Bod-Inc: P-422
Politianus, Angelus
Opera, et al. (ed. Alexander Sartius).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.] The volume is edited by Alexander Sartius Bononiensis, as stated in Manutius' letter to Sanutus; see J. Hill Cotton, ‘Alessandro Sarti e il Poliziano', Bibliofilia, 64 (1962), 225-46, at 235-40 and P. Veneziani, ‘Platone Benedetti e la prima edizione degli Opera del Poliziano', Gb Jb, 63 (1988), 95-107.
a1v Manutius, Aldus: [Letter addressed to] Marinus Sanutus. Aldo Manuzio editore, no. XV.
a2r ‘Index eorum quae hoc uolumine continentur'.
a3r Politianus, Angelus: Epistulae [dedicated to] Petrus de' Medici. It includes letters of Politianus to Johannes Picus de Mirandula; Hermolaus Barbarus; Pomponius Laetus; Baptista Guarinus; Philippus Beroaldus; Nicolaus Leonicenus; [Johannes] Jovianus Pontanus; Hieronymus Donatus; Callimachus (i.e. Philippus Buonaccorsius); Ludovicus Odaxius; Marcus Antonius Sabellicus; Johannes Laurentius Venetus; [Marcus] Luci[d]us Phosphorus [Fazini], Bishop of Segni; Cassandra Fidelis; Jacobus Antiquarius; Caesar Carmentus; Tristanus Chalcus; Antonius Pizamanus; Franciscus Casa; Philippus Poscus; Johannes Gottius Ragusinus; Robertus Salviatus; Andreas Magnanimus Bononiensis; Bartholomaeus Scala; Antonius ‘Codrus' Urceus; Jacobus Modestus Pratensis; Franciscus Puccius; Augustinus Maffeus; Johannes Franciscus Benedictus; Marsilius Ficinus; Macarius Mutius; Tydeus Acciarinus; Baccius Ugolinus; Aldus Manutius Romanus; Matthaeus Bossus Veronensis; Johannes Baptista Mida; Hieronymus Porcarius; Antonius Zenus; Paulus Comparinus; Laurentius de' Medici; Pandulfus Collenucius; Inoocentius VIII, Pont. Max.; Jacobus [Ammannati Piccolomini], Cardinal of Pavia; Ascanius [Maria] Sforza, Cardinal-Bishop of Pavia; Franciscus [Todeschini] Piccolomini, Cardinal-Archbishop of Siena; Antonius Gentilis [Pallavicino], Cardinal of S. Anastasia; Franciscus Hispanus, Bishop of Cefalù; Bishop of Silves; Johannes Petrus Arrivabenus, Bishop of Urbino; Leonellus [Chieregatus], Bishop of Concordia; Paulus Cortesius; Baptista Mantuanus; Matthias [Corvinus], King of Hungary; Bernardus Riccius; Johannes [II], King of Portugal; Johannes Teixira; Marquardus Breisacius; Rambertus Malatesta; Jacobus Salviatus; Laurentius Tornabonus; Franciottus Ursinus; Ludovicus Maria Sforza; Georgius Merula; Bartholomaeus Chalcus; Ludovicus Bologninus. It also includes letters of Johannes Picus de Mirandula to Politianus, Hermolaus Barbarus, and Jacobus Antiquarius; of Hermolaus Barbarus to Politianus, Johannes Picus de Mirandula, Lucius Phosphorus [Fazini], Franciscus Piccolomineus, Antonius Calvus, Paulus Cortesius, Robertus Salviatus, Antonius Galateus, Sixtus IV, Pont. Max., Georgius Merula, Alexander VI, Pont. Max., Petrus Cara, Federicus III Emperor and Maximilianus I King of the Romans, and Johannes Carondeletus; of Pomponius Laetus to Politianus; of Baptista Guarinus to Johannes Picus de Mirandula and to Politianus; of Philippus Beroaldus to Politianus; of Nicolaus Leonicenus to Politianus; of Hieronymus Donatus to Johannes Picus de Mirandula and Politianus; of Callimachus to Politianus; of Lodovicus Odaxius to Politianus; of Marcus Antonius Sabellicus to Politianus; of Lucius Phosphorus to Alexander Cortesius and to Politianus; of Jacobus Antiquarius to Politianus, Marsilius Ficinus, Bernardus Riccius, and Johannes Picus de Mirandula; of Caesar Carmentus to Politianus; of Bartholomaeus Scala to Politianus; of Antonius ‘Codrus' Urceus, Franciscus Puccius, Augustinus Maffeus, Johannes Franciscus Benedictus, Marsilius Ficinus, Macarius Mutius, and Tydeus Acciarinus to Politianus; of Baccius Ugolinus to Robertus Salviatus; of Aldus Manutius Romanus to Politianus; of Matthaeus Bossus Veronensis to Robertus Salviatus; of Innocentius VIII, Pont. Max., to Politianus and to Laurentius de' Medici; of Jacobus [Ammannati Piccolomini], Cardinal of Pavia to Politianus and Nicolaus Michelotius; of Cardinal Franciscus Piccolomini, Paulus Cortesius, Johannes King of Portugal, Laurentius de' Medici, and Ludovicus Maria Sfortia to Politianus; of Georgius Merula to Politianus and to Ludovicus Maria Sfortia; of Petrus Crinitus to Alexander Sartius; of Michael Acciarius Utianensis and Scipio Carteromachus (i.e. Fortiguerri) to Politianus. Maïer I 1-212; see also M. Martelli, ‘Il “libro delle epistole” di Angelo Poliziano', Interpres, 1 (1978), 184-255.
o2r Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Marsilius Ficinus. Incipit: ‘[Q]uanta me uoluptate, quantoque putas affici gaudio . . .’ Not in Maïer, here the last letter of book X.
q1r Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Picus de Mirandula. Incipit: ‘[U]incebar abs te prius doctrina . . .’ Not in Maïer, here letter 6 of book XII. M. Martelli, ‘Il “libro delle epistole” di Angelo Poliziano', Interpres, 1 (1978), 184-255, at 185 n. 5.
t5v Politianus, Angelus: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. Incipit: ‘[C]um saepe mecum animo reputarem . . .’ Explicit: commendant
t7v Plato: Charmides. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus and dedicated to Laurentius de' Medici. ‘Platonis Charmides de temperantia'. Incipit: ‘Socrates. [U]eni equidem nudius tertius ex Potidaea ab exercitu . . .’ Explicit: Cantationem uero. Reliquum summa diligentia quaesitum habere nequiuimus
A1r Politianus, Angelus: Miscellaneorum centuria prima. ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. Maïer I 213-17.
A4v [List of contents.] Maïer I 218-23.
B2v Politianus, Angelus: Miscellaneorum centuria prima. Maïer I 224-311.
L1v Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Andreas Magnanimus. Dated Fiesole, 6 May 1493. Maïer I 312.
L2r Politianus, Angelus: ‘Praefatio' [addressed to] Innocentius VIII, Pont. Max. Maïer I 312-13.
L3r Herodianus: Historia de imperio post Marcum. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus. Maïer I 314-92.
S1r Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. Maïer I 393-4 and Epitteto, Manuale, con la versione latina di Angelo Poliziano e il volgarizzamento di Giacomo Leopardi, E. V. Maltese (Milan, 1990), 58-63.
S1v Epictetus: Enchiridion. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus. Maïer I 394-405 and Maltese 67-86.
T1r Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Bartholomaeus Scala. Dated Fiesole, 1 Aug. 1479. Maïer I 405-9 and Prosatori latini del Quattrocento, 912-25.
t4r Alexander [Aphrodisiensis pseudo-]: Problemata. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus. Maïer I 409-35.
X6v Crinitus, Petrus: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Franciscus Picus de Mirandula. Dated Florence, 1 Apr. 1497. Maïer I 435-6.
X7v Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Pandulphus Collenucius. Dated Fiesole, 5 Aug. 1478. Maïer I 436.
X8r Plutarchus [pseudo-]: Amatoriae narrationes. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus. Maïer I 436-9.
Y1r Politianus, Angelus: Lamia. ‘Praelectio in priora Aristotelis Analytica, Titulus Lamia'. Maïer I 451-61 and Angelo Poliziano, Lamia, ed. A. Wesseling, Studies in Medieval and Reformation Thought, 38 (Leiden, 1986).
Y8v Politianus, Angelus: Panepistemon. ‘Praelectio cui titulus Panepistemon'. Maïer I 462-73.
Z7r Politianus, Angelus: De ira [addressed to] Laurentius de' Medici. ‘Quod ira in pueris optimae saepe indolis est argumentum'. Maïer I 474-7.
&1r Politianus, Angelus: Oratio in expositione Homeri. Maïer I 477-92.
aa1r Politianus, Angelus: Oratio super Fabio Quintiliano et Statii Silvis. Maïer I 492-8; partially edited in Prosatori latini del Quattrocento, 869-85.
aa5v Politianus, Angelus: Praefatio in Suetonium. Maïer I 499-505.
iterū aa1r Politianus, Angelus: Oratio pro oratoribus Senensium [addressed to] Alexander VI, Pont. Max. Maïer I 506-9.
iterū aa3r Politianus, Angelus: Oratio pro oratoribus Florentinorum [addressed to] Alphonsus [II] king of Sicily. Maïer I 510-11.
iterū aa4r Politianus, Angelus: Oratio pro praetore Florentino ad dominos ineuntes summum magistratum. Dated Fiesole [15 Oct.] 1493. Maïer I 511-12.
iterū aa4v Athanasius [Alexandrinus pseudo-]: Opusculum in psalmos or Stilus et character psalmorum. Translated from the Greek by Angelus Politianus. Extracted from Epistola ad Marcellinum, PG XXVII 14-26. Maïer I 440-6; see also L. Cesarini, ‘La versione del Poliziano di un opuscolo di S. Atanasio', Rinascimento, 8 (1968), 311-21.
iterū aa8v Politianus, Angelus: Dialectica. Maïer I 517-28.
bb1r Politianus, Angelus: Praelectio de Dialectica. Maïer I 528-30.
bb2r Politianus, Angelus: Praelectio in Persium. Maïer I 512-16; see also Commento inedito alle Satire di Persio, ed. L. Cesarini Martinelli and R. Ricciardi, Istituto nazionale di studi sul rinascimento, Studi e Testi, 11 (Florence, 1985), 3-13.
bb5r Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Cardinal Antoniottus Pallavicinus. Maïer I 530 and Angelo Poliziano, Silvae, ed. F. Bausi, Istituto nazionale di studi sul rinascimento, Studi e Testi, 39 (Florence, 1996), 163-4.
bb5v Politianus, Angelus: Silva cui titulus Nutricia. Maïer I 531-47 and Bausi 165-254.
cc8r Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Jacobus Salviatus. Maïer I 547 and Bausi 45.
cc8r Politianus, Angelus: Silva cui titulus Rusticus. Maïer I 548-59 and Bausi 45-99.
dd7v Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius Petri Francisci de' Medici. Dated Florence, 2 Nov. 1482. Maïer I 560 and Bausi 3-4.
dd8r Politianus, Angelus: Silva cui titulus Manto. Maïer I 560-68 and Bausi 4-44.
ee5v Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] Laurentius Tornabonus. Dated Florence, 4 Nov. 1485. Maïer I 569 and Bausi 101.
ee5v Politianus, Angelus: Silva cui titulus Ambra. Maïer I 569-82 and Bausi 102-61.
ff6r Politianus, Angelus: Epicedion in Albiere Albiciae immaturum exitum [addressed to] Sigismundus Stupha, her husband to be. Maïer I 582-8 and Prose volgari inedite e poesie latine e greche edite e inedite di Angelo Ambrogini Poliziano, ed. I. Del Lungo (Florence, 1867) repr. in Maïer II 238-48; F. Patetta, ‘Una raccolta manoscritta di versi e prose in morte di Albiera degli Albizzi', Atti della R. Accademia delle scienze di Torino, 53 (1917-18), 290-4, 310-28.
gg1v Politianus, Angelus: [Liber epigrammatum latinorum.] ed. Maïer I 588-623 and Maïer II 109-69 nos 2-3, 11, 12, 1, (elegia 9), 4, 105, (elegia 6), 5-7, 9-10, 55, 8, 20, 106-7, 43, 23, 17, 40, 92, 34, 13, 42, 14, 27, 41, 36, 21, 35, 28, 15, 25, 24, 93, 94, 65-70, 22, 57, (elegia 11), 18-19, 75-8, (translations from Greek p. 543-4 nos 1-3), 33, (translations from Greek p. 548 no. 13, 545 nos 4-5), 44-51, (elegia 5), (ode 7), 95-6, (translations from Greek p. 549 nos 1-4), 108, 71-2, 109, 37-8, 58, 52, (elegia 10), 26, 59, 54, 39, 80-1, 79, (ode 2), 64, 82, 110, (translation from Greek p. 528), (ode 4), 97-8, 32, 99-100, 12, (ode 6, 10), 53, (ode 8), 61, (translation from Greek p. 545 no. 6), 60, (translations from Greek p. 546 nos 7-12), 84, 101, 83, (translation from Greek p. 548 no. 14), (praefatio in Menechmos p. 282-4), (ode 9), (hymni 1-2), (ode 5), 86, (ode 11), (translation from Greek p. 525-7), (ode 1).
κκ1v Acciaiuolus, Zenobius: [Letter addressed to] the readers. Dated Florence, 1 Dec. 1495. Maïer I 624 and Maïer II 171-2.
κκ2r Politianus, Angelus: Liber epigrammatum graecorum. Edited by Zenobius Acciaiuolus. Maïer I 624-35 and Poliziano, Epigrammi greci, ed. A. Ardizzoni, Testi umanistici. Biblioteca di studi superiori, 12 (Florence, 1951).
κκ9r ‘Registrum'.
κκ10r Politianus, Angelus: ‘Monodia in Laurentium Medicem'. Incipit: ‘Quis dabit capiti meo | Aquam? quis oculis meis'; 30 lines of verse. Maïer II 274-5 (ode 11).
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, July 1498. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–p8 q r10 s t8 A–I8 K4 L–P8 Q R10 S8 T10 V6 X Y10 Z8 [et] aa10 iterū aa–iterū bb bb–hh8 ii6 κκ10.
References
ISTC: ip00886000
Hain: HC *13218;
Goff: Goff P‑886;
BMC: BMC V 559;
Proctor: Pr 5567;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑663; CIBN P‑539; Hillard 1675; Oates 2184-5; Rhodes 1454; Scapecchi, ‘Annali' 27; Sheppard 4652-3. Microfiche: Unit 4: Chronicles and Historiography: Part I.
LCN: 14086419, 14089229
Copies
Copy number: P-422(1)
On leaf b2v the impression of a piece of type that accidentally fell across the forme. Gathering aa misbound after gathering iterū bb.
Leaf V2r, l. 1: ‘ . . . cutem . . .red | dit'.
Binding: Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over boards, with two metal clasps and catches. Manuscript title across the head of the fore-edge. At head of the spine a more recent square brown leather label with title gold-tooled. Triple fillets form a quintuple frame. Within the outer frame, a circular rosette stamp at each corner; within the following frame, a foliage staff; nothing within the following frame; then a decorative design within the following frame. In the inner rectangle curved-outline tools make up merrythoughts, each containing a thistle.
Size: 325 × 220 × 80 mm.
Size of leaf: 301 × 204 mm.
Provenance: Adam Weiss (fl. 1521); inscription on rear pastedown: ‘Est Adami Vueiss ex Creilsshem 1521'. Ingram Bywater (1840-1914); Elenchus, no. 2646. Bequeathed in 1914.
SHELFMARK: Byw. F 4.1.
Copy number: P-422(2)
A variant. Leaf V2r, l. 1: ‘ . . . cutē . . . red- | dit'. Sheppard notes that sheet V2 is differently set in type 114 R*.
Binding: Eighteenth-century calf, with the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; yellow-edged leaves and marbled pastedowns.
Size: 315 × 225 × 70 mm.
Size of leaf: 305 × 196 mm.
Some ‘nota' marks and pointing hands. In the Silvae, also some marginal and interlinear notes, providing corrections to the text, extracting key words, and providing identification of the sources, all in the same fifteenth-century hand that added the ownership inscriptions.
Provenance: Florence, Dominicans, S. Marcus; inscription on a1r and L1r in a fifteenth-century hand: ‘Liber Conuentus Sanctj Marcj de Florentia ordinis Predicatorum. Ex liberalitate Aldj Mannucij Romanj pro quo tenemur orare'. Florence, Jesuits (seventeenth century); inscription on a1r: ‘Tyrocinij Florent. Soc. Jesu Cat o inscript.’ Purchased for £2. 3. 6; see Books Purchased (1790), 13.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2R 2.18.
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