Tibullus Catullus & Propertius cu[m] commento.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tibullus.

Contributor:

Cyllenius, Berardin.

Lacisius, Antonius Parthenius.

Beroaldo, Filippo, 1453-1505.

Locatelli, Boneto, active 1486-1523, printer.

Scotto, Ottaviano, -1498, publisher.

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Early Venetian Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

Elegiae

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Elegiac poetry, Latin--Early works to 1800.

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Love poetry, Latin--Early works to 1800.

Love poetry, Latin.

Poetry, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

Poetry, Ancient.

Genre:

Elegiac poetry, Latin.

Incunabula.

Printers' devices (Printing) -- Italy -- Venice -- 15th century.

Penn Provenance:

Guild, James Wyllie (bookplate)

Chiesa di Santa Corona (Vicenza, Italy) (former owner) (inscription)

Dominicans (Vicenza, Italy) (former owner) (inscription)

Physical Description:

158 unnumbered leaves (the last leaf blank) ; 32 cm (folio)

Other Title:

Goff title: Elegiae, sive Carmina

Fingerprint:

:&li atla t.ro stno (C) 1491 (T)

Place of Publication:

I[m]pressi uero Venetiis : A Boneto Locatello Bergome[n]si : Cui necessaria exhibuit ... Octauianus Scotus Modoetiensis, Anno eiusde[m] salutis nonagesimo primo supra millesimu[m] ac quadringentesimu[m], quinto Idus decembres [9 Dec. 1491]

Notes:

With commentaries by Berardin Cyllenius, Antonius Parthenius Lacisius, and Filippo Beroaldo for the Tibullus, Catullus, and Propertius, respectively. Cf. ISTC.

Title from title leaf (leaf a1r).

Imprint from colophon on leaf x5r, which reads: Co[m]mentarii in Pro[per]tiu[m] a Philippo beroaldo editi Anno salutis. M.cccc.lxxxvii. i[m]pressi uero Venetiis a Boneto locatello Bergome[n]si. Cui necessaria exhibuit Nobilis uir Octauianus Scotus Modoetiensis. Anno eiusde[m] salutis nonagesimo primo supra millesimu[m] ac quadringentesimu[m]. Quinto Idus decembres.

Median folio, text surrounded by commentary. Leaf a2r: 61 lines; area of text: 242 x 159 mm. Initial spaces with guide letters; spaces for Greek words to be supplied in ms. Printed headlines. With signatures; without foliation or catchwords. Woodcut initials; woodcut publisher's device of Ottaviano Scotto on leaf x5v. Register on leaf x5v.

Signatures: a-c⁸ d-e⁶ f-s⁸ t-x⁶ (leaf x6 blank).

Leaf k4 signed "k".

Local Notes:

Leaf size: 310 x 213 mm.

Penn Libraries copy without rubrication.

Penn Libraries copy has a few ms. underlines, some ms. notes and occasional ms. calculations and pen tests in brown ink; ms. manicule in brown ink on leaf l1r; a few modern ms. bibliographical notes in pencil on front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy has armorial bookplate (with motto: Fortis in arduis) of James Wyllie Guild (1826-1894) affixed to front pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy has early ms. ownership inscription ("Bibliotec[a]e ordinis pr[a]edica[torum] S: Coron[a]e uicenti[a]e ad sinistram") of the library of the Dominican community associated with the Chiesa di Santa Corona, Vicenza, Italy; remains of label, possibly of the same institution, at foot of leaf a2r.

Penn Libraries copy bound in paper boards; ms. spine label ("Catullus Tibullus et Propertius"); supposed ms. imprint date ("1487") in blue ink on spine; ms. numeral ("7") on left board; ms. shelf-mark ("R. 48" followed by "Ital:" in another hand, the latter struck through) on back pastedown.

Penn Libraries copy: spine damaged; small hole in title leaf; occasional dampstaining in outer margins of leaves; occasional stains on leaves.

Cited in:

Goff T-372

BM 15th cent., V, p. 439 (IB.22858)

GW M47024

BSB-Ink. T-347

BN cat. des incun. T-278

Walsh, J.E. 15th cent. printed books, 2289-2291

ISTC it00372000

Contains:

Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Works. 1491

Propertius, Sextus. Elegiae.

OCLC:

6081625