Bod-Inc: S-002
Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius
De vetustate Aquileiensis patriae.
Analysis of Content
a1v [List of authorities.] ‘Ex quibus auctoribus excerpta sit historia'.
a1v Cynthius: [Verse addressed to] Marcus Antonius Sabellicus. Incipit: ‘Donec saecula colligata fastis | Extabunt Latiis forum manebit'; 10 lines of hendecasyllabics. On the contents of this edition see Ruth Chavasse, ‘The First Known Author's Copyright, September 1486, in the Context of a Humanist Career', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, 69 (1986), 11-37, at 20-3.
a2r Merula Alexandrinus, Georgius: [Letter addressed to] Marcus Antonius Sabellicus. Incipit: ‘Rerum patriae commentarios quos nuperrime perscripsisti . . .’
a2r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Hemus. Incipit: ‘Multum diuque dubitaui Ioannes Heme . . .’ M. A. Coccius Sabellicus, Opera omnia, ed. C. S. Curio, 4 vols (Basel, 1560), IV 201-2.
a3r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: De vetustate Aquileiensis patriae. ‘De vetustate Aquileiensis patriae liber primus qui chorographia inscribitur. Proemium'. Incipit: ‘[E]tsi ex omni scriptorum numero qui sunt aut unquam fuerunt . . .’ Sabellicus, Opera, IV 203-48.
g1r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: ‘Carmen in munitionem Sontiacam'. Incipit: ‘[F]unditur Illyricis rapidus de montibus amnis | Hybernis quum creuit aquis haud peruius ulli'; hexameters. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 557-9.
g3v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: ‘Poema in caedem Sontiacam'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uo praeceps fortuna ruis? quo pergitur ultra | Oenotrium delere decus? Stat triste recensque'; hexameters. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 560-5.
h2v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: ‘Carmen in Carnicum incendium'. Incipit: ‘[I]am fusis prouecta rotis nox atra rubebat | Oceano uallesque umbris complexa cruenta'; hexameters. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 565-71.
i2r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: ‘Carmen in naufragantem diui Petri cymbam'. Incipit: ‘[F]luctuat alma ratis medioque eiecta profundo | Ultima uota facit gelida dilapsus ab arcto'; hexameters. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 571-5.
i6r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: ‘De rerum et artium inuentoribus poema' [addressed to] Hieronymus Bassus. Incipit: ‘[I]nter grata soles studii comertia nostri | Priscorum laudare frequens monumenta uirorum'; hexameters. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 575-8.
k3r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: ‘Carmen in Vtini originem'. Incipit: ‘[H]aec spantiatis(!) humi facies quam claudit ad Euros | Sontius ad Boream rursus Zephyrosque repentes'; hexameters. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 578-90.
m1r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘In natalem diem virginis elegia prima'. Incipit: ‘[V]irginis alma dies tellus quam Pontus et Aether | Laudat et immensi regia tota poli'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 590-1.
m2r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘In regiam progeniem virginis'. Incipit: ‘[R]egia progeenis(!) regis ueneranda creatrix | Sydera cui parent tartareique lacus'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 591-2.
m3r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘Quo ritu sit ad diuae virginis aram sacrificandum'. Incipit: ‘[C]urrite virgineas circumdisponite lauros | Qua rudis haec dominae tollitur ara meae'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 592-3.
m4r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘Ad Nazareth natale solum uirginis'. Incipit: ‘[H]ic rogo Phoebeos quae proxima suspicis ortus | Nascentis dominae conscia terra meae'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 593-4.
mvv Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De natali diuae uirginis ad illustres sui saeculi poetas'. Incipit: ‘[N]atalem celebrare diem paro uirginis almae | Virginis ante pium postque puerperium'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 594-5.
m6v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De virginitate eiusdem'. Incipit: ‘[H]actenus ecce tuos virgo uenerabilis ortus | Diximus et gentis nobile stemma tuae'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 595-6.
m7v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De presentatione virginis'. Incipit: ‘[V]enerat alma dies qua te pia uota mariti | Soluere coelicolis fas erat Anna tui'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 596.
m8r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De miniserio(!) virginis ad aram in templo'. Incipit: ‘[D]icite Idumeae vestra est nam phama puellae | Quando Palestini plus meruere foci'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 596-7.
n1r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De apparatu virginei triumphi'. Incipit: ‘[C]essit inexpleti tandem possessor auerni | Et qua uictor erat hac quoque parte iacet'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 597-8.
n2v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘Apparatus et processus virginalis triumphi'. Incipit: ‘[S]cande triumphales virgo tamneia currus | Pro foribus templi pompa parata tibi est'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 598-9.
n4r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De causis dominicae annunciationis'. Incipit: ‘[I]usticiae moderare tuae gladiumque remitte | Iustus es atque idem crederis esse pius'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 599-600.
n4v Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘De ui catholicae fidei aduersus ueteres coeli perscrutatores'. Incipit: ‘[A]strorum potuisse nouo deprendere cursus | Vestra Parethonii est gloria uestra uiri'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 600-1.
n6r Sabellicus, Marcus Antonius: [Elegiae.] ‘Ad diuam gratiarum uirginem'. Incipit: ‘[O] patris ueneranda parens o filia nati | Sydus et astriferi ianua sancta poli'; elegiac distichs. Sabellicus, Opera, IV 602. A total of 13 elegies on incidents in the life of the Virgin.
n7r Vitellius, Cornelius: [Letter addressed to] Marcus Antonius Sabellicus. Incipit: ‘Perlegi non sine summa uoluptate sex libellos tuos de Utini et Aquileiae origine . . .’
n7v Pylades [Brixianus: Verse addressed to] Marcus Antonius Sabellicus. Incipit: ‘Vix bene quod licuit celeri percurrere ocello | Quae tua musa refert dum canit arcis opus'; 10 elegiac distichs.
n7v Pylades [Brixianus: Verse colophon.] Incipit: ‘Caecia quem mater gelidas Anienis ad undas | Aedidit atque pater cui Iouianus erat'; 3 elegiac distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: [Padua]: Antonius de Avinione, [c.1482-4]. 4°.
Remarks: As dated by Sheppard; Chavasse, ‘First Known Author's Copyright', 19 dates to [after Oct. 1482], and possibly as late as 1483 or 1484; Sack dates [c.1481-3], CIBN [1481-3].
Collation
Collation: a–e8 f10 g–k8 l10 m n8.
References
ISTC: is00010000
Hain: HC *14058; not R 716 (which Sheppard considered was a separate reissue of gatherings m and n with a title);
Goff: Goff S‑10;
BMC: BMC VII 1138;
Proctor: Pr 7338;
Others: BSB‑Ink S‑3; CIBN S‑7; Rhodes 1540; Sack, Freiburg, 3118; Sheppard 3956-7. Microfiche: Unit 5: Chronicles and Historiography: Part II, CH 79.
LCN: 14840677, 14841330
Copies
Copy number: S-002(1)
Bound with A‑154(1); see there for details of binding and provenance.
Size of leaf: 209 × 145 mm.
On a1r: ‘Marcus Anthonius Sabellicus xii d.' in a contemporary hand, brown ink.
SHELFMARK: Ashm. 463(6).
Copy number: S-002(2)
Gatherings a–f only.
Binding: Eighteenth-century(?) Italian limp paper binding with two tanned goat(?)-leather sewing supports laced into case. Manuscript title written across the head of the spine in brown ink. 1310' in brown ink in the upper left-hand corner of the upper cover. Sprinkled red- and green-edged leaves.
Size: 200 × 160 × 13 mm.
Size of leaf: 193 × 156 mm.
‘D. n. 264[deleted] lix' on the verso of the front endleaf in light brown ink.
Provenance: Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford (1766-1827); circular stamp on a1r, with a gothic G surmounted by an earl's coronet; not indentified in his sale. Purchased from C. J. Sweetinburgh for £0. 3. 6; see Bills (1829-32), no. 333 (1831); Books Purchased (1832), 20.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q sup. 1.16.
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