Bod-Inc: S-148
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Tragoediae (ed. and comm. Gelius Bernardinus Marmita and Daniel Caietanus).
Analysis of Content
A2r Caietanus, Daniel: ‘Apologia' [addressed] to Leonardus Mocenicus. Incipit: ‘[T]ragoedias L. Annaei Senecae cum ob stili grauitatem subiectumque formidabile . . .’ On the appearance of Caietanus' commentary on Seneca's Tragedies with that of Marmita see DBI XVI 148.
A3r Cabaliatus, Polydorus: ‘In defensionem Danielis Caietani Cremonensis praeceptoris sui'. Incipit: ‘Dentibus emissum superis inuise prophanas | Tu lolligineis hoc temerator opus'; 19 elegiac distichs.
A3v Marmita, Gellius Bernardinus: [Preface addressed] to Guilelmus de Rupeforti. Incipit: ‘[M]aiores nostri quodcumque studio, industria aut uirtute . . .’ See S‑146.
A4r Marmita, Gellius Bernardinus: ‘In tragoedias Senecae interpretatio'. [Introduction.] Incipit: ‘[Q]ue potissimum ad explanationem huius preclari operis attinent . . .’ See S‑146.
A4r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Introduction.] Incipit: ‘Tragici poematis subiectum et materia dolor, lachrymae odium . . .’
a1r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[S]oror”. Hic est primus actus in quo indignatio Iunonis habetur . . .’
a1r Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Hercules Furens. This and the other plays in this edition are edited by Marmita and Caietanus; see the prefaces. Sen. Her. F.
a1r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “Sorar(!)”. In hoc dramate poeta latenter proponit materiam . . .’
c6r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus]: Thyestes. Sen. Thy.
c6r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uis me”. Haec secunda tragoedia inscribitur. Thyestes . . .’
c6r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uis me": Tragoedia haec itidem ut aliae omnes tota sanguinaria . . .’
f2r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[C]eci parentis”. Titulus huius tragoediae est Thebais . . .’
f2r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Phoenissae.] ‘Thebais'. Sen. Phoen.
f2r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “Coeci": Sophocles tragici choturni princeps scripsit . . .’
g4r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Phaedra.] ‘Hippolytus'. Sen. Phaed.
g4r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[I]te umbrosas”. Haec tragoedia quae inscribitur Hyppolitus inter alias . . .’
g4r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘Euripides in Hippolyto inducit uenerem inuidia et odio graui excandescentem . . .’
k3r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus]: Oedipus. Sen. Oed.
k3v [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[I]am nocte”. Argumentum huius tragoediae, quae inscribitur Oedipus repetendum est . . .’
k3v [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘Aristophanes poeta comicus lepidissimus scripsit epigramma . . .’
m3v [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uicunque”. Haec tragoedia inscribitur Troas . . .’
m3v [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Troades.] ‘Troas'. Sen. Tro.
m3v [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “Restat": reliquum est. hoc latino restare canunt . . .’
o5v [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus]: Medea. Sen. Med.
o5v [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[D]ii coniugales”. Iason fuit Aesonis filius fratris Peliae . . .’
o6r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[D]ii coniugales": haec tragoedia tota graeca Euripidis est . . .’
q6v [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus]: Agamemnon. Sen. Ag.
q6v [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[O]paca linquens”. Haec tragoedia inscribitur Agamemnon a materia quae tractatur . . .’
q6v [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[O]paca": occiso Agamemnone insidiis Clytemnestrae coniugis ab egistho . . .’
s6r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus pseudo-]: Octauia. [Sen.] Oct.
s6r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[I]am uaga”. Claudius imperator Romanus post alias sponsas . . .’
s6r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[I]am uaga": Latina tota imperatorii supercilii . . .’
u6r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Hercules Oetaeus. Sen. Her. O.
u6r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[S]ator deorum”. Haec tragoedia inscribitur Hercules Oetheus . . .’
u6r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘[H]ercules oeteus titulus ab euentu mortalitatis est . . .’
&4r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Final note, addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Habeas amice lector commentaria in aureas L. Annaei Senecae tragoedias . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Matteo Capcasa (di Codeca), 18 July 1493. Folio.
Collation
Collation: A4 a–b8 c–z6 &4.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: is00437000
Hain: HC 14668;
Goff: Goff S‑437;
BMC: BMC V 484;
Proctor: Pr 4994;
Others: BSB‑Ink S‑273; Sack, Freiburg, 3205; Sheppard 4360.
LCN: 14051546
Copies
Copy number: S-148(1)
Wanting the blank leaf A1.
Binding: Seventeenth-century parchment; manuscript title on the spine; coeval shelfmark ‘V | 132' in ink on the front pastedown. ‘18726', faded, on a paper label on the spine; green-edged leaves.
Size: 350 × 216 × 35 mm.
Size of leaf: 302 × 210 mm.
Some key words are extracted in a contemporary German hand.
Initials are supplied in red or blue.
Provenance: Engelbert-Karl Arenberg, 10th Duke of Arenberg (1899-1974); ‘From the library of the Duc d'Arenberg' [unsigned note by David Rogers]. August Laube; unsigned note by David Rogers. Purchased in 1961 out of the Gordon Duff Fund; book-plate.
SHELFMARK: Inc. c. I4.1493.1.
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