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Gregorius Tifernas, Publius
Opuscula, et al.
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a1v [Table of the works by Gregorius Tifernas in the volume.]
a2r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘Hymnus in Trinitatem.’ Incipit: ‘[H]ic meliore lyra maiori hic carmine Clio | Adsis sancta precor. Nam parui magna mouemus'; hexameters. See Girolamo Mancini, ‘Gregorio Tifernate', Archivo storico italiano, 6th ser., 81 (1923), 65-112, at 103-7 on the poems, with this edition noted on 103.
a4r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘In beatam Mariam virginem.’ Incipit: ‘[V]irgo decus caeli, uirgo sanctissima, uirgo | Quae super angelicos es ueneranda choros'; 27 elegiac distichs.
b1r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to] Antonius [Beccadelli] Panormita. Incipit: ‘[V]iuimus, Antoni uir maxime, uiuimus inquam | Falsaque de nostro funere fama fuit'; 24 elegiac distichs.
b2r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘In malitiam Iunonis.’ Incipit: ‘[I]unonis grauis ira et inexorabile numen | Ah nimis infestat persequiturque bonos'; 12 elegiac distichs.
b2v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to his servant.] Incipit: ‘[S]cis mihi qua, Polidore, potes ratione placere | Si quae praescribam praecipiamque facis'; 9 elegiac distichs.
b2v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to Thomas Moronus Reatinus.] Incipit: ‘[Q]uae mea sit, Thoma, postquam sententia quaeris | Ore quidem tecum liberiore loquar'; 12 elegiac distichs.
b3r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘Triumphus Cupidinis.’ Incipit: ‘[V]iuebam liber turba tranquillus ab omni | Nullius insidias nullius arma timens'; 40 elegiac distichs.
b4v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to] Angelus Reatinus. Incipit: ‘[C]um sit nulla mihi cumulati summa peculi, | Angele, nec gratis praebeat ullus opem'; 26 elegiac distichs.
c1v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to] Pius II, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[N]uncius in latas Gallorum pertulit oras | Scripta pater iussu missa beate tuo'; 99 elegiac distichs.
c4v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to Johannes] Tortellius. Incipit: ‘[N]unc ego, Tortelli uir prudentissime, priscos | Ethiopum mores sauromatumque probo'; 22 elegiac distichs.
d1v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to] Franciscus Sforza I, Duke of Milan. Incipit: ‘[S]anctus apud multas, dux inuictissime, gentes | Mos fuit et nostros durat adusque dies'; 27 elegiac distichs.
d2v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘Vaticinium cladis Italiae.’ Incipit: ‘[B]arbara gens Italos uenit euersura penates | Et magnum a gelido panditur axe malum'; 27 elegiac distichs.
d3v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Sapphic ode to] Petrus Bombellus. Incipit: ‘[P]etre Bombelli, genuit propinqua | Quem Pado tellus Tanaroque doctum'; 5 sapphic strophes.
d3v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Sapphic ode to] Ludovicus [Gonzaga] III, Marquis of Mantua. Incipit: ‘[C]ultor o uatum studiose princeps, | Iure qui sancto moderaris urbem'; 8 sapphic strophes.
d4r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘De vitae fragilitate.’ Incipit: ‘[E]cce sumus puluis, sumus ecce miserrima tellus | Et nostri fugiunt ut leuis aura dies'; 12 elegiac distichs.
d4v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for Silvina.] Incipit: ‘[O] cunctas formosa super, Siluina, puellas | O inccoruptae uirginitatis honos'; 4 elegiac distichs.
d4v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for Didacus.] Incipit: ‘[D]ucis apud superos foelicem, Didace, uitam | Et loca pro terris iam meliora tenes'; 6 elegiac distichs.
e1r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for Camillus.] Incipit: ‘[M]ors tua sit quamquam multis deflenda, Camille, | Non tamen est ulli quam mihi flenda magis'; 6 elegiac distichs.
e1r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for Sabellus.] Incipit: ‘[O]ptime mutasti uitam cum morte, Sabelli, | Vita uel est potius more secuta tua'; 3 elegiac distichs.
e1r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for Iulia.] Incipit: ‘[I]ulia quae longa fueras dignissima uita | Occidis e nostro rapta puella sinu'; 6 elegiac distichs.
e1v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for] Thomas Moronus Mediolanensis (Reatinus). Incipit: ‘[H]ic situs est Thomas Moronus sanguinis unus | Heu fatum iuuenis mortuus ante patrem'; 5 elegiac distichs.
e1v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for] Ladislas, King of Pannonia (Hungary). Incipit: ‘[H]uic teneras, lector, lachrymas implende sepulcro | Ingenium pietas si mouet ulla tuum'; 7 elegiac distichs.
e2r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for] Palla Strozzi. Incipit: ‘[Q]uando alium flebis et quando mouebere, lector, | Hoc lachrymas casu si cohibere potes'; 7 elegiac distichs.
e2r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for] Paulus Barbus, Patrician of Venice. Incipit: ‘[S]i decreta sibi quisquam post funera uiuit | Si merito quisquam tendit ad astra suo'; 5 elegiac distichs.
e2v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Epitaph for] Valerius Marcellus. Incipit: ‘[Q]ui patriae, Marcelle, tuae spes magna, Valeri | Quique patri quondam dulce leuamen eras'; 6 elegiac distichs.
e2v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘Nenia in Quintillam.’ Incipit: ‘[H]ic, Quintilla, iaces miserandae cura parentis | Ornabas uultu quae tua saecla tuo'; 17 elegiac distichs.
e3r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to Paulus.] Incipit: ‘[S]i res, Paule, tibi non sunt in amore secundae | Accipe praeceptum consiliumque meum'; 3 elegiac distichs.
e3r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to a powerful friend.] Incipit: ‘[R]ebus ut in dubiis ueteres oracla petebant | Vt petit a medico prouidus aeger opem'; 2 elegiac distichs.
e3v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to] Philippus dux [i.e. the Good, Duke of Burgundy]. Incipit: ‘[M]axima bellaudo(!) quaesiuit nomina Caesar | Et meruit domito dicier orbe(?) deus'; 2 elegiac distichs. For the identity of the dedicatee see Mancini 106.
e3v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse addressed to] Petrus Aureolanus. Incipit: ‘[S]i quid agat demum tam multis, Petre, diebus | Gregorium quaeras, Aureolane, tuum'; 5 elegiac distichs.
e3v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘In Virgilium vatem.’ Incipit: ‘[S]myrna suo tantum si sese iactat Homero | Virgilium quo se Mantua iactet habet'; 5 elegiac distichs.
e3v Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘In aedes.’ Incipit: ‘[C]ondidit has magnis Lodouicus sumptibus aedes | Nobile Lebreti Uasconiaeque decus'; 4 elegiac distichs.
e4r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘In navale Venetorum.’ Incipit: ‘[I]nclytus hoc Venetum statuit nauale senatus | Classis ut in tuto classicaque arma forent'; 2 elegiac distichs.
e4r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: ‘In Psitacum.’ Incipit: ‘[P]sitacus Adriacas ex Indis uectus ad oras | Vt domini lusus delitiaeque foret'; 2 elegiac distichs.
e4r Gregorius Tifernas, Publius: [Verse, addressed to Petrus] Candidus [Decembrius]. Incipit: ‘[Q]uidam de media non doctus candide turba | Qui non indoctum se tamen esse putat'; 7 elegiac distichs. For the identity of the dedicatee see Mancini 106.
e4v [Table of contents for the whole volume.]
e4v [Colophon.] Part II.
aa1r Franciscus Octavius [Cleophilus]: Elegiae [addressed to] Julia. Incipit: ‘[I]ulia diuarum pulcherrima, Iulia nostrae | Tempestatis honos per quam non unus et alter.’
bb2v Franciscus Octavius [Cleophilus]: Epistolae de amoribus. Incipit: ‘[O]ctauius Iuliae Salutem. Saepenumero mecum ipse admirari soleo Iulia . . .’ Part III.
A1r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: Naenia. Johannes Jovianus Pontanus, Carmina, ed. Johannes Oeschger (Bari, 1948), 163-71: ‘Carmina de amore coniugali', nos VIII–X, XI.1-8 + XV.5-12, XVI–XVII, XVIII.1-12 + XI.7, 12-16, XII–XIV, XV.1-4 + XVIII.13-16, XIX.
A4r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: [Verse addressed to his neighbours.] ‘Ad vicinos suos.’ ed. Oeschger 96-7, no. XXX.
A4r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘Deprecatio ad deam noctis.’ ed. Oeschger 73-4, no. VII.
A4v Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: [Verse] ‘ad Perillam puellam.’ ed. Oeschger 97, no. XXXI.
B1r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘In Antoninum qui suam puellam laeserat.’ ed. Oeschger 96, no. XXIX.
B1r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘In malum poetam quem mutato nomine utricelum uocat.’ ed. Oeschger 97-8, no. XXXII.
B1v Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘De improbitate puellae suae.’ ed. Oeschger 98, no. XXXIII.
B1v Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘Cui donaturus sit suam columbam.’ ed. Oeschger 70-1, no. V.
B2r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘Inuitatio ad risum' [addressed to] Antonius [Beccadelli] Panormita. ed. Oeschger 94-5, no. XXVII.
B2v Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘Ad musam quod deosculetur Petrum compatrem sodalemque et a se ante alios dilectum.’ ed. Oeschger 94, no. XXVI.
B2v Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: [Verse addressed to] Julius Fortis Siculus. ed. Oeschger 99, no. XXXIV.
B3r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘Ad Cinnamam de eius inclementia.’ ed. Oeschger 451, App. A, no. V.
B3r Pontanus, [Johannes] Jovianus: ‘Exhortatio ad nouos amores' [addressed to] Cinnama. ed. Oeschger 93-4, no. XXV.
B3v Sulpicia: Carmina. Edited by Georgius Merula. Sulpicia, poet. 37. Merula is described as the editor in the colophon.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, 11 June 1498. 4°.
Collation
Collation: Part I: a–e4; part II: aa–dd4; part III: A B4.
References
ISTC: ig00483000
GW: GW 11506;
Hain: HCR 8042; C 1674 (Cleophilus and Pontanus); R 686 (Pontanus);
Goff: Goff G‑483;
BMC: BMC V 547;
Proctor: Pr 5525;
Others: Oates 2148; Rhodes 872; Sheppard 4586.
LCN: 14719004
Copies
Copy number: G-245(1)
Bound with:
1. Theocritus, Bucolica, et al. [Venice: Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, c.1500] (T‑080(1));
3. Macarius Mutius, De triumpho Christi. Venice: Franciscus Lucensis, and Antonius Francisci, 29 Mar. 1499 (M‑332).
Part I (gatherings a–e) bound last.
Binding: Eighteenth-century calf; both covers decorated with double gilt fillets with a small floral stamp at each corner; the spine decorated with a repeated gilt fleuron.
Size: 208 × 158 × 21 mm.
Size of leaf: 202 × 144 mm.
Some corrections to the text in black ink, including punctuation marks.
Provenance: Acquired in 1885; Bodleian stamp, dated 14 Oct. 1885; not found in Library Bills.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q inf. 1.27(2).
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