Ovidius Naso, PubliusHeroides (comm. Antonius Volscus), et al. Tradition: Volscus and Calderinus.
Analysis of content:
a2r Volscus, Antonius: [Preface addressed to] Ludovicus Diaedus. Incipit: ‘[C]um multos saepe uiros qui nostris temporibus sapientiae studio . . .’ Explicit: sidere probabis industriam
a2v Volscus, Antonius: Vita Ovidii. Incipit: ‘[P]ublii Ouidii Nasonis poetae uetusta equestris ordinis familia . . .’ Explicit: uirtute digni uideantur
a3r Volscus, Antonius: ‘Argumentum'. Incipit: ‘[P]ost euersam Troiam Graecorum principes Phrygiis . . .’ Explicit: ad redeundum inuitat An ‘argumentum' by Volscus appears before each letter.
a3r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Heroides. Ov. Ep., with the letters in the following order: . . . 14, 16. 1-38, 145-378; 17-20, 21. 1-12.
a3r [Volscus, Antonius: Commentary on Heroides.] Incipit: ‘ “[P]enelope tua”. Quae tibi hactenus in tanta procorum turba pudice . . .’ Explicit: et laboribus gratulentur
i1v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Letter addressed to] Franciscus de Aragona. Incipit: ‘[D]omitius Francisco Aragonio salutem. Mirificum est studium meum, Francisce, et uoluntas . . .’ Explicit: restituendum curaui. Vale
i2r [Calderinus], Domitius: [Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[G]allias Methymnaeus nulla lucubratione nobilior . . .’ Explicit: quod mouet prætermittitur
i2v [Calderinus], Domitius: [Commentary on Sappho.] Incipit: ‘ “[N]unquid ubi aspecta est”. Principium autem epistolae interrogationem . . .’ Explicit: Eusebii recensent tempora. Vale
i2v Ovidius Naso, Publius [pseudo-?]: Sappho. [Ov.] Ep. Sapph.
k2v [Calderinus, Domitius(?): De exilio Ovidii]. Incipit: ‘[D]e Ouidii uita nihil a nobis in hoc loco scribendum . . .’ Explicit: ut scribit Plynius
k2v [Calderinus, Domitius: Argumentum.] Incipit: ‘[A]rgumentum carminis est imprecatio qua inimicum deuouet . . .’ Explicit: in aduersarium scribere
k3r [Calderinus, Domitius: Commentary on Ibis.] Incipit: ‘ “[T]empus bis quinque lustris”. Quinquaginta annis lustrum dixerunt . . .’ Explicit: Liuius et Dionysius. Finis
k3r Ovidius Naso, Publius: Ibis. Ov. Ib.
l9r [Colophon.]
l9v [Calderinus, Domitius: Epilogue addressed to] Falco [Sinibaldus]. Incipit: ‘Laudat Papinius patrem quod per tenebras Lycophronis poetae . . .’ Explicit: ignorare. Vale Flaco et ama me
Imprint:
Venice: Thomas de Blavis de Alexandria, 24 Apr. 1484. Folio.
Collation:
a8 b–k6 l10.
References:
Source: Bodleian
ISTC: io00153600
H *12195;
BMC V 317;
Pr 4757;
BSB‑Ink O‑119; Sheppard 3814.
LCN: 14537704
Copies:
O-062(1)
Copy
Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf with marbled paper boards; bound for Kloß; the gold stamp of the Bodleian Library on both covers.
Size: 316 × 222 × 19 mm.
Size of leaf: 308 × 205 mm.
Early marginal and interlinear annotations in a fifteenth/sixteenth-century humanist hand, including corrections to the text, extraction of key words, pointing hands, and ‘nota' marks. Additional couplets have been supplied in manuscript at the beginning of Epistolae nos 8 (`Alloquor Hermione nuper fratrem virumque | Nunc fratrem nomen coniugis alter habet'), 9 (`Mittor ad alciden e coniuge conscia mentis | Littera si coniunx deyanira sua est'), 10 (`Illa relicta feris etiam nunc improbe Theseu | Viuit et hec equa mente tulisse velis'), 11 (`Eolis eolide quam non habet ipsa salutem | Mittit et armata verba notata manu'), 12 (`Exul inops contempta nouo Medea marito | Dicit an a regnis tempora nulla vacant?'), also 17. 250, apparently omitted in printing.
Provenance: Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); book-label; purchased at his sale (1835), lot 2900 for £0. 18. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 21.
SHELFMARK: Auct. P 2.8.
