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Hippocrates

De natura hominis.

 

Analysis of Content

[a1r] [Table of contents.] The table of contents lists ‘De victu' and ‘De tuenda valetudine' although they are not included in this edition.

[a1v] Brentius, Andreas: [Introductory verse dedicated to] Franciscus Dedus [i.e. Diaedus]. Incipit: ‘Res variae a multis certatim dantur amicis | Grata recessuro munera Dede tibi'; 2 elegiac distichs.

[a2r] Brentius, Andreas: [Letter addressed to] Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. ‘Xysto .iiii. Pontifice Maximo Andreas Brentius Patauinus salutem plurimam dicit.’ Incipit: ‘[D]um in Exquilinam habitationem Oliuerii Cardinalis Neapolitani principis mei . . .’

[a3v] Hippocrates: De natura hominis. This and the following works translated by Andrea Brentius as stated at the end of the table of contents. Incipit: ‘[Q]ui consueuit audire eos qui de humana natura . . .’ see Jacques Jouanna, Hippocrate: La nature de l'homme, Corpus medicorum Graecorum (Berlin, 1975); also Kibre, Hippocrates latinus, XLI.A.3; on the translation see Livia Martinoli Santini, ‘Le traduzioni dal greco', in Un pontificato ed una città, 81-101, note 53.

[c1v] Brentius, Andreas: [Letter addressed to] Cardinal Oliverius [Carafa]. Incipit: ‘[A]ltero Crasso censore nunc opus esset, Oliueri princeps optime . . .’ See Andrea Brenta, Discorso sulle discipline per l'inaugurazione dell'anno accademico nello Studium Urbis, ed. Maurizio Campanelli (Rome, 1995), the introduction p. 18.

[c2v] Hippocrates: Medicinae lex. Incipit: ‘[M]edicina est omnium artium celeberrima . . .’ See Kibre, Hippocrates latinus, XXXVI.A.4.

[c3v] Brentius, Andreas: [Letter addressed to] Johannes [Arcimboldus], Cardinal of Novara. Incipit: ‘[G]rauis certe mihi et peracerba luctuosissimaque fuit mors Ianeti Cyprii medici tui . . .’

[c3v] Hippocrates: Iusiurandum. Incipit: ‘[T]estor Appollinem medicum et Aesculapium Hygeamque . . .’ See A‑457; Kibre, Hippocrates latinus, XXXV.A.4, with this edition listed at p. 182.

[c4v] Brentius, Andreas: [Letter addressed to] Hieronymus Trapolinus. Incipit: ‘[N]on est idonea causa, Hieronyme, cur aliquis Hippocratem dialecticae ignarum fuisse . . .’

[c5r] Hippocrates: Demonstratio quod artes sunt. Incipit: ‘[M]ihi certe uidetur nulla omnino ars esse, quae non sit . . .’ See Kibre, Hippocrates latinus, V.A.

[c5v] Brentius, Andreas: [Letter addressed to] Iacobus Sangenisius. Incipit: ‘[V]erum illud est, Iacobe, quod communi sermone usurpari solet . . .’

[c6r] Hippocrates: Invectiva in obtrectatores medicinae. Incipit: ‘[S]unt nonnulli qui artem putarunt artes uitio dare . . .’ See Kibre, Hippocrates latinus, V.A.

Imprint

Imprint: [Rome: Georgius Herolt, c.1481]. 4°.

Remarks: As assigned by CIBN; IGI assigns to [Stephan Plannck, c.1490]; Kibre dates [1486-90].

Collation

Collation: [a⁸ b c⁶].

Types: Type: 112 R.

Leaves: 20 leaves.

Line number: 27 lines ([a3r]).

Type area: Type area: 150 × 88 mm. ([a3r]).

References

ISTC: ih00277500

Hain: HR 8670;

Goff: Goff H‑279;

Proctor: Pr 3795;

Others: CIBN H‑144; IGI 4785; Sheppard 3124.

LCN: 14508682

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