Bod-Inc: O-057
Ovidius Naso, Publius
Fasti (comm. Paulus Marsus).
Analysis of Content
a1v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Prefatio in Fastos' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[P]ostquam mihi ex longa peregrinatione redire tandem tua quoque pace . . .’ Explicit: tandem ueniamus See O‑056.
a2r Marsus, Paulus: ‘Ouidii vita'. Incipit: ‘[P]ublius Ouidius Naso Pelignus Sulmone ex equestri natus est ordine . . .’ Explicit: interpretationem ueniendum
a3r [Marsus, Paulus: Commentary on Fasti, book 1.] Incipit: ‘[E]t cum proprium sit poetarum proponere inuocare narrare . . .’ Explicit: est lano dicatus
a3r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 1]. Ov. Fast. 1.
e3v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Prefatio in ii librum Fastorum' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[V]ereor ego, suauissime Corneli, ne qui sint qui me longiorem . . .’ Explicit: luuentæ profuturus. Vale
e4r Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 2.] Incipit: ‘ “[I]anus habet”. Numa cum anno Romuli duos addidisset menses . . .’ Explicit: alias diximus
e4r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 2]. Ov. Fast. 2.
i2r Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in tertium' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[T]ertia nunc nostri subeunt monumenta laboris | Scipiadum antiqui generis uenerata Georgi'; 28 hexameters.
i2v Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 3.] Incipit: ‘ “[B]ellice depositis”. Ordinem mensium per Romulum, et postea per Numam . . .’ Explicit: Dianæ sacrificandum
i2v [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 3]. Ov. Fast. 3.
m8v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in quartum librum Fastorum' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[F]estinatum tibi Corneli opus maturantem et e medio cursu . . .’ Explicit: utilitatis allatura
n1r Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 4.] Incipit: ‘ “[A]lma faue dixi geminorum mater amorum”. Rationem huius mensis quem nunc quarto loco . . .’ Explicit: Augustum Apollinem Vestam
n1r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 4]. Ov. Fast. 4.
q6v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in v librum Fastorum' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[C]um tibi crescit opus luxo Cornelia nostrum | Et spatium admissis acceleramus equis'; 24 distichs.
q6r Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 5.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uaeritis unde putem Maio data nomina mensi”. Maium Romulus tertium posuit de cuius nomine . . .’ Explicit: de eodem loquitur
q6r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 5]. Ov. Fast. 5.
s8v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in sextum librum Fastorum' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[]genus antiquum soboles uenerata Georgi | Scipiadum et uenetis decus indelebile terris'; 31 hexameters.
t1r Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 6.] Incipit: ‘ “[H]ic quoque mensis habet dubias in nomine causas”. Junius Maium sequitur aut ex parte populi ut supra . . .’ Explicit: omnium musarum effigies
t1r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 6]. Ov. Fast. 6.
x6r Marsus, Paulus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[C]aecilla sunt, G. Corneli, quae nos octo antea annis in Ouidianos Fastos . . .’ Explicit: præteriisse iure possit
x6v [Marsus, Paulus]: ‘Ratio astrologiae' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[S]ed proposueram, G. Corneli, repetiturum me in fine commentariorum . . .’ Explicit: mihi posteri sempiternam
x7r [Marsus, Paulus: Calendar.] Incipit: ‘Calendis Januariis. Festum Junonis et Aesculapii. iiii nonas . . .’
x7v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Iamque opus exegi iam uos hinc ite labores | Ite mei totumque pedes efferte per orbem'; 20 hexameters.
x7v Ursus, Robertus: ‘Epigramma' [addressed to] Paulus Marsus. Incipit: ‘Fastorum quisquis latii monumenta tenere | Signaque cum causis lapsa uel orta cupit'; 7 distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Antonius Battibovis, 27 Aug. 1485. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–x8.
References
ISTC: io00172000
Hain: HC (+ Addenda) *12240;
Goff: Goff O‑172;
BMC: BMC V 404;
Proctor: Pr 4985;
Others: BSB‑Ink O‑128; CIBN O‑109; Oates 1941; Rhodes 1291; Sack, Freiburg, 2636; Sheppard 4083.
LCN: 14441259
Copies
Copy number: O-057(1)
On a1r a fifteenth-century table of contents listing the present edition of Ovidius, also the Opera of Claudianus, providing a detailed analysis of the contents of the latter.
Binding: English blind-tooled calf, c.1700; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 281 × 213 × 33 mm.
Size of leaf: 273 × 187 mm.
Note on a1r in a fifteenth/sixteenth-century hand: ‘pretium huius libri = ii s'. Early marginal and interlinear annotations, including comments on and corrections to the text, ‘nota' marks, and pointing hands, also underlining in the commentary in black ink. Running book numbers and letters of the alphabet for each leaf in black ink in a fifteenth/sixteenth-century hand. Early scribbles and pen-trials on a1r.
Provenance: John Berman (fifteenth/sixteenth century); name on a1r, and on a2r. Richard Furney (†1753). Benefactors' Register II no page, given by Richard Furney in 1755; ‘Catalogus Bibliothecae Novae', fol. 102r: ‘Furneys'.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 2.25.
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