Item Summary

A collection of classical and humanistic texts.

Descriptive Information

Title
Statii surculi tolosani Achilleidos ... [etc.]
Call Number
Princeton MS. 46
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/0c483n734
Publisher
[Italy], [between 1450 and 1500]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1450-1500
Extent
102 leaves : paper ; 209 x 145 (145-175 x 90-96) mm bound to 217 x 153 mm.
Provenance
Early and intermediate provenance is unknown. In 1894 a Florentine bookseller offered the manuscript to Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris. The Princeton University Library purchased the manuscript with funds from the Elizabeth Foundation. The Library accessioned the manuscript on 2 February 1905, as no. 188806 and catalogued it as ExMS 2926.312.002.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 234-237.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Contents
1. fol. 1r-22v: Statii surculi tolosani Achilleidos. Statius' unfinished epic poem on the life of Achilles. Books 1-2.
2. fol. 22v-25v: [Florilegium of extracts from classical and humanistic texts]. Includes extracts from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Oedipus Tyrannus, Pope Pius II's In Turcham, and Sophocles' Ajax.
3. fol. 25v-38v: [Elegiae] / [Maximianus]
4. fol. 38v-50v: Priapea Uirgilii.
5. fol. 50v-55r: [Florilegium of extracts from classical and humanistic texts]. Includes extracts from Decius Magnus Ausonius' Caesares, Guarino da Verona's De ortu VII sapientium, a poem on the muses, Francesco Petrarca's Epistulae familiares, and lines of verse.
6. fol. 55v-58v: [Blank]
7. fol. 59r-100v: [Carmina and Vita] / Tibullus. Carmina 1-3 and Vita.
8. fol. 101r-102r: Saphos poetissa Mitilena ad phaon / [Ovid]. Section XV:1-78 with variant wording.
Notes
Incipit: [Statii surculi] "Statii surculi tolosani Achilleidos liber primus Incipit. Magnanimum eaciden formidatamque tonanti progeniem et patrio vetitam succedere coelo…" -- [Elegiae] "Emula quid cessas finem properare senecte, Cur in hoc fesso corpore tarda uenis ..." -- [Priapea Uirgilii] "Carminis incompti [l]usus lecture procaces, Conueniens latio pone supercilium, Non soror habitat phoebe non uesta sacello ..." -- [Carmina and Vita] "Epistula prima. Auli Tibulli equitis Romae poetæ clarissimi quod danda est opera amori omissis cæteris. Diuitias alius fuluo sibi congerat auro, Et teneant culti Iugera magna soli ..." -- [Saphos] "Saphos poetissa Mitilena ad phaon. [N]unquid ubi aspecta es studiose littera dextræ, Protinus est oculis cognita nostra tuis ..."
Explicit: [Statii surculi] "Hactenus annorum comites clementa meorum, Et memini et meminisse iuuat scit cætera mater, Talibus auditis veniens ad littora puppis, Hesit et hinc campos læti tenuere petitos" -- [Elegiae] "Infelix qui iam defecto corporis surgo, Hac me defunctum uiuere parte puto, Talibus insectat deponis uerba senectæ. S[c]riptus ab Esimacho maximiano lupo. Finit gallus poeta forliuiensis. carmina sunt 682. Quem scripsit totum polydorus quattuor horis. qui uiuat felix tempora multa prospere." --[Priapea Uirgilii] "... huc ades et nervis tente priape faue. Finit priapea uirgilii." -- [Carmina and Vita] "Obiit adolescens ut indicat epigramma suprascriptum. Finit Tibullus." -- [Saphos] "Cui colar infelix aut cui placuisse laborem, Ille mei cultus unicus auctor abes."
Ms. composite codex.
Title from incipit of first work (fol. 1r).
A commemorative bookplate for the Elizabeth Foundation is on fol. i verso. Stamps on fol. 1a.
Collation: Paper ; fol. i (lifted parchment pastedown) + i + 103 + i (lifted parchment pastedown) ; catchwords ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 24-26 lines per page ; ruled.
Description: Watermarks (f. 1-24: dragon; f. 25-58: cross within a circle; f. 59-102: lion).
Decoration: Each booklet opens with a decorated initial: 7-line mauve initial M, with yellow and red on gold ground, outlined, red, red and mauve foliate partial border (fol. 1r); 4-line blue initial E with red penwork (fol. 25r); 4-line blue and red initial D, with blue and red penwork in margin (fol. 59r).
Origin: Miscellany of three booklets written by different scribes in northeastern Italy in the second half of the 15th century. Booklet 2 copied by Polydorus (fol. 38v).
Binding Note
Later binding. Italy, 15th century. Brown calf over beech boards (6 mm thick). Blind-tooled decoration. Endbands. Holes and one star-head rivet for no longer extant clasps. Lower board partially missing.

Discovery Information

Subject
Latin poetry—Early works to 1800
Achilles (Mythological character)—Poetry
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Poetry
decorated initials
illuminated manuscripts
Wooden boards
Blind tooled bindings
Headbands
Stamps
Clasps
Watermarks

Physical Characteristics

File Count
216

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/09ab0fbd-8c57-4573-b197-68b9f0580d42/manifest