Bod-Inc: H-136

Homerus

Opera (ed. Demetrius Chalcondylas) [Greek].

 

Analysis of Content

Volume 1:

A1r Nerlius, Bernardus: [Letter addressed to] Petrus de' Medici. Botfield 180-2. Acknowledging the support of the brother, the help of Acciaiuolus, and the ability ('dexteritas') of Damilas (ex informatione David Speranzi).

A1v Chalcondylas, Demetrius: [Letter addressed to the readers.] Incipit: ‘[ Μ] άλιστα μεν τιμα̂ν τε καὶ ἄγασθαι  . . .’ Legrand, Bibl. hell., I 13-15.

A3r Herodotus [pseudo-]: ‘ Ἐξήγησις περὶ τη̂ς του̂ Ὁμήρου γενέσιος καὶ βιοτη̂ς .’ ‘Vita Herodotea', in Homerus, Opera, ed. Thomas W. Allen, vol. 5 (Oxford, 1912).

B1r Plutarchus [pseudo-]: ‘ Εἰς τὸν βίον του̂ Ὁμήρου .’ [Plutharchus], De Homero, ed. J. F. Kindstand (Leipzig, 1990). See Paola Megna, 'Per la storia della princeps di Omero. Demetrio Calcondila e il De Homero dello pseudo-Plutarco, Studi Medievali e Umanistici, 5-6 (2007-2008), pp. 217-78.

E7v Dio Chrysostomus: ‘ Περὶ Ὁμήρου λόγος ΝΓ .’ Dio Chrysostomos, Orationes (Leipzig, 1916-19), Oratio 53.

2A1r [Eustathius?]: ‘ Ὑπόθεσις τη̂ς Α [– ω] Ὁμήρου ῥαψωδίας .’ Each song of the Iliad is preceded by a Hypothesis; song Βby two; as edited in Eustathius, Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem, ed. J. G. Stallbaum (Leipzig, 1827-30), following the edition of Nicolaus Majoranus (Rome, 1550); the Hypotheses are not included in Eustathius, Commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem, ed. Marchinus van der Valk (Leiden, 1971-87).

2A1r ‘ Ἄλφα λιτὰς Χρύσου λοιμόν στρατου̂ ἔχθος ἀνάκτων .’ Each song of the Iliad is headed by a caption in the form of a hexameter; edited by Arthur Ludwig, Homeris Iliadis et Odysseae periochae metricae (Königsberg, 1887); see also H. Schrader, ‘Die Hexametrischen Überschriften zu den achtundvierzig Homerischen Rhapsodien', Neue Jahrbücher für Philologie und Pädagogik, 137 (1888), 577-609, text edited at p. 578.

2A1r Homerus: Ilias. The whole volume is edited by Demetrius Chalcondylas.

Volume 2:

AA1r ‘ Ὑπόθεσις τη̂ς Α [– ω] Ὁμήρου Ὀδυσσείας .’ Each song of the Odyssey is preceded by a Hypothesis; edited in Scholia graeca in Homeri Odysseam, ed. W. Dindorf, 2 vols (Oxford, 1855); the Hypotheses of Α, Β, Ζ, θ, Π, Ρ, and χcorrespond to Dindorf's 1st; the Hypotheses of Η, Ι, λ, ξ, Ο, ψ, and ωcorrespond to Dindorf's 2nd; the Hypothesis of σcorrespond to Dindorf's 3rd; the Hypothesis of Κresembles the first four lines of Dindorf's 1st Hypothesis, and lines 4 and following of his 2nd.

AA1r ‘ Ἄλφα θεω̂ν ἀγορή, Ὀδυσσηίδι Παλλάδι θάρσος .’ Each song of the Odyssey is preceded by a caption in the form of a hexameter; see above.

AA1r Homerus: Odyssea.

XX2r Homerus: Batrachomyomachia.

XX6r Homerus: [Hymns]. Hymni Homerici (Leipzig, 1897), ed. Karl August Baumeister, nos I–II, to the Delphic and to the Pythian Apollo, run on in the incunable, no. II beginning on XX8r line 30 and including the three initial lines bracketed by Baumeister; nos III–IV, VI–XXXIII; Epigram I.

⁊⁊5v [Colophon].

Imprint

Imprint: Florence: [Printer of Vergilius (C 6061)], for Bernardus and Nerius Nerlius, Johannes Acciaiuolus, and Demetrius Damilas, 9 Dec. 1488 (rather than [not before 13 Jan. 1488/89]). Folio.

Remarks: Press as assigned by BSB-Ink. On 'Printer of Vergilius (C 6061)' see Ridolfi. Pr assigned to [Bartolommeo Di Libri]. Dated as BSB-ink and GW. Bod-inc dates to 18 Mar. 1487/8.

Collation

Collation: A–D⁸ E¹⁰ A–Z ⁊ Ɂ ꝶ AA–ZZ⁸ ⁊⁊⁶.

References

ISTC: ih00300000

Hain: HCR 8772;

Goff: Goff H‑300;

BMC: BMC VI 678;

Proctor: Pr 6194;

Others: BSB‑Ink H‑321; CIBN H‑173; Oates 2348-52; Rhodes 927; Ridolfi, Firenze, 98; Sheppard 5235-6.

LCN: 14463426

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