Bod-Inc: V-078
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera, et al.
Analysis of Content
a2r [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Vita'. See V‑075.
a7r Alcimus [Alethius](?): ‘Alcinii uersus'. See V‑075.
a7r Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. See V‑075.
a7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
a7v ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
a7v ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
a8r [Avienus, Rufus Festus?: Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
a8r [Avienus, Rufus Festus?: Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
a8v ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
a8v ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
a8v ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
a9r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
a9r ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
a9r [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
a9v ‘Argumenta xii librorum Aeneidos'. See V‑075.
a10r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑072.
a10v [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragoedias, Thalia comoedias, Euterpe tibyas, Terpsichore psalterium, Eratho geometriam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polymnia rhetoricam.’
a10v [Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Elegia in Mecoenatis obitu quae dicitur Virgilii cum non sit.’ See V‑072. On the pseudo-Vergilian authorship and the transmission of this poem, see notes on the ‘Appendix Vergiliana' in V‑072 [A4r].
b3r Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3r Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3v Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3v Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3v Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
b3v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. see V‑072.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Tarpeio quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Littera rem gestam loquitur res ipsa medullam | Verbi quam vivax mens videt intus habet'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus iuvenis serpens casum venere sub imo | Sus iacet extinctus serpens pede tum ille veneno'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Anguis aper iuvenis pereunt in vulnere morsu | Hic fremit ille gemit sibilat hic moriens'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
b3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
b4r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
b4v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
b5r ‘De quatuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
b5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
b6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
b6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
b6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
b7v Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. Incipit: ‘[Q]ualis bucolicis quantus tellure domanda | Vitibus arboribusque apibus pecorique satisque'; 4 hexameters. See V‑072.
b7v ‘Summa Virgilianae narrationis in tribus operibus'. Incipit: ‘[P]astorum musam uario certamine promit | Ruris item dociles culturam carmine monstrat'. See V‑072.
b8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Super libris xii Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘[A]eolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque Lybicasque uagos expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
c1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. ‘Aegloga prima: interlocutores Meliboeus et Tityrus amici'. Verg. Ecl. On the transmission of Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid see V‑072.
d4r Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse]. ‘Tetrastichon in primum librum Georgicon'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat laetas segetes quae sidera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'; 4 hexameters. See V‑072.
d4r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
g5v Octavius Augustus [pseudo-]: ‘Pro Virgilii Aeneide uersus'. Incipit: ‘[E]rgo ne supremis potuit uox improba uerbis | Tam dirum mandare nephas? ergo ibit in ignes?'; hexameters. See V‑072.
g6r [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineant duodecim Aeneidos libri.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troies in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'; 12 hexameters. See V‑072.
g6r [Second argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae primo Aeneidos libro contineantur'. Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libye depellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
h1r [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus siluis uicina coegi'; 4 hexameters. See V‑072.
h1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
z1r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
z1r Vegius, Maphaeus: ‘Decimus tertius liber'. See V‑075.
aa1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
aa3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–LXXXI]. ‘Ad Priapum'. See V‑075. In this edition poem 15 immediately follows poem 14, and poem 26 poem 25; poem 30 is divided into two poems, each of one elegiac distich; poems 43 and 44 appear in reverse order. Poem 58 is merged with poem 59. Poem 68 is divided after verse 8: verse 9 begins the new poem 68a. Poem 72 is divided into two poems of two lines each. Poem 73 is joined to poem 74 and poem 76 with 77. On the transmission see M. D. Reeve, ‘Priapea', in Texts and Transmission, 322-3; ‘Carmina Priapea', CTC IV, 423-50, at 423-30.
bb4r [Priapeum.] ‘Ad Priapum'. Incipit: ‘Rusticus aerari quondam nunc uilicus horti | Haec tibi perspectus templa Priape dico'; 3 elegiac distichs. Poetae Latini Minores, II.2, ed. F. Vollmer, (Leipzig, 1923), 71 no. LXXXII; Albius Tibullus, Carmina, ed. G. Luck (Stuttgart, 1998), 108. On the transmission and authorship see V‑075.
bb4v [Tibullus, Albius(?): Priapeum.] ‘Querela Priapi'. Incipit: ‘Quid hoc noui est? quid ira nunciat deum? | Silente nocte candidus mihi puer'; 43 iambic senarii. See V‑075.
bb5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. AV 81-2. On the pseudo-Vergilian authorship and the transmission of this poem, see notes on the ‘Appendix Vergiliana' in V‑072 [A4r].
bb5v [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
bb6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
bb6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
bb7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
cc2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
cc5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. ‘Quae a quibusdam Cornelio tribuitur'. See V‑075.
dd6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑072.
ee5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–III]. ‘Catalecton. Priapus loquitur'. See V‑075. These three poems, together with Catalepton I‑XII.2 (see below), are presented as if forming a single work entitled ‘Catalecton'.
ee6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Catalepton [I–XII.2]. See V‑075. Breaks off after line 2 of poem XII.
Imprint
Imprint: Vicenza: Johannes de Vienna, 1476. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a10 b8 c–f10 g6 h–m10 n–y8.10 z8 aa8 bb10 cc–ee8.
Types: Type: 114 R; guide-letters provided in capital spaces.
Leaves: 254 leaves.
Line number: 37 lines (a3r).
Type area: Type area: 212 ×103 mm (a3r).
Remarks: Leaf a1 blank; a2r, l. 1: ‘PVBLII VIRGILII MARONIS VITA. | p. Virgilius Maro parētibus modicis fuit: & præcipue | patre: quem quidā opificem figulū: plures Mari cu- | iuſdam . . .'; ee8r, l. 27: ‘Datur tibi puella quā petis datur. | P.V.MARONIS OPERA FOELICITER FI | NIVNT VINCENTIAE INSIGNITA PER | IOANNEM DE VIENNA ANNO DOMI | NI.M.CCCC.LXXVI.'; ee8v blank.
References
ISTC: iv00160000
Hain: C 6018;
Goff: Goff V‑160;
Proctor: Pr 7153;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑109; CIBN V‑120; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 24; Davies–Goldfinch 20; GfT 1861; Kallendorf 125; Mambelli 29; Sheppard 5922.
LCN: 14694586
Copies
Copy number: V-078(1)
Gatherings q–t bound in reverse order. Sheet l3.8 bound fifth of the gathering.
Binding: Contemporary German calf over beech boards, rebacked, with five metal bosses on each cover and two catches (lettered ‘AMA'?), and with remains of two alum-tawed leather clasp straps. On both covers triple fillets form a double intersecting frame; the inner rectangle is divided by triple fillets into lozenge-shaped compartments. At head of front cover a paper label with title in manuscript. Sewn on three split alum-tawed thongs. Yellow-edged leaves, cut with a draw knife. Parchment internal reinforcement guards, from a tenth-century(?) manuscript (of the Bible?) with a gloss, the first with the text ‘post haec statim fui in spiritu' (Apc 4,2).
Size: 306 × 206 × 66 mm.
Size of leaf: 295 × 198 mm.
Pencilled number ‘64/1146' on a1r.
Two- to seven-line initials, some with reserved white decoration and red pen-work extensions into the margin and capital strokes are supplied in red.
Provenance: Fiecht, Tyrol, Benedictines, S. Josephus (formerly St Georgenberg); inscription on a1r: ‘Lib' mon[asterii] mo[n]t[i]s s. georgij ord[inis] s. b[e]n[e]dicti brixie[n]sis dioc[esis] Empt[us] p[er] d[omi]n[u]m Caspare[m Augsburger] abb[at]em p[ro] viii [lb] v[er]on[ensibus] anno d[omi]n[i] 1478' and the one on ee7v: ‘Ad Bibliothecam Monasterij Montis S. Georgii 1659'. Purchased for £5. 15. 6; see Books Purchased (1851), 72.
SHELFMARK: Auct. Q 4.25.
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