Bod-Inc: P-536
Publicius, Jacobus
Ars oratoria, ars epistolandi et ars memorativa.
Analysis of Content
A2r [Summary of contents] ‘Oratoriae artis epitomata, sive quae ad consumatum spectant oratorem, ex antiquo rhetorum Gymnasio dicendi, scribendique breves rationes. Necnon et aptus optimo cuique viro titulus. Insuper et perquamfacilis memorie artis modus Jacobi Publicii Florentini lucubratione in luce editus, foelici numine inchoat.’
A2r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars oratoria [dedicated to] Cyrillus Caesar. Incipit: ‘[S]i quis id operis diligens examinator inspiciat hoc mente secum facile cogitabit . . .’ E6v Explicit: ‘... si assidua exercitatione maioribus tuis parem in dicendo superioremque te reddi curabis.’
a1r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars epistolandi. ‘Ars Tulliano more epistolandi Jacobi P. ad illustrissimum principem Tarantinum Hispanie ducem incipit foeliciter.’ ‘[Dedicated to]’ Federicus de Aragona, prince of Taranto. Incipit: ‘[N]on me fugit, illustrissime princeps, quantum et oneris et insolentiae . . . [E]pistolarum officium (ut maioribus nostris uisum est) dicitur quo absentes his . . .’ a8r Explicit: ‘... ut trito quottidianoque est usu, te maioribus tuis, parem equalemque et nostris superiorem reddes.’
a8v Publicius, Jacobus: Panegyricum. [Addressed to] Federicus de Aragona, Prince of Taranto. ‘Panegiricium [sic] Jacobi P. ad illustrissinum [sic] principem Tarantinum incipit foeliciter.’ Incipit: ‘[N]on nullos fore uereor, illustrissime princeps, qui honesto labori meo arrogantiae nomen temere inscribere non dubitabunt . . .’ Explicit: ‘... pro consuetudine saltem scribendum, hinc principio ducto tibi oranti aperire incipiam.’
b1r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars epistolandi. ‘Titulorum et laudum distinctio.’ Incipit: ‘[M]aiorum laudes praestantesque titulos et clarissima nomina . . .’ b8v Explicit: ‘... huncumque novum laudationum ac preceptorum libellum tuo nomine conscriptum, commissum, charum, gratum et acceptum, novitate saltem rei te habiturum spero. Vale lector.’
c1r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars memorativa. ‘Jacobi Publicii Florentini ars memoriae feliciter incipit et primo prefatio.’ Incipit: ‘[H]aud ab re fore arbitror si praeter maiorum consuetudinem . . .’
c7v [Circular and rectangular woodcut images].
d4r Publicius, Jacobus: Ars memorativa. ‘Jacobi Publicii Imaginum liber tertius et ultimus'.’ Incipit: ‘[C]um locorum coniunctionisque et litterarum rationem superioribus libris aperuerimus . . .’
d7v [Summary of contents similar to that on A2r].
d7v Colophon: ‘Erhardus Ratdolt Augustensis .1482. pridie calendas Decembris impressit Venetiis.’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Erhard Ratdolt, 30 Nov. 1482. 4°.
Secundo folio: Civilis vero questio dicitur, cum secundum mores et instituta patris
Collation
Collation: A–D8 E6 a8 b6 c-d8.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials and pictures.
References
ISTC: ip01096000
Hain: HC 13545;
Goff: Goff P‑1096;
BMC: BMC V 287;
Proctor: Pr 4388;
Others: BSB‑Ink P‑868; Essling 292; Oates 1753; Redgrave 31; Sander 5982; Sheppard 3674.
LCN: 14061951
Copies
Copy number: P-536(1)
Wanting the blank leaves A1 and d8.
Binding: Nineteenth-century paper boards; gilt title on a red leather label on the spine; yellow-edged leaves.
Size: 209 × 148 × 15 mm.
Size of leaf: 203 × 135 mm.
Occasional marginal notes (cut away during rebinding) in a contemporary Dutch/German hand(?), extracting key words.
In the ‘Oratoriae institutiones' and ‘Ars memorativa', section headings and beginnings of sentences are supplied with paragraph marks, brackets and underlining in red ink.
Provenance: Joseph Sams; see ‘Catalogus Bibliothecae Novae', fol. 172v. Purchased for £4. 4. 0; see Books Purchased (1823), 8.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 2Q 5.26.
Copy number: P-536(2)
Not in Sheppard.
Wanting the blank leaves A1, c1, c7-8, d1-3, d7-8.
Leaf d6 bound before d4-5.
Binding: Contemporary wooden boards, half-covered by twentieth-century morocco; the remains of a clasp on the outer edges.
Size: 209 × 147 × 22 mm.
Size of leaf: 206 × 135 mm.
In a sixteenth-century hand on recto of front endleaf: ‘Jo. Jovagranges C maccaphano(?)'; sketches of the letter ‘I'. On verso: ‘Lo pan es venuto tre volte | La prima non so | La secunda o[ ]hate'; sketches of the letter ‘P'. A few scribbles and notes in the same hand throughout the book.
Provenance: Strickland Gibson (1877-1958). Acquired as part of Gibson collection.
SHELFMARK: Gibson 165.
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