Bod-Inc: S-289
Statius, Publius Papinius
Opera, et al.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v Calderinus, Domitius: [Preface addressed to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Augustino salutem. Etsi hic noster labor et studium . . .’ See S‑286. With the exception of Avantius' emendations and note, this edition is based on the 1494 Venetian edition of Bartholomaeus De Zanis (S‑288).
a2r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Carmen addressed to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘Nuper non fueras in urbe notus | Incultus lacer horridus retonsus |'; 24 hendecasyllabics. See S‑286.
a3r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary dedicated to] Augustinus Maffeus. Incipit: ‘Vates et per antiquos esse et natura duce qua una uigent hoc furoris genere . . .’ See S‑286.
a3r Statius, [Publius] Papinius: Silvae. Edited by Domitius Calderinus and Hieronymus Avantius, as stated at the end of the text and commentary. See S‑286.
h4r [Avantius, Hieronymus: Letter addressed to] readers of Statius and to Marcus Cornelius. ‘Papinii studiosis'. Incipit: ‘Quam nuper impressas senserim has Papinii Sylvas . . .’ Avantius lists his numerous emendations to Silvae. On the letter, dated 1489, see Dionisotti, ‘Calderini, Poliziano e altri', 175.
i1r Lactantius Placidus: [Commentary.] ‘Interpretatio in primum librum Thebaidos'. See S‑286.
i1r [Statius, Publius Papinius: Thebais.] see S‑286.
z6v Mataratius, Franciscus: [Commentary.] ‘Recollecta super Achilleida'. Incipit: ‘[P]ublius Papinius Statius P. Papinii Statii pater utraque lingua eruditus . . .’
z6v [Verse summary.] see S‑286.
z6v Statius, P[ublius] Pa[pinius]: Achilleis. See S‑286
[rum4r] [Calderinus], Domitius: ‘Elucubratio in quaedam Propertii loca quae difficiliora uidebantur' [dedicated to] Franciscus de Aragona. ‘Ex primo libro Propertii in primam elegiam cuius argumentum'. Incipit: ‘ “Vritur et nulla fuas quum mitior arte | Ut se dissoluat Cynthia quaerit opem”. Minalion Athalantae duae fuerunt, altera filia Promethei . . .’ See P‑481.
[rum7v] [Calderinus], Domitius: ‘Epilogus et προσφώνησις de obseruationibus' [dedicated to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘[S]cio me multa praeterisse quae fortasse explicationem desiderabunt . . .’ See S‑286.
[rum8r] [Calderinus, Domitius]: ‘Ex tertio libro obseruationum'. Incipit: ‘Video a praepositionem, quom in multas uariasque significatione . . .’ See S‑286.
[rum8v] [Calderinus], Domitius: [Postscript addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Sic mihi perpetuae contingant murmura laudis | Et bona post funus hora superstes eat |'; 3 elegiac distichs.
[rum9v] ‘Papinii Vita per Domitium'. Incipit: ‘[Q]ui Statio poetae Galliae oppidum patriam assignant . . .’ The Vita is attributed to Calderinus in this edition.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Petrus de Quarengiis, Bergomensis, 1498/9. Folio.
Remarks: First colophon: 15 Jan. 1498/9; second colophon: 1 July 1499.
Collation
Collation: a–g8 h4 i–y8 z6 & [con]8 [rum]10.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: is00694000
Hain: HC *14980;
Goff: Goff S‑694
BMC: BMC V 514;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: CIBN S‑379; Sack, Freiburg, 3276; Sheppard 4455.
LCN: 14009884
Copies
Copy number: S-289(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [rum10].
Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf and marbled paper boards; the title on a tan leather label on the spine; thickly sprinkled red-edged leaves.
Size: 305 × 212 × 38 mm.
Size of leaf: 297 × 197 mm.
A few marginal notes in Philippus de Anselmis' hand, supplying corrections to the text, underlining, pointing hands and brackets, and extracting key words.
Provenance: Philippus de(?) Anselmis(?) (sixteenth century); partly obliterated inscription on a1r: ‘Ad usum philippi [hole] Anselmis(?)'. Acquired on 7 Nov. 1962; see BLR 7,3 (1964), 167.
SHELFMARK: Inc. c. I4.1499.6.
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