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Bod-Inc: L-163

Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus

Pharsalia (comm. Omnibonus Leonicenus ed. Johannes Taberius, and comm. Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus).

 

Analysis of Content

[*1r] [Title-page.]

[*1v] ‘Tabula uocabulorum in Johannis Sulpitii commentario contentorum.’

[*4r] Sulpitius Verulanus, Johannes [Antonius]: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Antoniotus Gentilis Palavicinus (i.e Antonius Pallavicinus). Incipit: ‘[E]tsi multo ante, pater amplissime, quae tuae te uirtutes ad cardineam purpuram . . .’

[*4v] Sulpitius [Verulanus], Johannes [Antonius]: ‘Lucani uita.’ Incipit: ‘[M]arcum Anneum Lucanum Caia Acilia Acillii Lucani oratoris filia ex Anneo Mela . . .’

[*4v] Sulpitius [Verulanus], Johannes [Antonius]: ‘Historiae argumentum.’ Incipit: ‘[C]um prouinciae consulares Hispaniæ Pompeio, Crasso Syria et Partichum bellum . . .’

[*5r] Britannicus Brixianus, Johannes: [Letter addressed to] Hieronymus Advocatus. Incipit: ‘[N]on possum nostris temporibus, Hieronyme Aduocate, mirum in modum non gratulari . . .’

[*5r] [Vacca]: ‘M. Annei Lucani uita ex commentario antiquissimo.’ See L‑151.

[*5v] [Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: Vita Lucani.] ‘Ex dimidiato codice particula ad poetae huius uitam pertinens sumpta.’ Suet. Poet., ending imperfectly; see L‑151.

[*5v] [Laetus, Julius] Pomponius: ‘M. Annei Lucani uita.’ Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Anneus Senecha e Corduba ciuitate Bethyce Romam uenit statimque . . .’

[*6r] Tacitus, [Publius Cornelius: Note based on Tac., Ann. 15.48-9.] ‘Apud Cornelium Tacitum legitur.’ Incipit: ‘Consulibus Silio Nerua et Attico Vestino coniurationem in Neronem coeptam . . .’ see also L‑094.

[*6r] [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Si generi socerique cupis cognoscere bella | Non alium quaeras hic manifesta facit'; 6 elegiac distichs. see Walther, Initia, 17744.

[*6r] Taberius Brixianus, Johannes: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[C]ommentaria quae in Annei Lucani Pharsaliam ab Omnibono Leoniceno edita putabantur . . .’

[*6v] Lanfrancus, [Christophorus: Verse addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Non rudis occurro sed lima tersus ad unguem | Nuper qui fueram sordidus atque lacer'; 4 elegiac distichs.

[*6v] [Epitaph of Lucan.] ‘Lucani epitaphium.’ Incipit: ‘Corduba me genuit, rapuit Nero, praelia dixi | Quae gessere pares hinc socer, inde gener'; 2 elegiac distichs. See L‑150.

[*6v] Sulpitius [Verulanus, Johannes Antonius]: ‘Argumenta in singulos libros.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rimus bella mouens expellit ab urbe senatum | Brundusii oppugnat magnum fugat atque secundus'; 10 hexameters.

[*6v] Sulpitius [Verulanus, Johannes Antonius]: ‘Argumentum in primum librum.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet belli causas utque actus ab ira | Precipiti Caesar Rubiconis transilit undas'; 8 hexameters. There are ‘argumenta' for each book.

a1r Sulpitius Verulanus, Johannes [Antonius: Commentary on Lucanus, Pharsalia.] ‘Lucani Pharsaliam interpretatio.’ Incipit: ‘  “[B]ella per aemathios”. Proponens breui peryphrasi quod sit scripturus poeta . . .’

a1r Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus: Pharsalia. Luc.

a1r Omnibonus Leonicenus: [Commentary on Lucanus, Pharsalia.] ‘Lucani Pharsaliam interpretatio.’ [Edited by Johannes Taberius.] Incipit: ‘  “[B]ella per aemathios”. In exponendo hoc auctore haec omnia libanda sunt: libri titulus . . .’

D6r Sulpitius [Verulanus, Johannes Antonius]: ‘Sulpitii carmina uelut superioribus annectenda.’ Incipit: ‘Erexit mentem trepidi tam fortis imago | Et facturus erat memorandi nobile lethi'; 11 hexameters.

D6r Sulpitius [Verulanus, Johannes Antonius]: ‘Querela de poete opere imperfecto.’ Incipit: ‘Haec cecinit uates scripturus plura sed illum | In medio cursu iussit mors dira silere'; 23 hexameters.

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 31 Jan. 1493/4. Folio.

Remarks: For variants see CIBN and Hillard.

Collation

Collation: [*6] a–z A–C8 D6.

References

ISTC: il00305000

Hain: HC *10241;

Goff: Goff L‑305;

BMC: BMC V 517;

Proctor: Pr 5381;

Others: BSB‑Ink L‑235; CIBN L‑240; Hillard 1242; Oates 2092; Rhodes 1110; Sheppard 4461.

LCN: 14500895

Copies

Copy number: L-163(1)

Leaf [*1r], title, l. 3: ‘ . . . Omniniboni Vincentini . . .', as HC and Hillard; leaf [*4r], l. 1: ‘ . . . Opitmū . . .', as HC and CIBN.

Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) parchment; marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.

Size: 304 × 213 × 35 mm.

Size of leaf: 298 × 203 mm.

Occasional early marginal annotations, including pointing hands and ‘nota' marks.

Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 2628; purchased for £0. 10. 0; see Books Purchased (1835). 19.

SHELFMARK: Auct. P 4.27.


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