Bod-Inc: T-030
Terentius Afer, Publius
Comoediae.
Analysis of Content
a1v Petrarca, Franciscus: Vita Terentii. ‘Terentii uita excerpta de dictis D. F. Petrarcae'.’ Incipit: ‘[D]e Terentii uita in antiquis libris multa reperiuntur plura . . .’ . . ..dicta sint’ On Petrarca's sources for the Vita see T‑022.
a3r [Summary of contents.] ‘Terentii aphri poetae comici liber in sex diuisa comoedias . . . ultima Hechira nuncupatur'.
a3r ‘Terentii Epitaphium.’ Incipit: ‘Natus in excelsis tectis Carthaginis altae | Romanis ducibus bellica preda fui'; 3 elegiac distichs. See T‑021.
a3r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Andria. ‘Andriae Argumentum primae comoediae argumentum'.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. An. On Sulpicius's verse summaries see T‑021. These summaries and Terence's plays are presented as verse.
a3r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Andria.] ‘Prohemium.’ Ter. An. On the subscription ‘Calliopius recensui' after each play see T‑021. For the ordering of plays in this edition see T‑024.
c3r [Didascalia for Eunuchus.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus Luc. Posthumio Albino Luc. Cornelio Merula aedilibus curulibus . . . M. Valerio Mucio Fabio consulibus'. See T‑021.
c3r [Anonymous summary of] Eunuchus. ‘Eunuchi secundae comoediae Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[M]eretrix adoloscentem cuius mutuo amore tenebatur exclusit eique reuocato . . .’ See T‑021.
c3r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Eunuchus.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Eu.
c3r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Eunuchus.] ‘Prologus'.’ Ter. Eu.
e4r [Didascalia for Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Cornelio Lentulo L. Valerio Flacco aedilibus curulibus . . . M. Iunio et T. Syphoriano consulibus'. See T‑021.
e4r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Hautontimorumenos. ‘Argumentum Heautontimerumenos(!)’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau.
e4v [Terentius Afer, Publius: Hautontimorumenos.] Ter. Hau.
ff5r [Didascalia for Adelphoe.] ‘Acta ludis funebribus Q. Fa. Max. P. Cornelio Aphri. Aemylii Pauli aedilibus curulibus . . . A. Nicio et M. Cornelio consulibus'. See T‑021.
ff5r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Adelphoe. ‘Argumentum Adelphoe.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ad. See T‑021.
ff5r [Terentius Afer, Publius]: Adelphoe. ‘Prologus'.’ Ter. Ad.
h5v [Didascalia for Hecyra.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis Sexto Caes. Gn. Cornelio aedilibus curulibus . . . Q. Fuluio L. Marco aedilibus curulibus'. See T‑022.
h5v [Anonymous summary of] Phormio. ‘Argumentum Phormionis'. Incipit: ‘[E]x duobus fratribus alter locuplex duxit uxorem locupletem . . .’ expl: ‘suo amanti subuenisset'.’ See T‑022.
h6r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Periocha of Phormio.] ‘Argumentum'.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ph.
h6r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Phormio.] ‘Prologus'.’ Ter. Ph.
k7r [Unascribed didascalia.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis L. Postumio Albino L. Postumio Merula aedilibus curulibus, ii sine interpellatione Modos fecit Otho Lucretius tibiis sarranis, et C. Fannio M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑025.
k7r [Anonymous summary of] Hecyra. ‘Argumentum Aecyrae.’ Incipit: ‘[A]dolescens qui meretricis amore tenebatur in peruigilio stuprauit uirginem . . .’ expl: ‘fabulae nascitur'.’ See T‑22.
k7v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hecyra.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hec.
k7v [Terentius Afer, Publius: Hecyra.] ‘Prologus Aecyrae.’ Ter. Hec.
m6r [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis L. Postumio Albino L. Cornelio Merula aedilibus . . . Appollodori epidicazomenenos facta. iiii. C. Fannio M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021.
m6r Eusebius [Caesariensis: Extract from Chronicon.] ‘Ex Eusebio de temporibus'.’ Translated by Hieronymus. PL XXVII 507C.
Imprint
Imprint: [Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, c.1475]. Folio.
Remarks: As assigned and dated by CIBN; Sheppard dates [c.1476]; Polain assigns to Vindelinus de Spira. BMC notes similarities in the layout of this edition and of [Venice: Vindelinus de Spira, c.1473] (T‑026).
Collation
Collation: a–f ff g–k8 l m6.
References
ISTC: it00074000
Hain: R 760;
Goff: Goff T‑74;
BMC: BMC XII 16;
Proctor: Pr 4311;
Others: CIBN T‑68; Polain 3661; Rhodes 1674; Sheppard 3478.
LCN: 14100104
Copies
Copy number: T-030(1)
Binding: Eighteenth-century gold-tooled red morocco; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; green silk bookmark.
Size: 281 × 197 × 31 mm.
Size of leaf: 274 × 188 mm.
Some marginal annotations in Castel's(?) and another contemporary French hand, supplying running headings in red or brown ink, page numbers, pointing hands, comments on the text of Andria, and extracting key words. On a1r notes on metres used by Terence. Bibliographical note by J. H. Hessels and a correction by Proctor on front pastedown.
Capital strokes are supplied in red ink.
Provenance: Guillaume Castel (1458-1506); see partially erased inscription: ‘Guillelmo de Castello Collegij Nauarre College [humillissimo] didascalatus gradu Anno domini Mimo CCCCmo lxxviijo donato [ ]In alma Parisiorum universitate regenti Elementario minime(?) pertinet haec Therentij affri codicum iiiii [deleted] collectio, que si quanti ualet aut quanti constitit precii percunctetur aut [queratur?] duodecim solidorum praecio hanc emisse se asseritur resp[onde]tur [ ] quomodocumque ullo fallacie deceptionis mendacij discrimine perhibetur. Anno superhabito die vero xxa 3a mensis aprilis in vico sancti Jaco[bi] m[aioris/inoris] in intersignio pellicani coram ecclesia beati Iuonis Mo' aū [em ]tretho'ā q' in fine composita est'. Clairvaux, Langres, Champagne, BVM, Cistercians (sixteenth century); ‘Liber sanctae mariae clalis. vije xc', deleted, ‘ixe lxii' added). Antoine Marie Pâris d'Illins (1746-1809); Bibliotheca Parisiana, lot 190. Purchased through Peter Elmsley (ex informatione Roger Middleton) for £6. 6. 0: see the annotated sale catalogue and Books Purchased (1791), 2.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 3.11.
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