Satyrae ... [etc.] [manuscript], ca. 15th century.
Juvenal. author.; Persius. Works.; Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.; Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.; Botini, Paul, active 15th century, scribe.; Fiano, Francesco da, -1421.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.; Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.; Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.; Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.; Catholic Church. Pope (1458-1464 : Pius II)
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Satyrae ... [etc.] [manuscript], ca. 15th century.
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102 leaves ; 205 x 155 mm
Associated name
Juvenal. author.
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.
Botini, Paul, active 15th century, scribe.
Fiano, Francesco da, -1421.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Catholic Church. Pope (1458-1464 : Pius II)
Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
Pius II, Pope, 1405-1464.
Botini, Paul, active 15th century, scribe.
Fiano, Francesco da, -1421.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.
Smedley, William T. (William Thomas), 1851-1934, former owner.
Folger, Henry Clay, 1857-1930, former owner.
Folger, Emily C. J. (Emily Clara Jordan), 1858-1936, former owner.
Catholic Church. Pope (1458-1464 : Pius II)
Material base
Manuscript on paper.
Scope and content
Contains satires on Roman life by Juvenal; a sermon on the expulsion of the Turks from Greece by Pope Pius the Second; a poem on the condemnation of poverty by Francisco de Fiano; the satires of Persius Flaccus; and excerpts from Ovid, with notes on scansion.
Language Note
In Latin with annotations in Latin and Greek.
Note
Manuscript codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Contains two bookmarks with manuscript notes removed from leaves 53 and 76 in envelope attached to inside cover.
Collation: Leaves ii + 102 + ii; 1⁶ 2¹⁴ 3¹⁸ 4¹⁴ 5¹⁸ 6¹⁴ 7¹⁸(-1) 8²; modern flyleaf attached to first leaf in first signature; leaves 3r, 83v, and 84 are blank.
Layout: Written in 26 long lines (dimensions of written space: 135 x 85 mm); blind board-ruling; copious interlinear and marginal scholia in Greek and Latin with manicules.
Script: Written in Italian Humanistic script.
Decoration: Decorated initials throughout.
Decoration: Coat of arms (leaf 1r) with the letters "P" and "B", presumably in reference to Paulus Botini.
Origin: Transcribed by Paulus Botini de Gotelengo in Italy during the late 15th century. Scribe's name is written on leaf 1r.
Watermark: Oxhead.
Edges cut slightly affecting text.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.108.
The critical edition of Juvenal's Satires inverts the order of the manuscript's fifteenth and sixteenth satires.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Contains two bookmarks with manuscript notes removed from leaves 53 and 76 in envelope attached to inside cover.
Collation: Leaves ii + 102 + ii; 1⁶ 2¹⁴ 3¹⁸ 4¹⁴ 5¹⁸ 6¹⁴ 7¹⁸(-1) 8²; modern flyleaf attached to first leaf in first signature; leaves 3r, 83v, and 84 are blank.
Layout: Written in 26 long lines (dimensions of written space: 135 x 85 mm); blind board-ruling; copious interlinear and marginal scholia in Greek and Latin with manicules.
Script: Written in Italian Humanistic script.
Decoration: Decorated initials throughout.
Decoration: Coat of arms (leaf 1r) with the letters "P" and "B", presumably in reference to Paulus Botini.
Origin: Transcribed by Paulus Botini de Gotelengo in Italy during the late 15th century. Scribe's name is written on leaf 1r.
Watermark: Oxhead.
Edges cut slightly affecting text.
Shelfmark: Washington, D.C., Folger Shakespeare Library, MS V.a.108.
The critical edition of Juvenal's Satires inverts the order of the manuscript's fifteenth and sixteenth satires.
Contents
1. leaf 2r: "[rubr.] Verba Pape Pii secundi quae habuit in pratis apud pontem Milui[u]m in occursu captis beati Andree apostoli in suggesto ad id: preparato die xii Aprilis 1462, astante senata cardinalium et magna populi coram. [text] Advenisti tandem, o sacratissimum et odoratissimum sancti Apostoli caput. Turcorum tua te sede furor expulit. Ad fratrem tuum et apostulorum principem confugisti exulans ... multa sunt, transeat ad impios Turcos et ad nationes barbaras, quae Christum Dominum inhonorant. [rubr.] Finis. Deo gratias". (I Commentarii / edited by Luigi Totaro. Milan: Adelphi Edizioni, 1984, p. 1510-1514).
2. leaves 3v-82v: "[leaves 3v-4v contain notes on the satires]; [leaf 5r: rubr.] Materiam et causas Satyrarum hac inspice prima D. Iuni Iuvenulis aquinatis. Liber incipit foeliciter. [text, Satura I] [S]emper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam vexatus toties rauci Theseide Cordi? ... experiar quid concedatur in illis quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina. [leaf 8v: Satura II] Ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet et glacialem Oceanum, quoties aliquid de moribus audent ... mittentur brace, cultelli, frena, flagellum; sic pretextatos referunt Artaxata mores. [leaf 12r: Satura III] Quamuis digressu ueteris confusus amici, laudo tamen uacuis quod sedem figere Cumis ... ni pudet illas, auditor gelidos ueniam caligatus in agros. [leaf 18v: Satura IV] Ecce iterum Crispinus! adest mihi sepe uocandus ad partes ... postquam cerdonibus esse timendus coeperat: hoc nocuit Lamiarum caede madenti. [leaf 22r: Satura V] Si te propositi nondum pudet atque eadem mens est, ut bona summa putes ... nec dura timebis flagra pati, his epulis et tali dignus amico. [leaf 25v: Satura VI] Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris uisamque diu ... si pregustaret Atrides Pontica ter uicti cautus medicami[n]a regis. [leaf 39r: Satura VII] Et spes et ratio studiorum in Cesare tantum; solus enim tristes hac tempestate ... et cum se uerterit annus, accipe uictori populus quod postulat aurum. [leaf 44r: Satura VIII] Stem[m]ata quid faciunt? quid prodest, Pontice, longo sanguine censeri ... tuorum aut pastor fuit aut illud quod dicere nolo. [leaf 49r: Satura IX] Scire uelim quare totiens mihi, Neuole, tristis occurras fronte obducta ... quae Siculos cantus effugit remige surdo. [leaf 52r: Satura X] Omnibus in terris, quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen ... sed te, nos facimus, fortuna, deam celoque locamus. [leaf 59v: Satura XI] Atticus eximie si cenat, lautus habetur; si Rutilus demens quid enim maiore cachino ... talis quoque tedia uite magna; uoluptates commendat rarior usus. [leaf 63v: Satura XII] Natali, Coruine, die mihi carior hec lux, qua festus promissa ... montibus aurum exaequet, nec amet quenquam nec ametur ab ullo. [leaf 66r: Satura XIII] Exemplo quodcumque malo commititur, ipsi displicet auctori ... tandemque fatebere letus nec Surdum nec Tyresiam quemquam esse deorum. [leaf 71r: Satura XIV] Plurima sunt, Fuscine, et fama digna sinistra et nitidis maculam ... indulsit Caesar cui Claudius omnia, cuius paruit imperiis uxorem occidere iussus. [leaf 78r: Satura XV] Quis numerare queat foelicis premia, Galle, militie? ... et leti phaleris omnes et torquibus omnes. [leaf 79r: Satura XVI] Quis nescit, Volusi Bitinice, qualia demens Egyptos portenta colat ... cunctis animalibus abstinuit qui tamquam homine et uentri indulsit non omne legumen. [rubr.] finis." (D. Iunii Iuvenalis Saturae Sedecim / edited by James Willis. Stutgardiae: Teubner, 1997, p. 1-213).
3. leaf 83r: "[rubr.] C. Francisci de Fyano Romani poete, De contennedis [sic] opibus & diligenda paupertate. [text] Ascendat quicumque uelit fastigia felix ... Fictilibus quem mensa cibus suscepit egena. [rubr.] finis."
4. leaves 85r-98v: "[rubr.] Persii Flacci poeta satirici. Incipit prologus. [text] [N]ec fonte labra prolui caballino, nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnaso memini me, sic ut poeta repente prodirem ...; [leaf 85r: Satura I] O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! Quis leget hec ... his mane edictum, post prandia Calliroen do. [leaf 88r: Satura II] Hunc, Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo ... pectus honesto. Haec cedo ut admoueam templis et farre litabo. [leaf 89v: Satura III] Nempe hoc adsidue? Iam clarum mane fenestras intrat et augustas ostendit ... quod ipse non sani esse hominis non sanus iuret Horestes. [leaf 92r: Satura IV] Rem populi tractas? Barbatum hoc crede magistrum ... tollat sua munera Cerdo, tecum habita, noris, quam sit tibi curta supellex. [leaf 93r: Satura V] Vatibus hic mos est, centum sibi poscere uoces ... crassum ridet Sulfenius ingens et centum Grecos curto centusse licetur. [leaf 97r: Satura VI] Admouit iam bruma foco te, Basse, sabino ... depinge, ubi sistam. Inuentus, Crisippe, tui finitor acerui." (Saturarum liber / edited by Walter Kissel. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 2007).
2. leaves 3v-82v: "[leaves 3v-4v contain notes on the satires]; [leaf 5r: rubr.] Materiam et causas Satyrarum hac inspice prima D. Iuni Iuvenulis aquinatis. Liber incipit foeliciter. [text, Satura I] [S]emper ego auditor tantum? numquamne reponam vexatus toties rauci Theseide Cordi? ... experiar quid concedatur in illis quorum Flaminia tegitur cinis atque Latina. [leaf 8v: Satura II] Ultra Sauromatas fugere hinc libet et glacialem Oceanum, quoties aliquid de moribus audent ... mittentur brace, cultelli, frena, flagellum; sic pretextatos referunt Artaxata mores. [leaf 12r: Satura III] Quamuis digressu ueteris confusus amici, laudo tamen uacuis quod sedem figere Cumis ... ni pudet illas, auditor gelidos ueniam caligatus in agros. [leaf 18v: Satura IV] Ecce iterum Crispinus! adest mihi sepe uocandus ad partes ... postquam cerdonibus esse timendus coeperat: hoc nocuit Lamiarum caede madenti. [leaf 22r: Satura V] Si te propositi nondum pudet atque eadem mens est, ut bona summa putes ... nec dura timebis flagra pati, his epulis et tali dignus amico. [leaf 25v: Satura VI] Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris uisamque diu ... si pregustaret Atrides Pontica ter uicti cautus medicami[n]a regis. [leaf 39r: Satura VII] Et spes et ratio studiorum in Cesare tantum; solus enim tristes hac tempestate ... et cum se uerterit annus, accipe uictori populus quod postulat aurum. [leaf 44r: Satura VIII] Stem[m]ata quid faciunt? quid prodest, Pontice, longo sanguine censeri ... tuorum aut pastor fuit aut illud quod dicere nolo. [leaf 49r: Satura IX] Scire uelim quare totiens mihi, Neuole, tristis occurras fronte obducta ... quae Siculos cantus effugit remige surdo. [leaf 52r: Satura X] Omnibus in terris, quae sunt a Gadibus usque Auroram et Gangen ... sed te, nos facimus, fortuna, deam celoque locamus. [leaf 59v: Satura XI] Atticus eximie si cenat, lautus habetur; si Rutilus demens quid enim maiore cachino ... talis quoque tedia uite magna; uoluptates commendat rarior usus. [leaf 63v: Satura XII] Natali, Coruine, die mihi carior hec lux, qua festus promissa ... montibus aurum exaequet, nec amet quenquam nec ametur ab ullo. [leaf 66r: Satura XIII] Exemplo quodcumque malo commititur, ipsi displicet auctori ... tandemque fatebere letus nec Surdum nec Tyresiam quemquam esse deorum. [leaf 71r: Satura XIV] Plurima sunt, Fuscine, et fama digna sinistra et nitidis maculam ... indulsit Caesar cui Claudius omnia, cuius paruit imperiis uxorem occidere iussus. [leaf 78r: Satura XV] Quis numerare queat foelicis premia, Galle, militie? ... et leti phaleris omnes et torquibus omnes. [leaf 79r: Satura XVI] Quis nescit, Volusi Bitinice, qualia demens Egyptos portenta colat ... cunctis animalibus abstinuit qui tamquam homine et uentri indulsit non omne legumen. [rubr.] finis." (D. Iunii Iuvenalis Saturae Sedecim / edited by James Willis. Stutgardiae: Teubner, 1997, p. 1-213).
3. leaf 83r: "[rubr.] C. Francisci de Fyano Romani poete, De contennedis [sic] opibus & diligenda paupertate. [text] Ascendat quicumque uelit fastigia felix ... Fictilibus quem mensa cibus suscepit egena. [rubr.] finis."
4. leaves 85r-98v: "[rubr.] Persii Flacci poeta satirici. Incipit prologus. [text] [N]ec fonte labra prolui caballino, nec in bicipiti somniasse Parnaso memini me, sic ut poeta repente prodirem ...; [leaf 85r: Satura I] O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane! Quis leget hec ... his mane edictum, post prandia Calliroen do. [leaf 88r: Satura II] Hunc, Macrine, diem numera meliore lapillo ... pectus honesto. Haec cedo ut admoueam templis et farre litabo. [leaf 89v: Satura III] Nempe hoc adsidue? Iam clarum mane fenestras intrat et augustas ostendit ... quod ipse non sani esse hominis non sanus iuret Horestes. [leaf 92r: Satura IV] Rem populi tractas? Barbatum hoc crede magistrum ... tollat sua munera Cerdo, tecum habita, noris, quam sit tibi curta supellex. [leaf 93r: Satura V] Vatibus hic mos est, centum sibi poscere uoces ... crassum ridet Sulfenius ingens et centum Grecos curto centusse licetur. [leaf 97r: Satura VI] Admouit iam bruma foco te, Basse, sabino ... depinge, ubi sistam. Inuentus, Crisippe, tui finitor acerui." (Saturarum liber / edited by Walter Kissel. Berlin: W. de Gruyter, 2007).
Binding information
Bound in 19th-century white vellum binding with marble endpapers. Spine title: Juvenalis Satrae MS 1462.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Paulus Botini (arms); Phillipps; 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.14
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 9566
Phillipps, T. Phillipps manuscripts, 9566
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Persius. Works.
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Place of creation/publication
Italy.
Item Details
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V.a.108
Folger accession
Smedley 14