Bod-Inc: V-038

Valla, Laurentius

Raudensianae notae, et al.

 

Analysis of Content

[a2r] Valla, Laurentius: Raudensianae notae. ‘Invectiva in Antonium Raudensem' [addressed to] Johannes ‘Lucina' [i.e. Olzina], secretary to king Alphonsus. Incipit: ‘[I]ntellexi Ioannes cum alias non nunquam tum uero impraesentiarum accidere . . .’ Olzina's name as dedicatee only appears in the printed editions, while the work was originally dedicated to Johannes Tortellius, as it is evident from the manuscript tradition; see M. Regoliosi, ‘Due nuove lettere di Lorenzo Valla', Italia medioevale e umanistica, 25 (1982), 151-88, at 175; at 169-71 the edition of the opening.

[a5r] Valla, Laurentius: Raudensianae notae. Incipit: ‘A. ab. abs praepositiones sunt a quidem consonantibus omnibus recte praeponitur . . .’ See V‑027.

i1r Valla, Laurentius: Epistola [addressed to] Alphonsus I (V), King of Aragon, Sicily and Naples. Incipit: ‘[C]um Titum Liuium quotidie Romanorum historicorum eloquentissimum aut audias aut legas . . .’ Laurentius Valla, Opera (Basel: Henricus Petrus, 1540), 438-45.

l2v Valla, Laurentius: Confutatio in Benedictum Morandum Bononiensem. Incipit: ‘[U]trum de me peius mereantur an melius inimici et hostes mei . . .’ Laurentius Valla, Opera, 445-55.

o4r Valla, Laurentius: Confutatio altera in Benedictum Morandum Bononiensem [addressed to] Baverius [de Baveriis] medicus. Incipit: ‘[L]ecta quam uix perlegere potui . . .’ Laurentius Valla, Opera, 455-9.

q3r Valla, Laurentius: Apologus in Poggium. Incipit: ‘[A]udio Pogium alteram in me composuisse inuectiuam . . .’ See V‑037.

s5v ‘Index operis'.

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Lucas Dominici F., Venetus, 4 Oct. 1481. 4°.

Remarks: Sheppard records as a folio.

Collation

Collation: [a–c] d–h⁸ i–r⁴ s⁸.

References

ISTC: iv00069000

Hain: HC *15824;

Goff: Goff V‑69;

BMC: BMC V 280;

Proctor: Pr 4492;

Others: BSB‑Ink V‑40; Sheppard 3651. Microfiche: Unit 25: Italian Humanism: Part II, IH 178.

LCN: 14800444

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