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Bod-Inc: J-318

Juvenalis, Decimus Junius

Satyrae (comm. Domitius Calderinus, Georgius Valla and Georgius Merula).

 

Analysis of Content

AA1r [Title-page.]

AA1v 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

AA1v ‘Iuuenalis vita'. Saturae, ed. Clausen, 179, with slightly variant ending.

AA1v [Two notes referring to Calderinus's ‘Defensio' and rejecting the tradition dividing the Satyrae into books; cf. J‑323–J‑329.]

AA2r 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

AA2r Merula, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro, duke of Urbino. Incipit: ‘[S]i in enarrandis poetis quorum eruditio multiplex uaria . . .’ Explicit: longo suflamine litis See Sandford, ‘Juvenalis, Decimus Junius', 221-3, no. 27 (Merula).

AA3r [Merula, Georgius?]: ‘Nec tamen caetera speuerit(!) lector poetae vita'. Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalis satyrum scriptor illustris aquinas fuisse magis ex eo . . .’ Explicit: altius repetenda sunt

AA3r [Merula, Georgius?]: ‘De satyrica fabula duabus satyris'. Incipit: ‘[S]atyrica primum apud graecos ut ueteres scriptores tradunt fabula fuit . . .’ Explicit: emunctæ natis

AA3v Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Tuccius. See J‑313.

AA4v Valla, Georgius: [Introduction to commentary.] Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalis Satyrae intellectu obscurae a plaerisque non iniuria iudicari . . .’ Explicit: de satyra hactenus

aa1r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae.] Incipit: ‘Erone semper auditor scilicet alienorum carminum de qua molestia et temporis . . .’ Explicit: Porphirio

aa1r Juvenalis, [Decimus] Junius: Satyrae. Juv.

aa1r Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae.] Incipit: ‘  “[S]emper ego auditor.” Causas hic primum reddit cur relicta frequenti poetarum . . .’ Explicit: consequebantur anonas

aa1r Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae]. Incipit: ‘  “[S]emper ego auditor tantum nunquamne reponam.” Ab indignatione multi hunc orsum fuisse existimant . . .’ Explicit: muneribus eniteat

&&1v [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

&&1v 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: Simon Bevilaqua, [c.1496-7]. Folio.

Collation

Collation: AA4 aa–zz6 &&4.

References

ISTC: ij00665000

Hain: HC *9712;

Goff: Goff J‑665;

BMC: BMC V 521;

Proctor: Pr 5410;

Others: BSB‑Ink I‑692; Oates 2099; Rhodes 1061; Sheppard 4476.

LCN: 14545340

Copies

Copy number: J-318(1)

Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf with marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.

Size: 318 × 220 × 23 mm.

Size of leaf: 310 × 198 mm.

Early marginal and interlinear annotations, mostly in Scheurl's hand (see below), also pointing hands. Early manuscript title across the fore-edge, with ‘181' also along the lower edge.

Provenance: Christoph Scheurl (1481-1542); inscription on AA1r: ‘Iste liber est mei Christoferi Schewrli Nurenb[ergensis] qui valet Bon[onie] bon[oninorum] 20 et ligaturam bon[oninorum] 8 anno domini 1499'; see Wagner 75-6. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 2467; purchased for £0. 19. 0; see Books Purchased (1835). 16.

SHELFMARK: Auct. P 4.3.


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