Bod-Inc: L-164
Lucanus, Marcus Annaeus
Pharsalia (comm. Omnibonus Leonicenus, ed. Johannes Taberius, and comm. Johannes Sulpitius Verulanus).
Analysis of Content
A1r [Title-page.]
A2r 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 . . .’
A2v Sulpitius [Verulanus], Johannes [Antonius]: ‘Lucani uita.’ Incipit: ‘[M]arcum Anneum Lucanum Gaia Acilia Acilii Lucani oratoris filia ex Anneo Mela . . .’
A2v Sulpitius [Verulanus], Johannes [Antonius]: ‘Historiae atgumentum(!).’ Incipit: ‘[C]um prouinciae consulares Hispaniæ Pompeio, Crasso Syria et Partichum bellum . . .’
A3r Britannicus Brixianus, Johannes: [Letter addressed to] Hieronymus Advocatus. Incipit: ‘[N]on possum nostris temporibus, Hieronyme Aduocate, mirum in modum non gratulari . . .’
A3r [Vacca]: ‘M. Annei Lucani uita ex commentario antiquissimo.’ See L‑151.
A3v [Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: Vita Lucani.] ‘Ex dimidiato codice particula ad poetae huius uitam pertinens sumpta.’ Suet. Poet., ending imperfectly; see L‑151.
A3v [Laetus, Julius] Pomponius: ‘M. Annei Lucani uita.’ Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Anneus Senecha e Corduba ciuitate Bethice Romam uenit statimque . . .’
A4r 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 cœptam . . .’ see also L‑094.
A4r [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Si generi socerique cupis cognoscere bella | Non alium quæras hic manifesta facit'; 6 elegiac distichs. see Walther, Initia, 17744.
A4r Taberius Brixianus, Johannes: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[C]ommentaria quae in Annei Lucani Pharsaliam ab Omnibono Leoniceno edita putabantur . . .’
A4v 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.
A4v [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.
A4v 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.
A4v Sulpitius [Verulanus, Johannes Antonius]: ‘Argumentum in primum librum.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet belli causas utque actus ab ira | Praecipiti 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]: ‘Carmina uelut superioribus annectenda'. Incipit: ‘Erexit mentem trepidi tam fortis imago | Et facturus erat memorandi nobile Lethi'; 11 hexameters.
D6r Sulpitius [Verulanus, Johannes Antonius]: ‘Quercla(!) [= Querela] de poetae opere imperfecto'. Incipit: ‘Haec cecinit uates scripturus plura sed illum | In medio cursu iussit mors dira silere'; 23 hexameters.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 20 Oct. 1498. folio.
Collation
Collation: A4 a–z A–C8 D6.
References
ISTC: il00307000
Hain: HC *10242;
Goff: Goff L‑307;
BMC: BMC V 523;
Proctor: Pr 5409;
Others: BSB‑Ink L‑237; CIBN L‑241; Oates 2098; Polain 2518; Sack, Freiburg, 2275; Sheppard 4490.}
LCN: 14500831
Copies
Copy number: L-164(1)
Wanting1 A1 and D6.
Binding: Half calf; marbled paper boards; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 324 × 222 × 32 mm.
Size of leaf: 314 × 204 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations, including comments on the text.
On a1r a six-line initial ‘B' is supplied in black ink within a black pen-work border.
Provenance and date of acquisition unknown; no indication given by the shelfmark.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 4.16.
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