Bod-Inc: M-221
Mirabilia Puteolorum (ed. Franciscus Griffolinus and Arnaldus de Bruxella)
Analysis of Content
[a2r] [Griffolinus] Aretinus, Franciscus: [Letter addressed to] Pius II, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[E]uoluenti mihi quedam librorum volumina, Pie pontifex maxime, et animum laxandi gratia . . .’ Explicit: iniuriam arbitratus sum
[a3r] [Introduction noting the additions made by Franciscus Griffolinus.] Incipit: ‘Et quia post editionem libelli per dictum Franciscum . . .’
[a3v] ‘Regule seruande per volentem ire ad balnea'. [Edited by Franciscus Griffolinus.] Incipit: ‘Cum ad balnea veneris, dimitte turbationes et iras animi . . .’ See Thorndike–Kibre 279.
[a4v] Mirabilia Puteolorum. [Edited by Franciscus Griffolinus and Arnaldus de Bruxella.] Incipit: ‘[S]udatorium Putheolos a Neapoli petens cum medium . . .’ Explicit: que addi potuissent Franciscus' role as editor is recorded in the introductory note; Arnaldus is named as editor in the colophon.
[f3r] [Table of contents.]
Imprint
Imprint: Naples: Arnaldus de Bruxella, 31 Dec. 1475. 8°.
Collation
Collation: [a–e8 f6].
References
ISTC: im00590000
Hain: HR 6585;
Goff: Goff M‑590;
BMC: BMC VI 858;
Proctor: Pr 6690;
Others: Fava–Bresciano 92; Osler, IM 89; Rhodes 1486; Sheppard 5426. Microfiche: Unit 13: Medical Incunabula: Part III.
LCN: 14089522
Copies
Copy number: M-221(1)
Wanting the blank leaves [a1] and [f6].
Binding: Seventeenth-century(?) parchment.
Size: 171 × 129 × 13 mm.
Size of leaf: 170 × 123 mm.
Irregular manuscript foliation: 1-40, with 38-9 repeated.
Two- to four-line initials and occasional paragraph marks supplied in black ink.
Provenance: Carlo di Martino (sixteenth century?); inscription on [a2r]: ‘Vtitur R[euerendus] P. F. Carolus de Martino. lect.' Dr Peters (seventeenth century?); name on the outside of the lower cover. Thomas Thorpe; Catalogue (1832), no. 1460. Purchased from Thorpe for £1. 11. 6; see Library Bills (1829-32), no. 345, and Books Purchased (1832), 19.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q inf. 2.21.
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