Author
Horace
Uniform title
Works
Title
Opera. Comm: Antonius Mancinellus; (Pseudo-) Acron; Pomponius Porphyrio; Christophorus Landinus. Ed: Antonius Mancinellus.
Varying form of title
Horatius cum quattuor co[m]mentarijs
Varying form of title
Horatius cum quattuor comentarijs
Varying form of title
Horatius cum quattuor commentariis
Imprint
Venice : [Philippus Pincius, for] Benedictus Fontana, 16 Feb. 1495/96.
Physical description
264 leaves ; 31 cm (folio)
Note
Collation: a10 b–z8 &8 [con]8 [rum]8 A–F8 G6.
Note
Title from ISTC. Title on a1r: Horatius cum quattuor co[m]mentarijs.
Note
Imprint from colophon on folio G2r, which reads in full: "Qu. Horatii flacci opera: Venetiis impressa. Anno salutis M.CCCCXCV. die xyi. februarii." Benedictus Fontana's device representing a fountain, with initials B F, on leaf G6 recto. For Fontana's device, see BM 15th cent., V, 493.
Note
Text by Horace (Carmina, Epodes, Carmen saeculare, Ars poetica, Sermones, Epistolae), with surrounding commentaries by Antonius Mancinellus, (Pseudo-) Acron, Pomponius Porphyrio, and Christophorus Landinus.
Note
Edited by Antonius Mancinellus.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Title page, a1r; Antonius Mancinellus. [Letter addressed to] Julius Pomponius Laetus, dated 15 October 1492, a2r; Antonius Mancinellus. [Verse], caption "Ode quid per Anto. Mancinellus", incipit "Erat Ode modulatus sermo", a2r; "Horatii Venusini uita per Ant. Mancinellum edita", edited by Antonius Mancinellus, incipit "Q. Horatius Flaccus pater natus est & libertino", a2r-v; Domicus Palladius Soranus. [Verse addressed to the reader], caption "Domicus palladius soranus ad lectorem", incipit "Alta secant uolucres tuto stridente uolatu: / Annuat hoc iuno si dea mitis iter", 5 elegiac distichs, a2v; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Carmina, Books 1-4, a3r-s4v; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Epodae, s5r-x2v; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Carmen saeculare, x3r-x4v; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Ars poetica, x5r-z3r; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Sermones, Books 1-2, z3v-C1v; Quintus Horatius Flaccus. Epistolae, Books 1-2, C1v-G2r; colophon, G2r; "Tabula", G2v-G5r; printer's register, G5v; publisher's device, G6r. All texts interspersed with commentaries by Antonius Mancinellus, [Helenius Pseudo-] Acron, [Pseudo- Pomponius] Porphyrio and Christophorus Landinus, and edited by Antonius Mancinellus. For further content details, see Bod-inc H-213.
Citation/references note
ISTC, ih00458000
Citation/references note
GW, 13467
Citation/references note
Goff, H-458
Citation/references note
Bod-Inc, H-213
Citation/references note
CLC, H922
Provenance
Inscriptions on title page in a sixteenth-century hand: "Mauritius Figge", "Mauritius Figge est huius libri verus possessor teste Alexander Thistellhart"; the initials "M F" have been added to the printer's device on leaf G6r.
Provenance
Inscription at foot of title page, upside down in relation to the text, in a sixteenth-century hand: "Lewis Thomas owth[?] this booke that was bought for iii s."
Provenance
Inscription on title page in sixteenth-century hand: "Be it known unto all men by these presents that I William Jollie of Downesham in the county of Yorke yeoman Indebt and do owe this day of writing hereof unto Lawrence Fuller of Herforde in the county of Lancaster gentilman the some of tenn poundes of good lawful English monney to be paid unto the said Lawrence his heires or assigns"; inscription on leaf G6v: "Wm Jollye of Downesham in Lancashire sckoler".
Binding
19th-century brown calf over boards; blind rolls forming rectangular frames on boards, with blind stamps in corners; spine with four raised bands and blind tooling; spine label with "Horatius cum quat: Comentariis"; "1495 Venetiis" in gilt at foot of spine; blind roll around board edges; drab endleaves.
Copy-specific note
Copious marginal annotations throughout in ink in 16th-century hand; notes in various hands on title page, leaf G6v, and lower endleaf.
Subject
Poetry, Ancient. Early works to 1800.
Subject
Latin poetry Early works to 1800.
Subject
Latin literature Early works to 1800.
Subject
Classical literature Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Mancinelli, Antonio, 1452-approximately 1505 editor, commentator.
Added entry--name
Pseudo-Acro commentator.
Added entry--name
Pomponius Porphyrio, active 3rd century commentator.
Added entry--name
Landino, Cristoforo, 1424-1504 commentator.
Added entry--name
Pinzi, Filippo, active 1490-1530 printer.
Added entry--name
Fontana, Benedictus, active 1495-1505 publisher.
Added entry--name
Figge, Maurice, active sixteenth century former owner.
Added entry--name
Jollye, William, active 16th century former owner.
Added entry--name
Thomas, Lewis, active 16th century former owner.
Added entry--place
Italy Venice.
B9493
UKSbSC
20191105164236.9