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mei/00562004 Inc.2.B.2.1[1128] [00562004]

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.2.B.2.1[1128]

ISTC No.is00503000
AuthorSilius Italicus
TitlePunica. Ed: Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria. Add: Calpurnius et Nemesianus: Bucolica. Hesiodus: Opera et dies (Tr: Nicolaus de Valle. Prelim: Nicolaus de Valle: Epistola Pio II)
ImprintRome : Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [not before 5 Apr. 1471]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordscollection; poetry
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id00562004
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.2.B.2.1[1128]
NoteTitle from caption at incipit on leaf [a2] recto.
Imprints from colophon and verse colophon on leaf [r4] verso, which read in full: Anno d[omi]nici Natalis .M.CCCC.LXXI. die .v. mensis Aprilis . Summo Pont. Paulo .II. Veneto Anno pont. vii. Io[hannes] An[drea] Ep[iscop]us Alerien[sis] In Insula Cyrno . recognitione[m] absoluit diebus circiter .xv. Lector beniuole uale perpetuo // Aspicis illustris lector quicunq[ue] libellos / Si cupis artificum nomina nosce : lege. / Aspera ridebis cognomina Teutona : forsan / Mitiget ars musis inscia uerba uirum / Co[n]radus suueynheym : Arnoldus pa[n]nartzq[ue] magistri / Rome impresserunt talia multa simul. / Petrus cum fratre Francisco Maximus ambo / Huic operi aptatam contribuere domum.
Edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria.
Hesiodus's Opera et dies translated from Greek into Latin by Nicolaus de Valle.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a-p¹⁰ q⁸ r⁶; A-B⁸; aa⁸ bb⁶]. Leaves [a1], [r5-r6], [A1], and [bb6] blank.
Silius Italicus. Punica, Books 1-17, edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, [a2]r-[r4]v; verse colophon, [r4]v; [Titus] Calpurnius [Siculus]. Carmen bucolicum, [A2]r-[B3]r; [Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus]. [Bucolica], [B3]r-[B8]v; Nicolaus de Valle. [Epistola addressed to] Pius II, Pont. Max., [aa1]v; Hesiodus. Opera et dies, translated from Greek into Latin by Nicolaus de Valle, [aa2]r-[bb5]v.
BM 15th cent., IV, 13
BN cat. des incun., S-257
Bod-inc, S-197
BSB-Ink, S-384
Copinger, 1417 (Calpurnius, Hesiodus)
Copinger, 2943 (Hesiodus)
Goff, S503
GW, M42099
GW, 12394 (Hesiodus)
Hain-Copinger, 14733* (Silius)
Hain, 4269a (Calpurnius)
ISTC, is00503000
Oates, 1363
Illumination and decoration: Initial in gold and full border, both with white vine decoration on grounds of purple, blue and green, a green laurel wreath left empty for coat-of-arms in the bas-de page, on leaf [a2] recto; initials in alternating red and blue, throughout; all supplied by hand, Italy, Rome, early 1470s.
Gatherings [A-B] and [aa-bb] bound at the beginning of the volume.
Wanting blank leaves [r5-r6] and [bb6].
[194] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5252576

Provenance 16th century

Provenance nameLupus, Franciscus, 16th century [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance 16th century

Provenance nameNans, F., 16th century [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance 1646-1714

Provenance nameMoore, John, 1646-1714 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteInscribed 'Franciscus Lupus' on leaf [A1] recto, England, 16th century. Inscribed 'F. Nans' on leaf [A2] recto, England, 16th century. From the collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, , but not listed among his printed books in E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ .... Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano ..., 1697, t. II, pp. 379-384, 390-391. Presented to Cambridge University Library by King George I, 1715: the armorial bookplate 'Munificentia regia 1715' on upper pastedown. Old library shelfmarks 'B-2-7', crossed away, and 'AB-8-20' armorial bookplate.
Binding noteBlind-tooled brown calf over pasteboards, with bookblock edges mottled in red, Cambridge, early 18th century.
Decoration NoteIllumination and decoration: Initial in gold and full border, both with white vine decoration on grounds of purple, blue and green, a green laurel wreath left empty for coat-of-arms in the bas-de page, on leaf [a2] recto; initials in alternating red and blue, throughout; all supplied by hand, Italy, Rome, early 1470s.
Manuscript notesMarginal manuscript nota signs and notabilia in cursive hand, England, early 16th and 17th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Other Information

Last Edit2017-04-30 12:00:00

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  00562004

Cambridge, University Library (GB) : Inc.2.B.2.1[1128]

ISTC No.is00503000
AuthorSilius Italicus
TitlePunica. Ed: Johannes Andreas, bishop of Aleria. Add: Calpurnius et Nemesianus: Bucolica. Hesiodus: Opera et dies (Tr: Nicolaus de Valle. Prelim: Nicolaus de Valle: Epistola Pio II)
ImprintRome : Conradus Sweynheym and Arnoldus Pannartz, [not before 5 Apr. 1471]
Formatf°
Languagelat
full ISTC record
SubjectHistory
Keywordscollection; poetry
Periodclassical

Description of Copy

Copy Id00562004
Holding InstitutionCambridge, University Library (GB)
CollectionInc.2-7
ShelfmarkInc.2.B.2.1[1128]
NoteTitle from caption at incipit on leaf [a2] recto.
Imprints from colophon and verse colophon on leaf [r4] verso, which read in full: Anno d[omi]nici Natalis .M.CCCC.LXXI. die .v. mensis Aprilis . Summo Pont. Paulo .II. Veneto Anno pont. vii. Io[hannes] An[drea] Ep[iscop]us Alerien[sis] In Insula Cyrno . recognitione[m] absoluit diebus circiter .xv. Lector beniuole uale perpetuo // Aspicis illustris lector quicunq[ue] libellos / Si cupis artificum nomina nosce : lege. / Aspera ridebis cognomina Teutona : forsan / Mitiget ars musis inscia uerba uirum / Co[n]radus suueynheym : Arnoldus pa[n]nartzq[ue] magistri / Rome impresserunt talia multa simul. / Petrus cum fratre Francisco Maximus ambo / Huic operi aptatam contribuere domum.
Edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, bishop of Aleria.
Hesiodus's Opera et dies translated from Greek into Latin by Nicolaus de Valle.
Spaces left blank for initials.
Signatures: [a-p¹⁰ q⁸ r⁶; A-B⁸; aa⁸ bb⁶]. Leaves [a1], [r5-r6], [A1], and [bb6] blank.
Silius Italicus. Punica, Books 1-17, edited by Johannes Andreas de Bussis, [a2]r-[r4]v; verse colophon, [r4]v; [Titus] Calpurnius [Siculus]. Carmen bucolicum, [A2]r-[B3]r; [Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus]. [Bucolica], [B3]r-[B8]v; Nicolaus de Valle. [Epistola addressed to] Pius II, Pont. Max., [aa1]v; Hesiodus. Opera et dies, translated from Greek into Latin by Nicolaus de Valle, [aa2]r-[bb5]v.
BM 15th cent., IV, 13
BN cat. des incun., S-257
Bod-inc, S-197
BSB-Ink, S-384
Copinger, 1417 (Calpurnius, Hesiodus)
Copinger, 2943 (Hesiodus)
Goff, S503
GW, M42099
GW, 12394 (Hesiodus)
Hain-Copinger, 14733* (Silius)
Hain, 4269a (Calpurnius)
ISTC, is00503000
Oates, 1363
Illumination and decoration: Initial in gold and full border, both with white vine decoration on grounds of purple, blue and green, a green laurel wreath left empty for coat-of-arms in the bas-de page, on leaf [a2] recto; initials in alternating red and blue, throughout; all supplied by hand, Italy, Rome, early 1470s.
Gatherings [A-B] and [aa-bb] bound at the beginning of the volume.
Wanting blank leaves [r5-r6] and [bb6].
[194] leaves ;
Original item identifier in source database: 5252576

Provenance

Provenance nameLupus, Franciscus, 16th century [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameNans, F., 16th century [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

Provenance nameMoore, John, 1646-1714 [Person; Former Owner]

Provenance

PlaceCambridge (Geonames ID: 2653941)
Areae-uk-en
Provenance nameCambridge University Library [Corporate body; Former Owner] (Library, No characterisation/lay)
NoteInscribed 'Franciscus Lupus' on leaf [A1] recto, England, 16th century. Inscribed 'F. Nans' on leaf [A2] recto, England, 16th century. From the collection of John Moore, Bishop of Ely, , but not listed among his printed books in E. Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliæ et Hiberniæ .... Oxford: E Theatro Sheldoniano ..., 1697, t. II, pp. 379-384, 390-391. Presented to Cambridge University Library by King George I, 1715: the armorial bookplate 'Munificentia regia 1715' on upper pastedown. Old library shelfmarks 'B-2-7', crossed away, and 'AB-8-20' armorial bookplate.
Binding noteBlind-tooled brown calf over pasteboards, with bookblock edges mottled in red, Cambridge, early 18th century.
Decoration NoteIllumination and decoration: Initial in gold and full border, both with white vine decoration on grounds of purple, blue and green, a green laurel wreath left empty for coat-of-arms in the bas-de page, on leaf [a2] recto; initials in alternating red and blue, throughout; all supplied by hand, Italy, Rome, early 1470s.
Manuscript notesMarginal manuscript nota signs and notabilia in cursive hand, England, early 16th and 17th century.
CertaintyThe recording of this evidence is considered certain

Other Information

Last Edit2017-04-30 12:00:00