Juvenal — 1475; Italian, Rieti
MS. Add. A. 166
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Juvenal — 1475; Italian, Rieti
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 166
Place of origin
Italian, Rieti
Date
1475
Language
Latin
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
96 fols.
Decoration
Rubrics.
Spaces left for initials.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian.
Provenance
Fol. 92v: 'Explicit liber vuuenalis Quem ego petrus simon constantiny Jacobi Vanderutij de Rieto scrypsy et ad ffinem produxy in Ciuitate Rieti ac in escola magistri petri felitiany de cingulo sub Anno domini MºccccºLxxv [v erased and arabic 2 added] Inditione viija tempore dominy dominy ...Sixty pape quinty... etc. die xxv mensis Iulij etc.'.
Guglielmo Libri, no. 565 in his sale, 1859.
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Title
Latin codex beg. with Three short Lives of Juvenal
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 166
Summary
Comprises:
fol. 1) Three short Lives of Juvenal: begg. '[I]unius Iuuenalis libertino locupletis', '[I]uuenalis satiricus Aquinates oppido fuit', '[I]uuenalis proprium illy fuit Aquinates.'.
(fol. 3) 'Decimi Junij Juuenalis Satyrarum Liber primus [secundus, ... quintus] incipit', with glosses on the first and part of the second satire: the 16th satire precedes the 15th: eight of the satires have short arguments in verse prefixed. At end 'Explicit liber vuuenalis Quern ego Petrus Simon Constantiny Jacobi Vanderutij de Rto [Reato?] scrypsy & ad ffinem pro duxy in ciuitate Rti ac in escola magistri Petry Feliciany de Cingulo, sub anno Dominy m° cccc° lxxv [altered to 1472], Indi[c]tione viija tempore dominy ... Sisty pape quinty [sic] et cetera, die xxv mensis Iulij et cetera.'.
At fol. 93 are added, rather later:
a metrical calendar, beg. 'Principio Jany';
two short Italian poems, begg. 'Colluj che parte more et tace in foco' [I read 'mor(i) et jace' etc. E.W.B.N.], and 'Infelici parenti. infelice hora;'
a Latin astrological poem, beg. 'Nil capiti facias, Aries cum Luna refulget.'.
Date
written in A.D. 1475 at Rieti
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
98 Leaves
Custodial history
Catalogue of the ... collection of Splendid Manuscripts ... formed by M. Guglielmo Libri 1859 no. 565
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Collection contents
Latin codex beg. with Three short Lives of Juvenal
