Bod-Inc: L-177

Lucianus Samosatensis

Verae historiae, et al.

 

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a1r [Title-page.]

a2r Lucianus Samosatensis: Verae historiae. ‘De ueris narrationibus.’ [Translated by Lilius Tifernas.] Incipit: ‘[M]os est athletarum ac eorum qui summa diligentia corpus exercent . . . [E]gressus olim ab Herculeis columnis et in Hisperium oceanum . . .’ See L‑176; Ursula Jaitner-Hahner I 286-9 for a discussion of the tradition of the text of this edition.

d5r Lucianus Samosatensis [pseudo-; Poggius Florentinus]: De asino aureo. Incipit: ‘[Q]uum in Thessaliam ubi quaedam mihi paterne rationes erant . . .’ salutem consecturus Poggius Florentinus, Opera omnia (Basel, 1538, repr. Turin, 1964), I 138-55. For the authorship (also the contents of this edition in general), see E. P. Goldschmidt, ‘Lucian's “Calumnia”  ’, in Fritz Saxl 1890-1948: A Volume of Memorial Essays from his Friends in England, ed. D. J. Gordon (London, 1957), 228-44, at 242.

f4r Lucianus Samosatensis: Philosophorum vitae. Vitarum auctio. Incipit: ‘[D]ispone tum sedilia et scamna et appara locum uenientibus . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 27, Βίων πρα̂σις .

g3r Lucianus Samosatensis: Tyrannus. Incipit: ‘[M]issa istaec faciamus, o Cloto, cimba uero haec iampridem nobis disposita est . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 19, Κατά πλους ἢ Τύραννος.

h3r Lucianus Samosatensis: De praecedentia Alexandri, Hannibalis et Scipionis. ‘Scipio.’ Incipit: ‘Libyce me decet praeponi melior quidem sum . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 77,25(12), Νεκρικοὶ διάλογοι ; see Mattioli 207.

i1r Lucianus Samosatensis: Scaphidium (Dialogus de funerali pompa). Incipit: ‘[A]udite quo quidem pacto nostra se negocia habeant. Parua . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 77,20(10), Νεκρικοὶ διάλογοι .

i3v Lucianus Samosatensis [pseudo-; Vegius, Maphaeus]: Palinurus. [De felicitate et miseria.] Incipit: ‘[O]bsecro te, o Charon, sine me ut iam nauim . . .’ For the authorship see Christopher Robinson, Lucian and his Influence in Europe (London, 1979), 84-5.

l3v Lucianus Samosatensis: Charon. Incipit: ‘Mercurius. [Q]uid rides, o Charon? Quidue relicta cymba insolens admodum ad haec nostra uenisti . . .’

m4r Lucianus Samosatensis: ‘Diogenes.’ Incipit: ‘Diogenes. [Q]uid hoc, o Alexander, et tu quoque e uita migrasti . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 77,13, Νεκρικοὶ διάλογοι .

m5r Lucianus Samosatensis: Terpsion. Incipit: ‘Terpsion. [I]ustumne hoc est, o Pluto, me quidem e uita obiisse . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 77,16(6), Νεκρικοὶ διάλογοι .

m6r Lucianus Samosatensis: Hercules. Incipit: ‘Diogenes. [N]unquid Hercules ipse est? Haud quisquam, me Hercule . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 5, Ἡρακλη̂ς .

m7r Lucianus Samosatensis [pseudo-; Albertus, Leo Baptista]: Virtus dea. [Allegedly translated by Carolus Marsupinus.] Incipit: ‘[V]irtus dea per epistolas orauit modo ut ad se irem . . .’ For the authorship and ‘translation' see Robinson 84, 86, and DBI I 702-9.

m8v Lucianus Samosatensis [pseudo-; Moschus]: In amorem. Incipit: ‘[P]erdiderat natum genitrix Cytherea uagantem | Anxia sollicito quem dum per compita passu'; 25 elegiac distichs. Translated by Baptista Guarinus. A free translation of the Ἔρως δραπέτης of Moschus; see BMC VIII 412; on the translation see R. Avesani, Quattro miscellanee medievali e umanistiche (Rome, 1967), 57-81. BSB‑Ink attributes the authorship to Guarinus.

n1r Lucianus Samosatensis: Timon. Incipit: ‘[I]uppiter amabilis, hospitabilis, amicabilis, uestalis, fulgurator . . .’ Translated by Bertoldus. Translation of ed. Macleod 25, Τίμων ἢ μισάνθρωπως . For the translation, and on Bertoldus, see Mattioli 205-6.

o5r Lucianus Samosatensis: Sermo de calumnia. Incipit: ‘[G]rauis ac molesta res est ignorantia et multorum malorum hominibus . . .’ See Goldschmidt, ‘Lucian's “Calumnia”  ’, 241-2; and Mattioli 212; translation of ed. Macleod 15, Περὶ του̂ μὴ ῥᾳδιων πιστεύειν διαβολῃ̂ .

p4r Lucianus Samosatensis: Laus muscae. [Translated by Guarinus Veronensis.] Incipit: ‘[M]usca est sic minima uolucrum ut possit cum muscellis et culicibus comparari . . .’ Translation of ed. Macleod 7, Μυίας ἐγκώμιον ; for the translation see Mattioli 206.

p6r [Verse addressed to the reader.] Incipit: ‘Hoc lege plena iocis immistaque seria ludo | Quando relaxandi cura tibi est animi'; 2 elegiac distichs. Goldschmidt, ‘Lucian's “Calumnia”  ’, 242.

p6v [Privilege addressed to] Benedictus Miniator (Benedetto Bordon). Incipit: ‘Serenissimo principi et illustrissimo dominio(!) supplicat fidelissimus seruus Benedictus . . .’ see BMC, and DBI XII 511-13, at 512.

p6v [Colophon.]

p7r ‘Errores huius libri.’ Incipit: ‘a.iii. Hisperium pro Hesperium . . .’

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Simon Bevilaqua, 25 Aug. 1494. 4°.

Collation

Collation: a⁸ b⁴ c–g⁸ h⁴ i–p⁸.

Illustrations: Woodcut border on a2r.

References

ISTC: il00329000

Hain: HC *10261;

Goff: Goff L‑329;

BMC: BMC V 519;

Proctor: Pr 5387;

Others: BSB‑Ink L‑244; CIBN L‑250; Essling 747; Sander 4037; Sheppard 4467.

LCN: 14503624

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