a1v Marsus, Petrus: [Letter addressed to] Cardinal Franciscus Gonzaga of Mantua. Incipit: ‘[C]ato ille censorius immo naturae opus mirabile . . .’
a1v [Marsus, Petrus]: ‘De summo bono et uia ad officium'.’ See C‑324.
a3r [Marsus, Petrus: Commentary on De officiis.] Incipit: ‘ “[Q]uanquam te, Marce fili”. In omni re septem circumstantiae requiruntur . . .’ See Dykmans 60 no. 5.
a3r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De officiis. Cic. Off.
s1r Omnibonus Leonicenus [pseudo-: Preface to commentary on De amicitia.] Incipit: ‘[O]pusculum hoc “De amicitia” in duas consummi(!) partes a lectoribus . . .’
s1r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De amicitia. Cic. Amic.
s1r Omnibonus Leonicenus [pseudo-: Commentary on De amicitia.] Incipit: ‘ “[M]utius”. Ex Mutiorum familia fuit Scaeuola . . .’ See C‑326.
u6r [Phileticus, Martinus: Preface to commentary on De senectute.] Incipit: ‘[M]arcus Tullius Cicero linguae Romanae decus et splendor non in eloquentia . . .’
u6v [Phileticus, Martinus: Commentary on De senectute.] Incipit: ‘ “[O] Tite, si quid ego adiuto”. Adiuto: frequentatiuum a iuuo uas as(!) ultimo supino . . .’
u6v Cicero, Marcus Tullius: De senectute. Cic. Sen.
&5r [Omnibonus Leonicenus: Introduction to the commentary on Paradoxa stoicorum.] Incipit: ‘Titulus huius opusculi est Marci Tulli Ciceronis Paradoxorum liber. Paradoxa dicuntur . . .’
&5r Cicero, Marcus Tullius: Paradoxa stoicorum. Cic. Parad.
&5r [Omnibonus Leonicenus: Commentary on Paradoxa stoicorum.] Incipit: ‘ “[A]nimaduerti, Brute”. Scribitur autem hoc opusculum ad Brutum . . .’ See C‑323.
Imprint:
Venice: Bernardinus Rizus and Bernardinus Celerius, 12 Oct. 1484. Folio.
Collation:
a–o8 p–r6 s8 t–z &6 [con]8.
References:
Source: Bodleian
ISTC: ic00601000
GW 6954;
HC *5274;
Goff C‑601;
BMC V 400;
Pr 4942;
BSB‑Ink C‑361; Sheppard 4062.
Copies:
C-327(1)
Copy
Wanting [con]6-7 torn out.
Binding: Sixteenth-century English blind-tooled calf over wooden boards, possibly Oxford, ‘Binder M' (Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings, 23, n. 3), two catches and clasps lost; rebacked. On both covers fillets form concentric frames: between the second and third set of these is a repeated floral stamp (Oldham, Blind-stamped Bindings, pl. xxvii, no. 423); between the fourth and fifth and in the inner rectangle is a repeated lozenge-shaped floral stamp.
Size: 302 × 222 × 50 mm.
Size of leaf: 293 × 204 mm.
Marginal notes and underlining in text in a number of fifteenth- to seventeenth-century hands; one early hand extracts names and key words; another makes short summaries. Pen-trials and scribbles on a1r.
Provenance: John Foote (b. c.1565–after 1602/3).
John Bancroft (1574-1640), Bishop of Oxford; inscription on [con]8v: ‘Jo. Bancrofte ex dono Magistri Foote tutoris eius'.
Francis Dodington (b. c.1604); inscription on a1r: ‘Franciscus Dodingtonus me tenet teste Thomas Hammonde multisque aliis in hac schola'.
Francis Blake (b. c.1662); inscription on a1r: ‘Franciscus Blake me tenet ex Aula Sancti Edmundi. August 17 an° [16]78'.
Oxford, University College.
Deposited during the 1940s by the Master and Fellows of University College, Oxford; not in the lists of books deposited in 1941 or 1947.
SHELFMARK: Univ. Coll. [Br.] d.2.
