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Bod-Inc: P-275

Philelphus, Franciscus

Orationes, et al.

 

Analysis of Content

a1r [Title-page.]

a1v Philelphus, Franciscus: [Letter addressed to] Ludovicus Maria Sforza. Incipit: ‘[Q]uam parentalem quondam pro nobilissimo illo principe patre tuo Francisco . . .’ Dated Milan, 27 May 1481.

a1v ‘Tabula'.

a2r Philelphus, Franciscus: Orationes funebres. Oratio parentalis de divi Francisci Sphortiae Mediolanensium ducis foelicitate. Incipit: ‘[S]i fieri posse censerem . . .’ Explicit: uenturique cognoscant Delivered in the cathedral of Milan, 9 Mar. 1467.

b5v Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita in funere divae viraginis Biancae Mariae Mediolanensium dux. Incipit: ‘[N]unquam futurum existimaram, patres conscripti . . .’ Explicit: sane mentis ignorat

c3r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio funebris pro magnifico ducali senatore et clarissimo equite aurato Philippo Borrhomaeo comite Haronae. Incipit: ‘[P]er difficile mihi profecto et apprime laboriosum . . .’ Explicit: fert necessitatem Delivered in the church of S. Franciscus, 20 Aug. 1464.

c4r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio funebris pro magnifico equite aurato ducalique senatore Stephano Frederico Todeschino. Incipit: ‘[Q]uamquam non obscure futurum animaduertam . . .’ Explicit: inuidere foelicitati Delivered in Milan, S. Ambrogius, 1440.

c5r Philelphus, Franciscus: Orationes nuptiales. Oratio de inita societate inter illustrissimos duces Bonam eiusque filium Johannem Galeacium et Herculem Aestensem. Incipit: ‘[A]ristoteles ille peripateticus . . .’ Explicit: laetitiam facitote Delivered in Milan, 8 June 1477. See P‑274

c5v Philelphus, Franciscus: Epithalamion in illutrium Beatricis Aestensis et Tristani Sphortiae nuptiis habitum. Incipit: ‘[E]t si letandum mihi admodum sentio . . .’ Explicit: sermone transigam Dated Ferrara, 6 Apr. 1455.

d1r Philelphus, Franciscus: [Epistola responsiva insimulationi ac calumniae Guarini Veronensis addressed to] Lodovicus Casella. Incipit: ‘[B]aldasar Cremensis qui medicinae studet . . .’ Explicit: causam tuere Dated Milan, 8 Aug. 1455.

d1r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita in sponsalitiis Theodori Plati clarissimi iureconsulti et Elisabet Vicecomitis. Incipit: ‘[S]iue ipsum naturae ductum . . .’ Explicit: satis atque super

l7v Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita in sponsalitiis Petri Biragi et Elisabet Principalis(?). Incipit: ‘[Q]ui sacratissimum coniugii uinculum . . .’ Explicit: propius accedamus Dated Milan, 10 Sept. 1458.

d3r Philelphus, Franciscus: Epitalamion in nuptiis nobilium coniugum Johannis Antonii Simonetae et Margaritae Cottae. Incipit: ‘[I]nter humanae societatis uincula . . .’ Explicit: propius accedatur

d3v Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita in desponsione magnificae puellae Juliae Marutiae et magnifici equitis aurati Raymundi Attenduli. Incipit: ‘[Q]uanti fieri oporteat bene conueniens matrimonium . . .’ Explicit: propius accedamus

d4r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita in connubio magnificae puellae Margaritae Arcimboldae et magnifici equitis aurati Antonii Cribelli. Incipit: ‘[C]um inter uaehementissimos ac maximos animi affectus . . .’ Explicit: transigenda sunt Dated Milan, 25 June 1458.

d4v Philelphus, Franciscus: Orationes diversae. Oratio habita Mantuae pro duce Francisco Sphortia [addressed to] Pius II, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[C]tum(!) essem pater beatissime nomine atque iussu . . .’ Explicit: conditionem ei liceret Delivered in Mantua, 18 Sept. 1459.

d6r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio congratulatoria de creatione Jacobi Borrhomaei Vitaliani comitis F. ad dignitatem et gradum episcopalem [addressed to ‘viri' of Pavia]. Incipit: ‘[N]on possum equidem uiri Papienses . . .’ Explicit: acceptissimum Dated Pavia, 25 Sept. 1456.

e1r Philelphus, Franciscus: [Song.] ‘Canzon morale . . . a dio omnipotente in commendatione et raccomendatione dil illustrissimo principe Philippo Maria Anglo(!) a l'intrata dil uescoue de Pauia Iacobo Borrhomaeo'. Incipit: ‘[S]ignor che pur di nulla fatai iltuto | I ciel col sol insieme e lauree stellae'; 6 strophes of 17 lines, except for the last one of 15. Dated Pavia, 25 Sept. 1456.

e1v Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio de laudibus Lazari Scarampi episcopi [addressed to the people of Como]. Incipit: ‘[I]nstituenti mihi uiri Commenses uerba uos facere . . .’ Explicit: tradidere Delivered in the cathedral of Como, 16 Nov. 1460.

e3r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio pro Theodoro Plato. Incipit: ‘[F]uerat profecto aequum et ab omnibus mea sententia . . .’ Explicit: diadema Delivered in the cathedral of Pavia, 3 Aug. 1460.

e4r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita Mediolani in principio studii. Incipit: ‘[T]anquam eloquentiae et illustrium disciplinarum studia . . .’ Explicit: perscripta sunt

e4v Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio [gratiarum activa addressed to] Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[Q]uam mihi profecto mirificam animi laetitiam . . .’ Explicit: intermoriturum

e4v Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio habita in principio Quaestionum Tusculanarum M. Tullii Ciceronis in studio urbis Romae. Incipit: ‘[Q]ui tirones primum in castra uenerint . . .’ Explicit: Cicero Dated Rome, 12 Jan. 1475.

e5r Philelphus, Franciscus: Oratio de suo in urbem reditu [addressed to] Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[Q]uanta sit in obseruatione . . .’ Explicit: deuoui

e5r Philelphus, Franciscus: Consolatio de obitu Valerii filii [addressed to] Jacobus Antonius Marcellus. Incipit: ‘[C]upienti mihi aliquid ad te scribere . . .’ Explicit: memoriam relinquas immortalem Dated Milan, 25 Dec. 1461. See P‑258.

h2v Philelphus, Franciscus: Praefatio in traductionem praeceptorum Rhetorices Aristotelis de causis ciuilibus [addressed to] Cardinal Alphonsus de Cavillo [i.e. Carrillo]. ‘Praefatio in Aristotelis rhaetoricam ad Alexandrum regem'. Incipit: ‘[C]um superiore anno Bononiae docerem . . .’ Explicit: plane reperiuntur

h3r Aristoteles [pseudo-]: Epistola Aristotelis ad Alexandrum Magnum. [Also known as Rhetorica ad Alexandrum.] Translated by Franciscus Philelphus. Incipit: ‘[A]ristoteles Alexandro regi salutem dicit. Sum tuis litteris factus cretior(!) nonnullos saepe ad nos misisse . . . Tria sunt genera ciuilium causarum . . .’ See P‑274.

k1r Philelphus, Franciscus: Praefatio in traductionem Apophthegmatum Plutarchi Cheronensis ad Traianum Caesarem [addressed to] Philippus Maria Angelus [Visconti]. Incipit: ‘[L]ectitanti mihi nuper Graeca quidem princeps . . .’ Explicit: subnectam

k1v Plutarchus [pseudo-]: Apophthegmata. Translated by Franciscus Philelphus. Incipit: ‘[C]um Artaxerxi Persarum regi . . . Persae amant homines adunco naso . . .’ Explicit: Roma futura sit See P‑274.

l4v Philelphus, Franciscus: Epistolaris praefatio in Plutarchi Cheronensis Apophthegmata Laconica ab eo e graeco in latinum traducta [addressed to] Nicolaus V, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[Q]uo de te magis Nicolae quintae . . .’ Explicit: ad te ibunt

l4v Plutarchus: Apophthegmata Laconica. Translated by Franciscus Philelphus, Milan 1 Oct. 1454. Incipit: ‘[A]gasicles rex Lacedaemoniorum admirante quodam Philophanem sophistam . . .’ Explicit: seipsam exegit

n2r Philelphus, Franciscus: [Prefatory letter addressed to] Federicus Cornelius. Incipit: ‘[Q]uod multarum legum mentionem factam inuenias . . .’ Dated Bologna, 11 Apr. 1439.

n2r Philelphus, Franciscus: [Annotatio legum apud veteres scriptores crebrius commemoratarum. Lex Pompeia]. Incipit: ‘Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo ueteribus incolis transpadanis . . .’ Explicit: capitalis esset

n2v Philelphus, Franciscus: Epistola consolatoria de obitu Alphinae matris [addressed to] Petrus Justinus Philelphus. Incipit: ‘[A]udio te angi animo ex obitu Alfinae . . .’ Explicit: gloriam peruenturus Dated 15 Feb. 1476.

n3r Philelphus, Franciscus: Istruzione del ben vivere [dedicated to] Philibertus Duke of Savoy. Incipit: ‘[E]ssendome per parte della uostra excellentia demandato . . .’ Explicit: signoria

n4v Valla Placentinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Jacobus Antiquarius. Incipit: ‘[G]alieni medici praecellentis . . .’ Explicit: inspiciamus

n4v Galenus, [Claudius]: Introductorium ad medicinam principiis. Translated by Georgius Valla. Incipit: ‘[M]edicinae artis intentio quidem est sanitas . . . [Q]uae rursus ratione duce perficitur . . .’ Explicit: multa esse arbitror

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Philippus Pincius, [1 June?] 1496. Folio.

Remarks: The colophon reads: ‘primo kal ’. Iunii'.

Collation

Collation: a–m6 n8.

Illustrations: Woodcut initials.

References

ISTC: ip00611000

Hain: HC *12925;

Goff: Goff P‑611;

BMC: BMC V 497;

Proctor: Pr 5312;

Others: BSB‑Ink P‑449; Sheppard 4401.

LCN: 14387466

Copies

Copy number: P-275(1)

Bound with:
1. Franciscus Philelphus, Satyrae. Milan: Christophorus Valdarfer, 13 Nov. 1476 (P‑278).

Wanting the blank leaf n8.

Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled diced russia, by R. Payne, with the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers, gilt-edged leaves, and green silk bookmark.

Size: 275 × 205 × 35 mm.

Size of leaf: 266 × 188 mm.

In both items, a few marginal and interlinear notes, mainly extracting key words and providing corrections to the text, in a humanist hand, now mostly washed.

Provenance: John Bridges (1666-1724); purchased in 1702/3; see note in his hand on verso of front endleaf ‘1702/3' ‘E Bibliopolio Vavenni 3 m'; Bibliothecae Bridgesianae catalogus (7 Feb. 1725/6), lot 1090, marked down for £0. 19. 6. Edward Knight (1734-1812); sale (4 May 1821), lot 1424 described as ‘2 vol. in 1, bound in russia by R. Payne', with purchase price noted in the Bodleian copy of the sale catalogue as £4. 5. 0. Item 1 purchased for £4. 14. 6, item 2 for £1. 1. 0; see Books Purchased (1821), 11.

SHELFMARK: Auct. O 5.23(2).


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