Bod-Inc: O-055

Ovidius Naso, Publius

Fasti (comm. Antonius Constantius).

 

Analysis of Content

a1v [Verse addressed to posterity.] Incipit: ‘Scripta mihi in Fastos si parua uolumina quondam | legeris haec paucis accipe posteritas'; 6 distichs.

a2r Constantius, Antonius: ‘Prefatio' [addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino. Incipit: ‘[V]eram religionem quam licet diuini cultus scientiam diffinire . . .’ Explicit: posteritas admiretur

a2v Constantius, Antonius: ‘In Fastos argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[L]uculentum opus Nasonis quod explicandum assumpsimus Fastorum . . .’ Explicit: studia relinquatur Separate ‘argumenta', each entitled ‘interpretatio', and written by Antonius, appear before books 2 and 3; thereafter the commentary itself is entitled ‘interpretatio' but there are no separate summaries.

a4r [Constantius, Antonius: Commentary on Fasti.] Incipit: ‘  “[T]empora cum causis”. Duodecim anni menses et dies festos cum eorum . . .’

a4r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Fasti. Ov. Fast.

x5v [Constantius, Antonius: Epilogue addressed to the reader (later clearly identified as Federicus de Montefeltro).] Incipit: ‘Hec in Fastos Nasonis scripsimus, lector candide, qua uisum est breuitate . . .’ Explicit: fuisse perspectam

x6r [Colophon.]

x6v Constantius, Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Zagarellus Gambitellus. Incipit: ‘[N]on est nobis molestum ut te uideo suspicari quod scribis . . .’ Explicit: tandem in patriam redi . . .

Imprint

Imprint: Rome: Eucharius Silber, 23 Oct. 1489. Folio.

Collation

Collation: a–q^8.8.8.6 r–x⁸.

Types: Types: 109 R¹, text; 88 R², commentary; 125 G, colophon, as Sheppard not as Polain. Capital spaces, some with guide-letters.

Leaves: 160 leaves.

Line number: 47 lines (a3r).

Type area: Type area: 210 ×135 mm (a3r).

References

ISTC: io00175000

Hain: H *12244;

Goff: Goff O‑175;

Proctor: Pr 3839;

Others: BSB‑Ink O‑129; CIBN O‑110; Polain 4622; Sheppard 3037.

LCN: 14441310

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