Bod-Inc: V-079
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera (ed. Philippus Beroaldus).
Analysis of Content
[*1v] Beroaldus, Philippus: [Prefatory letter addressed to] Johannes Francus, his pupil. Incipit: ‘Quemadmodum apud Grecos suauissime mi Iohanes ab Homero omnis eloquentie fontes . . .’ [*1v] incipit of beroaldus prefatory letter See Venier 48.
[*2r] [Beroaldus, Philippus: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘Vera coturnati et summa est haec France Maronis | Gloria et hoc uatis est decus eximium'; 2 elegiac distichs.
[*2v] [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Vita'. See V‑075. According to Venier 48 the direct source is C 6007 (Venice: Bartholomaeus Cremonensis, 1472) .
a2r [Verse summary of Bucolicum primum.] Incipit: ‘Hic deflet Meliboeus profugiat quod inique | Tityrus ast letus quos contulit ocia dicit'; 2 hexameters. Each Eclogue is preceded by a similar verse summary.
a2r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. The entire work is edited by Philippus Beroaldus, as stated in his letter to Francus. ‘Meliboeus Tityrus'. Verg. Ecl. On the transmission of Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid see V‑072. See Venier 48 on Paris: Gering, Crantz Friburger, c.1472 as the parent of this edition.
b7v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Carmen in primum librum Georgicorum'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat laetas segetes quae sydera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
b7v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
h1r Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse.] ‘Compendiosum carmen in duodecim Aeneidos libros'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
h1r Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-: Second argumentum in verse]. ‘Carmen in primum Aeneidis'. Incipit: ‘[E]neas primo Libye depellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
h1v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Carmen'. Incipit: ‘Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus siluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
h1v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
G5r Sulpicius Carthaginensis: [Poem on the work]. Incipit: ‘Iusserat haec rapidis aboleri carmina flammis | Virgilius Phrygium quae cecinere ducem'; 3 elegiac distichs. See V‑072.
G5v Octavius Augustus [pseudo-]: ‘Exclamatio in iussum Virgilii pro Aeneidis combustione'. Incipit: ‘[E]rgo ne supremis potuit uox improba uerbis | Tam dirum mandare nephas? ergo ibit in ignes?'. See V‑072.
G6r [Colophon.] ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Vatis eminentissimi volumna haec diligentissime castigata una cum vita eiusdem Parisius impressa sunt . . .’
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Ulrich Gering, Sept. 1478. 4°.
Remarks: The format is not folio as stated in BMC.
Collation
Collation: [*6] a10 b–h I k–z A–F8 G6.
Remarks: Gathering [*] numbered ‘2 3' but not signed.
References
ISTC: iv00160800
Hain: C 6022;
BMC: BMC VIII 22;
Proctor: Pr 7856;
Others: CIBN V‑121; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 28; Mambelli 34; Oates 2878; Sheppard 6131.
LCN: 14694517
Copies
Copy number: V-079(1)
Wanting leaf [*1] and the blank leaves [a1] and [g8].
Leaf [F6] misbound after [F3] (apparently a separate half-sheet).
Binding: Gold-tooled blue morocco. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; gilt-edged leaves; red silk bookmark.
Size: 233 × 174 × 49 mm.
Size of leaf: 220 × 160 mm.
On a2r a four-line French initial ‘T' is supplied in reserved white decoration within a red pen-work square, with some black pen-work and red pen-work extensions into the inner margin. Two- to four-line initials are supplied in red; paragraph marks in red or blue.
Provenance: Purchased for £14. 14. 0; see Books Purchased (1815), 5.
Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. O 4.1.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 5.9.
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