Bod-Inc: P-104

Perottus, Nicolaus

Cornucopiae linguae latinae (ed. Antonius Moretus), et al.

 

Analysis of Content

A1r Constantius Fanensis, Antonius: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Non cornu Aetolum, non hic bona copia Cretum | Diua nouum fundit candida Χρυσοκέρας ‘; 2 elegiac distichs. Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.

A1r Constantius Fanensis, Antonius: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Quisquis amas lepidi sensus haurire poetae | Quem tulit arguto Bilbilis ingenio'; 3 elegiac distichs. Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.

A1r Philomusus [Pisaurensis], Johannes Franciscus: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Varronis Nigidique olim monumenta latinam | Ditarunt linguam Romuleosque patres'; 2 elegiac distichs. Charlet, ‘Observations', 84.

A1r Philoxenus, Marcellus: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Fluminis euicti sacrato diuite cornu | Ornarunt famam Naiades Herculeam'; 5 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 211; Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.

A1r Ponticus Tarvisanus, L[udovicus: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Praemia debentur solerti magna Perotto | Dum pandit nodos Bilbilitane tuos'; 3 elegiac distichs. The author of the verse is Ludovicus ‘Ponticus' de Strazarolis, de Avianus, from Treviso, and not, as Charlet assumes, Ludovicus Ponticus Virunius; see A. Serena, La cultura umanistica a Treviso nel secolo decimoquinto, Miscellanea di storia veneta, ser. III, 3 (Venice, 1912), 116-22. Charlet, ‘Observations', 85.

A1r Caietanus, Daniel: [Verse.] Incipit: ‘Hactenus quis quis sibi comparauit | Copiae cornu. Laterem lauasse'; 4 sapphic strophes. Charlet, ‘Observations', 88.

A1v [Tabula.]

a1r Odaxius, Ludovicus: [Dedicatory letter addressed to] Guidubaldus de Montefeltro. CTC IV 267-8.

a1v Perottus, Pyrrhus: ‘Prooemium' [addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro. CTC IV 268-9.

a2v ‘Brevis commemoratio vitae M. Valerii Martialis.’ Incipit: ‘[V]alerius Martialis in Hispania Bilbili . . .’ See CTC IV 269.

a3r Perottus, Nicolaus: Cornucopiae linguae latinae [dedicated to] Federicus de Montefeltro. Edited by Antonius Moretus as stated in the letter from Marcus Antonius Sabellicus to Moretus. See P‑100; on this edition see Charlet, ‘Observations', 84; Milde, ‘Zur Druckhäufigkeit', 35 no. 3.

N6r Perottus, Nicolaus: [Epilogue addressed to] Federicus de Montefeltro. See CTC IV 269-70.

N6r [Colophon.]

N6v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Antonius Moretus, referring to the latter's editorial contribution. Incipit: ‘[ ]is demum amicitiae verus est fructus . . .’

N6v ‘Registrum'.

O1r Perottus, Nicolaus: Commentariolus in prohemium Historiae naturalis Plinii [here addressed to] Antonius Moretus, [but originally to Franciscus Guarnerius]. Incipit: ‘[S]olebam nuper aetati nostre gratulari . . .’ The letter was first printed in HR 12708; see P‑099; in this edition the dedicatee has been altered by the editor Antonius Moretus, so as to be addressed to him rather than Guarnerius; see Monfasani, ‘First Call', 15 and 24 and P‑102 and P‑103.

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 19 Oct. 1490. Folio.

Collation

Collation: A B⁸ a–z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]^{8 2}A–O⁶.

References

ISTC: ip00290000

Hain: HC *12698;

Goff: Goff P‑290;

BMC: BMC V 326;

Proctor: Pr 4640;

Others: Sheppard 3854.

LCN: 14495778

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