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Scriptores Historiae Augustae
Scriptores Historiae Augustae (ed. Bonus Accursius).
Analysis of Content
A2r Accursius Pisanus, Bonus: [Letter addressed to] Cicchus [i.e. Franciscus] Simoneta. Incipit: ‘[N]on iniuria profecto possim a nonnullis audacia accusari . . .’
A2v Ausonius, [Decimus Magnus: De XII caesaribus.] ‘Versus Ausonii in libros Suetonii'. Edited by Bonus Accursius, along with the rest of this collection. Prete 202-4 no. XXII.1-41 (Green 161-3 no. XXIII.1-41).
A3v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘De uita Caii Suetonii Tranquilli'. G. Brugnoli, ‘La Praefatio in Suetonium del Poliziano', Giornale italiano di filologia, 10 (1957), 211-20, at 219-20; John Dunston, ‘Studies in Domizio Calderini', Italia medioevale e umanistica, 11 (1968), 71-150, at 139-40 (line 17).
A3v Polentonus, Sicco: Scriptorum illustrium Latinae linguae [extract from book 7]. ‘Ex libro vii Siconis Polentoni de illustribus scriptoribus'. Sicco Polentonus, Scriptorum illustrium Latinae linguae libri xviii, ed. B. L. Ullman, Papers and Monographs of the American Academy in Rome, 6 (Rome, 1928), 210 (line 3)–212 (line 7).
A4v Calderinus, Domitius: [Continuation of Vita Suetonii and Commentary on Suetonius.] Dunston, ‘Studies in Domizio Calderini', 140 (lines 17-24). The end of Calderinus' life of Suetonius is followed by excerpts from his unpublished commentary; see Dunston, ‘Studies in Domizio Calderini', 139 n. 1.
A5v [Title-page.]
A6r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Diuus Iulius Caesar'. Suet. Jul.
C2r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Diuus Octauianus Caesar Augustus'. Suet. Aug.
E6v Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Tiberius Caesar'. Suet. Tib.
G4r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Caius Caligula Caesar'. Suet. Cal.
H7v Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Diuus Claudius Caesar'. Suet. Cl.
K1r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Nero Claudius Caesar'. Suet. Nero.
L4v Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Sergius Galba imperator'. Suet. Gal.
L8v Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Otho Siluius imperator'. Suet. Otho.
M3r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Aulus Vitelius imperator'. Suet. Vit.
M6v Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Imperator diuus Vespasianus augustus'. Suet. Ves.
N3v Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Diuus Titus imperator augustus'. Suet. Tit.
N6r Suetonius Tranquillus, Gaius: De vita Caesarum. ‘Diuus Domitianus imperator'. Suet. Dom.
O5r [Colophon.]
2A2r ‘De exordio Neruae et bonis eius moribus ac morte'. Incipit: ‘[N]erua Caesar imperator Augustus a G.Iulio tertiusdecimus Domitiano successit imperio . . .’ Explicit: Apud Francos idem Nerua aedificauit Vizeburgam Mogo fluuio iunctam
2A2v ‘De exordio imperii Traiani et de ortu et bonis moribus ac studiis in administrando imperio'. Incipit: ‘[T]raianus Vlpius Crinitus Caesar imperator Augustus exhibente Nerua suscepit imperium . . . apparet tamen propter ea quae in eius uita leguntur diuitinus imperium accepisse'; followed by ‘de morte eiusdem'; ‘qualiter Traiani anima ab aeterna poena exempta est oratione Gregorii papae'.
2A6r [List of contents.]
2B1r Aelius Spartianus: De vita Hadriani. [Scriptores Historiae Augustae.] Script. Hist. Aug. 1. See S. H. Ballou, The Manuscript Tradition of the Historia Augusta (Leipzig and Berlin, 1914); A. Bellezza, Historia Augusta. parte prima: le edizioni, Istituto di storia antica dell'Università di Genova, 2 (Genoa, 1959), 19-20 no. 1; Texts and Transmission, 354-6. The manuscript used for the preparation of this edition is generally said to be Vat. lat. 5301; however, Ballou suggests Paris, lat. 5816. The texts are arranged in the following way: 1-5, 9, 7-8, 6, 10-11, 13-14, 17, 16, 15, 12, 18-30.
2B7v Aelius Spartianus: De vita Aelius Verus. Script. Hist. Aug. 2.
2C1r Iulius Capitolinus: Antoninus Pius. Script. Hist. Aug. 3.
2C4r Iulius Capitolinus: Marcus Antoninus. Script. Hist. Aug. 4.
2D3r Iulius Capitolinus: Verus. Script. Hist. Aug. 5.
2D5v Aelius Spartianus: Didius Iulianus. Script. Hist. Aug. 9.
2D7v Aelius Lampridius: Commodus Antoninus. Script. Hist. Aug. 7.
2E4r Iulius Capitolinus: Pertinax. Script. Hist. Aug. 8.
2E7v Vulcatius Gallicanus: Avidius. Script. Hist. Aug. 6.
2F2v Aelius Spartianus: Severus. Script. Hist. Aug. 10.
2F8r Aelius Spartianus: Pescennius Niger. Script. Hist. Aug. 11.
2G2v Aelius Spartianus: Antoninus Caracallus. Script. Hist. Aug. 13.
2G5v Aelius Spartianus: Antonius Geta. Script. Hist. Aug. 14.
2G7r Aelius Lampridius: Antoninus Heliogabalus. Script. Hist. Aug. 17.
2H6r Aelius Lampridius: Diadumenus Antoninus. Script. Hist. Aug. 16.
2H8r Iulius Capitolinus: Opilius Macrinus. Script. Hist. Aug. 15.
2I3r Iulius Capitolinus: Vita Clodii Albini. Script. Hist. Aug. 12.
2I6v Aelius Lampridius: Alexander Severus. Script. Hist. Aug. 18.
2L3v Iulius Capitolinus: Maximini duo. Script. Hist. Aug. 19.
2M2v Iulius Capitolinus: Liber de rebus gestis Gordianorum. Script. Hist. Aug. 20.
2N1v Iulius Capitolinus: Maximus. Script. Hist. Aug. 21.
2N5v [Trabellius Pollio]: Valeriani Duo. Script. Hist. Aug. 22.
2N6v [Trabellius Pollio]: Gallieni Duo. Script. Hist. Aug. 23.
2O2v [Trabellius Pollio]: Soloninus Gallienus. Followed by short entries for: Triginta tyranni; Cyriades Primus; Postumus Secundus; Postumus iunior tertius; Lollianus quartus; Victorinus quintus; Victorinus iunior sextus; Martius septimus; Ingenuus octauus; Regillianus Nonus; Aurelius decimus; Macrianus duodecimus(!); Macrianus iunior duodecimus; Quietus terciusdecimus; Odenatus quartusdecimus; Herodes quintusdecimus; Meonius sextusdecimus; Balista decimusseptimus; Valerius decimusoctauus; Piso decimusnonus; Aemilianus Vigessimus; Saturninus uigesimusprimus; Tetricus senior uigesimussecundus; Tetricus iunior uigesimustertius; Trebellianus uigesimusquartus; Herennianus vigessimusquintus; Timolaus uigesimussextus; Celsus uigesimusseptimus; Zenobia uigesima octaua; Victoria tricesima; Titus; Censorinus. Script. Hist. Aug. 24.
P5v Trabellius Pollio: Divus Claudius. Script. Hist. Aug. 25.
Q1r Flavius Vopiscus: Divus Aurelianus. Script. Hist. Aug. 26.
R3r Flavius Vopiscus: Tacitus. Florianus. Script. Hist. Aug. 27.
R6v Flavius Vopiscus: Probus. Script. Hist. Aug. 28.
S4r Flavius Vopiscus: Firmus Saturninus Proculus et Bonosus. Script. Hist. Aug. 29.
S8r Flavius Vopiscus: De Numeriano. De Carino. Script. Hist. Aug. 30.
3A1r Eutropius: Breviarium historiae Romanae (I–X). Paulus Diaconus, Historia Romana, ed. A. Crivellucci, Istituto storico italiano, Fonti per la storia d'Italia, 51 (Rome, 1914), 5-149; see CPL 1181 and Texts and Transmission, 159-62.
3E1r Paulus Diaconus: [Continuation of Breviarium historiae Romanae.] Historia romana. ed. Crivellucci, 151-268.
Imprint
Imprint: Milan: Philippus de Lavagnia, 1475. Folio.
Remarks: In two parts, dated: (I) 20 July 1475; (II) 22 Dec. 1475.
Collation
Collation: A10 B–M8 N O6 2A6 B–R8 S10 3A–E8 F10.
Remarks: Collation as BSB‑Ink, not as BMC.
References
ISTC: is00340000
Hain: HC *14561;
Goff: Goff S‑340;
BMC: BMC VI 702;
Proctor: Pr 5845;
Others: BSB‑Ink S‑229; CIBN S‑487; Rhodes 1597; Sheppard 4804.
LCN: 14508708
Copies
Copy number: S-117(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [A1]. Sheet2 H3 made up from a shorter copy.
Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-tooled blue morocco, with the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Purple pastedowns and green silk bookmark.
Size: 331 × 240 × 55 mm.
Size of leaf: 320 × 220 mm.
Some marginal notes to Suetonius and Eutropius, mainly extracting key words but also supplementing the text, in a contemporary round humanist hand in Latin and in Greek, washed red ink. Other notes, of a similar kind, in two early cursive humanist hands, one probably sixteenth-century.
On2 H6r a six-line epigraphic initial ‘A' is supplied in red within a square ground made of purple pen-work decoration.
Provenance: Purchased for £24. 6. 8; see Books Purchased (1792), 1.
SHELFMARK: Auct. L 2.31.
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