Bod-Inc: S-149
Seneca, Lucius Annaeus
Tragoediae (ed. and comm. Gellius 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 . . .’
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 Caitanus; see the prefaces. Sen. Her. F.
a1r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “Sorar(!)”. In hoc dramate poeta latenter proponit materiam . . .’
c6v [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus]: Thyestes. Sen. Thy.
c6v [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uis me”. Haec secunda tragoedia inscribitur. Thyestes . . .’
c6v [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uis me": Tragoedia haec itidem ut aliae omnes tota sanguinaria . . .’
f2r [Marmita, Gellius] Bernardinus: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “[C]aeci parentis”. Titulus huius tragoediae est Thebais . . .’
f2r [Seneca, Lucius Annaeus: Phoenissae.] ‘Thebais'. Sen. Phoen.
f2r [Caietanus], Daniel: [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘ “Caeci": 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: Johannes Tacuinus, de Tridino, 7 Apr. 1498. Folio.
Collation
Collation: A4 a–b8 c–z6 &4.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
Remarks: Leaf A2 signed A.
References
ISTC: is00438000
Hain: HC 14670;
Goff: Goff S438.
BMC: BMC V 533;
Proctor: Pr 5452;
Others: BSB‑Ink S‑274; CIBN S‑204; Sack, Freiburg, 3206-7; Sheppard 4541.
LCN: 14051513
Copies
Copy number: S-149(1)
Binding: Seventeenth-century half parchment over paper boards; the title and shelf mark ‘84 [ ]' formerly in black ink on the spine; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 318 × 226 × 24 mm.
Size of leaf: 310 × 211 mm.
A few marginal notes in a sixteenth-century Italian hand, correcting the text and extracting key words.
Provenance: Bookseller's hexagonal paper label (nineteenth century), bearing the number ‘648', over the title and shelfmark (see above). Purchased from Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, Catalogue (1830), no. 3298, for £0. 15. 0: see Books Purchased (1830), 22.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N inf. 2.25.
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