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Bod-Inc: J-319

Juvenalis, Decimus Junius

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

 

Analysis of Content

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.

A2r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Nicolaus Rubeus. Incipit: ‘[E]didere hactenus commentationes in Iuuenalem, praesul dignissime . . .’

A2r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Iuuenalis commoda'. Incipit: ‘  “[S]emper ego auditor tantum?” Haec prima Iuuenalis celeberrimi utilissimique poetae satyra est . . .’ Explicit: sit iudicium

A2r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘De satyra'. Incipit: ‘[S]atyra est carmen apud romanos maledicum et ad carpenda . . .’ Explicit: rebus disputatur

A2v ‘Loca quedam e plurimis uel intacta uel secus ab aliis quam Antonio Mancinello exposita'. Incipit: ‘Satyra prima. Antrum Vulcani. Quid agant uenti . . .’

A2v [List of corrections to Mancinellus's commentary.]

A3r Calderinus, Domitius: [Introductory letter addressed to] Julianus [I] de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Iuliano Medici salutem. Etsi multa de prudentia, humanitate, uirtute tua . . .’ Explicit: obtinet honestissimum. Vale

A3v ‘Iuuenalis uita'. Saturae, ed. Clausen, 179, with slightly variant ending.

A3v [Two notes referring to Calderinus's ‘Defensio' and rejecting the tradition dividing the Satyrae into books; cf. J‑323–J‑329.]

A3v 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

A4r 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

A4v [Merula, Georgius?]: ‘Nec tamen caetera spreuerit lector poetae vita'. Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalis satyrum scriptor illustris aquinas fuisse magis ex eo . . .’ Explicit: altius repetenda sunt

A4v [Merula, Georgius?]: ‘De satyra fabula duabus satyris'. Incipit: ‘[S]atyrica primum apud graecos ut ueteres scriptores tradunt fabula fuit . . .’ Explicit: emunctæ natis

A5r Valla, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Tuccius. See J‑313.

A6r Valla, Georgius: [Introduction to commentary.] Incipit: ‘[I]uuenalis Satyrae intellectu obscurae a plaerisque non iniuria iudicari . . .’ Explicit: de satyra hactenus

A6v ‘Tabula'.

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: ‘[E]go ne semper auditor scilicet alienorum carminum de qua molestia et temporis . . .’ Explicit: Porphirio

a1v Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae.] Incipit: ‘  “[S]emper ego auditor.” Causas hic primum reddit cur relicta frequenti(!) poetarum . . .’ Explicit: consequebantur anonas

a1v Valla, Georgius: [Commentary on Juvenalis, Satyrae]. Incipit: ‘  “[S]emper ego auditor tantum nunquamne reponam.” Ab indignatione multi hunc orsum fuisse existimant . . .’ Explicit: muneribus eniteat

[rum]2r 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

[rum]2v Calderinus, Domitius: Defensio adversus Brotheum [Nicolaus Perottus]. Incipit: ‘[U]tinam Heli et Marce consilio meo mihi uti licuisset . . .’ Explicit: accusari debere uiderentur. Valete

[rum]5v [Colophon.]

[rum]5v [Privilege granted to Tacuinus, signed D. Marcus Barbus, D. Franciscus Fuscherinus, D. Nicolaus Trevisanus, D. Franciscus Bernardus.] Incipit: ‘[C]omparens coram serenissimo principe . . . Joannes de Tridino alias Tacuinus librorum impressor . . .’

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Johannes Tacuinus de Tridino, 24 July 1498. Folio.

Collation

Collation: A B6 a–z & [con]8 [rum]6.

Illustrations: Essling notes that the woodcut on A1r is a reprint of that in Tacuinus's edition of 28 Jan. 1494; however, the woodcut in this copy of the edition of 24 July 1498 contains the names of four commentators, rather than those of three commentators and Juvenalis.

References

ISTC: ij00666000

Hain: H *9714;

Goff: Goff J‑666;

BMC: BMC V 533;

Proctor: Pr 5453;

Others: BSB‑Ink I‑694; CIBN J‑369; Essling 785; Sander 3729; Sheppard 4542.

LCN: 14545411

Copies

Copy number: J-319(1)

Leaf A1 backed.

Binding: Nineteenth-century(?) cream paper boards; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.

Size: 305 × 222 × 31 mm.

Size of leaf: 301 × 202 mm.

Copious early marginal and interlinear notes, some in red ink, including comments on and corrections to the text, extraction of key words, also ‘nota' marks, pointing hands, and underlining in the text and commentaries in either red or black ink.

Provenance: Melchior Hacker (fl. 1637); inscription on A1r: ‘Ex donatione domini Melchioris Hakeri senatoris Seehusensis ego [cancellation] possideo anno 1637 mense Januario'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 2469; purchased for £1. 0. 0; see Books Purchased (1835). 16.

SHELFMARK: Auct. P 4.9.


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