I 225-8, no. 12.
b6v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ludovicus [de Rochechouart], Bishop of Saintes. ed. Thuasne I 235-6, no. 15. Concludes with 14 lines of verse.
b7r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Fichetus. ed. Thuasne I 250-1, no. 22.
b7r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Benaton. ed. Thuasne II 156, no. 100.
b7v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ludovicus [de Rochechouart], Bishop of Saintes. ed. Thuasne I 233-4, no. 14.
b7v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Nicolaus [Leroux], Abbot of S. Cornelius, Compiègne. ed. Thuasne I 211-13, no. 7.
b8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Benaton. ed. Thuasne II 157, no. 101.
b8r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Roberti Gaguini cum bacalariorum examen in collegio doctorum iuris pontificii ingrederetur.’ ed. Thuasne II 118-24, no. 95.
c2r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Pro vniuersitate studii Parisiensi contra quosdam theologos . . . breuis oratio.’ ed. Thuasne II 128-35, no. 97.
c3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Vitus. ed. Thuasne II 160-7, no. 103.
c5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Havardus. ed. Thuasne I 246-7, no. 20.
c5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Alphonsus Velhus. ed. Thuasne II 158-9, no. 102.
c6r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to his friend, i. e. Martinus de Delft.] ed. Thuasne I 379-80, no. 64.
c6v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Philippus Beroaldus. ed. Thuasne I 282-6, no. 31.
c7r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes de Monte. ed. Thuasne I 323-5, no. 47.
c7r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Driescus. ed. Thuasne I 264-70, no. 27.
c8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Martinus de Delft. ed. Thuasne I 381-3, no. 65.
c8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes de Ambasia, Bishop of Langres. ed. Thuasne I 298-9, no. 36. Johannes de Ambasia was Bishop of Langres, not of Albi as stated here; see Thuasne.
c8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] N. [recte Johannes] de Ambasia, Bishop of Langres. ed. Thuasne I 300-1, no. 37.
c8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne II 135-44, no. 98.
d2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ludovicus [de Rochechouart], Bishop of Saintes. ed. Thuasne I 270-4, no. 28.
d3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Magister. ed. Thuasne I 318-19, no. 44.
d4r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 296-7, no. 35.
d4v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ambrosius Cambraius. ed. Thuasne I 278-81, no. 30.
d5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes de Ambasia, Bishop of Langres. ed. Thuasne I 305-10, no. 39.
d6r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes de Ambasia, Bishop of Langres. ed. Thuasne I 302-4, no. 38.
d6v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 292-5, no. 34.
d7r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Ad Florentinos Roberti Gaguini, regis Francorum Caroli octavi oratoris, in causa Renati ducis Lothoringie adversus Ferdinandum Neapolitanum oratio'. ed. Thuasne II 145-55, no. 99.
e1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Pinus. ed. Thuasne I 374-6, no. 62.
e1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 310-11, no. 40.
e2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 319-20, no. 45.
e2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 334-7, no. 50.
e2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Ambrosius Cambraius. ed. Thuasne I 286-8, no. 32.
e3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Speech addressed to] Jean Allardeau, Bishop of Marseilles. ed. Thuasne II 124-8, no. 96.
e5r Gaguinus, Robertus: De eligendo in suo ordine ministro generali oratio. ed. Thuasne II 97-111, no. 93.
f1v Gaguinus, Robertus: Ad Ioannem [recte Alphonsum] regem Portugallie dum Parisii ageret . . . oratio. ed. Thuasne II 111-17, no. 94.
f3r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Burius. ed. Thuasne II 42-3, no. 79.
f3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] [Stephanus de Longvy], Bishop of Mâcon. ed. Thuasne II 60-2, no. 85.
f3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Jodocus Badius Ascensius. ed. Thuasne II 58-60, no. 84.
f4r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius Burellus. ed. Thuasne II 40-2, no. 78.
f4v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Jodocus Badius Ascensius. ed. Thuasne II 65-7, no. 88.
f4v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Carolus Ferrandus. ed. Thuasne I 355-7, no. 57.
f5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Marsilius Ficinus. ed. Thuasne II 20-2, no. 76.
f5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] [William Sellyng], Prior of Canterbury Cathedral, here called St Thomas'. ed. Thuasne I 383-4, no. 66.
f5v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Ad ministros ordinis in capitulo generali Roberti Gaguini oratio.’ ed. Thuasne II 81-9, no. 91.
f8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Bonifacius Simoneta, Abbot of San Stefano del Corno. ed. Thuasne I 321-2, no. 46.
f8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Arnoldus Bostius. ed. Thuasne I 337-9, no. 51.
f8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to Desiderius] Erasmus. ed. Thuasne II 9-13, no. 74.
g1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Trithemius. ed. Thuasne I 394-407, no. 70.
g3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Jean de Villiers de la Groslaye, Abbot of Saint-Denis. ed. Thuasne I 392-4, no. 69.
g3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to Bernardus] Andreas Cecus. ed. Thuasne I 347-50, no. 55.
g4r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Jacobus de Peralta. ed. Thuasne I 345-7, no. 54.
g4v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Arnoldus Bostius. ed. Thuasne I 312-4, no. 41.
g5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Arnoldus Bostius. ed. Thuasne I 357-8 no. 58.
g5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Trithemius. ed. Thuasne I 351-5, no. 56.
g5v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to Desiderius] Erasmus. ed. Thuasne II 1-4, no. 71.
g6r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to Desiderius] Erasmus. ed. Thuasne II 5-7, no. 72.
g6v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Burius. ed. Thuasne I 332-4, no. 49.
g7r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to Stephanus] Brulefer. ed. Thuasne II 14-20, no. 75.
g7v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Arnoldus Bostius. ed. Thuasne I 326-31, no. 48.
g8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Robertus de Horto. ed. Thuasne II 7-9, no. 73.
h1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 361, no. 60.
h1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Jacobus Wimpfeling. ed. Thuasne I 361-71, no. 61.
h2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Epigram addressed to] Jacobus Wimpfeling. Incipit: ‘Lilia frondescunt, semperque virore recenti | Ethera per liquidum candidiora valent;' 16 elegiac distichs. ed. Thuasne I 372-3.
h2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne I 376-9, no. 63.
h3r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Adam Fumeus. ed. Thuasne I 384-5, no. 67.
h3r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Hermannus. ed. Thuasne II 22-39, no. 77.
h6r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Rogerius cenobita regularis [i.e. Rutgerus Sicamber de Venray]. ed. Thuasne II 49-52, no. 81.
h6v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Arnoldus Bostius. ed. Thuasne II 44-8, no. 80.
h7r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Isabella, Queen of Castile. ed. Thuasne II 52-4, no. 82.
h7v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to Guilelmus Brissonetus], Bishop of Lodève. ed. Thuasne I 340-2, no. 52.
h8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guido de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne II 63-4, no. 86.
h8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guido de Rupeforti. ed. Thuasne II 65, no. 87.
h8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] the Doctors of Theology of the University of Paris. ed. Thuasne II 54-8, no. 83.
i1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Arnoldus Bostius. ed. Thuasne I 386-92, no. 68.
i1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Deonvillus. ed. Thuasne II 68-74, no. 89.
Part II.
A1r [Title-page.]
A1v [Gaguinus], Robertus: [Letter addressed to the] Sacred College of the Doctors of Theology, Paris. ed. Thuasne II 54-8, no. 83.
A2r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘De puritate conceptionis virginis Marie, aduersus Vincentium de Castro Nouo' [i.e. Vincentius Bandellus de Castronovo]. Incipit: ‘[E]st michi mens equis in te procurrere telis | Qui sopita diu reproba bella moues.’ De puritate conceptionis BVM is the second version of the Decertatio adversus Vincentium de Castronovo de mundissimo Virginis Mariae conceptu (cf. Hillard).
B6v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Passio sancti Richardi martyris' [addressed to] Parisians. ed. Thuasne II 279-87, no. XVII.
C1r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘De variis in ecclesia dei ordinibus.’ Incipit: ‘Ecclesie castris vario cur ordine clerus | Militet atque vnum diuerso victimet vsu'; 49 hexameters.
C1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Jacobus Publius [i.e. Publicius]. ed. Thuasne II 259-61, no. XII.
C2r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘De hospita Vernonensi iocus.’ ed. Thuasne I 161-2.
C2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to students in the arts.] Incipit: ‘Forte dum curis aliquando liber | Altius tento penetrare rerum'; 35 strophes each of three Sapphics and one Adonic.
C4v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘De misera hominis conditione et ad eam consolatione.’ Incipit: ‘Inter multa quibus se mens exercet et angit | Hec mestam imprimis questio sepe quatit.’
C7v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Arguit poetas quod nomina veterum deorum inuocant.’ Incipit: ‘Quid Iouis et Phebi michi profers nomina vates | Et pridem explose Palladis armisone?'; 12 elegiac distichs.
C7v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Petrus Burius. Incipit: ‘Petre musarum memorande cultor | Carior nobis opibus beatis'; 12 elegiac distichs.
C8r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Ad diuam Mariam . . . oratio Asclepiadeo carmine.’ Incipit: ‘Virgo labe carens ethere purior | Expurga vicium fer tenebras procul'; 10 elegiac distichs.
C8v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epithaphium Johannis Marcant.’ Incipit: ‘Ad vitam redimi si possent fletibus vmbre | Faucibus hic mortis eripuisset amor'; 8 elegiac distichs.
C8v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: [Verse addressed to Publius] Faustus [Andrelinus]. Incipit: ‘Sepe graues vite tacitus dum Fauste labores | Atque animi morbos et acerba incommoda voluo'; 13 elegiac distichs.
D1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Petrus Succurribilis. ed. Thuasne II 210-13, no. VII.
D1v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Ad diuum Paulum apostolum . . . oratio.’ Incipit: ‘Paule sator verbi quo se mens credula pascit | Imbribus et sacris qui pia corda rigas'; 14 elegiac distichs.
D1v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Quare Sixtus iiii pontifex maximus Guillermus Ficetum ad se Romam accersiuit.’ Incipit: ‘Non vana est ratio cur Sixtus in vrbe receptum | Ficetum voluit. mistica res geritur'; 5 elegiac distichs.
D2r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epigramma' [addressed to] Renatus de Anjou, Duke of Bar and Lorraine, titular King of Naples. ed. Thuasne I 40.
D2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Petrus Carmelianus. ed. Thuasne II 258-9, no. XI.
D2r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Uxoris vmbra merentem de eius morte maritum alloquitur.’ Incipit: ‘Quid me tot lachrymis coniunx dulcissime luges? | Consciaque erroris numina sancta vocas?'; 8 elegiac distichs.
D2v [Gaguinus, Robertus: Verse dedicated to] the Virgin Mary. ed. Thuasne II 257.
D2v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Ad languentem amicum pecunie inopem.’ Incipit: ‘Iam frustra expectas placari numina verbis | Tota tuam optaret nunc medicina necem'; 3 elegiac distichs.
D2v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Umbra Adeline Cornubiensis.’ Incipit: ‘Disce miser per me quo luxus et inscia veri | Forma fugit, vel quo turbine celsa cadunt'; 3 elegiac distichs.
D2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Cornelius Vitellius. ed. Thuasne I 93.
D2v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Dionysius Alligretus. Incipit: ‘Plurima traduntur legum primordia terris | Iura nec interpres vnus in orbe tulit'; 10 elegiac distichs.
D3r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epithaphium Rati.’ Incipit: ‘Nil mirere domo quemque de paupere nasci | Fortunam superat ingeniosa manus'; 4 elegiac distichs.
D3r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to Publius] Faustus [Andrelinus]. Incipit: ‘Fauste pater metri quid quoduis carmine reddis | Ausum quod tecum tendere (parce) chelim'; 5 elegiac distichs.
D3r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘De cena cuiusdam lepidi amici apud Carnutum.’ Incipit: ‘Cena fuit variis multum laudabilis escis | Nec bromyi caruit munere nec salibus'; 2 elegiac distichs.
D3v [Gaguinus, Robertus(?): Verse addressed to] Milo d'Illiers, Bishop of Chartres. Incipit: ‘Psitacus aduenio peregrini munus amici | Mente carens ales sed bonus eloquio'; 5 elegiac distichs.
D3v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to Arnoldus] Bostius. Incipit: ‘Tu ne vnquam, Bosti, mecum certare quiesces | Raucus vt ad diuos dissona verba canam'; 6 elegiac distichs.
D3v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Carmen asclepiadeum', [addressed to] Jodocus Badius Ascensius. Incipit: ‘Non circi studeo vincere curribus'; a poem of 18 Asclepiadean and 1 Glyconic lines.
D4r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘De Christi natiuitate carmen asclepiadeum.’ Incipit: ‘Aduenit nouus ex ethere Lucifer | Quem non terra suo concipit ambitu'; 3 strophes each 3 Asclepiadean and 1 Glyconic verses.
D4v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘In pacis detractorem.’ Incipit: ‘Lingua furens hodie colubro magis improba virus | Sparsit, et in latebras se nimis ausa tulit'; 10 elegiac distichs.
D4v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘De pace inita cum Maximiliano.’ Incipit: ‘Nullus erit posthac quisquis fremat equore pardus | A Celtis Belgas qui ferus erupiat'; 8 elegiac distichs.
D5r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Ad beatam virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘Sepe michi incaluit magno feruore voluntas | Dignum aliquid meritis dicere virgo tuis'; 22 elegiac distichs.
D5v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘De Caroli Dalphini et Margarite filie Maximiliani sponsaliis gratulatio.’ Incipit: ‘Iam satis armorum et diri certamina belli | Mars dedit ipsa Iouem numina sponte colunt'; 11 elegiac distichs.
D6r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Oratio dominica.’ Incipit: ‘Sancte hominum genitor quem fas dixisse parentem | Qui celos habitas et regis omne quod est'; 6 elegiac distichs.
D6r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epithaphyum Laurentii Burelli.’ Incipit: ‘State viatores et flebile cernite bustum | Heduus hic situs est vix tria lustra gerens'; 4 elegiac distichs.
D6r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Alterum eiusdem epithaphium.’ Incipit: ‘Desinite, o iuuenes, viridi considere vite | Stamine pertenui pendula vita labat'; 4 elegiac distichs.
D6r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Ad diuam Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘Virgo qua melior splendidior nec est | Terris sed nec erit cara magis deo'; 3 strophes each of 4 Asclepiadean and 1 Glyconic lines.
D6v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epithaphium Michaelis theologi doctoris.’ Incipit: ‘Natus in Aruernis claro de monte Michael | Integer etate fata dolenda tuli'; 5 elegiac distichs.
D6v [Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to Petrus Deonvillus. Incipit: ‘Rebus in ambiguis olim consultus Apollo | Dum responsa dabat gratus vbique fuit'; 12 elegiac distichs.
D7r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Guydoni de Ruppeforti post duram aduersitatem ad cancellariatum accersito.’ Incipit: ‘Ambigua sors fronte sedens mortalia semper | Versat agit luctus moxque benigna iocos'; 5 elegiac distichs.
D7r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epithaphium Johannis de Porta.’ Incipit: ‘Post miseros vite decursos mille labores | Huc decumbo cinis sors tibi par superest'; 2 elegiac distichs.
D7r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Quemquam infortunatissimum nolle vita defungi', [addressed to Publius] Faustus [Andrelinus]. Incipit: ‘Sepe graues vite tacitus dum, Fauste, labores | Atque animi morbos et acerba incommoda voluo'; 13 elegiac distichs.
D7v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Sancti saluatoris imago viatores alloquitur.’ Incipit: ‘En ego quem cernis palmis et corde cruentum | Patre deo genitus mens vocor ipse dei'; 7 elegiac distichs.
D7v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Mortuorum sepulchra minime venerati.’ Incipit: ‘Recta satis vix est verborum forma loquenti | Semper ab aduerso nasutus quisque reponit'; 20 hexameters.
D8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Paulus Emilius. Incipit: ‘Et speculum vite et leges quas pandis amoris | Mi Paule, inspexi ceu iubar ethereum'; 4 elegiac distichs.
D8r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Paulus Emilius. Incipit: ‘Queque dies tibi sit semper velut vltima vite | Crastina nec speres fata nec arcta time'; 4 elegiac distichs.
D8v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Epitaphium Giraudi aduocati.’ Incipit: ‘Dicere iudicibus causam trepidantis amici | Doctus eram atque fuit lingua diserta satis'; 4 elegiac distichs.
D8v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Alterum de eodem.’ Incipit: ‘Ecce Girardus agor terrena mole subactus | Qui causas egi promptus ad arma fori'; 6 elegiac distichs.
D8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to] Dionysius Al[li]gretus. Incipit: ‘Grecia consultos cesset laudare solones | Nec diuum faciat Romulus ille Numam'; 3 elegiac distichs.
D8v [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘Non in semet sed in Christo spem esse reponendam.’ Incipit: ‘Nostra salus Christo prestanti mente relicta | Per medios ignes securior ibit et vndas'; 5 hexameters.
D8v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to Publius] Faustus [Andrelinus]. Incipit: ‘Non ego iam Xerxi cum Pythius agmina pauit | Nec Marco institui quas Cleopatra dapes'; 2 elegiac distichs.
E1r [Andrelinus, Publius] Faustus: [Verse addressed to] Robertus Gaguinus. Incipit: ‘Lauta licet fuerint ipsis conuiuia mensis | Omnia sunt vultu splendidiora tuo'; 1 elegiac distich.
E1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to Publius] Faustus [Andrelinus]. Incipit: ‘Credimus et verum est diuum tu munere vatem | Fauste, datum nobis quem schola nostra colat'; 8 elegiac distichs.
E1r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘In iactabundum adolescentem poesis ignarum.’ Incipit: ‘Nulla michi pugna est puero cum scotide quare? | Non se rhinoceros surrigit in culicem'; 2 elegiac distichs.
E1r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘In poesis detractorem' [addressed to Publius] Faustus [Andrelinus]. Incipit: ‘Emula detractrix et vere dogma bubulco | Lingua quid insanis? Et docti plectra poete'; 41 hexameters.
E2r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Ad penitentes pro Christi passione consolatio.’ Incipit: ‘Parce tua plebs mesta genas rugare gemendo | Ille tibi moriens quem nectum triste ferebas'; 27 hexameters.
E2r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘De morte Christi meditatio.’ Incipit: ‘Magne opifex rerum tam vasti conditor orbis | Chryste dei proles summi genitoris imago'; 43 hexameters.
E3r Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘Dyalogus' [addressed to Stephanus Poncierus.] Incipit: ‘Quid quereris merens? [Ignauus]. Tristi me sydere natum . . .’ Dilenge 36 The dedicatee was perhaps Étienne Poncher, Archbishop of Sens.
E3v [Gaguinus, Robertus: Verse addressed to] Cosina and Damianus. Incipit: ‘Non opus est verbis nec longo murmure fratres | Noscitis et morbos noscitis et gemitum'; 10 elegiac distichs.
E3v Gaguinus, Robertus: ‘De repentino obitu Caroli octaui regis Francorum epigramma.’ Incipit: ‘Nunc tandem agnosco stultus mendacia mundi | Et spes exiguas dum punctum viuimus eui'; 10 elegiac distichs.
E4r [Gaguinus, Robertus]: ‘De baculo Gaguini.’ ed. Thuasne II 66.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: André Bocard, for Durand Gerlier, 1498. 4°.
Collation
Collation: Part I: a–h8 i2; part II: A–D8 E4.
References
ISTC: ig00020000
GW: GW 10438;
Hain: HC *7425;
Goff: Goff G‑20;
BMC: BMC VIII 156;
Proctor: Pr 8163;
Others: BSB‑Ink G‑10; Hillard 848; Oates 3049; Sheppard 6394-5.
LCN: 14831334, 14831431
Copies
Copy number: G-005(1)
Bound with A‑356; see there for details of binding.
Size of leaf: 184 × 127 mm.
Wanting gatherings a–i.
The description of the missing leaves is based on the copy held in London, British Library IA. 40229.
Provenance: Annotated with the ‘R' found in several items presented by Lord Hunsdon. Presented in 1601 by George Carey, 2nd Lord Hunsdon (1547-1603); see Benefactors' Register I 9: ‘Rob. Gaguinus de Puritate conceptionis. 4. Par. 1498. Idem de Variis ecclesiae ordinibus. 4. Par. 1498. Eiusdem Epigramma et c. 4. Ib.', and James, Catalogus (1605), 62.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 1Q 6.9(6).
Copy number: G-005(2)
Wanting gatherings a–i.
The description of the missing leaves is based on the copy held in London, British Library IA. 40229. Variant colophon: leaf E4r, colophon, l. 5: ‘ . . . ad diui Dyo | niſij ſignum e conſpectu eccleſie beati Maturini | venalia habentur. Anno dn̄i. M.cccc.xcviii. No | uembris ſecunda et vigeſima'.
Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf; marbled paper boards; rebacked.
Size: 218 × 145 × 8 mm.
Size of leaf: 210 × 136 mm.
Occasional early marginal annotations. On E4v: ‘Le dieu le fort [ ]'. Annotations, including contents list, by Percy Allen(?).
Provenance: Ricardus; on A1r and A8r in an eighteenth-century(?) hand; a name or a reference to the martyrdom of S. Richardus on B6v. Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773-1843); book-plate with handwritten shelfmark ‘BB.c.15': see Lee, Royal Bookplates, 40-1 no. 23; not found in sale catalogues. Percy Stafford Allen (1869-1933); perhaps purchased by him in 1895, inscription: ‘ ψ Α’ and ‘21.vi.1895' on the front endleaf. Bequeathed by his wife in 1953, in accordance with his wishes; see ‘The Allen Bequest', BLR 4 (1953), 178-9.
SHELFMARK: Allen e.5.
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