Bod-Inc: T-046
Terentius Afer, Publius
Comoediae (comm. Aelius Donatus, Johannes Calphurnius, Guido Juvenalis, Jodocus Badius Ascensius).
Analysis of Content
[a1r] [Title-page with woodcut.] ‘Terentius cum directorio uocabulorum, sententiarum, artis comice; glossa interlineali; commentariis Donato Guidone Ascensio.’
[a2r] Directorium vocabulorum. ‘Terentii directorium uocabulorum uocabularii uicem supplens'. Incipit: ‘De littera A. Abdicare . . .’
[a4v] [Index of proverbs.] ‘Directorium adagionum.’ Incipit: ‘[D]esinant maledicere malefacta ne noscant sua . . .’
[a5r] [Index to the techniques of comedy discussed in the commentaries.] ‘Directorium artis Comice.’ Incipit: ‘Virtus est ut argumenti narratione actio scenica uideant . . .’
[a5v] [Juvenalis, Guido(?): On comedy.] ‘Quid comoedia, unde dicta, quot eius species, quot membra, quotque actus sunt.’ Incipit: ‘[C]omoedia secundum Graecos est et priuatae ciuilisque fortunae sine periculo uitae comprehensio . . .’
[a5v] [Epitaphium Terentii.] Incipit: ‘Natus in excelsis tectis Carthaginis altae | Romanis ducibus bellica praeda fui'; 3 elegiac distichs. See T‑021.
[a6r] Petrarca, F[ranciscus]: Vita Terentii. ‘Therentii uita excerpta de dictis D. F. Petrarcha(!)’ Incipit: ‘[D]e Terentii uita in antiquis libris multa reperiuntur . . .’ On Petrarca's sources for this Vita see T‑022.
[a6v] [Woodcut illustration depicting a theatre.]
b1r [Didascalia for Andria.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus M. Fuluio aedilibus et M. Glabrione . . . M. Marcello et Sulpitio consulibus'. See T‑032.
b1r [Juvenalis, Guido(?): Extracts from commentary on Andria.] Incipit: ‘A. “Sororem falso creditam” [Sulp. Peri. Ter. An., 1] Sororem accusatiuus non habet . . .’ Apparently an abbreviated form of Juvenalis' commentary as presented in Lyons: Johannes Trechsel, 29 Aug. 1493 (T‑044).
b1r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Andria. ‘Andriae Argumentum'. Sulp. Peri. Ter. An. In this edition both Sulpicius' summaries (for which see T‑021) and Terence's plays are presented as prose, and are supplied with interlinear grammatical glosses and an alphabetical index system referring to the commentary.
b1v [Woodcut illustration depicting dramatis personae of Andria.]
b2r [Explanation of woodcut illustration of Andria.] ‘Figure declaratio.’ ‘Argumaenti(!) lucidior secundum hanc figuram declaratio.’ Incipit: ‘Argumentum est res ficta, quae tamen fieri potuit . . .’
b2v [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on Andria.] ed. Wessner I 41-261. See D‑153.
b2v [Terentius Afer, Publius]: Andria. ‘Prologus Andriae.’ Ter. An. Woodcut illustrations and accompanying descriptions are supplied for each scene of each play in this edition. On the subscription ‘Calliopius recensui' after each play see T‑021. For the ordering of plays in this edition see T‑024.
e6v [Woodcut illustration depicting dramatis personae of Eunuchus.]
f1r [Explanation of woodcut illustration of Eunuchus.] ‘Figurae huius quae secundae comediae Eunuchi principalis est et argumenti declaratio clarior.’ Incipit: ‘In hac figura iterum ut in priori principali . . .’
f1r [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on prologue to Eunuchus.] ed. Wessner I 270-7. Abbreviated version.
f1r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Prologue of] Eunuchus. ‘Prologup(!) Eunuchi.’ Ter. Eu., prologus
f2r [Donatus, Aelius: Extract from preface to commentary on Eunuchus.] ‘Argumentum Eunuchi.’ ed. Wessner I 267.12-268.18.
f2r [Didascalia for Eunuchus.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Posthumio Albino et L. Cornelio Merula aedilibus curulibus . . . tibiis duabus dextra et sinistra'. See T‑021.
f2r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Eunuchus. ‘Vnum Eunuchi argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Eu.
f2r [Juvenalis, Guido: Extract from commentary on] Eunuchus. ‘Argumentum Eunuchi.’ Incipit: ‘[V]irgo quedam Attica Rhodum aduecta est . . .’ expl: atque defendit
f2r [Anonymous summary of Eunuchus.] ‘Aliud Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[M]eretrix adoloscentem cuius mutuo amore tenebatur exclusit eique reuocato . . .’ expl: ‘receptus illuditur’ See T‑021.
f2v [Terentius Afer, Publius: Eunuchus.] Ter. Eu.
f2v [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on Eunuchus.] ed. Wessner I 278-497.
l2r [Juvenalis, Guido: Extract from commentary on] Hautontimorumenos. ‘Argumentum Heauton.’ Incipit: ‘[C]hremes et Menedemus duos filios habuerunt . . .’ expl: ‘accepit’
l2r [Didascalia for Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Cornelio Lentulo L. Valerio Flacco aedilibus curulibus . . . M. Iunio T. Sempronio consulibus'. See T‑021.
l2r [Calphurnius, Johannes: Commentary on Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Aliud.’ Incipit: ‘ “In militiam proficisci” [Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau., 1]. Haec fabula Menandri graeca, quae facta a Terentio latina . . .’ exlp: amores deformes
l2r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau.
l2v [Woodcut illustration depicting dramatis personae of Hautontimorumenos.]
l3r [Explanation of woodcut illustration of Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Declaratio Figure.’ ‘Figura illa tertia principalis in tertiam comoediam sculpta notificans totius fabulae personas subscriptam exposcit declarationem'. Incipit: ‘Heautontimorumenos nomen fabulae huius est graecum . . .’
l3r Terentius Afer, Publius: Hautontimorumenos. Ter. Hau.
p3v [Explanation of woodcut illustration of Adelphoe.] ‘Comedia quarta.’ ‘Declaratio huius figurae in Comediam Therentii quae est Adelphos uocitata'. Incipit: ‘Adelphos haec comedia dicitur, quod idem est . . .’
p4r [Woodcut illustration depicting dramatis personae of Adelphoe.]
p4v [Didascalia for Adelphoe.] ‘Acta ludit(!) funebribus Aemilii Pauli Q. Fabio Maximo, P. Cornelio Affricano aedilibus curulibus . . . A. Micio, M. Cornelio consulibus'. See T‑021.
p4v [Juvenalis, Guido: Extract from commentary on Adelphoe.] Incipit: ‘Hanc comediam Adelphos uocant, id est fratres . . .’ expl: ‘et festiuum putant'.
p4v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Adelphoe. ‘Adelphorum argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ad. See T‑021.
p5r [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on Adelphoe.] ed. Wessner II 9-185.
p5r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Adelphoe.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ad.
v4v [Woodcut illustration depicting dramatis personae of Phormio.]
v5r [Explanation of woodcut illustration of Phormio.] ‘Declaratio super quintam Therentii comoediam in figuram hanc argumentum declarans lucidius.’ Incipit: ‘Iterum duo ut in prioribus fuerunt patres . . .’
v5r [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis L. Posthumio Albino L. Cornelio Merula aedilibus currulibus . . . G. Fannio M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021.
v5r [Juvenalis, Guido: Summary of Phormio.] ‘Phormionis argumentum.’ Incipit: ‘Chremes et Demipho fratres fuerunt . . .’
v5r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Phormio.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ph.
v5v [Terentius Afer, Publius: Phormio.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ph.
v5v [Donatus, Aelius: Commentary on Phormio.] ed. Wessner II 345-484.
B4r [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Phormio, 998.] Incipit: ‘[I]llud “non pol temere” [Ter. Ph. 998] etc, sic intelligo . . .’
B4v [Explanation of woodcut illustration of Hecyra.] ‘Figurae sequentis. Declaratio in sextam et ultimam Therentii comoediam Ecyram dictam introductoria'. Incipit: ‘Ecyram dissentiendo quibusdam cum aliis . . .’
B5r [Woodcut illustration depicting dramatis personae of Hecyra.]
B5v Donatus, [Aelius: Commentary on Hecyra]. ‘Argumentum Donati'. ed. Wessner II 190-342. Omits the first part of the preface (see Donatus, Commentum Terenti, ed. Wessner, II 189-90).
B5v [Didascalia for Hecyra.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis Sexto Iulio Cesare Gn. Cornelio aedilibus curulibus . . . Q Fuluio L. Marco aedilibus curulibus'. See T‑022.
B5v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hecyra.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hec.
B6r [Terentius Afer, Publius]: Hecyra. ‘Prologus Ecyre.’ Ter. Hec.
F7v Juvenalis, Guido: Epigram [addressed to] the people of Le Mans. ‘Guido Iuvenalis natione Cenomanensi epigramma super causa operis suscepti.’ Incipit: ‘Extat Platonis praeclarum dogma monentis | Vt quaerat patriae commoda quisque suae'; 6 elegiac distichs.
F7v Aegidius, Johannes: Epigram [addressed to] young men. ‘Ioannis Egidii Nuceriensis epigramma ad iuuenes.’ Incipit: ‘Quid teris ignauum damnosa per ocia tempus | immemor aetatis culta iuuenta breuis'; 20 elegiac distichs.
F7v [Colophon.] ‘Immpressum(!) . . . per magistrum Ioannem Grüninger accuratissime nitidissimeque elaboratum et denuo reuisum atque collectum ex diuersis commentariis'.
Imprint
Imprint: Strasbourg: Johann (Reinhard) Grüninger, 1 Nov. 1496. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [a6] b c8 d–z A–E6 F8.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials and illustrations; see Rhodes, ‘Térence au XVe siècle', 289; Chèvre, Illustrations de Térence, 210-12.
References
ISTC: it00094000
Hain: HC *15431;
Goff: Goff T‑94;
BMC: BMC I 110;
Proctor: Pr 473;
Others: BSB‑Ink T‑103; CIBN T‑83; Oates 191; Rhodes 1680; Sack, Freiburg, 3359; Schramm XX p. 22; Schreiber V 5331; Sheppard 378-9.
LCN: 14101899
Copies
Copy number: T-046(1)
Wanting the blank leaf F8.
Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf; the title in gilt on a red leather label on the gold-tooled spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves.
Size: 299 × 216 × 35 mm.
Size of leaf: 290 × 202 mm.
Frequent marginal notes in a sixteenth-century French hand, mainly extracting key words and supplying synonyms, pointing hands, and three dots and tail.
Initials are supplied in red or blue in the text; paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue in the commentary.
Provenance: Bertand Goiaust (fl. c.1500); on F7r a coat of arms in brown ink surrounded with inscription ‘M. Bertandus Goiaust Presbyter'; formal signatures on F7v. P. Chaboillat (sixteenth century); ‘P Chaboillat'. Francis Douce (1757-1834); armorial book-plate. Bequeathed in 1834.
SHELFMARK: Douce 195.
Copy number: T-046(2)
Binding: Seventeenth-century English (Oxford) blind-tooled calf. Formerly chained: staple-marks of a hasp at head of upper cover. Four ties lost. On both covers triple fillets form two frames; within these a double border is formed by an ornamental roll stamp, lettered ‘G. K.'; see Gibson, Early Oxford Bindings, pl. xxxviii, no. xii. Within the inner rectangle a large lozenge is formed by a double border, with the four corners touching the fillets of the inner frame. The title in gilt on a red leather label on the spine. Sprinkled red-edged leaves. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 301 × 212 × 40 mm.
Size of leaf: 295 × 196 mm.
On front pastedown a late sixteenth-century or early seventeenth-century indenture, apparently referring to an Oxford College ‘This Indenture Made the seventh [ ] | of the faythe etc. Betwene Gyles Swett of the pary[sh] [ ] | partie. Wytnessethe that the said Gyles Swett [ ] | to farme lett unto the said James Hewett all those hi[ ] | tenures of John Hall and John Ware or their assigne[ ] | nowe in the occupa[ci]on of Amy Wyan's, Wydowe, on the Sowthe syde [ ] | abutteth theare on the west uppon a piece of grounde called the Beamont late in th[e] [ ] | with the said well, Backsyde and two gardens with all and singuler theire commody[ties] [ ] | tharchangell nowe next comyng after the daye of the date of theise present Indenture[s] [ ] | yelding and paying thearefore yearelie during Nyntene the first yeare [ ] | lawfull Inglishe money at two the most usuall feastes or dayes of payment in the year [ ] | after any of the said feastes by even and equall porcions and yelding and paying | Mychaell the archangell [ ] be lawfullie demaunded. And the said James Hewett f[ ] | his heyres and assignes by theise presents to and with everye of them in manner and form [ ] | the terme aforesaid shall and will at his and theire proper costes and charges well and [ ] | colledge, videlicet one in hall and the other in the lofte over the same hall of the same T[enement] | theise parcells following, videlicet one borded lofte over the said hall of the Tenement next [ ] | frome the place nowe alreadye begonne to be buylte theare in the Backsyde to the same Te[nement] | the foresaid well, and also well and sufficientlie cover one howse or tenement theare [ ] | and delivering at the said tenementes sufficient Tymber for the same plumpe [ ] | his executors or assynes for the deliveryes theareof / And further that if . . .' On the rear pastedown a leaf from a seventeenth-century (Oxford?) English Bible, containing Ex 7-8.
Very few marginal notes, including the note in Arnold John's hand on F8v: ‘Ite in orbem uniuuersum et predicate ducentes alle(?) sui crediderit'.
On b1r a four-line initial ‘S', and on the following few leaves containing Andria, other two-line initials are supplied in red.
Provenance: William [ ] (fifteenth century), England(?); inscription ‘guglielmus' on F7v. Master W[ ]d[ ]ll (early sixteenth century); inscription on F8v: ‘Mayster Wo[ ]d[ ]ll'. Arnold John (fl. c.1500); inscription ‘Arnouldus Johannes' on F8r. Hugo Clyderhowe (sixteenth century); inscription ‘Hugo Clyderhowe' on F8v. Thomas Cotton (fl. 1613-1640); inscription on verso of front endleaf: ‘Bibl' publ' Oxoniensis. Dono dedit Thomas Cotton, Art. B acc. ex Aula Lateport’ ’. Kalendis Martij. 1617'. Bequeathed in 1617.
Former Bodleian shelfmarks: T 1.18 A[rt] (James, Catalogus (1620), 485; Hyde, Catalogus (1674), II 197); M 1.18 Art; M 1.15 Art (`15' in white ink at head of spine and in black ink across fore-edge).
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 1.10.
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