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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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