Bod-Inc: P-249
Phalaris
Epistolae [Latin] (trans. Franciscus Griffolinus Aretinus).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Griffolinus] Aretinus, Franciscus: ‘Proemium' [addressed to] Malatesta Novellus. Incipit: ‘[V]ellem Malatesta Nouelle princeps illustris tantam mihi dicendi facultatem dare . . .’
a3r Phalaris [pseudo-]: Epistolae. Translated by Franciscus Griffolinus Aretinus. ‘Phalaris Alciboo'. Incipit: ‘[P]olicletus Messenius quem proditionis apud ciues . . .’ See P‑240, but with the following different order: nos 1, 112, 96, 85, 70, 71, 21, 84, 2-3, 6, 9, 11-12, 14, 13, 16-20, 69, 40, 67, 118, 4-5, 53, 8, 23-4, 26, 105, 27-30, 104, 32, 35, 120, 38, 61, 98, 41-2, 44-51, 55-6, 74, 77, 95, 110, 75, 148, 137, 81, 86-87, 83, 117, 90-1, 97, 99-102, 89, 34, 106, 124, 107, 111, 114, 25, 62, 36-7, 59, 125-6, 10, 123, 129-30, 132-4, 138-9, 39, 140, 119, 122, 66, 115-16, 113, 82, 136, 127-8, 141, 43, 142-3, 135, 131, 80, 121, 109, 94, 92, 108, 88, 93, 145-7, 22, 63, 78, 144, 79, 65, 103, 15, 31, 33, 54.
e7v [Griffolinus] Aretinus, Franciscus: [Dedication of the translation of four further letters to] Alphonsus I (V), King of Aragon. Incipit: ‘[Q]uattuor Phalaridis epistolae quas nuper in alio libello inuentas . . .’ See P‑240.
e8v [Griffolinus] Aretinus, Franciscus: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus Pellatus Patavinus. Incipit: ‘[S]stripsisti(!) ad me Francisce Patauine uir eximie . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Antonio di Alessandria della Paglia et Socii], 10 Mar. 1481. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–e8.
References
ISTC: ip00559000
Hain: HC *12895;
BMC: BMC V 297;
Proctor: Pr 4599;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑415; Oates 1837; Rhodes 1392; Sheppard 3725.
LCN: 14489969
Copies
Copy number: P-249(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century paper boards backed with parchment. Title gold-tooled in two square leather labels, red and green; green silk bookmark.
Size: 203 × 140 × 13 mm.
Size of leaf: 198 × 132 mm.
Manuscript foliation in brown ink in the middle of the lower margin of the rectos: 154-193.
Provenance: Purchased from Thomas Thorpe, Catalogue (1832), no. 1950; for £0. 12. 0; see Library Bills (1829-32), no. 345, and Books Purchased (1832), 18.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.43.
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