Bod-Inc: H-047A
Hermannus, Guilelmus
Silva odarum.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.] ‘Guielermi Hermani Goudensis theologi ac poetae clarissimi Sylua odarum'.
a1r Erasmus, Desiderius: ‘Hendecasyllabum' [addressed to studious people]. Desiderius Erasmus, Poems, ed. C. Reedijk (Leiden, 1956), 246, no. 43.
a2r Gaguinus, Robertus: [Letter addressed to] Guilelmus Hermannus. Robertus Gaguinus, Epistolae et orationes, ed. Louis Thuasne, 2 vols (Paris, 1903), II 22-39, no. 77.
a5r Hermannus, Guilelmus: [Silva odarum.] ‘Ode.’ [Ode 9 addressed to Philip, Duke of Burgundy; ode 16 addressed to Petrus Girardus.] Incipit: ‘[M]aximi natae Iouis optimique | Supplicat totis animis alumnus'. 17 odes, each one preceded by a short description of the verse form used; some odes are also preceded by an ‘argumentum'.
f3r Erasmus, Desiderius: ‘Carmen de suis fatis' [addressed to] Robertus Gaguinus. Erasmus, Poems, ed. Reedijk, 243-5, no. 40.
f4v Erasmus, Desiderius: [Letter addressed to] Henricus [de Bergen], Bishop of Cambrai. Desiderius Erasmus, Opus epistolarum, ed. P. S. Allen, 12 vols (Oxford, 1906-58), I 160-4, no. 49.
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Guy Marchant, for himself and for Denis Roce, 20 Jan. 1497. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a b8 c6 d8 e f6.
Illustrations: Five woodcuts: see BMC.
References
ISTC: ih00071000
GW: GW 11903;
Hain: HC *8452;
Goff: Goff H‑71;
BMC: BMC VIII 62;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: BSB‑Ink H‑111; Hillard 995; not in Sheppard.
LCN: 15546844
Copies
Copy number: H-047A(1)
Wanting a1 and f6.
Binding: Twentieth-century crushed half blue morocco, with marbled paper boards and gold-tooled spine. Bound for Mander: the letters ‘G' and ‘M' are stamped in gilt on the corners of each cover.
Size: 195 × 134 × 9 mm.
Size of leaf: 190 × 126 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations, mainly providing alternatives for words used in the text.
Provenance: Gerald Poynton Mander (1885-1951); book-plate: ‘From the Library of | Gerald P. Mander | Tettenhall Wood | Staffordshire'; initials stamped on binding (see above). Dr Brian Lawn (1905-2001); book-plate; catalogue, pp. 7, 86. Bequeathed in 2001.
SHELFMARK: Lawn e.5.
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