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Thesaurus

Thesaurus Cornu copiae et Horti Adonidis [Greek and Latin] (ed. Aldus Manutius and Urbanus Bolzanius).

 

Analysis of Content

*1r [Title-page and list of contents in Greek.] ‘ Θεσαυρός, κέρας ἀμαλθείας καὶ κη̂ποι Ἀδώνιδος ’. ‘Thesaurus, Cornucopiae et Horti Adonidis'. Τάδε ἔνεστι ἐν τῃ̂δε τῃ̂ βίβλῳ. The titles of 17 works are listed.

*1v [List of contents in Latin.] ‘Haec insunt in hoc libro'. The titles of 18 works are listed.

*2r Manutius, Aldus: [Prefatory letter addressed to] ‘studiosis omnibus'. Aldo Manuzio editore, 10-13 A; Botfield 205-9. On leaves *2v –*3r Manutius names the volume's compilers as Guarinus [Favorinus] Camers, Carolus Antenoreus and Angelus Politianus, and its editors as himself and Urbanus Bolzanius Bellunensis; see Aldo Manuzio editore, p. xxvii and 321, n. 17. On these alphabetical collections of grammatical rules and excerpts from Late Antique grammatical treatises in the ‘Thesaurus cornu copiae' see Mostra del Poliziano nella Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana: manoscritti, libri rari, autografi et documenti, ed. A. Perosa (Florence, 1954), 75-6, no. 75. For Guarinus' manuscript source see Mostra del Poliziano, ed. Perosa, 74-5, no. 74.

*3v Politianus, Angelus: [Letter addressed to] ‘Varinus Camers' (i.e. Guarinus Favorinus Camers). All texts in this volume are edited by Aldus Manutius and Urbanus Bolzanius Bellunensis. Botfield 209; Maïer III 221. On this letter see V. Branca, Poliziano e l'umanesimo della parola (Turin, 1983), 262 n. 14; Mostra del Poliziano, ed. Perosa, 75, dating both letter and composition of the Thesaurus to 1493-4.

*4r Politianus, Angelus: [Epigram in Greek on the edition]. Botfield 209; Angelo Poliziano, Epigrammi Greci ed., trans. and intr. A. Ardizzoni (Florence, 1951), 28.

*4r Apostolios, Aristobolus: [Epigram on Guarinus Favorinus as compiler]. Botfield 209.

*4r Carteromachus, Scipio: [Epigram in Greek on Aldus as editor, addressed to the readers.] Botfield 210.

*4r Manutius, Aldus: [Epigram in Greek dedicating the edition to] Apollo and the groves of the Muses. Aldo Manuzio Editore, 13 B; Botfield 210.

*4v Carteromachus, Scipio: [Letter addressed to] ‘ Βαρίνῳ τῳ̂ Κάμηρτι ’. Incipit: ‘ Τὸ μὲν κατὰ τὴν πάξιον ἑαυτου̂ φωνὴν εὐδοκιμει̂ν ἐν τοι̂ς λόγοις  . . .’

*5r Guarinus [Favorinus] Camers: [Letter addressed to] Petrus de Medici. Incipit: ‘ Πα̂σα γη̂ πάξις καὶ μάλιστα, ὡς φὰσίν  . . .’ The spelling of Guarinus' name is given as ‘ Βαρι̂νος Κάμηρς ’ in the heading. On this letter see Antonio Rollo, ‘La grammatica greca di Urbano Bolzanio', in Umanisti bellunensi fra quattro e cinquecento: Atti del convegno di Belluno 5 novembre 1999, ed. P. Pellegrini, Biblioteca dell'"Archivum Romanicum”, Serie I: Storia, Letteratura, Paleografia, 299 (Florence, 2001), 177-209, at 192 n. 41.

*7r Dionysius, Aelius, [pseudo-]: ‘ Τερὶ (!) ἀκλίτων ῥημάτων ’. ‘De inclinabilibus uerbis'. Incipit: ‘ Τὰ εἰς βων λήγοντα ῥήματα βαρύτονα  . . .’ EXPLICIT: e V d íajórouV diaq éseiV’ For each item in this volume there are three titles printed in the incunable. For the sake of clarity they are supplied here in the following order: first, the heading in Greek immediately preceeding the item; second, the Latin title of the item from the list of contents in Latin on *1v; and third, the Greek title from the list of contents in Greek on *1r (except when both Greek titles are the same).

*10v [List of grammarians included in this edition, in Greek.]

*10v [List of grammarians included in this edition, in Latin.]

aΑ1r ‘ Ἐκ τω̂ν Εὐσταθίου καὶ ἄλλων ἐνδόξων γραμματικω̂ν Βαρίνου Κάμηρτος ἐκλογαι κατὰ στοιχει̂ον ’. [Ex commentariis electa per ordinem litterarum]. Grammatici Graeci, ed. G. Dindorf (Leipzig, 1823), 73-455. Compiled by Guarinus Favorinus Camers and Carolus Antenoreus from works by Eustathius and grammarians listed on *10v; see heading, and Aldus' preface on *2r.

zψ2r ‘ Πόσα ῥήματα ἔστιν δηλωτικὰ τη̂ς ὑπάρξεως, καὶ πόσα του̂ πορεύεσθαί τε καὶ του̂ καθέζεσθαι σημαντικά, καὶ σχηματισμοὶ αὐτω̂ν ’. Formationes uerborum sum et eo utilissimae. De iis quae sedere significant. Quot sint quae ire significant: from Latin list of contents.] Incipit: ‘[ Ἰ ] στεον ὅτι δύο ῥήματα εἰσὶ δηλωτικὰ τη̂ς ὑπάρξεως  . . .’ With subheadings ‘ ἐσται ‘; ‘ Ἀρχὴ τω̂ν ἀπο του̂ εἰμί ‘; ‘ εἰ̂ναι ἀντι του̂ ὑπάρχειν ‘; ‘ Τὰ του̂ πορεύομαι σημαντικά ‘; and ‘ Περὶ τω̂ν του̂ καθέζεσθαι σημαντικω̂ν ’.

AΑ1r Herodianus, [Aelius]: ‘ Παρεκβολαὶ του̂ μεγάλου ῥήματος .’ [Excerpta de magno uerbo, scitu dignissima et quae non passim inuenies: from Latin list of contents.] Incipit: ‘[T] ί ἐστι ῥη̂μα ; μέρος λόγου ἀπτώ τον ἐν ἰδίοις μεταχηματισμοι̂ς  . . .’

BΒ8v Herodianus, [Aelius]: ‘ Παραγωγαὶ δυσκλίτων ῥημάτων .’ [Deductiones difficulter declinatorum uerborum: from Latin list of contents.] Incipit: ‘ Πόθεν τὸ σπενδω. ἐκ του̂ σπείδω  . . .’

DΔ3r Choeroboscus, [Georgius]: ‘ Πρὸς τοὺς ἐν πα̂σι τοι̂ς ῥήμασι κανόνας ζητου̂ντας καὶ ὁμοιότητας ’. [Ad eos quae in omnibus uerbis regulas quaerunt et similitudines: from Latin list of contents.] Incipit: ‘[O] ὐ χρὴζητει̂ν ἐν πα̂σι τοι̂ς ῥήμασι ὁμοιότητας  . . .’

DΔ4v Choeroboscus, [Georgius]: ‘ Περὶ του̂ ἐφελκυστικου̂ν .’ [In quibus ob malesonantiam attrahantur n.] Incipit: ‘ Περὶ του̂ ἐφελκυστικου̂ν  . . .’

DΔ5r ‘ Περὶ ἀνομάλων ῥηματων κατὰ στοιχει̂ον ’. ‘De anomalis et inaequalibus uerbis secundum ordinem alphabeti'. Incipit: ‘ Ἄζω ὁθεν ἀοριστος πρω̂τος ἄθην καὶ ἀάθην  . . .’ expl: Ὡρσα αἰολικως

EΕ3v Herodianus, [Aelius]: [De enclisi, excerpta.] ‘ Περὶ ἐγκλινόμενων καὶ ἐγκλιτικω̂ν καὶ συνεγκλιτικω̂ν μορίων ’. [De inclinatis, et enclitis, et coencliticis distiunculis: from Latin list of contents.] Incipit: ‘ Ἐγκλινομενόν ἐστι μόριον λέξις κατὰ τὸ τέλος  . . .’ Herodiani Technici reliqui, ed. A. Lentz (Leipzig 1867), I 551-61; Anecdota graeca, ed. Bekker (Berlin 1821), III 1142-8.

EΕ5v ‘ Περὶ του̂ ἐστιν .’ Incipit: ‘ Τὸ ἐστιν ἡνίκα ἀρχη λόγον(!) ἢ ὑποτάττεται  . . .’ expl: γελως ἐστι λογος ἐστι Anecdota graeca, ed. Bekker (Berlin 1821), III 1148-9.

EΕ6r Johannes Grammaticus: ‘ Περὶ τω̂ν ἐγκλινομένων ’. Incipit: ‘ Ἰστέον ὁτι τὰ ἐγκλιτικὰ μορία οὐκ εἰσὶ ἐν ται̂ς ὀκτὼ μέρεσι του̂ λόγου  . . .’ expl: περι του ονοματος Anecdota graeca, ed. Bekker (Berlin 1821), III 1149-51.

FΖ1r ‘ Ἐγκλιτικὰ ἐν τοι̂ς ὀνόμασιν ’. Incipit: ‘ Καθόλου ἐν τοι̂ς ὀνόμασι οὐδὲν ἐγκλινέται εἰμὴ τὸ τις  . . .’ expl: το ἐν’αντιον φρονουσιν Anecdota graeca, ed. Bekker (Berlin 1821), III 1151-55.

FΖ3v Choeroboscus, [Georgius]: ‘ Περὶ ἐγκλινομένων ’. [De iis quae inclinantur enclitisque: from Latin list of contents.] Incipit: ‘ ἐγκλινονται ἤγουν ἀναβιβάζουσι τὸν τόνον  . . .’ Anecdota graeca, ed. Bekker (Berlin 1821), III 1155-7.

FΖ6r Dionysius, Aelius: ‘ Περὶ ἐγκλινομένων λέξεων ’. ‘De iis quae inclinantur et encliticis'. Incipit: ‘ Πα̂ν ἐγκλινόμενον ὑποτάσσεται πάντως ἐκείνῳ  . . .’ expl: απὸ τελους ἡ οξεια πιπτει Anecdota graeca, ed. Bekker (Berlin 1821), III 1157.

GΗ1r Johannes Grammaticus: ‘ Περὶ διαλέκτων ’. ‘Ex scriptis de idiomatibus'. Incipit: ‘ Διάλεκτος ἐστι γλώττης ἰδίωμα. εἰσι δὲ διάλεκτοι πέντε  . . .’ expl: χεχρηται δε αυτῃ Αλκαιος καὶ Σαπφω

Hθ4r Eustathius; [Plutarchus]: ‘ Περὶ τω̂ν παρὰ Ὁμηρῴ διαλέκτων ’. ‘De idiomatibus quae apud Homerum'. Incipit: ‘ Λέξει ποικ́ιλῃ χεχρημένος τοὺς ἀπὸ πάσης διαλέκτου  . . .’ expl: οὐκ εἰπεν πρωτος

Hθ5v ‘ Περὶ διαλέκτων τω̂ν παρὰ Κορίνθου παρεκβληθεισω̂ν ’. ‘Item aliter de idiomatibus, ex iis quae a Corintho decerpta'. Incipit: ‘ Δούσοι καὶ τὰς διαλέκτας ἐγχειριζωνεων μοι πάντων φιλολογώτατε  . . .’

Lλ5v ‘ Περὶ τω̂ν εἰς Ω θηλυκω̂ν ὀνομάτων ’. ‘De foemininis nominibus quae desunt in omega'. Incipit: ‘ Πω̂ς λέγει ὁ Θεοδόσιος κλίνεσθαι τὰ εἰς ω θηλυκὰ ὀνόματα  . . .’

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Lλ8r [Colophon.]

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Aldus Manutius, Romanus, Aug. 1496. Folio.

Collation

Collation: *¹⁰ aα–zψ⁸ &ω⁴ AΑ–DΔ⁸ EΕ⁶ FΖ GΗ⁸ HΘ⁶ IΙ⁸ KΚ⁶ LΛ⁸.

References

ISTC: it00158000

GW: GW 7571;

Hain: HC *15493;

Goff: Goff T‑158;

BMC: BMC V 555;

Proctor: Pr 5551;

Others: BSB‑Ink T‑159; CIBN T‑109; Hillard 1940; Oates 2168-9; Rhodes 1688; Scapecchi, ‘Annali', 9; Sheppard 4620-2. Partial facsimile: Aldus Manutius and his Thesaurus Cornucopiae of 1496, trans. A. Lemke, with introduction by D. P. Bean (New York, 1958).

LCN: 14101016

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