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Vergilius Maro, Publius

Opera: Bucolica and Georgica (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus, Christophorus Landinus, and Antonius Mancinellus); Aeneis (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus, Tiberius Claudius Donatus, and Christophorus Landinus). Ed. Antonius Mancinellus.

 

Analysis of Content

Aa1r [Title-page.] ‘Vergilius cum quinque commentis'.

Aa1v Laetus, Julius Pomponius: [Carmen addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Lumine Pompeius ualuit nec luscio uultum | Offendit. spirat Cymnama rara Pedo'; 5 elegiac distichs

Aa1v Maserius, Hieronymus: [Verse commending the volume to the reader]. Incipit: ‘Si pastor quicunque greges armentaque pascit | Si solidam quisquis uersat arator humum'; 5 elegiac distichs

Aa2r Mancinellus, Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Ursus Ursinus. Incipit: ‘[V]ergilii poetarum summi et Bucolica et Georgica in Romano Gymnasio . . .’ Mancinellus declares himself editor of the texts in this edition. The letter is dated Rome, 13 Oct. 1490.

Aa2r [Mancinellus, Antonius: List of authors cited.] ‘Ex quibus auctoribus'. Incipit: ‘M. Catone. Varrone. Columella . . .’

Aa2r Mancinellus, Antonius: [Preface to] ‘Commentarius in Bucolica'. Incipit: ‘[D]icendi genera et in carmine et in soluta oratione probabilia sunt tria . . .’

Aa2v [Mancinellus, Antonius]: ‘Argumentum Tityri'. Incipit: ‘  “Tityre tu patulae recubans” [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1]. Post Cassii Brutique necem . . .’

Aa3r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Ecl. addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prooemium'. See V‑095.

Aa6r [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.

Aa8r [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim activum uel imitativum . . .’

Aa8v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'. Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.

[*1r] ‘Tabula uocabulorum secundum ordinem alphabeti'.

a1r Landinus, Christophorus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In P. Vergilii interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘  “Tityre”. [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1] Tityrus Libycae hircum significat . . .’

a1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. Verg. Ecl. On this edition see Venier 47 n. 61.

a1r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Commentarius in Bucolica'. Incipit: ‘  “Tityre” [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1]. Tityrus mercenarii pastoris nomen . . .’

d7r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on G. addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prohemium'. Incipit: ‘[F]oelices profecto, Petre Medices, ac perbeatos priscos illos mortales . . .’

d8r Mancinellus, Antonius: [Preface to] ‘commentarius in Georgica'. ‘De laudibus agriculture'. [Preface to] ‘commentarius in Georgica'. ‘De laudibus agriculture'. [Preface to] ‘commentarius in Georgica'. ‘De laudibus agriculture'. [Preface to] ‘commentarius in Georgica'. ‘De laudibus agriculture'. Incipit: ‘[C]um duae uitae traditae sint hominum . . .’

e1r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] ‘In Maronis Georgica commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. G.

e1r [Ovidius Naso, Publius pseudo-]: Argumentum [in verse]. Incipit: ‘Quid faciat laetas segetes quo sydera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.

e1r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Carmina'. ‘Argumentum libri primi'. ‘Carmina'. ‘Argumentum libri primi'. ‘Carmina'. ‘Argumentum libri primi'. ‘Carmina'. ‘Argumentum libri primi'. Incipit: ‘Scribit arandus ager quo sydere, quidue serendum | Alternis annis, quid laeta et pinguia reddat'; 7 hexameters. A verse ‘argumentum' by Mancinellus precedes each book.

e1r Mancinellus, Antonius: Commentarius in Georgica. Incipit: ‘  “Quid faciat” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Ordo est hinc canere . . .’

e1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.

e1r Landinus, Christophorus: ‘Interpretationes Georgicorum'. Incipit: ‘  “Quid faciat loetas segetes” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Quid quae res . . .’

o8r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Aeneis addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prooemium'. See V‑095.

p1r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.

p1v [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineantur duodecim Aeneidos libri'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libicam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072. In earlier editions this and the following argument appear in reverse order.

p1v [Second argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae primo Aeneidos libro contineantur'. Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Lybies appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.

p1v [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus syluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.

p2r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.

p2r Donatus, [Tiberius Claudius: Commentary on A.]. Incipit: ‘Proponit et diuidit et sese commendat . . .’ See V‑095.

p2r [Landinus], Christophorus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Vergilii Interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘  “Arma uirum”. Et si heroici poetae tam Greci quam Latini proponant . . .’

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Philippus Pincius, 1491-2. Folio.

Remarks: In three parts, dated: (I) 28 Dec. 1491; (II, III) 10 Oct. 1492.

Collation

Collation: Aa8 [*2] a–z & A–X8.

References

ISTC: iv00188500

Hain: C 6071;

Proctor: Pr 5289;

Others: BSB‑Ink V‑124; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 78; Davies–Goldfinch 75; Kallendorf 31; Mambelli 67; Sack, Freiburg, 3639; Sheppard 4386. Microfiche: Unit 24: Italian Humanism: Part I, IH 79.

LCN: 14696822

Copies

Copy number: V-097(1)

Wanting X8 containing the register and the second colophon.

Binding: Contemporary German (Leipzig, Kyriß workshop no. 104), blind-tooled pigskin over wooden boards. Two metal catches and clasps, and leather clasp straps. On both covers triple fillets form a double intersecting frame; within the inner frame a repeated foliate stamp; within the squares formed by the intersections at the four corners a rosette stamp; and within the innner rectangle repeated merrythought panels and floral stamps, with a rosette stamp in centre of rectangle on lower cover. For the stamps see Kyriß, pl. 211 nos 1-4. The letters ‘C. W. M. S.' in black ink on the upper cover. Sewn on four bands.

Size: 333 × 223 × 74 mm.

Size of leaf: 317 × 210 mm.

Provenance: Gregorius Scholtz (sixteenth century); cancelled inscription on Aa1r: ‘Sum gregori Scholtz [ ] druembrigensis(?)'. Gotefried Pothe (fl. 1694). Ernst Lehmann, Bishop of Crossen, Silesia (fl. 1694); inscription on Aa1r: ‘Crosn 16 Sept A. C. 1694. N. Ernesti Lehmanni, Ecclesiae Antistis Dono a Gotefried Pothe Freist. Sil. possideor'. Purchased for £0. 12. 0; see Books Purchased (1852), 92.

SHELFMARK: Auct. Q inf. 2.4.


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