Bod-Inc: O-045
Ovidius Naso, Publius
Opera: Steiner tradition 5 ‘Accursius’ (ed. Bonus Accursius, rev. Valerius Superchius).
Analysis of Content
Part I.
A1v Accursius, Bonus: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Simoneta. Incipit: ‘[N]escio quibus aliis studiis meis ostendere tibi, uir clarissime . . .’ Explicit: habeasque charissimam. Vale . . . For the Accursius editions of the Metamorphoses see Steiner, ‘Source-Editions', 228-9; see also O‑041.
A2r [Accursius, Bonus: Life of Ovidius addressed to] Franciscus Simoneta. ‘P. Ouidium Nasonem uita'. Incipit: ‘[C]um usitatissimum esse morem animaduerterim . . .’ Explicit: molliter ossa cubent For the authorship see BSB‑Ink O‑143.
A5r [Table of contents for Metamorphoses.]
A7v [Ovidius Naso, Publius: Tristia.] Ov. Tr. 1. 7. 35-40.
A7v [Table of contents for Metamorphoses, book 1.] Each book is preceded by a table of contents.
A7v [Summary of book 1, ‘fabula' 1.] Incipit: ‘Chaos ut Hesiodi indicat uolumen quod deorum originem . . .’ Explicit: parte subsiderent Each ‘fabula' is preceded by a short summary.
A8r Superchius, Valerius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Sforza. Incipit: ‘[G]rande profecto, princeps illustris, nostra aetate munus a natura . . .’ Explicit: habeto in tuis
A8v Superchius, Valerius: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Si miseri infausto doluisti uatis amore | Et solita es nostris ingemuisse malis'; 19 distichs.
B1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Metamorphoses. [Edited by Bonus Accursius, and revised by Valerius Superchius.] Ov. Met. Between 15. 744 and 745 is the following couplet, entitled ‘Epigramma': ‘Bacchus et Alcides Caesar per gesta deorum | Nomina habent iuncta sed sua facta magis'. Accursius' work as editor is evident from the letter to Simoneta (see above); Superchius records his work in the letter to Sforza (see above).
Q6v [First colophon.]
Q6v ‘Registrum'.
Part II.
a1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Heroides. Ov. Ep., with the letters in the following order: . . . 14, 16. 1-38, 145-378; 17-21; 5 begins with an extra couplet, ‘Nympha suo Paridi quamuis suus esse recusat | Mittit ab ideis uerba legenda iugis'.
d7v [Ovidius Naso, Publius pseudo-?]: Sappho. [Ov.] Ep. Sapph.
e1v [Suda lexicon.] ‘Ex Suida'. Incipit: ‘Sappho Simonis aut alii putant eum ei ut alii Erigii . . .’ Explicit: leucade se deiecit
e1v Antipater Sidonius: [Epigram.] Incipit: ‘Dulcia mnemosyne demirans carmina Sapphus | Quaesiuit decima pieris unde foret'; 1 distich.
e1v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: In simulacrum Sapphus.] Ausonius, Works, ed. Green, 75, no. 35.
e1v [Statius, Publius] Papinius: [Silvae.] Stat. Silv. 5. 3. 154-5.
e2r Horatius [Flaccus, Quintus: Carmina.] Hor. Carm. 4. 9. 11-12.
e2r [Ovidius Naso, Publius: Amores.] Ov. Am. 2. 18. 27-34. Preceded by a note on Sabinus, beginning ‘A. Sabinus eques Romanus celeberrimus . . .’
e2r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Epistolae ex Ponto. ‘De ponto libro tertio in inuidos'. Ov. Pont. 4. 16. 13-16.
e2r ‘Rescriptio Vlyxis ad Penolopen'. Incipit: ‘[P]ertulit ad miserum tandem tua casus Ulyxem | Penolope chartis uerba notata piis'; 66 distichs.
e3r ‘Phyllidi Demophoon'. Incipit: ‘[P]hillidi Demophon patria dimittit ab urbe | Et patriam meminit muneris esse tui'; 53 distichs.
e4r ‘Rescriptum Paridis Oenone'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uae satis apta tibi tam iuste nympha querenti | Rescribam fateor quaerere uerba manum'; 46 distichs.
e5r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Amores. Ov. Am.
g10r Ovidius Naso, Publius: De arte amandi. [Also known as Ars amatoria.] Ov. Ars.
k3v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Remedia amoris. Ov. Rem.
l2v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Ibis. Ov. Ib.
m1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Fasti. Ov. Fast.
r3r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Tristia. Ov. Tr.
x1r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Epistolae ex Ponto. ‘De Ponto'. Ov. Pont.
&5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: De pulice. ‘De pulice opusculum'. Incipit: ‘[P]arue pulex et amara lues inimica puellis | Carmine quo fungar in tua facta ferox?'; 19 distichs
&5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-: De philomela.] ‘De philomena liber'. Klopsch, ‘Carmen de philomela', 187-94.
&5v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Medicamina faciei feminae. Ov. Med.
&6v Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: Nux. Nux.
&8r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: Consolatio ad Liviam. [Ov.] Cons.
[con4v] Ugerius, Maurus: [Verse on Valerius Superchius.] ‘De Anima Ouidii quae migrauerit in Valerium Superchium'. Incipit: ‘Quis neget in varias animam transcendere formas? | Et noua post primum corpus habere loca?'; 10 distichs.
[con4v] [Second colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice]: Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), for Lucantonio Giunta, 31 Dec. 1489. Folio.
Remarks: In two parts, each with the same date. On the publisher, usually taken to be Giunta, see P. Veneziani, ‘Lucantonio ritrovato', Le fonti, le procedure, le storie: raccolta di studi della Biblioteca (Rome, 1993), 195-203.
Collation
Collation: Part I: A–P8 Q6; part II: a–f8 g10 h–z &8 [con]4.
References
ISTC: io00135000
Hain: H *12145;
Goff: Goff O‑135;
BMC: BMC V 597;
Proctor: Pr 4988;
Others: BSB‑Ink O‑146; CIBN O‑86; Oates 1943; Sheppard 4358; Steiner, ‘Source-Editions', 222 no. 5h.
LCN: 14537721
Copies
Copy number: O-045(1)
Leaf A1 has been cut out and mounted.
Binding: Seventeenth-century English calf, with two frames of double fillets in blind, and four gilt fleurons and a centre-piece on each cover; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Rebacked; upper cover detached.
Size: 304 × 213 × 57 mm.
Size of leaf: 299 × 193 mm.
Copious marginal and interlinear notes, especially in gatherings B–F, mainly in one sixteenth-century English hand, including comments on the text, with indexing symbols, corrections to the text, ‘nota' marks, and occasional pointing hands.
Provenance: Philip Yorke (1690-1764), 1st Earl of Hardwicke; armorial book-plate (of Yorke as 1st Lord Hardwicke, from 1733), Hardwicke quartering Gibbon [mother of the 1st Earl]: see Howe, Book Plates, 32869; not in 1792 Hardwicke sale. Purchased for £1. 2. 0: see Books Purchased (1835), 21, where the place of printing is given as Parma.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.1.
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