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Commentarii in Vergilii opera.

Accession number
PML 21577
Creator
Servius, active 4th century.
Object title

Commentarii in Vergilii opera.

Published

Florentiae : Bernardus Cenninus aurifex omnium iudicio praestantissimus: & Dominicus eius .filius. optimae indolis adolescens impresserunt, [1471-1472].

Description

[238] leaves ; 41 cm (fol.)

Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan, Jr., 1922.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, leaf [24]/7r: Bernardvs Cenninvs avrifex omnium iudicio praestantissimus: & Dominicus eius .f[ilius]. optimae indolis adolescens i[m]presseru[n]t. Petrvs eivsdem Barnderdi .f[ilius]. emendavit cvm antiquissimis autem multis exemplaribus contulit: In primisq[ue] illis curae fuit: nequid alienu[m] Seruio ascriberetur: neu quid recideretur aut deess[et]: quod honorati esse peruetusta exemplaria demonstrarent. Quonia[m] uero plerosq[ue] iuuat manu propria suoq[ue] more graeca interponere: eaq[ue] i[n] antiquis codicibus p[er]pauca sunt: & accentus quide[m] difficillime imprimendo notari possunt: reliquendum ad id spatia duxit. Sed cum apud homines perfectum nihil sit: satis uideri quiq[ue] debebit: sibi libri (quod uehementer optamus) prae aliis emendati reperientur. Absolvtvm opvs nonis octobribvs. .M CCCC LXXII. Florentiae.
Three colophons in this edition, dated 7 Nov. 1471, 9 Jan. 1471/72, and 7 Oct. 1472.
Printed in type 1:120R.
Edited by Petrus Cenninus.
Collation: [1-23¹⁰ 24⁸]: 238 leaves, leaf [24]/8 blank.
Paper format: Royal folio.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 39.7 x 28 cm.
PMl copy has third colophon, dated 7 Oct. 1472.
PML copy missing 1 leaf: [24]/8 (blank).
Binding
17th/18th-century Italian vellum over stiff paper boards (41 x 30 cm), sewn on 6 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and endleaves; decorative endbands; yellow edges.
Variant title
Checklist title: Commentarius in Vergilium
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubrication unrealized; contemporary white vine illumination with empty armorial shield in lower margin (leaf [1]/1r). Annotations: Contemporary marginal notations moderately throughout, predominantly underlining and marginal keyword names.
Provenance
Unidentified shelfmark: No. 3 (leaf [1]/1r); Charles Spencer (1674-1722), 3rd Earl of Sunderland, shelfmark: C 2: 39 (front pastedown), through inheritance to: John Winston Spencer-Churchill (1822-1883), 7th Duke of Marlborough, Bibliotheca Sunderlandia sale, Puttick & Simpson, part V, 10 March 1883, lot 11398; J.P. Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943), purchased from Tammaro De Marinis via Giuseppe Martini, Feb. 1922.
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Department