Martial, Ovid — 15th century, late; Italian

Title

Martial, Ovid — 15th century, late; Italian

Ovid — 15th century, early; Italian

Shelfmark

MS. Auct. F. 2. 17

Place of origin

Italian

Date

15th century, early

15th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

Title

Collection of six Latin items

Shelfmark

MS. Auct. F. 2. 17

Summary

Fol. 1. Martial's Spectacula, imperfect at beginning, with the Latin commentary (by Domitius Calderini), from no. 6 (Junctam Pasiphaën) to 31 (Naumachiam): comm. beg. after an imperfect part 'Vuntam. Pasiphaë filia Solis.' Most of the leaves are slightly imperfect

Fol. 6v. Martial's Epigrams, i. 1 to iv. 1 with Calderini's Commentary; ending on the recto of a leaf

Fol. 109. Copies of 101 Latin letters, dated 1470-72, of Italian litterati, chiefly Alexander Braccius, Nicholaüs Mihelotius, and Bartolomeus Scala

Fol. 147v. 'Non nullæ optime elegantie', on the history of some Latin words

Fol. 150. The Epistolae Heroidum of Ovid, i and ii. 1-114 (Hebrus aquas), with glosses and notes: imperfect at end

Fol. 155. A fragment of an early 15th cent. MS. written in Italy, containing the Epistolae Heroïdum of Ovid, ii. 112-xiv, xvi. 1-203 (mater Amorum): fol. 189 is on parchment.

The hand which wrote artt. 1-5, and which glossed and annotated this fragment, takes up the text in the middle of fol. 194v and carries it to xvi. 170, where two leaves are lost, and from xix. 146 (Gloriaque) to nearly the end of the Heroides, the leaves being in perturbed order and including the xvth Epistle

The whole MS. is in a poor state, and one leaf of MS. Auct. F. 2. 12 was at one time in it.

Date

Written late in the 15th century (but see art. 6) in Italy

Language

Latin

Physical facet

On paper

Physical extent

216 Leaves

Custodial history

the Heinsius sale catalogue, tom. ii. p. 65, this MS. is no. 25.