tif00043000

Text-inc Id:

tif00043000

Bod-inc Id:

F-010

Headings:

Faela, Johannes Nicolaus De origine et laudibus Maffeorum. Fragment.

Analysis of content:

1. [a1r] Faela, Johannes Nicolaus: [Dedicatory letter addressed to] Hieronymus Riarius, count of Imola. ‘Iohannes Nicola Faela eques Veronensis et iurisconsultus, ad excellentissimum d. comitem Hyeronimum Imole dominum De origine et laudibus Maffeorum.’ Incipit: ‘[P]rinceps illustris et magnanime domine admirabitur, ut existimo, d. tua quid sit quod ego nullius auctoritatis ...’ [a7r] Explicit: ‘... cui ob innumerabiles virtutes tuas excellentiamque magnanimitatis immortalitas et gloria debeatur apud omnem posteritatem. Vale, princeps illustris.’ [Dated Verona, 27 Apr. 1480].
2. [c1r] Maffeus, Benedictus: Epistola, [addressed to] Oliverius [Carafa Sabinensis], Cardinal-archbishop of Naples. Incipit: ‘[V]rbem Romam multarum nationum conuentu constitutam et auctam, amplissime pater . . .’ Letter dated 12 Dec. 1482.

Imprint:

[Rome Johannes Schoemberger after 26 Apr. 1484] 4°.

Collation:

[a⁸ b⁶ c d⁸ e¹⁰ f⁸ g¹] [following GW].

References:

Source: Bodleian; Venezia N (Gathering [a] only) ISTC: if00043000 GW 9703; HR 6898; H 10435 (fols 15-30); H 10437 (fols 9-14); Goff F‑43; not in Pr; Sheppard 3141.

Copies:

1. F-010(1) Copy Bound with C‑379(1); see there for details of binding and provenance. Size of leaf: 188 × 135 mm. Gatherings [c] and [d] only. Occasional marginal annotations and textual corrections. On [c1r] a five-line initial ‘U' is supplied in blue with red pen-work infill, decoration, and extensions into the margin; paragraph marks are supplied in red. SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 5.16(5).