Bod-Inc: O-058
Ovidius Naso, Publius
Fasti (comm. Paulus Marsus).
Analysis of Content
a1v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio 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.
f1r 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
f1v Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 2.] Incipit: ‘ “[I]anus habet”. Numa cum anno Romuli duos addidisset menses . . .’ Explicit: alias diximus
f1v [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 2]. Ov. Fast. 2.
l2v Marsus, Paulus: ‘Praefatio in tertium' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[T]ertia nunc nostri subeunt monumenta laboris | Scipiadum antiqui generis uenerata Georgi'; 28 hexameters.
l3r Marsus, Paulus: [Commentary on Fasti, book 3.] Incipit: ‘ “[B]ellice depositis”. Ordinem mensium per Romulum, et postea per Numam . . .’ Explicit: Dianæ sacrificandum
l3r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 3]. Ov. Fast. 3.
q3v 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
q4r 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
q4r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 4]. Ov. Fast. 4.
x3v 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 hexameters.
x4r 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
x4r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 5]. Ov. Fast. 5.
&3v 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.
&4r 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
&4r [Ovidius Naso, Publius]: Fasti [book 6]. Ov. Fast. 6.
A7r 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
A7r [Marsus, Paulus]: ‘Ratio astrologiae' [addressed to] Georgius Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[S]ed proposueram, G. Corneli, repetiturum me in fine commentariorum . . .’ Explicit: mihi posteri sempiternam
A7v [Marsus, Paulus: Calendar.] Incipit: ‘Calendis Januariis. Festum Junonis et Aesculapii. iiii nonas . . .’
A8v [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Iamque opus exegi iam uos hinc ite labores | Ite mei totumque pedes efferte per orbem'; 20 hexameters.
A8v 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: T[roilus] Z[ani], P[resbyter, partner of Petrus de Quarengiis], 27 Oct. 1492. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a b8 c–z & [con] [rum]6 A8.
References
ISTC: io00174000
Hain: HC Addenda, 12242;
Goff: Goff O‑174;
BMC: BMC VII 1141;
Proctor: Pr 5472;
Others: BSB‑Ink O‑130; Sheppard 4442.
LCN: 14441217
Copies
Copy number: O-058(1)
Wanting sheet u2.5.
On a1v, l. 1: ‘ . . . GEORGIO |', as Copinger.
Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf with marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Title across the fore-edge in black ink.
Size: 318 × 226 × 31 mm.
Size of leaf: 310 × 207 mm.
Manuscript title on a1r in a sixteenth-century hand.
Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; purchased at his sale (1835), lot 2926 for £0. 2. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 21.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.7.
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