Bod-Inc: G-008
Gaguinus, Robertus
Compendium de origine et gestis Francorum.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to the book.] ‘Ad librum suum carmen.’ ed. Thuasne II 278-9.
a1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus Burius. ed. Thuasne II 275-7, no. XVI.
a1v Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to the reader.] ed. Thuasne II 277-8, no. XVI.
a2r [Table of contents.]
a3v Erasmus, [Desiderius: Letter addressed to] Robertus Gaguinus. ed. Allen, I, no. 45.
a4v Montenatus, Benedictus: ‘In Gallorum annales . . . preludium.’ Incipit: ‘[N]on potuisse quemquam superioribus seculis Gallorum inclite . . .’
b1r Gaguinus, Robertus: Compendium de origine et gestis Francorum. Incipit: ‘[F]ranci (ut plereque alie nationes) a Troianis prodiisse gloriantur . . .’
r5r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Verse addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Limes adest processit opus ne liuidus assis | Lector habent mendas deuia prela suas'; 7 elegiac distichs.
r5r Badius Ascensius, Jodocus: ‘De prestantia Gallorum et auctoris huius utilissimi compendii carmen.’ Renouard, Badius, II 447.
r5r Andrelinus, Publius Faustus: ‘In Gallicas hystorias . . . carmen.’ Incipit: ‘Vt nitidos totum radios diffundit in orbem | Cum Titan puro splendidus axe micat'; 4 elegiac distichs.
r5r Gerardus, Cornelius: [Letter addressed to] Robertus Gaguinus. Incipit: ‘[L]egi tuum in hystorias Gallie compendium, optime pater Roberte Gaguine, opus . . .’ Explicit: vt laudare non velim
r5v Gerardus, Cornelius: ‘Epigramma' [in praise of the work, addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Nosse cupis, lector, quo Gallia creuerit ortu | Et quibus ad summum est regibus aucta gradum'; 20 elegiac distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: André Bocard, for Durand Gerlier, 31 Mar. 1497/8. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a4 b8 c d6 e–q8.6 r6.
References
ISTC: ig00013000
GW: GW 10453;
Hain: HC 7411;
Goff: Goff G‑13;
BMC: BMC VIII 156;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: Hillard 844; Oates 3047; Rhodes 795; Sheppard 6391.
LCN: 14831340
Copies
Copy number: G-008(1)
On a3v the name of ‘Erasmus Rotterdammus' obliterated, leaving a hole in the paper, apparently caused by its reaction with the ink.
Binding: Nineteenth-century(?) tan cloth; marbled pastedowns.
Size: 287 × 210 × 25 mm.
Size of leaf: 274 × 196 mm.
Early marginal annotations, extracting key words, some pointing hands and underlining in the text in black ink. Historical notes: (1) r6r: the capture, by French forces, of Ludovicus Sforza at the siege of Novara, Apr. 1500; ‘Anno presenti 1500 die ueneris x mensis Aprilis litteris per tabellarium dellatis [ ] domino Amedeo de Romagnano episcopo Montisregalis Canzelario Sabaudie nunciatum extitit captos Ludouicum Sfortiam Milani ducem ac Galleazium Sanseuerinatem [Galeazzo di San Severino] per Francos qui Nouariam in qua inerant obsidebant . . .';
(2) peace in France in Dec. 1593, with Henry IV's adoption of the Roman Catholic faith: ‘Anno 1593 die vita Decembrus fuit in Gallia proclamata pax inter cesariam maiestatem et maiestatem regiam';
(3) r6v: Charles VIII of France's expedition into Italy, including the capture of Alessandria (1497): ‘Si que diebus nostris per Gallorum reges in Italia facta gestaque sunt hiis annalibus adiiciantur non dubito f[uturum] qum supra fidem et assentationem ea scripta postera etas existimat. Nam quom Carolus octauus Francorum rex a Ludouico Sfortia Insubrum ducem in Ytaliam euocatus expeditionem in Neapolitanum regem . . .';
(4) verso of back endleaf: ‘Gallos proniores in agones reffert Diodorus Siculus in vi° [cf. Diodorus Siculus 5.28.5] | Gallos leues et laboris impatientes apud Liuium in viii° xe decadis [cf. Liv. 10.28.4] | Gallos ad iactantiam plurimum loqui Diodorus in vi° [cf. Diodorus Siculus 5.31.1] et Tacitus in xvii° [relevant passage not identified] | Galli gloriam ob arrogantiam et libidinem perdunt S[ ] lib. viii° fo. 67 [reference not identified].’
Woodcut initials in gatherings a–e coloured in gold, red, blue, green, yellow, white, and pink; in these gatherings the text is enclosed within red rules and the marginal headings underlined in red; also capital strokes in red. Title(?) along lower edge in black ink in a contemporary hand.
Provenance: Hieronymus de Agaciis (fl. 1500); inscription on r5v: ‘Emi ego Hieronymus de Agaciis [ ] scolaris a quod[am] Galico anno 1500 x mensis Aprilis in thaurino proprio gr[ossis] xx sin ligatura'. Aimo Livius Bernetius (fl. 1584); inscription on r6r: ‘Aimo Liuius Bernetius possidet [ ] 1584'. Anatole Claudin; numbered slip enclosed in front of book. Purchased for 60 Francs from A. Claudin, 8 Oct. 1899, no. 91462; see Library Bills (1899).
SHELFMARK: Inc. d. F1.1497.1.
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