Accession number
PML 1545-47
Published
[Colophon [Prudentius. v.1] Venetiis : Apud Aldum. mense Ianuario. 1501-04]
Credit line
Purchased with the Toovey collection, 1899.
Notes
Record romanized.
Conventional general title taken from Renouard.
Each volume or part of volume (in case of [v.1]) has its own title only: [v.1]: Prvdentii Poetae Opera. Prosperi Aqvitanici Epigrammata. Cantica tredecim of Hagiopolites Cosmus. Joannis Damasceni. In magno sabbato, capita versuum / Marcus Idrontinus. In annuntiationem sanctissimae Dei genitricis / Theophanes. [[v.2] Qvae Hoc Libro Continentvr. Sedulii mirabilium diuinoru[m] libri quatuor carmine heroico. Ivvenci ... Historia ... [etc., etc.] [v.3] Gregorii episcopi Nazanzeni carmina ... Nonnus. Metabolē tou kata Iōannē hagiou euangeliou.
Edited by Aldus Manutius.
For fuller description see Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde. 2e ēd. Paris, 1825, v. 1, p. 57-62, 108-109; Bibliotheca LIndesiana, vol. 3, col. 7173.
The 8 prelim. pages in vol. 2, which contain prefatory notes for this vol. by Aldus Manutius Romanus are dated Ven̄. mense Iunio. MDII. An impression of the Aldine anchor is on the verso of the 8th leaf and is here used for the first time, together with other printings for the year 1502.
Texts in Latin and in Greek with Latin translations on opposite pages.
Vol. 1. 232 leaves. (fol.) 1-8; ff-gg⁸; hh¹⁰; ii-pp⁸; rr-uu⁸; xx⁸, yy¹⁰; (2rd lettering pt. 27) hh-ii⁸; kk⁶ the last a blank; (3rd lettering pt. 37) 1 leaf at the begining without signature, a-c⁸, d⁶.
Vol. 2. 8 + 293 leaves. (fol.) 1-8; a-e⁸, d⁴, e-i⁸ k¹⁰, aa-dd⁸, ee⁶, ff-gg⁸, hh⁶, A-F⁸, G⁴, H-I⁸, K⁴, aaaa⁸-bbbb¹⁰, cccc⁸, dddd¹⁰, eeee⁴ (from aaaa⁸-eeee⁴ interleaved with 77-77⁸, ee of Greek text, ee⁴ a blank missing?).
Vol. 3. 122 leaves. A-N¹⁰.⁸[superscript]10.8 alternately, C[superscript]4 interleaved with 108 leaves of Greek text (AA-NN[superscript]8, OO[superscript]4; 2 leaves at the beginning and 2 leaves at and without signatures; 52 leaves, the last a blank (aaa-777[superscript]8 777[superscript]4).
Analytics created for individual works in v. 2 (PML 1546)
Conventional general title taken from Renouard.
Each volume or part of volume (in case of [v.1]) has its own title only: [v.1]: Prvdentii Poetae Opera. Prosperi Aqvitanici Epigrammata. Cantica tredecim of Hagiopolites Cosmus. Joannis Damasceni. In magno sabbato, capita versuum / Marcus Idrontinus. In annuntiationem sanctissimae Dei genitricis / Theophanes. [[v.2] Qvae Hoc Libro Continentvr. Sedulii mirabilium diuinoru[m] libri quatuor carmine heroico. Ivvenci ... Historia ... [etc., etc.] [v.3] Gregorii episcopi Nazanzeni carmina ... Nonnus. Metabolē tou kata Iōannē hagiou euangeliou.
Edited by Aldus Manutius.
For fuller description see Renouard, Annales de l'imprimerie des Alde. 2e ēd. Paris, 1825, v. 1, p. 57-62, 108-109; Bibliotheca LIndesiana, vol. 3, col. 7173.
The 8 prelim. pages in vol. 2, which contain prefatory notes for this vol. by Aldus Manutius Romanus are dated Ven̄. mense Iunio. MDII. An impression of the Aldine anchor is on the verso of the 8th leaf and is here used for the first time, together with other printings for the year 1502.
Texts in Latin and in Greek with Latin translations on opposite pages.
Vol. 1. 232 leaves. (fol.) 1-8; ff-gg⁸; hh¹⁰; ii-pp⁸; rr-uu⁸; xx⁸, yy¹⁰; (2rd lettering pt. 27) hh-ii⁸; kk⁶ the last a blank; (3rd lettering pt. 37) 1 leaf at the begining without signature, a-c⁸, d⁶.
Vol. 2. 8 + 293 leaves. (fol.) 1-8; a-e⁸, d⁴, e-i⁸ k¹⁰, aa-dd⁸, ee⁶, ff-gg⁸, hh⁶, A-F⁸, G⁴, H-I⁸, K⁴, aaaa⁸-bbbb¹⁰, cccc⁸, dddd¹⁰, eeee⁴ (from aaaa⁸-eeee⁴ interleaved with 77-77⁸, ee of Greek text, ee⁴ a blank missing?).
Vol. 3. 122 leaves. A-N¹⁰.⁸[superscript]10.8 alternately, C[superscript]4 interleaved with 108 leaves of Greek text (AA-NN[superscript]8, OO[superscript]4; 2 leaves at the beginning and 2 leaves at and without signatures; 52 leaves, the last a blank (aaa-777[superscript]8 777[superscript]4).
Analytics created for individual works in v. 2 (PML 1546)
Description
3 v. ; 21 cm
Provenance
Formerly owned by Lord Gosford (his cockerell and Vigilantibus bookplate) and J. Toovey (Burnham Abbey bookplate).
Binding
Dark olive-green morocco, all edges gilt, by Lewis.
Classification
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