Bod-Inc: V-092
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus), et al.
Analysis of Content
a2v [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.
a4r [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim activum uel imitatiuum . . .’
a4v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'. Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186. Servius' name is printed as ‘Nauri Honorati' in the heading.
a5r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. ‘Aegloga prima. Interlocutores Meliboeus et Titirus amici'. Verg. Ecl. On the transmission of Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid see V‑072.
c6v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] ‘In Maronis Georgica commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. G.
c6v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse]. ‘Carmina'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat laetas segetes quo sydere seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
c6v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
h2v [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineant duodecimae Aeneidos libri'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
h2v [Second argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae primo Aeneidos libro continentur'. Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libye depellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
h3r [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus siluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
h3r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: Commentary on A. ‘In P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
h4r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
D4r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
D4r [Vegius, Maphaeus]: Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus.] See V‑075.
E3v Alcimus [Alethius](?): ‘Alcinii uersus'. See V‑075.
E3v Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Cornelii Galli uersus'. See V‑075.
E3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
E4r ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
E4r ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
E4v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
E4v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
E5r ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
E5r ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
E5r ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
E5r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
E5v ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
E5v [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
E5v ‘Argumenta. xii. librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Libycas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
E6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑072.
E6v [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragoedias, Thalia comoedias, Euterpe tibias, Terpsichore psalterium, Eratho geometriam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polymnia rhetoricam.’
E6v 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].
F1r Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illustrium'. Incipit: ‘Conditus hic ego sum cuius modo rustica musa | Per siluas per rus uenit ad arma uirum'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑072.
F1r Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1r Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
F1v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tarpeo quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
F1v 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.
F1v 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.
F1v 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.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
F1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
F2r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
F2v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
F3r ‘De quattuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
F3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
F4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
F4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
F4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
F5v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. Incipit: ‘Qualis buccolicis quantus tellure domanda | Vitibus arboribusque apibus pecorique satisque'. See V‑072.
F5v ‘Summa Virgilianae narrationis in tribus operibus Bucolicis Georgicis et Aeneide'. Incipit: ‘Pastorum musam uario certamine promit | Ruris item dociles culturam carmine monstrat'. See V‑072.
F6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–LXXXI]. ‘Ad Priapum'. See V‑075. In this edition poem 14 is merged with poem 15, poem 25 with poem 26, poem 58 with poem 59, poem 73 with poem 74, poem 76 with poem 77. Poem 35 is omitted. Poem 30 is divided after line 2, with line 3 beginning a new poem 30a. The order of poems 43 and 44 is reversed. Poem 68 is divided after verse 8, with verse 9 beginning a new poem 68a; poem 72 is divided after verse 2, with verse 3 beginning 72a.
G5v [Priapeum.] ‘Ad Priapum'. Incipit: ‘Rusticus aerari quondam nunc uillicus horti | Haec tibi perspecta templa Priape dico'; 3 elegiac distichs. See V‑075.
G5v [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.
G6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. See V‑072. On the pseudo-Vergilian authorship and the transmission of this poem, see notes on the ‘Appendix Vergiliana' in V‑072 [A4r].
G6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
G7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
G7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
G8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
H4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
H7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. ‘Quae a quibusdam Cornelio tribuitur'. See V‑075.
I6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. see V‑075.
K5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–III]. ‘Catalecton. Priapus loquitur'. Incipit: ‘Vere rosa autumno pomis, aestate frequentor | Spicis una mihi est horrida pestis hyems'. See V‑075.
K5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Catalepton [I–XIII.16]. See V‑081.
K8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
K9v ‘Tabula librorum qui in hoc uolumine continentur'.
K10r ‘Registrum'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Baptista de Tortis, 1 Oct. 1483. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a–z & [con] [rum] A–I8 K10.
References
ISTC: iv00173000
Hain: C 6049;
Goff: Goff V‑173;
BMC: BMC V 323;
Proctor: Pr 4621;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑117; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 56; Davies–Goldfinch 50; Kallendorf 19; Mambelli 47; Rhodes 1825; Sheppard 3842.
LCN: 14696790
Copies
Copy number: V-092(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century(?) half mottled calf with marbled paper boards. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Gilt title in red and green panels on the gold-tooled spine; rules across covers; pinkish-red silk bookmark.
Size: 325 × 218 × 50 mm.
Size of leaf: 317 × 204 mm.
Frequent interlinear and marginal annotations to G., A., and Moretum in a contemporary Italian hand, mainly supplying synonyms, pointing hands, underlining, and etymological and grammatical remarks (e.g. on K8v: ‘placentula dicjtur ap jctu platjs lata . . . dispomeo dispomes per plactare | molor moliris per accanciare(?)'). A few annotations to A. in a later cursive Italian hand, providing synonyms and brackets, and extracting a few key words from Servius' commentary. Leaf numbers supplied in arabic figures in a seventeenth-century hand.
Provenance: [ ] Luciano (seventeenth century); name on a2r: ‘[de sancto?] Luciani'. George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834); sale (1821), lot 334; purchased for 12. 12. 0: see Books Purchased (1821), 14 and the annotated sale catalogue.
SHELFMARK: Auct. N 4.28.
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