Bod-Inc: J-315
Juvenalis, Decimus Junius
Satyrae (comm. Domitius Calderinus, Georgius Valla and Antonius Mancinellus).
Analysis of Content
A1r [Title-page.]
A1r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Argumenta Satyrarum Iuuenalis'. Incipit: ‘Prima docet Satyrae causas formamque libelli | Qui simulant curios satyra patuere secunda'; 16 hexameters, a line for each Satyra.
A1v Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Nicolaus Rubeus. Incipit: ‘[E]didere hactenus commentationes in Iuuenalem, praesul dignissime . . .’ See Sandford, ‘Juvenalis, Decimus Junius', 229-30, no. 32 (Mancinellus).
A1v Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Iuuenalis commoda'. Incipit: ‘ “[S]emper ego auditor tantum?” Haec prima Iuuenalis celeberrimi utilissimique poetae satyra est . . .’ Explicit: sit iudicium
A1v Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘De satyra'. Incipit: ‘[S]atyra est carmen apud romanos maledicum et ad carpenda . . .’ Explicit: rebus disputatur
A2r ‘Loca quaedam e plurimis uel intacta uel secus ab aliis quam Antonio Mancinello exposita'. Incipit: ‘Satyra prima. Antrum Vulcani. Quid agant uenti . . .’
A2r [List of corrections to Juvenalis.]
A2r [List of corrections to Mancinellus's commentary.]
A2v Calderinus, Domitius: [Introductory letter addressed to] Julianus [I] de' Medici. Incipit: ‘Domitius Iuliano Medici salutem. Etsi multa de prudentia, humanitate, uirtute tua . . .’ Explicit: obtinet honestissimum. Vale
A3r ‘Iuuenalis uita'. Saturae, ed. Clausen, 179, with slightly variant ending.
A3r [Two notes referring to Calderinus's ‘Defensio' and rejecting the tradition dividing the Satyrae into books; cf. J‑323–J‑329.]
A3r 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
A3v Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Tuccius. See J‑313.
A4v Valla, Georgius: [Introduction to commentary]. Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalis Satyrae intellectu obscurae a plaerisque non iniuria iudicari . . .’ Explicit: de satyra hactenus
B1r [Alphabetical index.]
a1r Mancinellus, Antonius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae.] Incipit: ‘[I]ndignatus poeta quod diutius auditor esset . . .’ Explicit: gloria lausque deo Mancinellus's commentary on each Satyra begins with the appropriate line from the ‘Argumentum'.
a1r Juvenalis, [Decimus] Junius: Satyrae. Juv.
a1r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae.] Incipit: ‘Erone semper auditor scilicet alienorum carminum de qua molestia et temporis . . .’ Explicit: Porphirio
a1r Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae]. Incipit: ‘ “Semper ego auditor tantum nunquamne reponam” . Ab indignatione multi hunc orsum fuisse existimant . . .’ Explicit: muneribus eniteat
&4r [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
&4v 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: Venice: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 2 Dec. 1492. Folio.
Collation
Collation: A B4 a–z &8.
References
ISTC: ij00662000
Hain: HC *9709;
Goff: Goff J‑662;
BMC: BMC V 527;
Proctor: Pr 5422;
Others: BSB‑Ink I‑690; Sheppard 4511.
LCN: 14548459
Copies
Copy number: J-315(1)
Wanting &8, containing the colophon and register.
Binding: Eighteenth-century English mottled calf, with gold-tooled turn-ins and marbled pastedowns, rebacked with gold-tooled red morocco; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 315 × 222 × 27 mm.
Size of leaf: 307 × 200 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations, including extraction of key words, and occasional comments on the text, also corrections to the text, and underlining in the text and commentaries in either black or red ink. Bibliographical notes by Heber on the front endleaves.
Partial rubrication (on &4v -5r only): an eight-line initial ‘U', paragraph marks, and some capital strokes are supplied in red.
Provenance: Johannes Oppavinus (sixteenth century); inscription on A1r: ‘Magistri Joannis Oppauini sum'. Inscription on A1r in a sixteenth-century hand recording a purchase in Buda, Hungary: ‘Bude lx [ferton rather than ducats?] vngarica[ric]is emtus'. [ ] Reynolds (seventeenth century(?)); inscription on A1r: ‘Mr. Reynolds'. Purchased by Heber for £0. 10. 6, according to the price annotated in red ink in Heber's sale catalogue. Richard Heber (1773-1833); note (see above); see Catalogue, 5 (1835), lot 2572, sold for £0. 7. 0. Purchased for £0. 18. 0 according to Books Purchased (1835), 16.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 4.8.
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