Bod-Inc: P-003
Palladius Soranus, Domitius
Epigrammata et elegiae.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.] ‘Domici Palladii Sorani Epigrammaton libelli, Libellus elegiarum, Genethliacon urbis Romae, In Locutuleium'.
a1r [Verse.] Incipit: ‘In te conuertas oculos qui despicis omnes | Et te dum cunctis detrahis inspicias'; 1 elegiac distich.
a1v Palladius Soranus, Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Marcus Antonius Sabellicus. Incipit: ‘Scio ego, Sabellice eloquentissime, quantas libelli huius editione sim . . .’ Explicit: accusabunt erratum
a2r Palladius Soranus, Domicius: Epigrammata et elegiae. Verses addressed to: Thomas Donatus, Patriarch of Venice; Guido, Duke of Urbino, presumably Guidubaldus de Montefeltro, 2nd Duke of Urbino; Hieronymus [Omphredi] Justinianus; Angelus Lulinus; Marcus Antonius Sabellicus; Raphael (?); Octavianus, patrician [of Venice]; Bartholomaeus the priest; [Petrus] Thomasius; Johannes Nicolaus Maior; Landinus, probably Christophorus Landinus; Antonius Mancinellus; Callimachus (Philippus Buonaccursius); Jacobus Anconitanus; Arduinus; Hieronymus Tinctus; Paulus Cincius; Franciscus Fontana; Bernardus the doctor; Lucius the soldier; Jacobus Aurelianus; Franciscus Maceratensis, probably Franciscus de Macerata; ‘Gubernator agri Piceni'; Hieronymus Senensis; [Robertus] Magnificus Malatesta; Triphonis of Byzantium; Marcus Antonius Faseolus; Bernardus Urcus; Guidus Guidoloctus(?); Johannes Franciscus [Brixianus]; Melchior de Emiliis; Saba, young patrician of Rome; Maledicus; Sebastianus Priolus, Archbishop of Nicosia; Jacobus Contarenus; Nicolaus Rubeus; Georgius Valla; Bernardus Priolus, patrician of Venice; Ludovicus Odaxius of Padua; Marius Sabellicus; Jacobus Sanutus, patrician of Venice; Angelus, patrician of Rome; Christus Pierius; [P.] Nardinus Maniacus; Brother Bartholomaeus, theologian; Emilianus; Laurentius Cingulus Theatinus; Polydorus [Vergilius]; Locutuleius; Clitundus; Lydus, Aulicus Pontificis; Antonius Priscus Roncilio; Johannes [Franciscus] Fortunius; Hermolaus Priolus; Titus Livius Guidoloctus; Hieronymus Leandrus Galatheus; Marinus; Laurentius Barbadicus; Antonius Canalis; Baptista Pontius; Johannes Baptista Sessa; Andreas Trivisanus; [Julius] Pomponius Laetus; Petrus Mochius Senensis; Franciscus Maturantius (Mataratius) Perusinus; Antonius Constantius; Johannes [Baptista] Abiosus; Alovisius, patrician of Venice; Angelus, ‘iusperitus'. Incipit: ‘[H]ic mihi pro cunctis caeli regina camenis | Adsis pro Phaebi(!) numine diua precor'.
i1v [Colophon.]
i2r Gigas, Christophorus Pierius: [Verse addressed to] Domitius Palladius Soranus. Incipit: ‘Temporibus nostris quamuis epigrammata multi | Componant, rarus qui bene scribat erit'; 6 elegiac distichs.
i2v Nardinus Maniacus, P.: [Letter addressed to] Domicius Palladius Soranus. Incipit: ‘[N]on te fugit scio Palladi multos olim Soranos diuersis temporibus in omni uita nobilitatos . . .’
i2v Nardinus Maniacus, P.: [Verse addressed to] Domicius Palladius Soranus. Incipit: ‘[N]unc Valeri Sorane tace, tua Sora loquatur | Palladium uero nomine, iure dato'; 3 elegiac distichs.
i2v Cincius Romanus, Paulus: Distichon. Incipit: ‘[I]liber, haud dubita medios ridere per hostes | Nam te Palladius Palladis ore canit'.
i3r Cingulus Theatinus, Laurentius: [Verse addressed to] Domicius Palladius Soranus. Incipit: ‘[S]pernit ferocis saeuitiam et graues | Poenas Tyranni, quis populum premit | Spernit Tyrannus quae sibi inde | Vsque timet, quoniam timetur'; 20 lines of Alcaics.
i3r Pima Dalmata, Bernardus: Tetrastichon in laudem Domici Palladii Sorani. Incipit: ‘[P]haebus(!) ab Eois non hic tibi nascitur oris | non Cyrrha hunc potuit gignere Sora sibi'; 2 elegiac distichs.
i3v [List of contents.]
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, for] Johannes Baptista Sessa, 16 May 1498. 4°.
Remarks: Though signed by Johannes Baptista de Sessa, this book was printed with type 111 R of Bernardinus Venetus, de Vitalibus, and his woodcut initials and lombards.
Collation
Collation: a–e4 f g6 h i4.
References
ISTC: ip00012000
Hain: HC *12278;
Goff: Goff P‑12;
BMC: BMC V 480, 547;
Proctor: Pr 5591;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑7; CIBN P‑7; Hillard 1509; Oates 2147; Rhodes 1298; Sheppard 4585 = 4353.
LCN: 14440833
Copies
Copy number: P-003(1)
Wanting i2-4.
Binding: Early nineteenth-century mottled paper boards; gold-tooled spine, marbled pastedowns, and the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 196 × 134 × 10 mm.
Size of leaf: 192 × 128 mm.
Irregular early manuscript foliation: lviii–lxxvi.
Provenance and date of acquisition unknown; Sheppard states that this item was purchased in 1825, but it has not been identified in Books Purchased for 1825 or 1826.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q inf. 2.10.
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