Bod-Inc: T-047
Terentius Afer, Publius
Comoediae (comm. Guido Juvenalis, ed. Jodocus Badius Ascensius).
Analysis of Content
e4r [Didascalia for Eunuchus.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Posthumio Albino et L. Cornelio Merula edilibus curulibus . . . tibiis duabus dextra et sinistra'. All texts in this volume are edited by Ascensius; see his letter on A4v. See T‑021.
e4r [Juvenalis, Guido: Commentary on Eunuchus.] Incipit: ‘ “Acta ludis” etc. [Didascalia, 1] Haec comoedia fuit acta . . .’
e4v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Eunuchus. ‘Unum Eunuchi Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Eu.
e5r [Anonymous summary of] Eunuchus. ‘Aliud Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[M]eretrix adoloscentem cuius mutuo amore tenebatur exclusit eique reuocato . . .’ expl: ‘receptus illuditur’ See T‑021.
e5r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Eunuchus.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Eu.
k2v [Didascalia for Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Acta ludis Megalensibus L. Cornelio Lentulo L. Valerio Flacco aedilibus curulibus . . . M. Iunio T. Symphoriano consulibus'. See T‑021.
k2v [Juvenalis, Guido: Commentary on Hautontimorumenos]. ‘Argumentum.’ Incipit: ‘[C]hremes et Menedemus duos filios habuerunt . . .’
k2v [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: On Juvenalis' commentary on Hautontimorumenos.] Incipit: ‘[Q]uandoquidem (ut post finem operis dicturi simus) auctor ipse Guido Iuvenalis . . .’ After all notes by Ascensius in this edition Juvenalis' commentary continues.
k3r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hautontimorumenos.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hau.
k3r Terentius Afer, Publius: Hautontimorumenos. ‘Prologus.’
o6r [Didascalia for Adelphoe.] ‘Acta ludis funebribus Aemilii Pauli Q. Fabio Maximo P. Cornelio Africano edilibus curulibus . . . A. Nitio M. Cornelio consulibus'. See T‑021.
o6r [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Ter. Hau. 1056-63.] Incipit: ‘[I]llud Cli. Pater Chremes: “Nihil audio” [Ter. Hau. 1056] etc. Sic quoque intelligi potest . . .’ expl: ‘spectator formarum siem’
o6r [Juvenalis, Guido: Commentary on Adelphoe.] ‘Adelphorum argumentum enarratio.’ Incipit: ‘[H]anc comoediam Adelphos uocant, id est fratres . . .’ expl: ‘per adoptionem facti'.’
o6v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Adelphoe.] Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ad. See T‑021.
o6v [Terentius Afer, Publius: Adelphoe.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ad
t3r [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Adelphoe, 943]. Incipit: ‘[I]llud “Age prolixe Mitio” [Ter. Ad. 943] praeter expositiones Donati . . .’ expl:`uoluntare facies’
t4v [Didascalia for Phormio.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis L. Posthumio Albino L. Cornelio Merula edilibus curulibus . . . G. Fannio, M. Valerio consulibus'. See T‑021.
t4v [Juvenalis, Guido: Commentary on Phormio.] ‘Phormionis Argumentum.’ Incipit: ‘[C]hremes et Demipho fratres fuerunt, quorum Chremes fertur . . .’
t5r [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of] Phormio. ‘Argumentum Phormionis.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Ph.
t5r [Terentius Afer, Publius: Phormio.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Ph.
z5v [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Phormio, 905.] Incipit: ‘Illud “Estne ita ut dixi liberalis” [Ter. Ph. 905] De Phormione dictum est . . .’
z8r [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Phormio, 998.] Incipit: ‘[I]llud “non pol temere” [Ter. Ph. 998] etc, sic intelligo . . .’
z8r [Didascalia for Hecyra.] ‘Acta ludis Romanis Sexto Julio Cesare Gn. Cornelio edilibus curulibus . . . Q. Fuluio et L. Marco aedilibus curulibus'. see T‑022.
z8r [Juvenalis, Guido: Commentary on Hecyra.] ‘Ecyra(!) argumentum.’ Incipit: ‘[P]hilomenam uirginem olim compresserat Pamphilus . . .’
z8r [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on periocha of Hecyra.] Incipit: ‘[I]n huius argumenti narratione non pauca sunt . . .’
z8v [Sulpicius Apollinaris, Gaius: Periocha of Hecyra.] ‘Argumentum.’ Sulp. Peri. Ter. Hec.
z8v [Terentius Afer, Publius: Hecyra.] ‘Prologus.’ Ter. Hec.
z8v [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Hecyra.] Incipit: ‘[Q]uemadmodum modo diximus, argumentum huius fabulae . . .’
A4r [Badius] Ascensius, [Jodocus: Note on Hecyra.] Incipit: ‘[T]erentius Donati iudicio scite omisit illud “aliis” quod commentarius adiecit . . .’
A4r [Colophon.] ‘Opus . . . Terentii una cum commento familiarissimo domini Guidonis Juvenalis . . .’ Guido Juvenalis is named as author of the comentary.
A4v Badius Ascensius, Jodocus: [Note addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘[P]erlatae sunt paucos abhinc menses in manus usque nostras interpretationes familiares in Terentium a Guidone Iuuenale . . . paulo antehac Parisiis editae . . .’ Names Guido Juvenalis as writer of the commentary and defends his own work as editor.
A4v [Badius Ascensius, Jodocus: Notes on Andria.] ‘Quae ad Andriam annotata sunt.’ Incipit: ‘[I]n Andriae quidem expositionibus non sane multa sunt . . .’
A5r [Badius Ascensius, Jodocus: Notes on Eunuchus.] ‘Quae ad Eunuchum.’ Incipit: ‘[I]n Eunucho autem pauciora sunt. Vt in expositione . . .’
A5r Juvenalis, Guido: [Letter addressed to] Martinus Guerrandus. ‘Guido Iuvenalis Martino Guerrando iuris utriusque et pontificii et Caesarii peritissimo atque uenerandi in Christo Patris praesulis Cenomanensis.’ Incipit: ‘[N]on sine optima ratione Cicero noster . . .’
A5v Juvenalis, Guido: [Letter addressed to] Nicolaus Peletarius. Incipit: ‘[N]on me praeterit, uir praestantissime, apud te saepius . . .’
A6r Juvenalis, Guido: [Letter addressed to] Michael Burellus. Incipit: ‘[Q]uemadmodum Hesiodus ille poeta moratissimus litteris mandatum reliquit . . .’
A6v Juvenalis, Guido: Epigram [addressed to] the people of Le Mans. ‘Guido Iuuenalis natione Cenomani(!) epigramma super causa operis suscepti.’ Incipit: ‘Extat Platonis praeclarum dogma monentis | Vt quaerat patriae commoda quisque suae'; 6 elegiac distichs.
Imprint
Imprint: Lyons: Claude Gibolet, 21 Feb. 1497/8. 4°.
Collation
Collation: a–z [et] [con] [rum] A8.
Types: Types: 120 G, 70 G.
Leaves: 214 leaves.
Line number: 54 lines (c1r).
Type area: Type area: 119 ×120 mm (c1r).
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: it00098200
Hain: [Not H]C 15426; C 5748;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: Hillard 1932; Pellechet MS. 11019 = 11026b; not in Sheppard.
LCN: 14101847
Copies
Copy number: T-047(1)
Wanting gatherings a–b and leaves A7-8; it has not proved possible to provide a detailed description of the parts of the text contained in these leaves.
Binding: Sixteenth-century English (London/Cambridge) blind-tooled calf over wooden boards. Two catches lost, the clasps remaining. On both covers double fillets form an outer frame; single fillets form an inner frame and an inner rectangle. Within the inner frame a roll with a portcullis, a rose, and a fleur-de-lis (Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings, pl. lxvi, no. 761). Within the inner rectangle an arabesque centre-piece.
Size: 253 × 172 × 46 mm.
Size of leaf: 239 × 165 mm.
Two unidentified leaves from a book printed by William Caxton, formerly attached to the boards, now in a wallet inside phase-box. One fragment contains the upper right-hand corner of a recto (`Folio C.') and the ends of 6 lines of English verse: ‘ . . . re[d ]nce | [ ]y[]h | [ ]d's | . . .' The other fragment, containing prose text (118 mm × 31 mm), has on one side the last letter of what is clearly a running heading, and 21 lines of text, including the words, “ . . . to helle . . .” (l. 3), “ . . . flamme wh[ ]” (l. 6), “ . . . and the heve[ne] . . .” (l. 8), “ . . . that he saw . . .” (l. 9), “ . . . Lazar set w[ ]” (l. 10), “as ever” (line 11), “[A]braham / . . .” (l. 12), “patria[ h]” (l. 13), “Lazar dou[ ]” (l. 14).
Some marginal and interlinear notes in English in a sixteenth-century English hand, mainly providing underlining, and English translations of words and phrases. On A6v in the same sixteenth-century English hand ‘I have won a bagge of cherystons' (repeated), and ‘My mother take thought for me | hec egritudo oritur matri ex filio' (repeated).
Provenance: Nicolaus Butler (sixteenth century); inscriptions ‘Nicolaus butler . . .' (largely obliterated) and ‘Me possidet Butlero' on A6v. Solomon Pottesman (1904-1978); purchased at his sale, lot 379, for £330.
SHELFMARK: Inc. d. F2.1497.1.
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