Bod-Inc: M-126
Martialis, Marcus Valerius
Epigrammata, et al. (comm. Domitius Calderinus and Georgius Merula).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Franciscus Gonzaga. Incipit: ‘[N]on fuissent tot exemplis editi commentarii nostri . . .’ Explicit: Laurentii est Domitius. Vale See M‑120.
a1v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Verse.] ‘In uolumen dicatum Laurentio'. [Addressed to Laurentius de' Medici.] Incipit: ‘Odisti uigiles liber lucernas | Et signum calami seuerioris'; 11 hendecasyllabics.
a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[I]n omni ciuitatis administratione praeclare actum arbitrari . . .’ Explicit: elaborata fuerunt. Vale See M‑120.
a2v ‘Vita Martialis'. Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Valerius Martialis in Hispania . . .’ Explicit: redacta fuisse See M‑120.
a2v Plinius Secundus, [Gaius Caecilius]: Epistola [addressed to] Cornelius Priscus. Plin. Ep. 3. 21.
a2v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Martialis, Spectula.] Incipit: ‘ “[B]arbara pyramidum”. Hoc primo epigrammate assentatur Domitiano . . .’ Explicit: naumachiæ Domitiani See M‑120.
a2v Martialis, Marcus Valerius: [Spectacula.] Mart. Sp. 1-28.
a3r Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Martialis, Spectula.] Incipit: ‘ “Assiduus iactet nec Babylona labor”. Non recte exponit Domitius assiduum laborem . . .’ See M‑125.
a6v Lucidus Phosphorus, M[ ]: ‘Epigramma'. Incipit: ‘Quisquis amat lepidum uatem latiasque camoenas | Et uitam et mores noscere quisquis amat'; 8 elegiac distichs. See M‑120.
a6v Pincius, Johannes Pyrrhus(?): [Verse addressed to the censor.] Incipit: ‘Incultum quod erat censor tua tetricae forti | Hoc nuper lima dente mormordit opus'; 8 elegiac distichs.
b1r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Martialis, Epigrammata.] Incipit: ‘ “[S]pero me secuturum”. Scribit hoc nunc ut demum sit editurus . . .’ Explicit: somnum rumpendum See M‑120.
b1r Martialis, Marcus Valerius: Epigrammata. Mart.
b1v Merula, Georgius: [Commentary on Martialis, Epigrammata.] Incipit: ‘ “Et pueri nasum rhinocerotis habent”. Pueriliter de naso puerorum hoc dictum . . .’ Explicit: not identified: commentaries not clearly separated
[rum]2r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Defensio' [addressed to] Corelius Carafa. Incipit: ‘[N]on potuimus assequi id quod uel tu optabas . . .’ Explicit: ferendis moderationis See M‑120.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], 1 Aug. 1495. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a6 b–d8 e–z & [us]6 [rum]4.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: im00312000
Hain: HC *10824;
Goff: Goff M‑312;
BMC: BMC V 469;
Proctor: Pr 5233;
Others: BSB‑Ink M‑202; CIBN M‑173; Sack, Freiburg, 2359; Sheppard 4313.
LCN: 14551161
Copies
Copy number: M-126(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [rum4].
Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf; gold-tooled spine, marbled pastedowns; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 301 × 209 × 29 mm.
Size of leaf: 297 × 192 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations in red ink, including corrections to the text, references, also underlining in the text, and in the commentary. Epigram numbers are supplied in red. Some running headings and book numbers.
Provenance: Karl Emerich Reviczky, Freiherr von Revisnye (1737-1793); see Spencer sale catalogue. George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834); cancelled accession number ‘3432'; sale (1821), lot 204. Purchased for £1. 3. 0; see Books Purchased (1821), 10, and the annotated sale catalogue.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 3.16.
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