Bod-Inc: V-107
Vergilius Maro, Publius
Opera: Bucolica and Georgica (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus and Jodocus Badius Ascensius); Aeneis (comm. Maurus Servius Honoratus, rev. Jodocus Badius Ascensius), et al. Ed. Jodocus Badius Ascensius.
Analysis of Content
Part I:
[*1r] [Title-page with coloured woodcut.] ‘P.Virgilii Maronis poetarum facile principis Buccolicca et Georgica'.
[*1v] Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Prefatory letter addressed to] Anselmus de Brievere. Renouard, Badius, III 358-60. The letter is dated Paris, 24 Apr. 1500.
[*2r] ‘Tabula alphabetica'. Incipit: ‘Index alphabetico ordine rerum et verborum in commentariis Bucolicorum et Georgicorum . . .’
[*6r] Landinus, Christophorus: [Preface]. ‘De peculiari P.Vergilii maronis laude honesta prefatio'.’ Incipit: ‘Cum eum nobis poetam interpretandum asumpserimus . . .’
a1r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: ‘In opera Virgiliana quaedam praeambula praenotamenta scitu digna'.’ Incipit: ‘In exponendis (ut ad Aeneida Servius inquit) auctoribus haec consideranda sunt . . .’
a2r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘In Bucolica Maronis Commentariorum Liber'.’ Serv. Ecl. For the transmission see S‑186.
a3r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Ecl.] ‘Subsequentis particulae argumentum atque explanatio'.’ Incipit: ‘Totius Eglogae argumentum iam declaravimus, huius autem particulae tale est . . .’
a3r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Bucolica. Verg. Ecl. On the transmission of Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid see V‑072.
k8r Mancinellus, Antonius: [Preface to] ‘commentarius in Georgica'. Incipit: ‘Quum duae uitae traditae sint hominum . . .’
k8v Mancinellus, Antonius: ‘Carmina Antonii Mancinelli'.’ ‘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.
l1r [Ovidius Naso, Publius pseudo-: Argumentum in verse.] Incipit: ‘[Q]uid faciat laetas segetes quae sidera seruet | Agricola ut facilem terram proscindat aratris'. See V‑072.
l1r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Georgica [addressed to Gaius] Maecenas. Verg. G.
l1r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Georg.] ‘In Georgica Vergiliana familiares commentarii cum ceterorum elucidatione'.’ Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat laetas segetes” &c. Quandoquidem titulus operis per Mancinellum . . .’
l1r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on G.] ‘In Maronis Georgica commentariorum liber primus'.’ Serv. G.
l2r Mancinellus, Antonius: Commentarius in Georgica. Incipit: ‘ “Quid faciat” [Verg. G. 1. 1]. Ordo est hinc canere . . .’
Part II:
AAA1r [Title-page with woodcut.] ‘Vergiliana opuscula familiariter exposita'.
AAA1v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Prefatory letter addressed to] Ladislaus and Clemens Alexandre, Johannes Confluentinus [i.e. de Koblenz] and Johannes Parvus. Renouard, Badius, III 363.
AAA2r ‘Tabula alphabetica'. Incipit: ‘Index alphabeticus in sequentibus commentariis annotandorum . . .’
AAA3r Calderinus, Domitius: [Commentary on Culex.] Incipit: ‘Pastor oues de more ad umbram compellens . . .’
AAA3r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Culex.] Incipit: ‘Lusimus octavi. Sicut in prefatione sylvarum suarum attestatur Papinius . . .’
AAA3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Culex. See V‑072.
CCC3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Dirae. See V‑072.
CCC3r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘In Diras enarratio'.’ Incipit: ‘ “Battare cygneas” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Dirae, 1]. Summa opusculi huius . . .’
CCC3r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Carmen execratorium.] Incipit: ‘ “Battare” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Dirae, 1]. Quandoquidem omnia quae ad principia dici solet . . .’
DDD1v Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in Aethnam'.’ Incipit: ‘Hoc Virgilianum esse opus plerique . . .’
DDD1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Aetna. See V‑075.
DDD1v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Aetna.] Incipit: ‘ “Aethna mihi” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Aetna, 1]. Quia cetera a Calderino satis explicantur . . .’
FFF3r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Ciris [addressed to Gaius] Messalla. See V‑075.
FFF3r [Calderinus, Domitius]: ‘Commentarii in Cirim'.’ Incipit: ‘ “Etsi me vario” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Ciris, 1]. Opusculum hoc Virgilii ad Messalam dirigit . . .’
FFF3v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Ciris.] Incipit: ‘ “Etsi me vario” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Aetna, 1]. Carmen hoc Vergilianum esse tota attestatur phrasis . . .’
HHH4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Moretum. See V‑072.
HHH4r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Moretum]. Incipit: ‘ “Iam nox hybernas” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Moretum, 1]. Hoc Publii Virgiliis maronis opusculum Moretum ab eo inscriptum est . . .’
HHH6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Hortulus'.’ See V‑075.
HHH6v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Hortulus.] Incipit: ‘ “Adeste musae” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Hortulus, 1]. Opusculum hoc de laude hortuli . . .’
III1r Calderinus, Domitius: ‘Commentarii in de Mecoenatis obitu elegiam'.’ Incipit: ‘ “Defleram iuuenis tristi modo carmine fata” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Elegia in Maecenatem, 1]. Non compertum habemus . . .’
III1r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Elegia in Mecoenatis obitu quae a quibusdam dicitur Virgilii cum tamen 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].
III4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Vir bonus. See V‑072.
III4r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Vir bonus.] Incipit: ‘ “Vir bonus” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Vir bonus, 1]. Sermo de uiro bono . . .’ See B‑001, included among Silvae morales.
III4v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Vir bonus.] Incipit: ‘ “Vir bonus et sapiens” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Vir bonus, 1]. Quisquis inquit vir bonus est et sapiens . . .’ See B‑001, included among Silvae morales.
KKK3v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: De ludo contra avaritiam. See V‑075.
KKK3v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De ludo.] Incipit: ‘Quoniam quidem reipublicae incolumitati . . .’ See B‑001, included among Silvae morales.
KKK4r ‘De liuore'. See V‑075.
KKK3v [Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: Commentary on De livore.] Incipit: ‘ “Livor tabificum” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De livore, 1]. Monstratum est avaritiam et iram infestissima esse vitia . . .’ See B‑001, included among Silvae morales.
KKK6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Carmen de Venere et vino contra luxuriam et ebrietatem. See V‑075.
KKK3v [Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: Commentary on De Venere et vino.] Incipit: ‘ “Nec Veneris” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De Venere et vino, 1]. Si penitioribus oculis Virgilianam dicendi formam . . .’ See B‑001, included among Silvae morales.
LLL1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De littera y'.’ See V‑075.
LLL1v [Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: Commentary on De littera y.] Incipit: ‘ “Littera pithagorae” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De littera y, 1]. Propulsavimus quanta maxima potuimus diligentia sex morbos . . .’ See B‑001, included among Silvae morales.
LLL4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Copa. See V‑072.
LLL4v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Copa.] Incipit: ‘ “Coppa Syrissa” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Copa, 1]. Omnis huius opusculi summa est . . .’
LLL5r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Copa.] Incipit: ‘ “Coppa syrisca” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Copa, 1]. Carmen hoc elegiacum quod Virgilio ab omnibus ascribitur . . .’
LLL5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: Rosae. See V‑072.
LLL5r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Rosae.] Incipit: ‘ “Ver erat” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Rosae, 1]. Opusculum Virgilii de rosa . . .’
LLL5v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Rosae.] Incipit: ‘ “Ver erat” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Rosae, 1]. Hoc quoque carmine nos ad voluptatem invitare videtur . . .’
LLL5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-; Ausonius]: Est et non. See V‑072.
LLL5v [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Est et non.] Incipit: ‘ “Est et non” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Est et non, 1]. Deridet dialecticos . . .’
LLL6r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Est et non.] Incipit: ‘ “Est et non” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Est et non, 1]. Deridet inquit Calderinus dialecticos . . .’
LLL6r [Ausonius]: ‘De aetatibus animalium'.’ See V‑075.
LLL6r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De aetatibus animalium.] Incipit: ‘ “Per binos” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De aetatibus animalium, 1]. Sunt qui hos versiculos proponant . . .’
LLL6v [Ausonius]: ‘Monosticha de erumnis Herculis'.’ See V‑075.
LLL6r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Monosticha de erumnis Herculis.] Incipit: ‘ “Prima Cleonei” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Monosticha de erumnis Herculis, 1]. Monostichis i. singulis carminibus describit aerumnas atque labores Herculis . . .’
LLL6v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Herculis laboribus'.’ See V‑075.
MMM1r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De Herculis laboribus.] Incipit: ‘ “Compressit” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De Herculis laboribus, 1]. (Si modo idem est auctor) aliis prosequitur verbis . . .’
MMM1v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De Musarum inuentis.’ See V‑072.
MMM1v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De Musarum inventis.] Incipit: ‘ “Clio gesta canens” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De Musarum inventis, 1]. Opusculum hoc de musarum inventis inscribitur . . .’
MMM1v [Note about the Muses.] Incipit: ‘Clio historias invenit, Melpomene tragaedias, Thalia comoedias, Euterpe tibias, Terpsicore psalterium, Eratho geometriam, Calliope litteras, Urania astrologiam, Polymnia rhetoricam.’
MMM1v [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen 7.] ‘De cantu Syrenarum'.’ See V‑075.
MMM1v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De cantu Syrenarum.] Incipit: ‘ “Syrenes” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De cantu Sirenarum, 1]. Quae reliqua sunt Virgiliana opuscula tam facilia sunt . . .’
MMM2r [Avienus, Rufus Festus(?): Carmen.] ‘Eiusdem'.’ See V‑075.
MMM2r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De die festo.] Incipit: ‘ “Clarus inoffenso” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De die festo, 1]. Festivam lucem patriae suae carmine celebrat . . .’
MMM2r ‘De fortuna'. Incipit: ‘Fortuna omnipotens insipientibus Tantum iuris atrox quae vendicas'; 15 Asclepiadic lines.’ See V‑075; in fact the first line in this edition is a rare instance of this form of corruption of the opening of the poem which in modern editions begins ‘O Fortuna potens et nimium levis | Tantum iuris atrox quae tibi vendicas'.
MMM2r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De fortuna.] Incipit: ‘ “Fortuna omnipotens” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De fortuna, 1]. Hoc quoque carmen mutilum invenimus . . .’
MMM2r ‘De Orpheo'. See V‑075.
MMM2r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De Orpheo.] Incipit: ‘ “Threicius quondam vates” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De Orpheus, 1]. Fabula Orphei in quarto Georgicorum explicata est satis late . . .’
MMM2v ‘De seipso'. See V‑075.
MMM2v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De seipso.] Incipit: ‘ “Mellifluum quisquis” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De seipso, 1]. Aut de se loquitur poeta aut quis alius nomine poetae . . .’
MMM2v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De speculo'.’ See V‑075.
MMM2v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De speculo.] Incipit: ‘ “Redditur effigies” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De speculo, 1]. Eandem rem variis modis consequitur atque exprimit . . .’
MMM2v Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.’ See V‑075.
MMM2v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Mira Virgilii uersus experientia.] Incipit: ‘ “Qua ratis egit iter” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Mira Virgilii uersus experientia, 1]. Eadem facilitate eodemque artificio constrictionem aquarum . . .’
MMM3r Vergilius [Maro, Publius pseudo-]: ‘Mira Virgilii experientia de Iri.’ See V‑075.
MMM3r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Mira Virgilii experientia.] Incipit: ‘ “Thaumantis proles” [Pseudo-Vergilius, Mira Virgilii experientia, 1]. Simili modo arcum caelestem i.Irim describit . . .’
MMM3v ‘De quattuor temporibus anni.’ See V‑075.
MMM3v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De quattuor temporibus anni.] Incipit: ‘ “Verque novum” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De quattuor temporibus anni, 1]. Eandem experientiam suam docet in temporibus anni describendis . . .’
MMM4r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De ortu solis'.’ See V‑075.
MMM4r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De ortu solis.] Incipit: ‘ “Aurora” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De ortu solis, 1]. Eandem peritiam suam in solis ortu describendo variis modis eruditissimus poeta ostendit . . .’
MMM4v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘De signis caelestibus'.’ See V‑075.
MMM4v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on De signis caelestibus.] Incipit: ‘ “Primus adest aries” [Pseudo-Vergilius, De ortu solis, 1]. Eadem varietate describit duodecim zodiaci signa . . .’
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Monostichon Virgilii'.’ Incipit: ‘Iuppiter in coelis, Caesar regit omnia terris.'; 1 hexameter. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Distichon'.’ Incipit: ‘Tarpeio quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Aliud'.’ Incipit: ‘Littera rem gestam loquitur res ipsa medullam | Verbi quam vivax mens videt intus habet'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Mors trium animalium'.’ Incipit: ‘Sus iuvenis serpens casum venere sub imo | Sus iacet extinctus serpens pede tum ille veneno'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Idem aliter'.’ Incipit: ‘Anguis aper iuvenis pereunt in vulnere morsu | Hic fremit ille gemit sibilat hic moriens'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Idem adhuc aliter'.’ Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis serpens pede porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Distichon Virgilii'.’ Incipit: ‘Tarpeio quondam consedit culmine cornix | Est bene non potuit dicere, dixit erit'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Aliud'.’ Incipit: ‘Littera rem gestam loquitur, res ipsa medullam | Verbi quam vivax mens videt intus habet'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Mors trium animalium'.’ Incipit: ‘Sus iuvenis serpens casu venere sub uno | Sus iacet ex ictu, serpens pede, et ille veneno'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Idem aliter'.’ Incipit: ‘Anguis aper iuvenis pereunt vi vulnere morsu | Hic fremit, ille gemit, sibilat hic moriens'; 1 elegiac distich.
MMM5r Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Idem adhuc aliter'.’ Incipit: ‘Sus serpens iuvenis pariter periere vicissim | Dente perit iuvenis, serpens pede, porcus ab ictu'; 2 hexameters.
MMM5v Niger, Franciscus: ‘Diversorum carminum ex Francisco Nigro numeri'.’ Incipit: ‘Carmina (inquit Niger) a canendo dicta sunt . . .’ With musical notation.
MMM5v Niger, Franciscus: ‘Heroica gravis'.’ Incipit: ‘Heroica gravisque harmonia est . . .’
MMM5v Niger, Franciscus: ‘Heroica bellica'.’ Incipit: ‘Heroica bellicaque harmonia est qua utimur . . .’
MMM5v Niger, Franciscus: ‘Elegiaca'.’ Incipit: ‘Elegiaca harmonia est qua in elegiacis . . .’
MMM6r Niger, Franciscus: ‘Sapphica'.’ Incipit: ‘Sapphica harmonia est qua utimur . . .’
MMM6r Niger, Franciscus: ‘Lyrica'.’ Incipit: ‘Lyrica harmonia est qua in caeteris utimur . . .’
MMM6r [Colophon.] ‘Impressa sunt haec omnia solertia Thielmanni Kerver in inclyti Parrhisorum academia ad Idus Martias post Iubileum. Deo gratias.’
Part III.
[†1r] [Title-page with woodcut.] ‘Aeneis Vergiliana cum Servii Honorati Grammatici huberrimis commentariis cum Philippi Beroaldi seculi nostri principis doctissimis in eosdem annotationibus suis locis positis.’
[†1v] Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Prefatory letter addressed to] Lodovicus de Flandria. Renouard, Badius, III 360-3. The letter is dated Paris, 23 Jan. 1501.
[†2v] ‘Tabula'. Incipit: ‘Rerum et verborum in commentariis sequentibus contentorum index.’
[†4r] Donatus, Aelius: ‘Maronis Vita quae a Donato dicitur edita'.’ See V‑087.
[†6v] [On poetry.] Incipit: ‘Poematis stili genera tria sunt: aut enim actiuum uel imitatiuum . . .’
Aa1r Servius Honoratus, Maurus: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Virgilii Maronis Aeneidem commentariorum liber primus'.’ Serv. A.
Aa1r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on A.]. ‘In P. Virgilii Ma. Aeneida perque familiares commentarii.’ Serv. A.
Aa1v [Argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae contineant duodecim Aeneidos libri.’ Incipit: ‘Primus habet Libycam ueniant ut Troes in urbem | Et docet excidium Troiae clademque secundus'. See V‑072.
Aa2r [Second argumentum in verse.] ‘Quae primo Aeneidos libro contineantur.’ Incipit: ‘Aeneas primo Libyes appellitur oris | Vir magnus bello nulli pietate secundus'. See V‑072.
Aa3r [Vergilius Maro, Publius pseudo-: Epigramma.] Incipit: ‘Ille ego qui quondam gracili modulatus auena | Carmen et egressus syluis uicina coegi'. See V‑072.
Aa3r Vergilius Maro, Publius: Aeneis. Verg. A.
rrr8r [First colophon.]
rrr8v Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Notes on Greek used in Servius' commentaries.] Incipit: ‘Quia in Servianis commentariiis passim Graeci citantur . . .’
sss1r [Brippius, Josephus: Argumentum.] See V‑075.
sss1r Vegius, Maphaeus: ‘Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus'.’ See V‑075.
sss1r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on ‘Argumentum']. Incipit: ‘ “Turnus ut extremo” [Brippius, Josephus, Argumentum, 1]. Quemadmodum diximus in explanatione Aeneidos . . .’
sss1r Ascensius, Jodocus Badius: [Commentary on Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus.]. Incipit: ‘ “Turnus ut extremo” [Maphaeus Vegius, Aeneidos liber tertiusdecimus, 1]. Effugientem animam, unde in fine xii . . .’
ttt5r Praeconia poetae et argumenta Aeneidos. ‘Sequuntur varia Publii Virgilii Maronis operumque eius praeconia librorum argumenta eiusque epitaphia.’
ttt5r Alcimus [Alethius](?): ‘Alcinii uersus'. See V‑075.
ttt5r Gallus, Cornelius [pseudo-]: ‘Cornelii Galli uersus'.’ See V‑075.
ttt5r Octavius Augustus [pseudo-]: ‘Exclamatio in iussum Virgilii pro Aeneidis combustione'.’ Incipit: ‘[E]rgo ne supremis potuit uox improba uerbis | Tam dirum mandare nephas? ergo ibit in ignes?’ See V‑072.
ttt5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘In laudem Aeneidos'.’ P. Ovidius Naso, Ars Amatoria, ed. E. J. Kenney (Oxford, 1994), III 337-8.
ttt5r Propertius, Sextus: ‘In laudem eiusdem'.’ Sextus Propertius, Carmina, ed. E. A. Barber (Oxford, 1960), II 34, lines 65-6.
ttt5r Propertius, Sextus: ‘Idem de Bucolico carmine'.’ Propertius, Carmina, ed. Barber, II 34, lines 67-70.
ttt5r Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-]: ‘Versus'.’ Incipit: ‘Qualis buccolicis quantus tellure domanda | Vitibus arboribusque apibus pecorique satisque'. See V‑072.
ttt5r ‘Summa Virgilianae narrationis in tribus operibus'. Incipit: ‘Pastorum musam uario certamine promit | Ruris item dociles culturam carmine monstrat'. See V‑072.
ttt5r ‘Argumenta duodecim librorum Aeneidos'. Incipit: ‘Aeolus immittit uentos Iunone precante | Troianosque uagos Libycas expellit in oras'. See V‑075.
ttt5v Palladius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Epitaphia virorum illustrium'.’ See V‑072.
ttt5v Asclepiades: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Eusebius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Pompelianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Maximianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Vitalis: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Basilius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Asmodianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Vovianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Eugenius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Iulianus: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Hilasius: [Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud de pictura eius'. See V‑072.
ttt5v [Epitaphium Vergilii]. ‘Aliud'. See V‑072.
ttt5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Epitaphium Vergilii]. See V‑072.
ttt5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Pastor arator eques pavi colui superavi | Capras rus hostes fronde ligone manu'; 1 elegiac distich. See V‑075.
ttt5v Vergilius Maro, Publius [pseudo-: Verse.] Incipit: ‘Tristia fata tui dum fles in daphnide Flacci | Docte Maro fratrem diis immortalibus aequas'; 2 hexameters. See V‑075.
ttt6r [Second colophon.]
Imprint
Imprint: Paris: Thielman Kerver, for Jean Petit and Johann de Koblenz, 1500-1. Folio.
Remarks: In three parts: (I) ‘Bucolica and Georgica' [not before 24 Apr. 1500]; (II) ‘Aeneis', dated 23 Jan., 1 Feb. 1501; (III) ‘Opuscula', dated 15 Mar. 1501. BMC treats as separate editions, and excludes part II.
Collation
Collation: Part I: [*]6 a8 b–i6 k8 l–z A–G6; part II: AAA–MMM6; part III: [†] Aa–Zz AA–ZZ aaa–qqq6 rrr8 sss ttt6.
Remarks: The second and third leaves of gathering [*] are numbered ‘2 3', but the gathering is not signed; the leaves of gathering [†] are numbered ‘4 iii 4'; in part II leaf AAA2 is signed AAA1.
References
ISTC: iv00196000
Hain: C 6083 (incl. 6094);
Goff: Goff V‑196;
BMC: BMC VIII 219 (I) and VIII 220 (II);
Proctor: Pr 8390, 8395, 8393;
Others: CIBN V‑140; Copinger, ‘Incunabula Virgiliana', 89 (incl. 101); Mambelli 93 (incl. 597 = 598); Oates 3156; Rhodes 1831; Sack, Freiburg, 3643 (I and (II); Polain 3965; Sheppard 6546-8.
Copies
Copy number: V-107(1)
Binding: Seventeenth/eighteenth-century calf over pasteboards, with a double gilt fillet and the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers; sprinkled red- and black-edged leaves; marbled pastedowns; rebacked.
Size: 291 × 227 × 86 mm.
Size of leaf: 281 × 193 mm.
The devices on [*1r] and ttt6r have been coloured in red and green.
Provenance: A partly erased inscription in a seventeenth-century hand(?) on [*1r]: ‘Bibliot. [ ] A[ ]'. Date of acquisition unknown; no indication from the shelfmark.
SHELFMARK: Auct O 1.16(1-3).
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