Elegiae [manuscript], compiled ca. 1500.
Tibullus, author.; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.; Barresi, Matteo, marchese di Pietraperzia, -1531 or 1532, former owner.; Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, correspondent.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, addressee.
Formats
| Format | |
|---|---|
| BibTeX | |
| MARCXML | |
| TextMARC | |
| MARC | |
| DublinCore | |
| EndNote | |
| NLM | |
| RefWorks | |
| RIS |
Items
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Details
Title
Elegiae [manuscript], compiled ca. 1500.
Description
54 leaves : ill. ; 140 x 100 mm
Associated name
Tibullus, author.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Barresi, Matteo, marchese di Pietraperzia, -1531 or 1532, former owner.
Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, correspondent.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, addressee.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Barresi, Matteo, marchese di Pietraperzia, -1531 or 1532, former owner.
Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Cockerell, Sydney Carlyle, Sir, 1867-1962, correspondent.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Butler, Charles, 1821-1910, addressee.
Material base
Manuscript on vellum.
Scope and content
Contains the elegies of Tibullus followed by an epitaph on Tibullus attributed to Ovid; an encomium on Tibullus' life. Also includes an autograph letter signed from Sydney Cockerell, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, to Charles Butler, February 4, 1909 concerning the manuscript (in envelope attached to inside back cover).
Language Note
In Latin.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title from book spine.
Collation: Leaves ii + 54 + iii; 1² 2-6¹⁰ 7²; horizontal catchwords throughout.
Layout: Written in 20 long lines (dimensions of written space: 105 x 70 mm); hardpoint ruling; each line drawn separately; notes on leaves 1v and 2r.
Script: Written in an Italian Cursive hand.
Decorations: Gold, red, blue and green illuminated border, with a coat of arms (partially removed) on leaf 3r.
Decoration: Illuminated initials on leaves 3r, 23v, and 35r; alternating gold and blue initials throughout; initial on leaf 7v cut out.
Origin: Italy, late 15th century.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.82.
Title from book spine.
Collation: Leaves ii + 54 + iii; 1² 2-6¹⁰ 7²; horizontal catchwords throughout.
Layout: Written in 20 long lines (dimensions of written space: 105 x 70 mm); hardpoint ruling; each line drawn separately; notes on leaves 1v and 2r.
Script: Written in an Italian Cursive hand.
Decorations: Gold, red, blue and green illuminated border, with a coat of arms (partially removed) on leaf 3r.
Decoration: Illuminated initials on leaves 3r, 23v, and 35r; alternating gold and blue initials throughout; initial on leaf 7v cut out.
Origin: Italy, late 15th century.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.82.
Contents
1. leaves 3r-53r: "[rubr.] Epistolarum a Tibulli poete clare et equitis Romani: Liber primus incipit. Continet epistola prima. [text] Diuitias alius fuluo sibi congerat auro et teneat culti iugera multa soli ... profluat et pomis candidus ante sinus. [rubr.] Finit primus [liber] de opera danda amori; [leaf 23v: rubr.] Incipit secundus [liber] de lustratione agrorum feliciter. [text] Quisquis adest ualeat fruges lustramus et agros ... mouerit e uotis pars quotacumque deos. [rubr] Finit secundus [liber]; [leaf 35r: rubr.] Incipit tertius [liber]. Epistola prima continet obsecrationem ad Neheram blandissimam. [text] Martis Romani feste uenere kalende ... quid miserum torques, rumor acerbe tace. [rubr.] Finis Tibulli P[oete] Cl[are]." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 2-104).
2. leaf 53r: "[rubr.] Epitaphium Ouidii in Tibullum. [text] Te quoque Vergilio comitem non equa Tibulle ... aut caneret forti regia bella pede." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 106).
3. Leaf 53r-53v: "[rubr.] Argumentum de uita ex laude Tibulli. [text] Albius Tibullus eques Romanus insignis forma cultuque ... ut indicat epigramma suprascriptum." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 106).
2. leaf 53r: "[rubr.] Epitaphium Ouidii in Tibullum. [text] Te quoque Vergilio comitem non equa Tibulle ... aut caneret forti regia bella pede." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 106).
3. Leaf 53r-53v: "[rubr.] Argumentum de uita ex laude Tibulli. [text] Albius Tibullus eques Romanus insignis forma cultuque ... ut indicat epigramma suprascriptum." (Tibullus: Elegies / edited by Guy Lee. Leeds: Franscis Cairns, 1990, p. 106).
Publications about material
Ingallinella, Laura. "Bloodstained Books in Renaissance Sicily: The Library of Matteo Barresi, Marquis of Pietraperzia." In I Tatti Studies in the Italian Renaissance volume 25, number 2 (Fall 2022): 309-337.
Binding information
Bound in brown morocco, blind tooled in July 1908 for Charles Butler.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Matteo Barresi, marchese di Pietraperzia (manuscript ex libris fol. 53v, year "1531" erased but still discernable) ; Charles Butler (bookplate covered); and W.T. Smedley (bookplate).
Source of acquisition
Purchased as part of the Smedley Collection in 1924 by Henry Clay Folger.
Cited/described in
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, SM.5
Linked resources
Place of creation/publication
Italy.
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.
Great Britain -- England -- Cambridge.
Item Details
Call number
V.a.82
Folger accession
Smedley 5