Bod-Inc: M-144
Mataratius, Franciscus
De componendis versibus hexametro et pentametro.
Analysis of Content
a1r Mataratius, Franciscus: De componendis versibus hexametro et pentametro. Dedicated to Petrus Paulus Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[P]oeticam ueteres primam quandam philosophiam esse uoluerunt . . .’ See Leonhardt no. B103.
d8r [Colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Perugia: Stephanus Arndes, 16 June 1481. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a8 b c6 d8.
Types: Type: 94 G.
Leaves: 28 leaves.
Line number: 32 lines (a1r).
Type area: Type area: 150 ×83 mm.
Illustrations: Woodcut initial on a1r: see BMC VI p. 880.
Remarks: Leaf a1r: ‘FRANCISCI Mataratii Peruſini Viri | utraqƺ lingua eruditiſſimi . . .'; l. 6: ‘[P]Oeticam ueteres primā quandam | philoſophiā eſſe . . .'; d8r, l. 12: ‘ . . . occiput | [colophon] Finis opuſculi de compoſitōne uerſus Hexametri [et] | Pentametri ȩditi a Franciſco Mataratio Peruſi | no. Et Peruſiȩ impreſſi artificio et labore ingenioſi | uiri Stephani Arnes Anciſburgiēſis: Anno d. m. | cccc.lxxxi. Die Iunii decimaſexta.’
References
ISTC: im00348000
Hain: H 10890;
Goff: Goff M‑348;
Proctor: Pr 7232;
Others: Sheppard 5482.
LCN: 14550829
Copies
Copy number: M-144(1)
Binding: Green paper boards; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. ‘1002' in black ink at tail of upper cover adjacent to the spine.
Size: 214 × 147 × 9 mm.
Size of leaf: 214 × 142 mm.
Marginal notes, mainly extracting key words, and pointing hands in a humanist hand.
Initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red.
Provenance: Luigi Celotti (c.1768-c.1846); purchased at his sale (14 Feb. 1825), lot 1002, for £2. 6. 0; see Books Purchased (1825), 18.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.35.
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