Bod-Inc: V-104
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), et al.
Analysis of Content
a1r [Title-page.] ‘Vergilius cum quinque commentariis'.
a1v Mancinellus, Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Ursus Ursinus. Incipit: ‘Vergilii 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.
a1v [Mancinellus, Antonius: List of authors cited.] ‘Ex quibus auctoribus'. Incipit: ‘M. Catone. Varrone. Columella . . .’
a1v Mancinellus, Antonius: [Preface to] ‘Commentarius in Bucolica'. Incipit: ‘Dicendi genera et in carmine et in soluta oratione probabilia sunt tria . . .’
a2r [Mancinellus, Antonius]: ‘Argumentum Tityri'. Incipit: ‘ “Tityre tu patulae” [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1]. Post Cassii Brutique necem . . .’
a2r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Ecl. addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prooemium'. See V‑095.
a4r [Donatus, Aelius]: ‘Publii Virgilii Maronis Vita'. See V‑087.
a6r [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim actiuum uel imitatiuum . . .’
a6v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'. Incipit: ‘[B]ucolica ut ferunt inde dicta sunt a custodia boum . . .’ Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
b1r Landinus, Christophorus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In P. Vergilii interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Tityre”. [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1] Tityrus Libyce hircum significat . . .’
b1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. Verg. Ecl. On this edition see Venier 47 n. 61.
b1r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Commentarius in Bucolica'. Incipit: ‘ “Tityre” [Verg. Ecl. 1. 1]. Tityrus mercenarii pastoris nomen . . .’
e7r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on G. addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prohemium'. Incipit: ‘Foelices profecto, Petre Medices, ac perbeatos priscos illos mortales . . .’
e8r Mancinellus, Antonius: [Preface to] ‘commentarius in Georgica'. ‘De laudibus agriculture'. Incipit: ‘[C]um duae uitae traditae sint hominum . . .’
f1r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] ‘In Maronis Georgica commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. G.
f1r [Ovidius Naso, Publius pseudo-]: Argumentum [in verse]. Incipit: ‘Quid faciat laetas segetes quo sydera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
f1r Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Carmina Antonii Mancinelli'. ‘Argumentum libri primi'. Incipit: ‘Scribit arandus ager quo sidere, quidue serendum | Alternis annis, quid laeta et pinguia reddat'; 7 hexameters. A verse ‘argumentum' by Mancinellus precedes each book.
f1r Mancinellus, Antonius: Commentarius in Georgica. Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Ordo est hinc canere . . .’
f1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
f1r Landinus, Christophorus: ‘Interpretationes Georgicorum'. Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat laetas segetes” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Quid quae res . . .’
p7r Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface to commentary on Aeneis addressed to] Petrus Laurentii de' Medici. ‘Prooemium'. See V‑095.
p8v Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'. Serv. A.
p8v [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineant duodecim Aeneidos libri'. Incipit: ‘[P]rimus habet Libycam uenient ut Troes in urbem | Edocet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072. An ‘argumentum' precedes each book of Aeneis. In earlier editions this and the following argument appear in reverse order.
p8v [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.
q1r [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘[I]lle ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus syluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
q1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
q1r Donatus, [Tiberius Claudius: Commentary on A.]. Incipit: ‘Proponit et diuidit et sese commendat . . .’ See V‑095.
q1r [Landinus], Christophorus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Vergilii Interpretationes'. Incipit: ‘ “Arma uirum”. Et si heroici poetae tam Greci quam Latini proponant . . .’
R5v [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
R5v [Vegius, Maphaeus]: ‘Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus'. See V‑075.
R8r Alcimus [Alethius(?): ‘Alcinii versus'.] See V‑075.
R8r Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Cornelii Galli uersus'. See V‑075.
R8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'. See V‑075.
R8r ‘De uino et Venere'. See V‑075.
R8r ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
R8r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Sirenarum'. See V‑075.
R8v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'. See V‑075.
R8v ‘De fortuna'. See V‑075.
R8v ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
R8v ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
R8v [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'. See V‑075.
R8v ‘De ludo'. See V‑075
R8v [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'. See V‑075.
R8v ‘Argumenta. xii. librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Libycas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑072.
S1r [Note on the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragaedias, Talia comoedias, Euterpe tibias, Terpsicore psalterium, Eratho geometriam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polymnia rhetoricam.’
S1r Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illustrium'. See V‑072.
S1r Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
S1r [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in Daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro, fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Juppiter in caelis Caesar regit omnia terris'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Tarpeio quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
S1r 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.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus iuvenis serpens casum venere sub imo | Sus iacet extinctus serpens pede tum ille veneno'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Anguis aper iuvenis pereunt in vulnere morsu | Hic fremit ille gemit sibilat hic moriens'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 1 elegiac distich.
S1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'. See V‑072.
S1v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
S1v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia.’ See V‑075.
S1v ‘De quatuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
S2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'. See V‑075.
S2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'. See V‑075.
S2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'. See V‑075.
S2r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'. See V‑075.
S2v Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Versus'. Incipit: ‘Qualis bucolicis quantus tellure domanda | Vitibus arboribusque apibus pecorique satisque'. See V‑072.
S2v ‘Summa Virgilianae narrationis in tribus operibus'. Incipit: ‘Pastorum musam uario certamine promit | Ruris item dociles culturam carmine monstrat'. See V‑072.
S2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Priapea I–LXXXI]. ‘Ad Priapum'. See V‑075. In this edition poem 15 immediately follows poem 14, and poem 26 poem 25; poem 30 is divided into two poems, each of one elegiac distich; 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.
S5r [Priapeum.] ‘Ad Priapum'. Incipit: ‘Rusticus aerarii quondam nunc uilicus horti | Haec tibi perspecta templa Priape dico'; 3 elegiac distichs. See V‑075.
S5r [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.
S5v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Publii Virgilii Maronis Elegiam'. Incipit: ‘ “Defleram iuuenis tristi non carmine fata” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Elegia in Maecenatem, 1]. Non compertum habemus . . .’
S5v 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].
S7v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. See V‑072.
S7v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Copa.] Incipit: ‘ “[C]oppa Syrisca” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Copa, 1]. Omnis huius opusculi summa est . . .’
S8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
S8r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Est et non.] Incipit: ‘ “[E]st et non” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Est et non, 1]. Deridet dialecticos . . .’
S8r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
S8r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Vir bonus.] Incipit: ‘ “[V]ir bonus” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Vir bonus, 1]. Sermo de uiro bono . . .’
S8v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
S8v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Rosae.] Incipit: ‘ “[V]er erat” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Rosae, 1]. Opusculum Virgilii de Rosa . . .’
S8v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Culicem'. Incipit: ‘[P]astor oues de more ad umbram compellens . . .’
T1r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
T5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
T5r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘In Diras narratio'. Incipit: ‘ “[B]attare cygneas” [Pseudo-Virgilius, Dirae, 1]. Summa opusculi huius . . .’
T6v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Aethnam'. Incipit: ‘[H]oc Virgilianum esse opus plerique . . .’
T6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. See V‑075.
V2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑075.
V2v [Calderinus, Domitius]: ‘Commentarii in Cyrim'. Incipit: ‘[E]tsi me uario opusculum hoc Virgilii ad Messalam dirigit . . .’
V6v 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.
V6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Catalepton [I–XII.2]. See V‑075. Breaks off after line 2 of poem XII.
V7r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
V8r ‘Tabula librorum qui in hoc uolumine continentur'.
V8r [Colophon].
V8r ‘Registrum'.
Imprint
Imprint: Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis, 8 Aug. 1495. Folio.
Collation
Collation: a6 b–z & [con] [rum] A–V8.
Types: Types: 106 R; 80 R2; 80 Gk. Initials.
Leaves: 366 leaves.
Line number: 62 lines, plus headline (a4r).
Type area: Type area: 245 (249) ×165 mm (a4r).
Illustrations: Woodcut initials.
Remarks: Leaf a1r, title-page: ‘Vergilius cum cōmentariis quinqƺ uidelicet | Seruii | Landini | Ant. Mancinelli | Donati | Domitii'; a1v: ‘ANTONIVS MANCINELLVS VELITERNVS VRSO VRSINO HEROI CLARISSIMO PON | tifici Thean. ac Gymnaſii almæ Vrbis Rectori. | VErgilii poetaꝝ ſummi & Bucolica & Georgica . . .'; b1r: ‘BUCOLICORVM AEGLOGA PRIMA | TITYRE tu patulæ. PASTOR inducit̃ . . . | . . . | Publii Virgilii Maronis Mantuani Vatis | O[per]a cum commētariis Serui Mauri Hono- | rati . . . | . . . | TITYRE TU PA | TVlæ recubans ſub | . . .'; V8r, l. 26, colophon: ‘Impreſſum Venetiis per Bartolomeum de Zāis de Porteſio. Sub anno domini. 1495. die Octauo Auguſti. | Regiſtrum. | . . .'; l. 58, col. 7: ‘ . . . Nec tamen | Et ualidas'.
References
ISTC: iv00191000
Hain: C 6076;
Goff: Goff V‑191;
Proctor: Pr 5334;
Others: BSB‑Ink V‑133; CIBN V‑139; Copinger, ‘Inunabula Virgiliana', 83; Kallendorf 36; Mambelli 80; Sheppard 4169.
LCN: 14693548
Copies
Copy number: V-104(1)
Binding: Nineteenth-century blind-tooled calf; bound for the Bodleian Library; mottled red-edged leaves; the gold stamp of the Library on both covers.
Size: 300 × 206 × 58 mm.
Size of leaf: 291 × 188 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations, including extraction of key words; also underlining in the text and commentary in red and black ink. Partly erased and damaged notes on V8v.
Paragraph marks are supplied in red ink on a1r.
Provenance: Bartholomaeus Botzhemianius (fifteenth/sixteenth century); faded inscription on a1r: ‘Hic liber est Bartholomei Botzhemianii . . . avensis'. [ ] Cronhone(?) (sixteenth century); inscription on a1r: ‘Emptus 1 fl xii [ ] A M Cronhone(?) Vdenheymio Ludi Magistro Schletstatin[ ]'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; sale (1835), lot 3966; purchased for £0. 9. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 28.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.17.
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