Bod-Inc: V-046

Varro, Marcus Terentius

De lingua latina (ed. Julius Pomponius Laetus).

 

Analysis of Content

Subject: grammar; rhetoric

a1r [Laetus, Julius] Pomponius: [Letter addressed to Bartholomaeus] Platina. Incipit: ‘M. Terentius Varro togatorum litteratissumus . . .’ a1r Explicit: ‘... M. Tul. cui dedicavit hos libros seculo eruditissimo fecit Varro. Vale.’ See V‑045.

a1r [Index uerborum.] Incipit: ‘Actus, Ambitus, Agrorum genera . . .’ a10v Explicit: ‘... Vagire. Vitulare. xliii.’

2a1r Varro, M[arcus] Terentius: De lingua latina [addressed to Marcus Tullius] Cicero. Edited by Julius Pomponius Laetus as stated in his letter. Incipit: ‘[Q]uemadmodum vocabula essent imposita rebus in lingua latina sex libris ...’ f5v Explicit: ‘... ut secundum ordiri possimus huic libro faciam finem.’ ‘Finis trium librorum lingue latine ad Ciceronem.’ Var. L. Books 8-10 are presented as a separate work entitled ‘Analogia'. For this edition see CTC IV 457. On the work see V‑045.

g1r Varro, M[arcus] T[erentius]: [De lingua latina]. ‘M.T. Varronis Analogiae liber primus.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]uomodo oratio natura tripartita esset ...’ k7v Explicit: ‘... item ex parte et universa nominamus.’

k7v [Laetus, Julius Pomponius: Note addressed to the reader]. ‘Finis eius quod invenitur Marci Varronis. Parce qui legeris si aliqua minus polita inveniri. Nam ita ex omni parte sive seculum fecerit sive librarii volumen quod vis corruptum erat ut necesse fuerit aucupari hinc inde sententias [ideo] sine robore veniam dabis et errori manum imponas. Vale.’

Imprint

Imprint: [Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, c.1475]. 4°.

Remarks: As dated by BSB‑Ink; CIBN dates to [c.Dec. 1474], Sheppard [1474].

Collation

Collation: a ²a b d¹⁰ e⁸ f⁶ g–k⁸.

Remarks: f6 and k8 are blank.

Leaves: 86 ll.

References

ISTC: iv00096000

Hain: H 15858 (I); C 5953;

Goff: Goff V‑96;

BMC: BMC V 230;

Proctor: Pr 4295A;

Others: BSB‑Ink V‑57; CIBN V‑64; Hillard 2045; Rhodes 1794; Sheppard 3466.

LCN: 14800922

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