Bod-Inc: M-127
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 lucrernas(!) | Et signum calami seuerioris'; 11 hendecasyllabics.
a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[I]n omni ciuitatis administratione preclare 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, Spectacula.] 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, Spectacula.] 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 . . .’
[rum]2r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Defensio' [addressed to] Corelius Carafa. Incipit: ‘[N]on potuimus assequi id quod uel tu optabas . . .’ Explicit: inferendis moderationis See M‑120.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Christophorus de Pensis, de Mandello], 29 May 1498. folio.
Collation
Collation: a6 b–d8 e–z & [us]6 [rum]4.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: im00313000
Hain: HC 10825;
Goff: Goff M‑313;
BMC: BMC V 597;
Proctor: Pr 5634, 5244;
Others: BSB‑Ink M‑203; CIBN M‑174; Oates 2055; Rhodes 1174; Sheppard 4319.
LCN: 14551231
Copies
Copy number: M-127(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [rum]4.
Gatherings a–o, and t are printed with the types of Bevilaqua.
Binding: Eighteenth/nineteenth-century half green morocco; marbled paper boards, gold-tooled spine, turquoise-edged leaves, and pastedowns and endleaves dyed pink.
Size: 323 × 225 × 26 mm.
Size of leaf: 315 × 216 mm.
Some early marginal annotations, mainly extracting key words.
Provenance: Leonardus [ ]; inscription, mostly unread under ultraviolet light, on a1r: ‘Fratris Leonardi A[ ]ttat[ ] A[ ] Minorum [ ] ex libris'. Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); shelfmark no. 600; see Catalogue (1831); purchased at his sale for £0. 17. 6: see sale catalogue (1841), lot 865, and Books Purchased (1842), 29.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 2.8.
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