Bod-Inc: J-314
Juvenalis, Decimus Junius
Satyrae (comm. Domitius Calderinus and Georgius Valla).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Introductory letter addressed to] Julianus [I] de' Medici. Incipit: ‘Domitius Iuliano Medici salutem. Etsi multa de prudentia, humanitate, uirtute tua . . .’ Explicit: obtnet(!) honestissimum. Vale
a1v ‘Iuuenalis uita'. Saturae, ed. Clausen, 179, with slightly variant ending.
a2r [Two notes referring to Calderinus's ‘Defensio' and rejecting the tradition dividing the Satyrae into books; cf. J‑323–J‑329.]
a2r Calderinus, Domitius: [Preface addressed to] Julianus [I] de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[S]atyrarum genera duo agnoscimus alterum antiquitus(!) tam a graecis quam . . .’ Explicit: initium hoc pacto
a2v Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Tuccius. See J‑313.
a4r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae.] Incipit: ‘[E]rone semper auditor scilicet alienorum carminum de qua molestia et temporis . . .’ Explicit: Porphirio
a4r Juvenalis, [Decimus] Junius: Satyrae. Juv., but lacking the last line of 15.
a4v Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae]. Incipit: ‘ “Semper ego auditor tantum nunquam ne reponam.” Ab indignatione multi hunc orsum fuisse existimant . . .’ Explicit: muneribus eniteat
r3r Valla, Georgius: [Introduction to commentary]. Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalis Satyrae intellectu obscuræ a plærisque non iniuria iudicari . . .’ Explicit: de satyra hactenus
r4r [Bugellanus], Bonifacius: ‘Ex uitis poetarum epigramma'. Incipit: ‘Hic satyrus quondam quem Romam misit Aquinum | Iunius et Decius cum Iuuenale fuit'; 6 elegiac distichs printed as prose.
r4r [Bugellanus], Bonifacius: ‘Epostila(!) . . . de satyra' [addressed to Johannes] Scipio Cara, son of Petrus Cara. Incipit: ‘Satyrici Iuuenalis celeberrimi uitam tibi placuisse sumopere . . .’
r4v Calderinus, Domitius: [Critical remarks on Fidentinus (Angelus Cneus Sabinus). Letter addressed to] Julianus [I] de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[N]ihil mihi in toto opere perficiendo molestius fuit . . .’ Explicit: ascribendam iudicent
r4v Calderinus, Domitius: Defensio adversus Brotheum [Nicolaus Perottus]. Incipit: ‘[U]tinam Heli et Marce consilio meo mihi uti licuisset . . .’ Explicit: accusari debere uiderentur. Valete
Imprint
Imprint: Turin: Nicolaus de Benedictis and Jacobinus Suigus, 8 Oct. 1494. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–r8.
References
ISTC: ij00660000
Hain: HC 9707;
Goff: Goff J‑660;
BMC: BMC VII 1058;
Proctor: Pr 7223;
Others: CIBN J‑366; Oates 2698; Sander 3728; not in Sheppard.
LCN: 14545343
Copies
Copy number: J-314(1)
Wanting d2.7.
Binding: Eighteenth-century English or Scottish sprinkled calf.
Size: 283 × 212 × 37 mm.
Size of leaf: 279 × 200 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear notes, some in the hand of John Smythe, including comments on the text and extraction of key words, also underlining in the text in black ink, and ‘nota' marks. Early scribbles, especially on a1r and on r8v.
Provenance: Sixteenth-century Scottish names: [ ] Bedocke (sixteenth century). John Smythe (c.1550-60); inscription on r8v: ‘Liber Joannis Smyzthe ex dono m[agistri] Bedocke(?)'. J. Cocke (sixteenth century); inscription in red ink on a1r: ‘Liber J. Cocke', also on r8v: ‘Liber Joannis Smyzthe olim nunc Cocke'. Nicholas Spender (sixteenth century); name on r8v: ‘Nicolaus Spinderus est meus herus'. George Forrester (sixteenth century); inscription on r8v: ‘Hec Georgius Forrester mea manu et non aliena', also ‘Decus est animus nobis vt carmina dicunt | Sic tibi praecipue sit pura mente colendus | - imi quae agitur fabula'. James Cunninghame (sixteenth century); name on a1r and on r8v, inscription on c7v: ‘J. Cunynghame est meus herus(?)', with a crude ink drawing of the coat of arms of Cunningham (a pitchfork). James Deadforthe (sixteenth century); name on r8v: ‘Jhames Deadforthe'. Samuel Crausdon (sixteenth century); name on a1r and on r8r. James Hamilton (sixteenth century); a signed note on r8v. T. J. W. (fl. 1918); bibliographical note dated 10 Apr. 1918 on a1r, and signed ‘T. J. W.' Solomon Pottesman (1904-1978); purchased at his sale, lot 246, for £308; see ledger (1979/80), no. 435.
SHELFMARK: Inc. d. I27.1494.1.
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