Bod-Inc: O-053

Ovidius Naso, Publius

De arte amandi et De remedio amoris (comm. Bartholomaeus Merula).

 

Analysis of Content

a1r [Title-page.]

a1v Merula, Bartholomaeus: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[P]reclara multa et omni laude cumulatissima in hac tua excellenti . . .’ Explicit: tuum amabis. Vale

a2r Merula, Bartholomaeus: [Commentary on De arte amandi.] Incipit: ‘  “[S]i quis in hoc artem populo non nouit amandi”. Ex latinorum poetarum consuetudine proponit . . .’ Explicit: spoliis exuuiis amantum

a2r Ovidius Naso, Publius: De arte amandi. [Also known as Ars amatoria.] Ov. Ars.

h1v Merula, Bartholomaeus: [Commentary on De remedio amoris.] Incipit: ‘  “[L]egerat huius amor titulum nomenque libelli”. Scripturus de remedio amoris Ouidius primo se excusat . . .’ Explicit: remedia amoris descripsi

h1v Ovidius Naso, Publius: De remedio amoris. Ov. Rem.

k2v [Merula, Bartholomaeus: Part of the epilogue addressed to] Franciscus [Georgius Cornelius]. Incipit: ‘Habes, Francisce generose, enarrationes nostras in Ouidium De arte amandi . . .’ Explicit: nonum annum premendam

k3v [Colophon.]

k3v Antimachus, Marcus Antonius: ‘Carmen'. Incipit: ‘Naso corinna tuos expertus sepe calores | Et quam fallaces sint in amore doli'; 6 distichs.

k3v Palladius Soranus, Domitius: ‘Carmen'. Incipit: ‘Quot puer incautos quondam pharetratus amantes | Impulit ad seue tela cruenta necis'; 7 distichs.

k3v ‘Registrum.’

Imprint

Imprint: Lyons: Pierre Mareschal and Barnabe Chaussard, 1497. 4°.

Collation

Collation: a–i⁸ k⁴.

Types: Types: 290 G; 80 G (leaded); 70 G. Initials. Device on a1r: Polain, Marques, 55.

Leaves: 76 leaves, the last two blank, 2-74 so numbered.

Line number: 53 lines of commentary enclosing the text, plus headlines (a3r).

Type area: Type area: 186 (192) ×121 (with marginalia 135) mm (a3r).

Remarks: a1r: ‘[O]Vidius de arte | amandi Et de re | medio amoris cū | comento.' [Device]. a1v: ‘Bartholomeus merula generoſo adoleſcenti georgij | cornelij equitis [et] decemuiri clariſſimi filio. Salutem. [P]Reclara multa [et] omni laude cumulatiſſima . . .' a2r, l. 11: ‘Bartholomei Merule In primum Ouidij de arte amandi enarrationes'. b1r: [Commentary] ‘parthos ſe ſubtrahentem reci[per] ꝑ et.his igitur . . .' [Text] ‘Cumƺ pater tibi ſit: iura tuere patris. | . . .' h1r: [Text] ‘ . . . P.Ouidii Naſonis de arte | amandi Finis'. [Commentary] ‘ . . . Spolijs exuuijs amantium. | Finis.' h1v: [Commentary] ‘Bartholomei merulae enarrationes in primum | Ouidii volumen de remedio amoris.' | [L]egerat huius amor titulum: nomenƺ libelli. Scripturus . . .' [Text] ‘P.Ouidii Naſonis de remedio amo | ris. Liber primus incipit. | [L]egerat huius amor titulū | . . .' k2v: [Commentary] ‘ . . . quibus reme | dia amoris deſscripſi. | Finis'. [Text] ‘ . . . femina virƺ meo | P.Ouidii naſonis De reme | dio amoris Finis.' [Colophon] ‘Enarrationes in ouidium . . . cōpoſitas a Bartholomeo Merula mātuano Impreſſum Luduni | per Petrū Mareſchal. [et] Bernabā chauſſard.Anno ſalutis.M.cccc.xcvij'. ‘M. Antonij antimachi | Mantuani carmen'. ‘Domici palladij Sorani | Carmen'. ‘Regiſtrum huius operis. | . . . k qui duternus eſt.’

References

ISTC: io00148000

Hain: HC 12236;

Goff: Goff O‑148;

Proctor: Pr 8627;

Others: Baudrier XI 499; BSB‑Ink O‑112; Moss, Ovid, 66 no. 8; Sheppard 6706.

LCN: 14540572

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