Bod-Inc: T-042
Terentius Afer, Publius
Comoediae (comm. Aelius Donatus, Johannes Calphurnius).
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.]
a1v [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Terentii Vita.’ See T‑027.
a1v [Euanthius: De fabula.] ed. Wessner I 13-31.
a3r [Donatus, Aelius: Preface to commentary on Andria.] ed. Wessner I 35-40.
a3v [Didascalia for Andria.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus M. Fuluio aedilibus et M. Glabrione . . . M. Marcello et Sulpitio consulibus'. See T‑032.
a3v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Andria. ‘Andriae Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. An.
a4r Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary on Andria]. ‘In Sex. P. Terentii Afri comoedias examinata interpretatio'. ed. Wessner I 41-261. See D‑153.
a4r [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. ‘Eunuchi Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Eu.
e2v Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary on Eunuchus.] ‘In Sexti. P. Terentii Afri Eunuchum commentarium.’ ed. Wessner I 265-497.
e3r [Anonymous summary of Eunuchus.] ‘Aliud Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[M]eretrix adoloscentem cuius mutuo amore tenebatur exclusit eique reuocato . . .’ See T‑021.
e3v [Terentius Afer, Publius]: Eunuchus. ‘Eunuchi prologus.’ Ter. Eu.
i4v [Didascalia for Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Cor. Len. L. Va. Flac. aedilibus currulibus . . . M. Iunio T. Sempronio consulibus'. See T‑021.
i4v Calphurnius, Johannes: [Commentary on] Hautontimorumenos. ‘Io. Calphurnii Brixiensis in P. Sexti Terentii Heautontimorumenon examinata interpretatio.’ Incipit: ‘ “In militiam proficisci” [Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau., 1]. Haec fabula Menandri graeca, quae facta a Terentio latina . . .’
i4v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Hautontimorumenos. ‘Heautontimorumenos(!) Argumentum'. Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau.
i5r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Hau.
l6r [Didascalia for Adelphoe.] ‘Acta ludis funebribus Q. Fa. Maximo. P. Cor. Africano Aemilii Pauli aedilibus currulibus . . . A. Nitino M. Cor. consulibus'. See T‑021.
l6v [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on Adelphoe.] ed. Wessner II 3-185.
m1r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Adelphoe. ‘Adelphorum argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ad.
m1r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Adelphoe.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ad.
p6r [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis L. Post. Albino L. Cor. Merula aedilibus curulibus . . . C. Fannio Marcoque Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021.
p6r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Phormio. ‘Phormionis Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ph.
p6v Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary] on Phormio. ‘In Sex. P. Terentii Afri Phormionem commentarium'. ed. Wessner II 345-484.
q1r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Phormio.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ph.
t2r [Didascalia for Hecyra.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis S. Iu. Caesare Cn. Cornelio aedilibus currulibus . . . Q. Ful. L. Mar. aedilibus currulibus'. See T‑022.
t2r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hecyra.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hec.
t2r Donatus, Aelius: [Commentary on Hecyra.] ‘In P. Sext. Terenti Afri Ecyram examinata interpretatio'. ed. Wessner II 189-342.
t2v Terentius Afer, Publius: Hecyra. ‘Ecyrae prologus.’ Ter. Hec.
y4r [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis Lucio Posthumio Albino L. Cornelio Merula aedilibus currulibus . . . C. Fannio M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021. The second appearance of this didascalia in this edition.
y4r [Colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Peregrinus de Pasqualibus, Bononiensis, 14 Aug. 1492. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–x6 y4.
References
ISTC: it00089000
Hain: HC 15402;
Goff: Goff T‑89;
BMC: BMC V 392;
Proctor: Pr 4861;
Others: Sheppard 4049.
LCN: 14101881
Copies
Copy number: T-042(1)
With variants in the colophon: ‘Commentariorum . . . Terentii . . . | . . . Calphurnii'. The last gathering shown in the register is x, not as BMC.
Binding: Eighteenth-century half basil over marbled paper; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Sprinkled blue-edged leaves; light green silk bookmark.
Size: 312 × 212 × 22 mm.
Size of leaf: 306 × 197 mm.
On y8v a few notes, mainly pen-trials, in a contemporary Italian hand. On a1r notes in an untidy sixteenth-century Italian hand: ‘quamquam ciues [deleted] nobiles ac praestantissimi ciues me huius generis officium assummere indignum et inexpertum esse ex se uestris quae nobilitatibus in tota m[ ] . . . satisfacere ualeam tamen ob amorem . . . in posterum in melius perdimus ergo ad declarationi huius sic incipitur . . .’
Provenance: Padua, Augustinian Canons Regular of the Lateran, S. Johannes Baptista in Viridario; inscription on a2r: ‘Iste liber est ad vsum canonicorum reg[u]l[ar]ium degentium in mo[naste]rio S[ancti] Jo[hannis] in uiridario'. On y4v two impressions of an unidentified stamp: within a rectangular border a bishop is seated and holding a sceptre. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 3732. Purchased for £0. 5. 6; see Books Purchased (1835), 27.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 4.22.
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