Item Summary

Horace's Ars poetics and books I-II of Satirae.

Descriptive Information

Title
Liber Poetrie ; [Satirae].
Call Number
Princeton MS. 32
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/12579t65q
Publisher
[between 1450 and 1500?]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1450-1500
Extent
55 leaves : paper ; 294 x 208 (165-170 x 108-112) mm bound to 302 x 220 mm.
Provenance
Intermediate provenance unknown. Donated by Robert W. Patterson, Class of 1876 to the Princeton University Library in 1911.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 105-206.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 1r-10v: Liber Poetrie. Horace's Ars poetica.
2. fol. 12r-55v: [Satirae]. Book I-II of Horace's satirical poems.
Notes
Incipit: [Liber Poetrie] “Quinti Oracii Flacci Liber Poetrie Incipit. [H]umano capiti ceruicem pictor equinam, Iungere si uelit et varias inducere plumas…” -- [Satirae] “Quinti oracii flacci sermonum liber primus. [Q]ui fit mecenas ut nemo quam sibi sortem, Seu ratio dederit seu fors obiecerat illa…”
Explicit: [Liber Poetrie] “Quem vere arripuit tenet occiditque legendo, Non missura cutem nisi plena cruoris hirudo.” -- [Satirae] “Vt nihil omnino gustaremus velut illis, Canidia afflasset peior serpentibus affris. Finit.”
Ms. composite codex.
Title from incipit of first work (fol. 1r)
Interlinear and marginal annotations. Manicules (fol. 14v, 15r, etc.). A small circular embossed Princeton University Library property stamp on fol. 1r. "Horatius" stamped in gold on spine. Princeton University call number label and bookplate (upper flyleaf).
Collation: Paper ; fol. iii (modern paper) + 55 + iii (modern paper) ; catchword (fol. 23v) ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 24 lines per page ; frame-ruled.
Description: Watermarks (gothic letter P with quatrefoil)
Decoration: Zoomorphic? initial in brown (fol. 15r).
Origin: Germany or low countries? in the second half of the 15th century.
Binding Note
Later binding. United States, late 19th century. Bound by H.W. Fisher & Co. of Philadelphia. Half golden-brown morocco and marbled paper over pasteboard. Gold-tooled lined along leather on covers and gold stamps on spine. Marbled paper pastedowns and flyleaves. Endbands.

Discovery Information

Subject
Aesthetics—Early works to 1800
Poetics—Early works to 1800
Criticism—Early works to 1800
Verse satire, Latin—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Gold tooled bindings
Manicules
Watermarks
Headbands
decorated initials

Physical Characteristics

File Count
126

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3b11211b-ca1d-4983-b3d3-83fdf434f419/manifest