Bod-Inc: V-101
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. ‘Prohemium'. See V‑095; in this edition the text breaks off in mid-sentence at the end of a page, with ‘vero egregium egregi-'.
[*4r] [Index.] Incipit: ‘Abitum ccxxxv . . .’
[*6r] [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.
[*8r] [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim activum uel imitatiuum . . .’
[*8v] Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'. Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
a1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. ‘Aegloga prima: interlocutores Meliboeus et Tityrus'. Verg. Ecl. On the transmission of Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid see V‑072.
a1r [Landinus], Christophorus: ‘In P. Vergilii interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Tityre”. [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1] Tityrus libycae hircum significat . . .’
c6v Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on G. addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Proemium'. Incipit: ‘[F]oelices profecto, Petrus Medices, ac perbeatos priscos illos mortales . . .’
c7v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] Serv. G.
c7v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Carmina'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat loetas segetes quo sidera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
c7v Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
c8r [Landinus], Christophorus: ‘Interpretationes Georgicorum Maronis'. Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat loetas segetes” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Quid quae res . . .’
i7r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Aeneis addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prohemium'. See V‑095.
i8v [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae primo Aeneidos libro contineantur'. Incipit: ‘[A]eneas primo Libyes appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
i8v [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus syluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
i8v [Second argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineantur duodecim Aeneidos libri'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
i8v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
aa1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
aa1r Donatus, [Tiberius Claudius]: [Commentary on A.]. Incipit: ‘Proponit et diuidit et sese commendat . . .’ See V‑095.
aa1r [Landinus], Christophorus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Vergilii Interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Arma uirum”. Et si heroici poetae tam Greci quam Latini proponant . . .’ See V‑095.
A1r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
A1r Vegius, Maphaeus: ‘Decimus tertius liber'. See V‑075.
A3v Alcimus [Alethius](?): ‘Alcini uersus'. See V‑075.
A3v Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Cornelii Galli uersus'. See V‑075.
A3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
A3v ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
A3v ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
A3v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
A4r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
A4r ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
A4r ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
A4r ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
A4r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
A4r ‘De ludo'. See V‑075.
A4r [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
A4r ‘Argumenta duodecim librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Libycas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
A4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑075.
A4v [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragoedias, Talia comoedias, Euterpe tibias, Terpsicore psalterium, Eratho geometriam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polymnia rhetoricam.’
A4v 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].
A5v Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illustrium'. See V‑072.
A5v Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
A5v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Tarpeio quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
A5v 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.
A5v 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.
A5v 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.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
A5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑075.
A5v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Vergilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
A5v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Vergilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
A6r ‘De quattuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
A6r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
A6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
A6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
A6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
A6v Ovidius [Naso, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. Incipit: ‘Qualis buccolicis quantus tellure domanda | Vitibus arboribusque apibus pecorique satisque'. See V‑072.
A6v ‘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.
A7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–LXXXI]. ‘Ad Priapum'. See V‑075. After the heading ‘Ad Priapum' A7 is missing and this collection resumes with the last line of poem 33. Poems 43 and 44 appear in reverse order. Poem 58 is merged with poem 59. Poem 68 is divided after verse 8: verse 9 begins the new poem 68a. Poem 72 is divided into two poems of two lines each. Poem 73 is joined to poem 74 and poem 76 with 77.
B1v [Priapeum.] ‘Ad Priapum'. Incipit: ‘Rusticus aerari quondam nunc uillicus horti | Haec tibi perspecta templa Priape dico'; 3 elegiac distichs. See V‑075.
B1v [Tibullus, Albius(?): Priapeum.] ‘Querela Priapi'. Incipit: ‘Quid hoc noui est? quid ira nuncia(!) deum? | Salente(!) nocte candidus mihi puer'; 43 iambic senarii. See V‑075.
B1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. See V‑072.
B2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
B2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
B2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Rosae. See V‑072.
B2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
B4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
B4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. See V‑075.
C1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑072.
C3v 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.
C3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Catalepton [I–XII.2]. See V‑075.
C4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
C5r [Colophon.]
C5r ‘Tabula librorum qui in hoc uolumine continentur'.
C5v ‘Registrum'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Liga Boaria, 23 May [1492?]. Folio.
Remarks: As dated by BMC, apparently on grounds of type, followed by BSB‑Ink, CIBN, and Sheppard.
Collation
Collation: [*] a–d f 2f–i aa–vv8 xx6 [a]aa–[e]ee fff8 ggg10 A8 B C6.
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
References
ISTC: iv00184000
Hain: C 6063 = 6031?;
Goff: Goff V‑184;
BMC: BMC V 508;
Proctor: Pr 5356;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑127; CIBN V‑134; Copinger ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 70 = 37; Davies–Goldfinch 72; Kallendorf 26; Mambelli 59; Sheppard 4438.
LCN: 14693492
Copies
Copy number: V-101(1)
Wanting sheet A2.7, also the blank leaf [*1].
Binding: Nineteenth-century gold-tooled calf. The gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 317 × 222 × 54 mm.
Size of leaf: 306 × 204 mm.
Some marginal notes in a contemporary German hand, mainly extracting key words and personal names from Servius' commentary and supplying underlining. Adjustments made to signatures in black ink: the first gathering ‘f' corrected to ‘e' and extra letter added to gatherings ‘aa'–`ee' to bring them into conformity with gatherings ‘fff' and ‘ggg' as printed.
Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 3964. Purchased for £0. 15. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 28.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.18.
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