Bod-Inc: V-099
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera: Bucolica and Georgica, with argumenta (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus and Christophorus Landinus); Aeneis, with argumenta (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus, Tiberius Claudius Donatus and Christophorus Landinus), et al.
Analysis of Content
a4r [Table.]
a6v [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Maronis Vita.’ See V‑087.
a8r [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim activum uel imitatiuum . . .’
a8v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'. Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
2a1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. ‘Aegloga prima: interlocutores Meliboeus et Tityrus amici'. Verg. Ecl. On the transmission of Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid see V‑072.
2a1r [Landinus], Christophorus: ‘In P. Vergilii interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Tityre”. [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1] Tityrus Libyce hircum significat . . .’
c7r [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 . . .’
c7r [Vergilius Maro, Publius]: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
c7r [Landinus], Christophorus: ‘Interpretationes Georgicorum'. Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat laetas segetes” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Quid quae res . . .’
i3r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Aeneis addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prooemium'. See V‑095.
i4r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
i4r [Argumentum in verse.] Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
i4r [Second argumentum in verse.] Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libyes appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
i4v [Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus syluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
i4v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
i4v [Landinus], Christophorus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Vergilii Interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Arma uirum”. Et si heroici poetae tam Greci quam Latini proponant . . .’ On Landinus' commentary on A. see C. Kallendorf, Virgil and the Myth of Venice (Oxford, 1999), 61-7, 78.
i4v Donatus, [Tiberius Claudius: Commentary on A.]. Incipit: ‘Proponit et diuidit et sese commendat . . .’ See V‑095.
I1r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
I1r [Vegius, Maphaeus]: Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus. See V‑075.
I3r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Cyrim'. Incipit: ‘[E]t si me uario oposculum(!) hoc Virgilii ad Messalam dirigit . . .’
I3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑075.
I7r ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
I7r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
I7r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
I7r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
I7r ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
I7r [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
I7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
I7v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
I7v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
I7v ‘De quattuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
I8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
I8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
I8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
I8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
I8v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Elegia in Mecoenatis obitu que 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].
I8v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Elfgiam(!)'. Incipit: ‘ “Dfleram(!) iuuenis tristi modo carmine fata” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Elegia in Maecenatem, 1]. Non compertum habemus . . .’
K2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. See V‑072.
K2v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Copa.] Incipit: ‘ “Coppa Syrissa” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Copa, 1]. Omnis huius opusculi summa est . . .’
K2v [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
K3r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Est et non.] Incipit: ‘ “Est et non” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Est et non, 1]. Deridet dialecticos . . .’
K3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
K3r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Vir bonus.] Incipit: ‘ “Vir bonus” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Vir bonus, 1]. Sermo de uiro bono . . .’
K3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
K3r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Rosae.] Incipit: ‘ “Ver erat” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Rosae, 1]. Opusculum Virgilii de Rosa . . .’
K3v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Culicem'. Incipit: ‘Pastor oues de more ad umbram compellens . . .’
K4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
Imprint
Imprint: Lyons: Antonius Lambillion, for Franciscus Girardengus, 5 Nov. 1492. Folio.
Remarks: Copinger's mistaken identification of this copy as Venice: Georgius Arrivabenus, 1489, is due to an erroneous manuscript note on the recto of the front endleaf in this volume.
Collation
Collation: a 2a–z & [con] [rum] A–G8 H–L10.8.
Types: Types: 108 R, 78 R.
Leaves: 308 leaves.
Line number: 66 lines (a8r).
Type area: Type area: 258 ×174 mm (a8r).
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
Remarks: Leaf a4r, TABLE: ‘TABVLA. | .A. Aratis. iii | arbuſtum . . .'; a6v: ‘MARONIS VITA | [V]IRGILIVS Maro parentibus modicis fuit: & præcipue patre . . .'; a8v: ‘¶ SERVII MAVRI HONORATI GRammatici in Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber. | [B]VCOLICA Vt ferunt inde dicta ſunt . . .';2 a2r: [commentary] ‘BVCOLICORVM AEGLOGA PRIMA | [T]ITYRE tu patulæ. Paſtor inducitur . . .'; [text] ‘PVBLII Virgilii Maronis Bucolica ægloga pri | ma interlocutores Melibœus: & Tityrus amici. | ME. | [T]ITIRE TV PATVLE | recubans ſub tegmine fagi: | Silueſtrem tenui . . .’
References
ISTC: iv00187500
Hain: C 6064;
Goff: Goff V‑185;
Proctor: Pr 8637;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑128; CIBN V‑135; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 71; Davies–Goldfinch 73; Mambelli 69; Pellechet MS. 11637; Sheppard 6689.
LCN: 14693529
Copies
Copy number: V-099(1)
Wanting a1-3,2 a1, c7, m8, n1, the outer half of K7, K8–10, L1–8; it has not proved possible to provide a detailed description of the parts of the text contained in these leaves.
Binding: Blind-tooled calf, c.1700, rebacked. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers. Sprinkled red-edged leaves.
Size: 321 × 245 × 57 mm.
Size of leaf: 310 × 234 mm.
Frequent marginal and interlinear annotations to Ecl., G., and the first half of A. in a contemporary English hand, mainly supplying underlining, synonyms, and pen-trials, and extracting key words and phrases from Servius' commentary. A few notes in later hands in English and Latin, providing glosses and comments on A. Notes in a late sixteenth/early seventeenth-century hand on A. 1. Cropped notes in an eighteenth-century hand on D5v: ‘[Th]omas | [W]arren . . . [ ]ridge'; D6v –D7r and on E8v: ‘ . . . holy ye | [ sabb]ath day | [ ] days that | . . . sabbath | [ ] lord thy god . . .’
Provenance: George Dolepp (fl. 1712); inscription on recto of front endleaf: ‘George Dolep. Sept. 14. 1712'. Purchased for £1. 5. 0; see Books Purchased (1832), 23.
SHELFMARK: Auct. O 1.18a.
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