Bod-Inc: T-039
Terentius Afer, Publius
Comoediae (comm. Aelius Donatus, Johannes Calphurnius; ed. Valerius Superchius?).
Analysis of Content
[*2r] [Donatus, Aelius: Vita Terentii]. ‘Terentii uita ex Donati commentariis excepta.’ See T‑027.
[*2v] [Euanthius: De fabula.] ed. Wessner I 13-31.
[*3v] [Donatus, Aelius: Preface to commentary on Andria.] ed. Wessner I 35-40.
[*4r] [Didascalia for Andria.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus M Fuluio aedilibus et M. Glabrione . . . M. Marcello et Sulpitio consulibus'. See T‑032.
[*4r] [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Andria. ‘Argumentum Andrie.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. An.
[*4v] Superchius, Valerius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes Georgius, of Venice. Incipit: ‘Lectitanti mihi, uir eruditissime, nonnunquam Terentii Afri lepidissimi poetae . . .’ Superchius refers to himself as editor of Terence in this letter.
[*4v] Superchius, Valerius: [Poem addressed to] Terentius. ‘Ad Terentius.’ Incipit: ‘Saepe tuum miratus opus, facunde Terenti | Sospite quo latio lingua diserta uiget'; 5 elegiac distichs
a1r Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary on Andria.] ‘In Sex. P. Terentii Afri comoedias examinata interpretatio'. ed. Wessner I 41-261. See D‑153.
a1r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Andria.] ‘Andriae prologus.’ Ter. An. On the subscription ‘Calliopius recensui' after each play see T‑021. For the ordering of plays in this edition see T‑024.
e2v [Didascalia for Eunuchus.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Postumio Albino L. Cornelio Merula aedilibus currulibus . . . M. Valerio C. Mutio Fannio consulibus'. See T‑021.
e2v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Eunuchus.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Eu.
e3r Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary on Eunuchus.] ‘In Sexti. P. Terentii Afri Eunuchum commentarium.’ ed. Wessner I 265-497.
e3v [Anonymous summary of Eunuchus.] ‘Aliud Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[M]eretrix adoloscentem cuius mutuo amore tenebatur exclusit eique reuocato . . .’ expl: ‘receptus illuditur’ See T‑021.
e3v [Terentius Afer, Publius]: Eunuchus. ‘Eunuchi prologus.’ Ter. Eu.
k1r [Didascalia for Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Cor. Len. L. Vale Flacco aedilibus cururulibus(!) . . . M. Iuno T. Sempronio consulibus'. See T‑021.
k1r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Argumentum'. Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau.
k1r Calphurnius, Johannes: Commentary on Hautontimorumenos. ‘In Sexti Terentii Heautontimorumenon examinata'. Incipit: ‘ “In militiam proficisci” [Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau., 1]. Haec fabula Menandri graeca, quae facta a Terentio latina . . .’
k1v Terentius Afer, Publius: Hautontimorumenos. ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Hau.
m4r [Didascalia for Adelphoe.] ‘Acta ludis funebribus Q. Fabio Ma. P. Cornelio Africano aedilibus currulibus . . . A. Nitino M. Cor. consulibus'. See T‑021.
m4r [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on Adelphoe.] ed. Wessner II 3-185.
m5r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Adelphoe. ‘Adelphorum argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ad. See T‑021.
m5r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Adelphoe.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ad.
r1r [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis L. Postumio Albino L. Cornelio Merula aedilibus curulibus . . . G. Fannio M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021.
r1r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Phormio. ‘Phormionis Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ph.
r1v Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary] on Phormio. ‘In Sex. P. Terentii Afri Phormionem commentarium'. ed. Wessner II 345-484.
r2r Terentius Afer, Publius: Phormio. Ter. Ph.
u4v [Didascalia for Hecyra.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis Sexto Iulio Caesare Cn. Cornelio aedilibus currulibus . . . Q Fuluio L. Marco aedilibus currulibus'. See T‑022.
u4v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hecyra.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hec.
u5r Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary on Hecyra.] ‘In P. Sext. Terenti Aphri Ecyram examinata interpretatio'. ed. Wessner II 189-342.
u5v Terentius Afer, Publius: Hecyra. ‘Ecyrae prologus.’ Ter. Hec.
z8r [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis Lutio Postumio Albino Lutio Cornelio Merula aedilibus curulibus . . . C. Fannio M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021. The second appearance of this didascalia in this edition.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Bernardinus de Choris, de Cremona, 12 Aug. 1488. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [*4] a–y6 z8.
References
ISTC: it00085700
Hain: H 15397;
BMC: BMC V 463;
Proctor: Pr 5208;
Others: BSB‑Ink T‑95; Sheppard 4288.
LCN: 14099852
Copies
Copy number: T-039(1)
Wanting the blank leaf [*1r].
Binding: Eighteenth-century parchment; blue-edged leaves.
Size: 310 × 210 × 32 mm.
Size of leaf: 302 × 201 mm.
Bookseller's mark ‘884' in pencil on front pastedown. Manuscript notes on recto of front endleaf effaced with black ink. A few marginal notes in a contemporary Italian hand, mainly supplying pointing hands and corrections to the text.
Initials are supplied in red.
Provenance: Purchased by Heber for £2. 2. 0, according to the price in red ink in Heber's sale catalogue. Richard Heber (1773-1833); see label on spine; Catalogue, 9 (1836), lot 2978. Purchased for £0. 9. 0; see Books Purchased (1836), 32.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 3.22.
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