Bod-Inc: O-063
Ovidius Naso, Publius
Heroides (comm. Antonius Volscus), et al. Tradition: Volscus and Calderinus.
Analysis of Content
a2r Volscus, Antonius: [Preface addressed to] Ludovicus Diaedus. Incipit: ‘[C]um multos saepe uiros qui nostris temporibus sapientiae studio . . .’ Explicit: sidere probabis industriam
a2v Volscus, Antonius: Vita Ovidii. Incipit: ‘Publii Ouidii Nasonis poetae uetusta equestris ordinis familia . . .’ Explicit: uirtute digni uideantur
a3r Volscus, Antonius: ‘Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[P]ost euersam Troiam Graecorum principes Phrygiis . . .’ Explicit: ad redeundum inuitat An ‘argumentum' by Volscus appears before each letter.
a3r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Heroides. Ov. Ep., with the letters in the following order: . . . 14, 16. 1-38, 145-378; 17-20, 21. 1-12.
a3r [Volscus, Antonius: Commentary on Heroides.] Incipit: ‘ “[P]enelope tua”. Quae tibi hactenus in tanta procorum turba pudice . . .’ Explicit: et laboribus gratulentur
h1r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘Domitius Francisco Aragonio salutem. Mirificum est studium meum, Francisce, et uoluntas . . .’ Explicit: restituendum curaui. Vale
h1v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘Callias Methymnaeus nulla lucubratione nobilior . . .’ Explicit: quod mouet prætermittitur
h2r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Commentary on Sappho.] Incipit: ‘ “[N]unquid ubi aspecta est”. Principium autem epistolae interrogationem . . .’ Explicit: Eusebii recensent tempora. Vale
h2r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-?]: Sappho. [Ov.] Ep. Sapph.
i1r Calderinus, Domitius: [Preface addressed to] Falco Sinibaldus. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Calderinus Falconi Sinibaldo salutem. Commentarios meos in Ibin Ouidii . . .’ Explicit: tui studiosissimum amabis
i1r [Calderinus, Domitius(?): De exilio Ovidii]. Incipit: ‘[D]e Ouidii uita nihil a nobis in hoc loco scribendum . . .’ Explicit: ut scribit Plynius
i1v [Calderinus, Domitius: Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[A]rgumentum carminis est imprecacio qua inimicum deuouet . . .’ Explicit: in aduersarium scribere
i1v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Ibis.] Incipit: ‘ “Tempus bis quinque lustris”. Quinquaginta annis lustrum dixerunt . . .’ Explicit: Liuius et Dionysius. Finis
i1v Ovidius Naso, Publius: Ibis. Ov. Ib.
K6r [Calderinus, Domitius: Epilogue addressed to] Falco [Sinibaldus]. Incipit: ‘Laudat Papinius patrem quod per tenebras Lycophronis poetae . . .’ Explicit: ignorare. Vale Flaco et ama me
K6r [Colophon.]
K6r ‘Registrum.’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 16 Mar. 1485. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–i K6.
Types: Types: 89 R, 69 R, 69 Gk.
Leaves: 60 leaves.
Line number: 69 lines of commentary enclosing the text (a4r).
Type area: Type area: 239 ×155 mm (a4r).
References
ISTC: io00154000
Hain: HC *12196;
Goff: Goff O‑154;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: BSB‑Ink O‑120; IGI 7084; Rhodes 1289; Sheppard 3847.
LCN: 14540554
Copies
Copy number: O-063(1)
Leaf a1 is blank.
Binding: Twentieth-century brown cloth; bound for the Bodleian Library.
Size: 302 × 209 × 15 mm.
Size of leaf: 296 × 200 mm.
Provenance: Heavily cancelled early ownership inscription on a1r. Sheppard suggests Cuthbert Hamilton Turner (1860-1930). Purchased in 1924; see BQR 4,45 (1925), 215.
SHELFMARK: Inc. d. I4.1485.2.
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