Bod-Inc: V-018
Valerius Maximus, Gaius
Facta et dicta memorabilia (comm. Omnibonus Leonicenus).
Analysis of Content
[*1v] [Table.] ‘Rubrice'. Incipit: ‘Capitula primi libri. De religione . . .’
[*2v] ‘Valerii Vita.’ Incipit: ‘[V]alerius Maximus patricius Romanus fuit . . .’ See V‑017.
a1r [Omnibonus Leonicenus pseudo-; Pallacinus: Commentary on Facta et dicta memorabilia.] Incipit: ‘ “[U]rbis Romae exterarumque gentium” [V. Max. 1. 1. 1] primo quidem domestica dicta . . .’ See V‑017. For this edition see CTC V 363.
a1r Valerius Maximus, [Gaius]: ‘Prologus' [dedicating the work to] Tiberius Caesar. V. Max. Proem.
a1v Valerius Maximus, [Gaius]: Facta et dicta memorabilia. ‘De cultu deorum'. V. Max.
[rum6r] [Colophon.] ‘Opus Valerii Maximi cum Omniboni Leoniceni . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: [Johannes and Gregorius de Gregoriis, de Forlivio?, not after 1485]. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [*2] a b8 c6 d–z & [con]8 [rum]6.
References
ISTC: iv00035000
Hain: H *15785;
Goff: Goff V‑35;
BMC: BMC V 352;
Proctor: Pr 4504;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑17; Sheppard 3916.
LCN: 14802574
Copies
Copy number: V-018(1)
Binding: Sixteenth-century(?) quarter parchment over twentienth-century wooden boards with bevelled edges. Sixteenth-century metal clasps hinged from lower to upper, and metal catches. Faded manuscript title on spine, now covered with manuscript title on paper label.
Size: 325 × 218 × 56 mm.
Size of leaf: 313 × 205 mm.
Frequent marginal notes in a late fifteenth-century hand, extracting key words and personal names. Copious marginal and interlinear notes in a sixteenth-century hand, probably Swiss, summarizing passages of the commentary and providing brackets, paragraph marks, and corrections to the text (some by erasure).
Provenance: Ambrosius Zaglio(?) (fl. 1598); ‘1598 MDIIC | Ambroso Zaglio/Zagho(?)' in brown ink on [*1r]. Grandson, Switzerland, Canton de Vaud, Reformed Franciscans; inscription on [*1r]: ‘Pertinet ad Coenobium S[anc]ti Fran[cis]ci Granci Prum Ref[ormator]um', with shelfmarks: ‘L.22', ‘H.59'(?), and ‘T.71' on [*1r], and ‘37', ‘68' on a1r. William Ridler; ‘Ridler 1883' in pencil on [*1r]. Sheppard records that this item was purchased in 1883 (presumably from Ridler), but it has not been identified in Library Bills.
SHELFMARK: Auct. 4Q 3.31.
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