Bod-Inc: V-096
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera: Bucolica and Georgica (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus and Christophorus Landinus); Aeneis (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus, Tiberius Claudius Donatus, and Christophorus Landinus), et al.
Analysis of Content
[*2r] Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Ecl. addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘In P. Vergilii interpretationes prooemium'. See V‑095.
[*4r] [Index.] Incipit: ‘Habebis uerum ex his tabulis indicem . . .’
[*6r] [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.
[*8r] [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim actiuum uel imitatiuum . . .’
[*8v] Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Commentariorum Liber'. Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
a1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. Verg. E. With the commentaries of Servius and Landinus surrounding the text.
a1r [Landinus], Christophorus: ‘In P. Vergilii interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Tityre”. [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1] Tityrus Libyce hircum significat . . .’
c8r Landinus, Christophorus: [Commentary on G.] ‘Prooemium'. Incipit: ‘[F]oelices profecto, Petre Medices, ac perbeatos priscos illos mortales . . .’
d1r Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse.] ‘Carmina'. Incipit: ‘Quid faciat laetas segetes quo sydere seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
d1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G. With the commentaries of Servius and Landinus surrounding the text.
d1r [Landinus], Christophorus: ‘Interpretationes Georgicorum'. Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat laetas segetes” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Quid quae res . . .’
k4v Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Aeneis addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prooemium'. See V‑095.
k5v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
k6r [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.
k6r [Second argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae primo Aeneidos libro contineantur.’ Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libyes appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
k6r [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus siluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
l1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A. With the commentaries of Servius, Donatus, and Landinus surrounding the text.
l1r Donatus, [Tiberius Claudius: Commentary on A.]. Incipit: ‘Proponit et diuidit et sese commendat . . .’ See V‑095.
l1r [Landinus], Christophorus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Vergilii Interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Arma uirum”. Et si heroici poetae tam Greci quam Latini proponant . . .’ See V‑095.
O5v [Registrum.]
O6r [Note addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘En tibi candidissime lector Publii Virgilii Maronis opera . . .’
P1r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
P1r [Vegius, Maphaeus]: ‘Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus'. See V‑075.
P3v Alcimus [Alethius](?): Alcini uersus. See V‑075.
P3v Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Cornelii Galli uersus'. See V‑075.
P3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
P3v ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
P3v ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
P3v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
P3v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
P4r ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
P4r ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
P4r ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
P4r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
P4r ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
P4r [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
P4r ‘Argumenta. xii. librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Libycas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
P4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑075.
P4v [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragoedias, Talia comoedias, Euterpe tibias, Terpsicore psalterium, Eratho geometriam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polymnia rhetoricam.’
P4v Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illustrium'. See V‑072.
P4v Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑075.
P4v Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
P4v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
P4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
P4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
P4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. see V‑075.
P5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
P5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Tarpeio quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
P5r 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.
P5r 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.
P5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Anguis aper iuvenis pereunt in vonere morsu | Hic fremit ille gemit sibilat hic moriens'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
P5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
P4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
P5r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
P5r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
P5r ‘De quatuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
P5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075
P5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
P5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
P5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
Q1r 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].
Q1r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Publii Virgilii Maronis Elegiam'. Incipit: ‘ “[D]efleram iuuenis tristi modo carmine fata” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Elegia in Maecenatem, 1]. Non compertum habemus . . .’
Q3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. See V‑072.
Q3v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Copa.] Incipit: ‘ “[C]oppa Syrissa” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Copa, 1]. Omnis huius opusculi summa est . . .’
Q3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
Q3v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Est et non.] Incipit: ‘ “[E]st et non” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Est et non, 1]. Deridet dialecticos . . .’
Q3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
Q4r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Vir bonus.] Incipit: ‘ “[V]ir bonus” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Vir bonus, 1]. Sermo de uiro bono . . .’
Q4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
Q4r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Rosae.] Incipit: ‘ “[V]er erat” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Rosae, 1]. Opusculum Virgilii de Rosa . . .’
Q4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
Q4v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Culicem'. Incipit: ‘[P]astor oues de more ad umbram compellens . . .’
R1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
R1v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘In Diras narratio'. Incipit: ‘ “[B]attare cygneas” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Dirae, 1]. Summa opusculi huius . . .’
R3v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Aethnam'. Incipit: ‘[H]oc Virgilianum esse opus plerique . . .’
R3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. See V‑075.
S3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑075.
S3r [Calderinus, Domitius]: ‘Commentarii in Cyrim'. Incipit: ‘[E]tsi me uario opusculum hoc Virgilii ad Messalam dirigit . . .’
T1v 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.
T2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Catalepton [I–XII.2]. See V‑075.
T2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
T3v ‘Tabula librorum qui in hoc uolumine continentur'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Georgius Arrivabenus, 27 June 1489. Folio.
Collation
Collation: [*] a–i8 k6 l–z & [con] [rum] A–N8 O6 P Q8 R S6 T4.
Remarks: The second and third leaves of gathering [*] are numbered ‘ii' and ‘iii', but the gathering is not signed.
Types: Types: 78 R, 111 R.
Leaves: 356 leaves.
Line number: 63 lines ([*1r]).
Type area: Type area: 245 ×168 mm ([*1r]).
Remarks: Leaf [*1] blank; [*2r]: ‘Chriſtophori landini florentini in. P. Vergilii. interpretationes proœmium ad Petrum medicē magni Lau- | rentii filium. | [ ]AGNAS Immortaleſqƺ Petre medices . . .'; [*4r]: ‘Habebis uerum ex his tabulis . . .'; [*6r]: ‘MARONIS VITA | [ ]IRGILIVS Maro parētibus modicis fuit . . .'; a1r, commentary: ‘[ ]ITYRE tu patulæ: PASTOR inducitur . . .'; a1r, text: ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Bucolica. ægloga pri | ma. Interlocutiones Melibœus: & Tityrus amici. | ME. | [ ]ITIRE TV PATVLAE | recubans ſub tegmine fagi | . . .'; T3v, l. 48, col. 1: ‘P.V. Maronis moretum.'; col. 2: ‘Iam nox.’
References
ISTC: iv00186000
Hain: CR 6067 = C 6066;
Goff: Goff V‑186;
Proctor: not in Pr;
Others: Copinger ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 73 = 74; Kallendorf 27; Mambelli 61; Pellechet MS. 11639; not in Sheppard.
LCN: 14696799
Copies
Copy number: V-096(1)
Wanting sheet [rum]3.6, leaves P6-8, and the blank leaves [*1] and T4.
Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, the spine gold-tooled. Yellow-edged leaves. Marbled pastedowns.
Size: 313 × 217 × 57 mm.
Size of leaf: 305 × 204 mm.
A few marginal and interlinear notes on Ecl. and A. in a contemporary German hand, extracting key words from the commentaries, and providing synonyms, pointing hands, brackets, and some comments (cropped) on the text. Some underlining of the commentary texts and brackets supplied in red ink in a seventeenth-century German hand. The initial ‘K'(?) in brown ink on the verso of the front endleaf.
Provenance: Mainz, Jesuits; inscription on [*1r] and on T3v (erased): ‘Collegij Maguntini societatis Iesu'. Erased inscription on the front pastedown. [ ] Kinnaird; remains of a book-plate with shelfmark: ‘No. 527'; not identified in Howe, Book Plates. Solomon Pottesman (1904-1978); purchased at his sale, lot 409, for £495; see ledger (1979/80), no. 445.
SHELFMARK: Inc. c. I4.1489.1.
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