Bod-Inc: V-088
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus), et al.
Analysis of Content
a2r [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.
a5v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'. Incipit: ‘[B]ucolica ut ferunt inde dicta sunt a custodia boum . . .’ Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
a6r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. ‘Aegloga prima interlocutores Meliboeus et Tityrus amici'. Verg. Ecl.
c3v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] ‘In Georgica commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. G.
c3v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse]. Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat laetas segetes quo sidera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
c3v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
f9r [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineant duodecim Aeneidos libri.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Et docet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
f9v [Second argumentum in verse.] Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libyes appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
f9v [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus siluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
f10r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
f10v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
(1-5)1v [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
(1-5)1v [Vegius, Maphaeus]: ‘Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus'. See V‑075.
(1-5)8v Alcimus [Alethius]?: ‘Alcinii uersus'. See V‑075.
(1-5)8v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
(1-5)9r ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
(1-5)9r ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
(1-5)9v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
(1-59v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10r ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10r ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10r ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10v ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10v [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
(1-5)10v ‘Argumenta. xii. librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Lybicas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
(6-10)1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ Incipit: ‘Clio gesta canens transactis tempora reddit | Melpomene Tragico proclamat moesta boatu'. See V‑072.
(6-10)1v [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragoedias, Thalia comoedias, Euterpe tibias, Terpsichore psalterium, Eratho geomtreiam(!), Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polimnia rhetoricam.’
(6-10)1v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Elegia in Moecoenatis 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].
(6-10)4r Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illustrium'. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4r Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4v Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
(6-10)4v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tarpeo quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
(6-10)4v 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.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus iuvenis serpens casum venere sub unum | Sus iacet extinctus serpens pede tum ille veneno'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
(6-10)4v 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.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
(6-10)4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
(6-10)5r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
(6-10)5v ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
(6-10)6r ‘De quatuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
(6-10)6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
(6-10)7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
(6-10)7v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
(6-10)8v Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. Incipit: ‘Qualis bucolicis quantus tellure domanda | Vitibus arboribusque apibus pecorique satisque'. See V‑072.
(6-10)8v ‘Summa Virgilianae narrationis in tribus operibus'. Incipit: ‘Pastorum musam uario certamine promit | Ruris item dociles culturam carmine monstrat’ See V‑072.
(6-10)9r 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; poem 35 is omitted; 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.
(11-15)6v [Priapeum.] ‘Ad Priapum'. Incipit: ‘Rusticus aerari quondam nunc uilicus horti | Haec tibi perspectus templa Priape dico'. See V‑075.
(11-15)7r [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.
(11-15)7r 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].
(11-15)7v [Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
(11-15)8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
(11-15)8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
(11-15)9r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
(16-20)4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
(16-20)6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. ‘Quae a quibusdam Cornelio tribuitur'. See V‑075.
(21-4)3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑075.
(25-8)2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–III]. ‘Catalecton. Priapus loquitur'. Incipit: ‘[V]ere rosa autumno pomis, aestate frequentor | Spicis una mihi est horrida pestis hyems'. See V‑075.
(25-8)2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Catalepton [I–XIII.16]. See V‑081.
(25-8)5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
(25-8)5r ‘Tabula librorum qui in hoc uolumine continentur'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Antonio di Bartolommeo Miscomini, Oct. ‘1486' [i.e., 1476]. Folio.
Remarks: For the reasons for considering the date in the colophon ‘M CCCC LXXXVI' to be a misprint, see BMC.
Collation
Collation: a–y10 z A8 (1-5) (6-10) (11-15) (16-20)10 (21-4) (25-8)8.
References
ISTC: iv00167000
Hain: C 6044;
Goff: Goff V‑167;
BMC: BMC V 240;
Proctor: Pr 4358;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑110; CIBN V‑118; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 61; Davies–Goldfinch 43; Kallendorf 15; Mambelli 30; Oates 1733–4; Rhodes 1824; Sheppard 3519-20.
LCN: 14694497
Copies
Copy number: V-088(1)
Wanting leaves (6-10)9-10 and (11-15)1-7 containing the Priapea, Copa, and Est et non. Wanting the blank leaves a1 and (25-8)8.
Binding: Eighteenth-century mottled calf, dyed red. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Libray on both covers. Yellow-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; azure silk bookmark.
Size: 340 × 241 × 54 mm.
Size of leaf: 327 × 216 mm.
Some marginal annotations to Verg. Ecl. in a sixteenth-century Italian cursive hand, providing running headings, paraphrases, some historical information, and leaf numbers.
Provenance: Circular stamp (of a religious institution in Padua?), now obliterated, on f10v. Vincentius Colombina (fl. 1566?); inscription on (25-8)7v: ‘1566 a die secunda/quinta mensis Augusti et in tali die cecinunt suam primam missam die lune, memoria fratris Vincentij Colombina de Padua'. Maffeo Pinelli (1735-1785); Morelli (1787), II 358 no. 5077; sale (1789), lot 9979, marked down to Peter Elmsley for £1. 12. 0]. Purchased for £1. 12. 0; see Books Purchased (1789), 7.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 1.14.
Copy number: V-088(2)
Wanting all leaves after A8. Wanting also a4–5, the first blank.
Binding: Nineteenth-century calf. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Leaf edges crumbling through exposure to water.
Size: 345 × 246 × 47 mm.
Size of leaf: 337 × 222 mm.
A few marginal annotations to Verg. Ecl., G., and the beginning of A. in red or brown ink in a fifteenth-century Italian hand, providing brackets, paragraph marks, and headings, and extracting key words and personal names from Servius' commentary. Some marginal notes in Latin and Italian in a sixteenth-century Italian hand in brown ink, translating phrases, e.g. on a2r: ‘Virgilio fu modico parco nel [ ]are nel bere Virgilio na[ ] in una fossa . . . Virgilio studio medico'.
Provenance: Date of acquisition unknown; most other books with neighbouring shelfmarks were acquired between 1832 and 1835.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.12.
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