Bod-Inc: J-317
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, presul dignissime . . .’
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 quedam e plurimis vel intacta vel secus ab aliis quam Antonio Mancinello exposita'. Incipit: ‘Satyra prima. Antrum Vulcani. Quid agant venti . . .’
A2r Calderinus, Domitius: [Introductory letter addressed to] Julianus [I] de' Medici. Incipit: ‘Domitius Iuliano Medici salutem. Etsi multa de prudentia, humanitate, virtute tua . . .’ Explicit: obtinet honestissimum. Vale
A2v ‘Iuuenalis vita'. Saturae, ed. Clausen, 179, with slightly variant ending.
A2v [Two notes referring to Calderinus's ‘Defensio' and rejecting the tradition dividing the Satyrae into books; cf. J‑323–J‑329.]
A2v 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
A3r Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Tuccius. See J‑313.
A4r Valla, Georgius: [Introduction to commentary.] Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalia(!) Satyrae intellectu obscurae a plerisque non iniuria iudicari . . .’ Explicit: de satyra hactenus
A5r [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 a section entitled ‘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
a1v Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae]. Incipit: ‘ “Semper ego auditor tantum nunquamne reponam.” Ab indignatione multi hunc orsum fuisse existimant . . .’ Explicit: muneribus eniteat
&3r [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
&3r 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: Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 6 Dec. 1497. Folio.
Collation
Collation: A a–z8 &6.
References
ISTC: ij00664000
Hain: HC *9711;
Goff: Goff J‑664;
BMC: BMC II 443;
Proctor: Pr 2116;
Others: BSB‑Ink I‑693; CIBN J‑368; Oates 1048; Sack, Freiburg, 2189; Sheppard 1548.
LCN: 14545387
Copies
Copy number: J-317(1)
Binding: Contemporary German blind-tooled half pigskin over wooden boards, with one metal clasp and catch, and remains of a second; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. On both covers triple fillets form a rectangular compartment containing merrythoughts, made up from headed-outline tools, each containing a fleuron. Remains of a paper manuscript label at the head of the spine; ‘Iuuenalis' along the upper edge.
Size: 314 × 224 × 53 mm.
Size of leaf: 301 × 208 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear notes, and corrections to the text in Satyra, 6; some corrections and underlining in black ink thereafter.
On a1r a four-line initial ‘S' in the form of a dragon drawn in black ink and coloured in green wash.
Provenance: Regensburg, Bavaria, Jesuits; inscription in a seventeenth-century(?) hand on A1r: ‘Collegii Societatis Jesu Ratisponæ'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 2468; purchased for £0. 19. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 16.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 4.13.
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