Bod-Inc: V-094
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus), et al.
Analysis of Content
a1v [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.
a4r [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim actiuum uel imitatiuum . . .’
a4v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis commentariorum liber'. Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
a5r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. Verg. Ecl.
b12v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] ‘In Maronis Georgica commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. G.
b12v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Carmina'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat laetas segetes; quo sidere seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
b12v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
g3v ‘Quae contineant duodecim Aeneidos libri'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
g3v [Second argumentum in verse.] Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libyes appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
g3v [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus syluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
g4r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.] ‘In P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
g4v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
C1r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
C1r [Vegius, Maphaeus: Decimus tertius liber.] See V‑075.
C3v Alcimus [Alethius](?): ‘Alcinii uersus'. See V‑075.
C3v Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. See V‑075.
C3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
C3v ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
C3v ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
C4r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
C4r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
C4r ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
C4r ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
C4r ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
C4r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
C4r ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
C4r [Ausonius]: ‘Monostica de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
C4r ‘Argumenta xii. librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Libycas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
C4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑072.
C4v [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragoedias, Talia comoedias, Eutrepe(!) tibias, Terplichore(!) psalterium, Eratho geometreiam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polimnia rhetoricam.’
C4v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Elegia in Moecenatis 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].
C5v Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illvstrium'. See V‑072.
C5v Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
C5v [Epitaphium Vergilii.] ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tarpeo quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Litteram(!) rem gestam loquitur res ipsa medullam | Verbi quam vivax mens videt intus habet'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus iuvenis serpens casum venere sub unum | Sus iacet extinctus pede serpens ille veneno'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Anguis aper iuvenis pereunt in vulnere morsu | Hi(!) fremit ille gemit sibilat hic moriens'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
C5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
C6r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
C6r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
C6r ‘De quattuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
C6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
C6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
C6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
C6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
C10r [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.
C10r 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].
C10r [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
C10r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
C10v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
C10v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
D2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
D3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. ‘Quae a quibusdam Cornelio tribuitur’ See V‑075.
D6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑075.
D8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–III]. ‘Catalecton. Priapus loquitur'. See V‑075. These three poems, together with Catalepton I–XIII.16 (see below), are presented as if forming a single work.
D8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Catalepton [I–XIII.16]. See V‑075. Breaks off after line 2 of poem XII.
D9r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
D9v ‘Tabula librorum qui in hoc uolumine continentur'.
D9v [Colophon.] ‘Impressum Venetiis per Bernhardinum Benalium MCCCCLXXXVII die xxii Augusti'.
D10r ‘Registrum huius operis'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 22 Aug. 1487. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a8 b14 c6 d–p8 q6 r–z & [con] [rum] A8 B6 C D10.
Types: Types: 110 (106) R; 80 R; 80 Gk.
Leaves: 242 leaves.
Line number: 58 lines, plus headline (a2r).
Type area: Type area: 232 (241) ×152 mm (a2r).
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
Remarks: Leaf a1r blank; a1v: ‘BVCOLICORVM | PVBLII VIRGILII MARONIS VITA | VIrgilius Maro parentibus modicis Fuit . . .'; a4v: ‘BVCOLICORVM | SERVII Nauri honorati grammatici in Bucolica Maronis commentariorum liber. | BVCOLICA Vt ferunt inde dicta . . .'; a5r, commentary: ‘TITIRE tu patulæ recubans . . .'; [text] ‘P.VIR.MARONIS BVCOLICA AEGLO | GA PRIMA INTERLOCVTORES MELI | BEOVSET TITIRVS.AMICI. ME. | TITIRE TV PATVLE | RECUBANS . . .'; D9v, colophon: ‘Impreſſum Venetiis [per] Bernardinū Benaliū. | .M.CCCC.LXXXVII. die. xxii. Auguſti.'; D10r: ‘Regiſtrum Huius Operis.'; l. 52: ‘FINIs.’
References
ISTC: iv00178500
Hain: C 6055;
Proctor: Pr 4869;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑120; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 63; Davies–Goldfinch 56; Kallendorf 24; Mambelli 58; Sheppard 3976.
LCN: 14696810
Copies
Copy number: V-094(1)
Wanting C7–9, containing the Priapea: these leaves have been cut away; it has not proved possible to provide a detailed description of this part of the text. Leaf C10 resumes with the final distich of the poem beginning ‘Rusticus aerarii'.
Binding: Contemporary German blind-tooled pigskin over boards, with two metal clasps and catches. On both covers intersecting fillets form concentric frames. Within the outer frame are a repeated foliate staff stamp and a repeated large rosette stamp. Within the inner frame are a repeated smaller foliate staff stamp and a small rosette stamp. In the inner rectangle curved-outline tools make up merrythought panels, each containing a lozenge-shaped floral stamp. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 320 × 215 × 51 mm.
Size of leaf: 309 × 203 mm.
Occasional early marginal annotations, including comments on the text, corrections to the running headings, pointing hands, and ‘nota' marks. Irregular early manuscript foliation: 20-238.
Paragraph marks are supplied in black ink.
Provenance: Richardus [ ] (fifteenth/sixteenth century); erased inscription on a1r: ‘Sum fratris Richardi [ ] ord. Pred.' [ ] (sixteenth century?); erased inscription on a1r: ‘Ex libris [ ] Br[ ]er [ ] ord. [ ]'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 3962; purchased for £0. 18. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 28.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.14.
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